In vintage.

If a vintage clothes dreamed a perfect moment, they will look something like this.

Ingrid and a friend standing pretty & carefree in pink skirts.

Ingrid looks so pretty in her 1950s dress.

I love seeing buyers in clothes they purchased at seesong vintage shop.

Much thanks to Ingrid for looking fabulous and letting me use her photo.

The next sweet things...

slim tailored pants by seesong.etsy.com

Hand painted silk dress by genevievesavard.etsy.com

hand painted silk top from conimatta.etsy.com

Red skull bandana by howardavenue.etsy.com

vintage fedora by jaanasvintage.etsy.com

vintage knit top from animalheadvintage.etsy.com

It's been a very hot summer. At one point in past month, I thought my brain was turning into jello under sweltering heat.

Around the this time of the year, I reassess the various trends and micro trends. I get my antenna out to catch any waves of things to come or things I like to wear during coming fall and winter. Living in Brooklyn in an area where there are highest concentration of under 30 year olds, and melting pot of young people from many different corners of the world has its perks. Next few days, I will be listing the recent trends which catches my fancy.

1. Blank skin... I been seeing a lot of skin. This is not surprising since it's summer here. But I mean I see a lot of skin sans tatoo. I see people in their early 20s sporting a lot less tatoos than people who are in their mid to late twenties. Not getting them is new getting IT, I suppose. Or maybe in five years time, those blank skin will also be tatooed.

2. Old man hat... The other day, I spotted a boy of 9 or 10 walking behind his dad looking really adorable. He was wearing light brown felt fedora of some kind, sleeveless striped sailor knit top, red bandanna around his neck and pair of dark khakis. I loved fedora, red bandanna, b & w striped shirt combo so much I am currently looking for a fedora for myself.

3. Hand painted silk... While other two can be achieved with very little money, this one I need to splurge. I been seeing some hand painted silk tee shirts and dresses last few months and I am tempted to wear more than one silk separates at one time. Silk on silk...gasp.

Ones I love are large abstract shape, bold brush strokes or splatter patterns on silk.

There are printed kinds, but hand painted ones look much better.

4. Tailored pants...This is more of what I like to see than what I see in this hot weather. I am not sure if I can stomach another season of super-tight-painted-on -jeans.

I will be adding more to the list in next few days. :)

Glitch...

A few days ago I notice all my pictures files appeared to be broken. After some attempt to find out what caused it, I started to reupload pictures. I am not sure if I have all the pictures I had on my older entries, but I will repair them slowly, whenever I have time. Till then, sorry about the broken pictures.

New shop. Bags and more bags.

I've been working on making leather bags and launching a new etsy shop. Making bags are slow going, but I'm enjoying the process very much. All leather and some of hardwares making the bag comes from disused leather jackets or bags. Hopefully I will be posting some of the processes soon. These are samples my latest project.

Bags Galore

I have a weak spot for particular style from 1980s. Preppy envelope style bags and clutches from YSL and Valentino are so elegant. Although ubiquitous 80s fashion trends weren't exactly subtle, i.e. shoulder pads, neon colors, bright eye shadows, there were some killer bags exemplified timeless classic lines. I recently acquired a YSL bag and I adore the quality and the style of this bag. It's on sale in my shop, but I am attempt to add it to my personal collection. It's rare to find Valentino or Yves Saint Laurent bags from 80s in such a great condition, partially because it never leaves original owner's closet. Brown Valentino purse was sold soon after it was put on sale, but maybe YSL bag will end up in my closet...

Japan diasater Relief Effort, Donation to Unicef.

Like many others, I've been following news about Japan everyday for last 10 days or so. I'm very cautiously optimatic the condition at nuclear power plants is stablising. The breadth of the triple disaster in Japan is just staggering, and tregedy so close to home to other industrialized countries also living with nuclear power. For those who lost loved ones, our prayers are with them.

I have extended family members living in Japan. They were not hurt, but they had to live with numerous after tremors since the earthquake. Locationwise, I am concerned for them if radiation will have long term effect on their well being.

Today I added up all the fund raise sales from last week and made online donation to Unicef fund for Children effected by recent disasters in Japan.

I want to sincerely thank everyone who purchased during last week. Portion of your purchase went to a good cause.

After adding up, our shop was able to donate $182.06 on behalf of all the buyers who participated.

Benefit Sale for Relief Efforts in Japan.

I am having sale to benefit relief effort in Japan. Any item sold at my etsy shop (http://www.seesong.etsy.com/) between March 15 through March 21, I will donate 75% of all profit to Unicef fund for children effected by recent disasters in Japan. Thank you for your support!