a little bit sleek, a little bit old school

as long as technology, fashion, politics and culture keep rolling forward at this exponentially-increasing rate, we will long for echoes of the past.  retro-fever shops, vintage boutiques and antique stores would have no business being in business otherwise.

when i was in high school, kids were listening to silverchair, better than ezra and the gin blossoms; but i would come home from school and raid my dad's collection of big band LPs.  my friends and i would get together on friday nights to learn new jitterbug steps (i still remember the pretzel), watch war-era movies, and practice our martha tilton impressions.  and we dressed the part: white gloves, polka-dotted calf-length dresses, black stockings, and spectators.  with all that twisting and turning, i never really managed to find the point in wearing heels.  of course when i packed all my things for college, i left those spectators behind for some thrift store treasure hunter.  and i regretted it for years.

until today.

while shopping for new tank tops at tucson's original buffalo exchange (didn't find any, btw: whoever invented the long, drapey tank look must've been a freaking surfboard), i saw these from halfway across the store.  a half size too big, but i have thick socks.  and they're in gorgeous condition.  i love them and will probably wear them every day for the rest of the summer, 100+ temperatures be damned.

so.  i'm high on new shoes.  which is a perfect time to make jewelry.  i was so inspired by my blast from my blast from the past (yeah, i meant to type that), that i decided to work on a whole new line of jewelry that goes perfectly with my spectators: sleek and elegant and old school.
first go out of the gate and i'm on a roll:

raw brass, goldfill chain and ear wires, mystic spinal.  these ones are gonna be hard to part with.  regardless, watch my etsy site for your chance to own 'em!