eShakti Spring 2014

When eShakti asked if I wanted to review a piece from their Spring 2014 collection, I jumped at the chance to receive another one of their lovely items. So many of their dresses have such great vintage-like style. I chose this little polka dot chambray number knowing right away that I wanted to layer it with my white swiss dot blouse. Isn't the contrast hem the best? The monochromatic coloring of the dress makes it perfect for layering and fun colored accessories too!

I used the option where eShakti allows you to send in your measurements to receive a custom sized item, which was great except for the torso length. That isn't a measurement they take and this dress was almost two inches too long from the shoulder to the waist. That was a bit of a bummer, but I decided to just do a little surgery on the shoulders of the dress to make it work. It ended up bringing the neckline up pretty high, but I still really like how it looks. The craftsmanship on these dresses is so nice that it did kill me a little inside to go at it with my scissors and sewing machine. Oh well, it turned out fine in the end. I guess that's all that matters!

Whatcha Wearing?

Dress c/o eShakti / Tight c/o We Love Colors

Blouse from Philly AIDS Thrift / Belt from Goodwill / Shoes from St Vincent de Paul

I'm linking up with Transatlantic Blonde, The Pleated Poppy, Thrifters Anonymous, and The Style Record.

Orange Floral

You might recognize this skirt from a post I did about 6 months ago. It is honestly one of the most versatile pieces I have in my closet. In fact, right after we shot these photos yesterday, I decided to switch it up before we went out by ditching the denim jacket and green booties and replacing them with a long black cardigan and combat boots. I love owning something that can be styled in so many different ways! We had some friends in town visiting from the east coast this weekend, so yesterday afternoon we met up for drinks at the rooftop bar at the Ace Hotel downtown. The hotel is in the old United Artists building and there were a lot of really cool architectural details. It's nice to get out of our neighborhood every now and again to explore other parts of the city!

Whatcha Wearing?

Levi's denim jacket / Vintage skirt from Goodwill

Tank top from H&M / Skull necklace from Fire & Bone

Tights from We Love Colors / Vintage boots from Salvation Army

New in the Etsy Shop!

Floral blouse

Novelty print top

Short sleeve sweater

Floral dress

Button back dress

Glam gold blouse

Metallic sweater

Secretary bow blouse

I'm in the process of adding a whole bunch of great new stuff to Fiery Finish Vintage right now! This is all of the fresh stock that's been listed over the past two weeks. So many things that are perfect for spring! I have to say that I'm always surprised when I find something vintage that is white and hasn't been destroyed by stains. Clearly I hit the jackpot in that department lately. All the better for lightening up you wardrobe as the days get longer and warmer!

Fire & Bone

I'm so excited to finally be able to wear my snowshoe hare skull necklace from Fire & Bone! I was a backer for their wildly successful Kickstarter campaign, and it arrived last week. My good friend Matt Kroner is one of the co-founders of the company, so that's just makes it that much more fun to wear and show off to people. Keep an eye on these guys...I think you're going to be hearing about them more and more as they expand their business.

It was super HOT in LA this past weekend, so I had to bust out the sandals. This is what I wore on Saturday afternoon when Matt and I headed out for lunch in the neighborhood. Sunday was even hotter, so we went to the beach. No complaints here; I'll take the beach in winter over freezing cold temperatures any day!

Whatcha Wearing?

Maxi dress and sandals from H&M / Vest from Goodwill

Skull necklace from Fire & Bone / Hat from Atlantic Attic Vintage / Sunglasses from Target