velvet iris

a while back sasha (of astral boutique) turned me on to the new-ish etsy shop VelvetIris. they have a lovely little collection of dresses for sale, including some rare and special black labels (the red one pictured, wow!). check out their shop, if for no other reason than to ogle the lovely photos....

p.s. sasha's former violet folklore partner, amber, carries on the violet folklore name and has a new blog at www.violetfolklore.com

p.p.s. got photos of your favorite gunnes? vintage photos featuring gunnes? please shoot them over so i can add them. happy new year! xoxo

blissful blouses and a new old dress

the other day while at the shop, i wore my newly acquired gunne. navy floral with white lace accents. my favorite part is the sweet little tulip sleeves. white label 70's vintage, super wearable.
in a gunne mood, i took to our rack of tops to search for other treasures and came up with three yummy lace treats....

(gunnies label)

(scott mcclintock label)

(gunnies label)

btw, if one of these blouses is making your heart sing, email for more details (e.g. prices range from $15-20)-- we are always willing to do a custom etsy listing for you.

xo --n

the free spirit

(Katlyn found the beauty pictured above on eBay and wore it to a prom)

(Of the photo above Katlyn says: "Any gunne can be turned into daily wear...underneath the sweater you should see the fantastic foot wide lace angel sleeves!")

yay, it's time to share another set of photos submitted by you! katlyn submitted the photos above of a couple of her vintage gunne dresses. she looks so lovely on her way to the dance, and i love her choice of a long pendant necklace with the ruffled off the shoulder neckline. for wearing a gunne to a 21st century prom and giving great fashion advice, i have dubbed her "the free spirit"!

the belle of the ball

it's like christmas when i open the gunnelove email box and find photos that you all have submitted... and this week i received mail from two lovely ladies! i am going to post them separately in the order in which they arrived, so that they each get their own much deserved moment in the limelight!

rini submitted the photos above, and she positively radiates in these photos of "just some" of the gunnes in her collection. with all the beauty and such pretty settings, i've dubbed rini our belle of the ball....

thank you so much for the submissions! please keep them coming. have a beautiful saturday. xo ---n

corset fronts...

(my atelier partner, kara of porkchop rules, models a corset front gunne sundress)


(this black label xxs/xs corset front gunne dress is currently available in my vintage etsy shop)

Queen neo-Victoria

this super-lovely gunne blouse was submitted by Ultra Violet Vintage. thank you!

the Ultra Violet Vintage etsy shop is adorable, and with reasonable prices, too. definitely worth swinging by next time you are on the prowl for vintage treasures on etsy...

the last unicorn

well, not really the last unicorn, but gunnes featuring a unicorn print fabric are pretty darned rare. the example above was first purchased on eBay from my atelier partner, Kara, who was unhappy with the fit and brought it to the shop to sell. so i had to buy it, and then also found myself feeling very much like i was wearing someone else's dress. when i finally decided to part with it, i enlisted the help of chelsea wolfe to model for me. though it took a bit of traveling, hopefully the last unicorn dress has found its forever home now....