Kitsch-y-Cool Vintage in Uptown Magazine

Check out Kitsch-y-Cool Vintage clothing & accessories in this month's Uptown magazine - a FAB 9 page fashion shoot!
Special Thanks to Jim McGuire Photography and Jason Baker for the great photo spread in this month's Uptown Magazine! Thanks Guys!

Open publication - Free publishing - More war

Summers last Hurrah!

This week we're clearing out the final summer tops and dresses we have collected this year, just in time for this weeks heat wave!
Dozens of adorable 1950's summer tops, and clam diggers!

Summer Sundresses and Summer Evening Wear!

1950's Torpedo Bras for that authentic 50s look!

Kitsch-y-Cool Swimwear at the Fashion Soul Hair Show

Thanks to all the guys (and gals!) at Escape Hair and Skin Studio for inviting Kitsch-y-Cool Vintage to be a part of their recent showing at the Fashion Soul Hair Show!

All of their gorgeous model were decked out in Kitsch-y-Cool Vintage's Swimwear and Accessories - and they looked FAB!

It's Beach Blanket Bingo time everybody!

For all the pics - visit here.

Bewitched, Bothered, and Bejeweled...

New this Friday at Kitsch-y-Cool Vintage in Charlotte -

A lovely sampling of great jewelry, bobbles, and pretties!1950's Florenza Cameo Pendant and Rhinestone Jewelry

Vintage Earrings and Pendants along with Kitschy Skull Earrings a la Dia De Los Muertos

Early 1900's ladies Fans, Kitschy Rings and Earrings, 1970's Pendant Necklaces

When Recession closes one door, another opens...

Unfortunately every time I travel to my favorite shopping cities across the country, I always find that at least one business has closed since the last time I had visited. This Fall I lost a great little estate sale "shop" in Ohio...a FAB place for jewelry and odds & ends that was always pack to the gills! You know the kind of place where you buy EVERYTHING!! But alas when we returned in our last trip (sniff sniff) the shop had closed with no other explanation.


A Nice Size Haul for the Day!

So imagine my giddiness when I discovered a NEW estate sale shop in the same part of Ohio! Happy Happy Joy Joy! A huge building, furniture outside, digging frenzy, jewelry extravaganza shopping spree!!

Come by this month to check out what newbies we're bringing in, here's a sneak peek of a piece coming Friday 6/4!


The Find of the Day - Way Cool 1970s Chrome and Brown Seating



Hot, Humid, and hazy Flea Market Morning


Two tired shoppers on their way home


What's the moral of this story? Shop Local, Shop Often! Keep your local Mom & Pop business alive!!
Support The 3/50 Project - Pick 3, Spend $50, Save your Local Economy!

Coming this week - Vintage for Kids!

Coming Friday 5/21 to our Charlotte location - Vintage for Kids!! For a limited time (ok, so maybe a month or so, or until I get the next lot cleaned and ready to go!) Kitsch-y-Cool Vintage in Charlotte is offering a new lot of Vintage Togs for Tykes: infant wear thru kids, all from the 1950's - 1960's!!

Recently acquired in a large estate lot (see previous post:)) - these are the cutest outfits for your little guys and gals! Even booties, caps, layettes, and more... prices ranging from $1 - $6.

Remember these won't be around long!!

The life of a Vintage seller...

Back in the 80's I wrote in my High School yearbook that my future goal was to be an entrepreneur and sell vintage clothing. I dreamt of glamorous shopping trips to New York in a hot little convertible, wearing a stylish 1950's Dior suit, buying cocktail dresses and 1930's Hollywood Glam gowns!

Today's load still in the van
So today here I am, 20-something years later wearing ratty jeans and a filthy shirt armed with gloves and a double dose of Claritin, and my hot little convertible is a Ford 350 passenger van (or the "Church of Vintage Revival Bus" as my friends call it), and instead of buying 1950's cocktail dresses, I am buying 1000 pounds of vintage that have been hiding from the world since 1972 - which is code for "stored in an attic, eaten by bugs, (God help me if I find a mouse in here!) dirty, dusty, vintage."

Day 1: Half Empty!
But even after all that - I can't complain! How can I turn down buying a vanload of vintage packed away for the last 40 years! Who knows what we'll find!

A couple of today's hidden gems!
Now back to today - it will take me 2 days to finish emptying the van and sorting the items into piles: handwash, machine wash/outdoor dry, machine wash /machine dry, tumble dry only, good for crafting scraps, and unsalvageable (sniff sniff). It will take 5 days to clean all the items, 2-3 days to sort (again) by category and repair items, 2 days to inventory, price, measure, and tag items. So after almost 2 weeks the items will come to Kitsch-y-Cool Vintage in Charlotte or online! Found a bunch of cutey 50's girl dresses - must figure out where to put these beauties!

It is definitely a labor of love!

Summer is HERE!

Already packed and ready to go - arriving today at Kitsch-y-Cool Vintage in Charlotte:
Shorts, Rompers, Playsuits, Swim Cover-ups, Summer Tops, & Men's Swim Trunks.

Made in the Shade...

This week at Kitsch-y-Cool Vintage, we are bringing in DOZENS of the coolest vintage sunglasses we have come across in quite awhile.

Check out these deadstock eyewear found in an old drug store closed up in the early 1980's - some are the old Poloroid style, most have original tags, some Foster Grants, some colored wayfarer styles, some aviators - all tres cool! Priced $4 - $16...

See the BIG Round Blue Lens Pair above in the lower right corner - check out the 1972 Foster Grant commercial below and see Cindy Williams wearing these same sunglasses!!

Too many to display all at once, so we are bringing these in all month - if you are interested in a specific pair not at the shop, just ask!

Back to the Beach...

This week we are hoping for great weather as Sleepy Poet prepares for it's Spring Yard Sale!! Stop by and find a bargain, then you can give back by donating blood at the Community Bloodmobile - and you can even meet a CHARLOTTE ROLLER GIRL!!

To celebrate the upcoming Spring weather, we're hauling in all sorts of sundress and swimwear! Here's a sneak peek of some of the swimsuits - 1950s-1970s era, great names like Cole, DeWeese, Ceel, Gabar, and more!