Lazy Days of Summer

Up to this point, I did not really "get" blogging.  I mean, how many bloggers are out there anyway?  Who has the time to read all this stuff?  To be honest, I wish I did have the time to see what people have to say, especially about vintage clothing.  But today is the 4th of July, Independence Day in the USA.  And I'm feeling relaxed and am spending the day doing what I haven't had time to do in the past.  So, I'm starting my blog.  I feel it's like a journal for me.  A place for me to put down in words my thoughts, particularly about vintage fashion, etc.  Maybe nobody really cares.  Why should they?  I'm a past-middle-aged woman who should not really be in touch with what's fashionable and what's not.  BUT, I think my brain got stuck somewhere in my 20s.

I have loved fashion and getting dressed up "pretty" since I was little.  I attribute this to my wonderful mom, who has been gone for quite a while now.  I think from the time I could walk she would bring me down to New York City, Canal Street, Delancy Street, etc, where she would bargain and buy from the Jewish merchants.  You see my mom sold goods to the Bronx neighborhood women who could not get into the Big City, and she would give them great prices too.

So, as a young one, I would watch and look and listen. I was always told not to say anything, and since I was a good little girl, I would observe.  Well, fast forward to my adult years and I realize I had a real desire to own the Vanity Fair, Roxanne, Maidenform, etc. lingerie from the past.  When compared to present day lingerie, well there is  no comparison.

Fashion and clothing have always been important to me.  After I started collecting the vintage lingerie, I started to discover vintage dresses and blouses and shoes and handbags....classics.  So I started my shops on etsy.  (www.rileybella123.etsy.com and www.looseendsvintage.com).  I love what I do...

Which brings me back to Independence Day.  What a wonderful country we live in.  A place where you can find what you like to do and then go out there and conquer the world, so to speak.  No matter how old or how young, you can make yourself happy!

In closing my little "essay" for the day, think about how lucky we all are.  I know I am very grateful to live in the USA!