Category: Fashion Enthusiast
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White Nightgowns
Years ago, I purchased a white Laura Ashley nightgown in one of their stores in Austin. I tried it on inside a little room that felt more like a hidden secret room of a Victorian home rather than a changing room at the mall. There was a long mirror, juxtaposed beautiful floral papered walls, a…
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Color Story ~ Berry!
Originally Published February 19, 2024 for Natural Posh Vintage |Color Stories Natural Posh Vintage has picked a bushel of berry colored items from our shop to tantalize the senses this season. These are our top berry picks from our 2024 collection: Pick 1 Raspberry Corduroy Jacket: A Brighter Take on a Classic! Keep warm during…
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Caring for Vintage Clothing
Originally Published November 10, 2023 for Natural Posh Vintage.com:Home and Hearth “Fold them while they’re hot!—and they’ll look much better” Our mom’s would say! This and other little tidbits of advice, I have picked up along the way. And I want to share these tips with you. Common Sense Clothing Care Always read labels and…
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Artful Clothing I
Originally published on February 27, 2024 for Natural Posh Vintage.com: |Artful Clothing Some clothing evokes the memory of favorite stories. When I came across this gorgeous vintage, Indian cotton skirt, I immediately recalled a book I had as a child. The majestic shades of ruby, lilac, pumpkin, and pale yellow, were unexpected together and exciting!…
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Artful Clothing II
Originally Published on March 18, 2024 for my other site, Natural Posh Vintage.com Section: Artful Clothing A skirt made me feel like I was visiting Monet’s Garden! It was the perfect twirling skirt made of light weight Indian cotton, with a lining of white featherweight cotton. The skirt is paired with a vintage silver…
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A Bit of Family Heritage
Originally Published October 3, 2022 at Natural Posh Vintage (my fashion blog (under the topic: Nostalgia) My grandmother, Mimi was a bibliophile, a writer, a teacher and linguist. She was also a writer, an artist (somewhat of a prodigy). When I think of Mimi, I think of her beautiful Irish, Scottish red hair, and her…
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Reworked, Reloved, Redeemed
February 3, 2023|Sewing and Whatnot! Originally published at Naturalposhvintage.com My grandma was masterful at remaking, reworking and cleverly redeeming clothes. Even in the Great Depression she had the knowledge to reuse, fabrics to make beautiful coats that looked like new for her daughters, Louvelle and Gay Lynn. Louvelle had red-auburn hair and deep green eyes.…
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The Clothes that Grandma Made
(A subject near and dear to my heart!) Originally Published June 18, 2024 for Natural Posh Vintage. The month of June always finds me reminiscing about my Grandma. If she were here with us, this June would mark one hundred twelve years. For some time, I have been wanting to do another feature on some…
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A Colorful Story: Pink
Originally published on January 6, 2023|Color Stories at Natural Posh Vintage.com Every January after carefully putting away all the Christmas decorations, I settle into winter mode. The decor is usually still in grays and whites with sheep fur throws, candles, greenery and white crocheted snowflakes. But this year was different. Pink peonies and roses, Valentine…
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Dreamy Skirts
Originally Published on May 14, 2025 for NaturalPoshVintage.com|Nostalgia Did you ever have an article of clothing that lightened and uplifted your mood when you wore it? It just felt like you. Maybe it was the small details, like the combed cotton texture, or the way it floated about you gracefully as you walked. But for…
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Does your closet spark Joy? Vintage Laura Ashley, Natural Fiber clothing, Mixing patterns like the French
Here is an article that I wrote last spring for naturalposhvintage.com “Does it Spark Joy?” “Over the last decade, we have gone from minimalism to maximal-ism and after the pandemic people began to rebuild their lives. And with that comes the reevaluation of what we own and whether or not we carry it into the…
Copse and Spinney 