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  1. fgradowski

    Dating: Jewelry Box from Shanghai

    Hi all! Today I picked up a jewelry box from the local antique mall. I was trying to figure out a date on it and Ebay and Etsy didn't yield much help. It seems that no one there knows either! I saw similar boxes marked as pre-WWII to 1980's. However, I did not find this exact box while...
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    Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

    I wear turbans to bed when I set my hair at night. My fiance has alopecia and doesn't grow any hair. People always think he has cancer. There was one guy working at a Subway that straight up asked "What's wrong with you?" when I was with him. I found it extremely rude. My fiance didn't care. I...
  3. fgradowski

    Cute Vintage-y Shoes

    @Tuesday_Next: I have a cute pair of vintage-y shoes from Aerosoles! They're black velvet with satin laces. Very comfy; reasonable heel and whatever that padding is that's inside of their shoes! @Bigshoe: I have often wondered how the heck shoes are made. Most are made on machines, but yours...
  4. fgradowski

    Excuse me Miss, do you Blog?

    Wow! I really love your blog. Such a great find.
  5. fgradowski

    Men's smoking lounge robe

    You might have better luck on the men's sections of the forum, but after some Googling I have found two similar items with the same tag marked as 40's. Here is a link to one for sale with the same tag...
  7. fgradowski

    Excuse me Miss, do you Blog?

    I loved the vintage manicure post! I commented and finally followed your blog. Not sure why that took me so long to do. Ha. I've got a few new posts on my blog. I usually post about once a week unless I am feeling ambitious or am too busy to post. The one I wanted to share features a cute...
  8. fgradowski

    Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

    Usually it's another woman telling me that they like my dress, but I have also been told by a woman that she likes my "pin up" style. I do think that men find a nicely dressed woman intimidating, especially a vintage lady! I think they are intimidated because when you dress well it shows that...
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    Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

    The first and only time I was catcalled while walking down the street was in my hometown at the age of 15 walking back from softball practice in shorts and a t-shirt. I walk around downtown a lot more now and in a bigger town, and I have never been catcalled at. I do get a few "good morning"s...
  10. fgradowski

    Vintage Weddings

    I'm having a winter wedding, January 15, 2016, and I just got my dress today! I'm so excited, but I won't post any pics of it until after the big day. I can tell you this: it's from the 50's, there are pearls on it, there is A LOT of tulle, and there is a 6 ft. train! I got it from Ebay for only...
  11. fgradowski

    Nutrition and exercise!

    I totally am not saving that to my computer to try out later...tehehe.
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    Nutrition and exercise!

  14. fgradowski

    The general decline in standards today

    I'm a junior at Indiana University now. My current plan is to graduate with my degree in human biology and then take an accelerated nursing program (hopefully at Valparaiso University so that I can be with the man that will be my husband by then), and finally become a certified lactation consultant.
  15. fgradowski

    Show us your vintage home!

    This isn't MY vintage home, but it is my parent's very vintage home. It's pre-1900. Actual date is unknown until/if the abstract pops up somewhere. They have a beautiful staircase and a stained glass window with the original owner's initials in it. There are also stained glass windows in...
  16. fgradowski

    I used to live in a whore house!

    My parents had heard that their home was possibly a whore house at some point in its long life. It was built pre-1900.
  17. fgradowski

    What Have You Acquired From Family?

    I got a bunch of jewelry and scarves from my great grandma. I also got a matching set of porcelain lamps from the 60's. Both are people in Victorian dress, but one is a man and one is a woman. I also got a really neat 60's lounger from her too, but I gave it to my cousin when it no longer fit...
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    The general decline in standards today

    My class, class of 2012, had a bonfire party at someone's barn in the country. I did not go, but I am positive that there was heavy drinking involved. My uncle graduated the year before me and they also had a party, but their's involved destroying someone's lake house in Michigan with a crazy...
  20. fgradowski

    Ladies show us your best.

    I have to show off this novelty print. It's the best novelty print I have ever seen. (other than atomic giraffes!) These a blue and pink squirrels!!
  21. fgradowski

    Excuse me Miss, do you Blog?

    If you haven't seen it yet, I just did a really neat post comparing a purse that I own to a purse that Deborah Kerr (and even Cary Grant) carries in the film An Affair to Remember. The link is in my above post, and here: starofthecity12.blogspot.com
  22. fgradowski

    Does anyone know what this item is? Or the era?

    I also think it looks like an old purse, but you said that the crocheted sides don't open? I have seen very similar items from the 1800's that were purses.
  23. fgradowski

    Brushing Out Pincurls (For Long Hair)?

    I have been using the same kind for years now. I don't use it all that often because I don't curl my hair all that often. It is just the only pomade I could find at the store. It's Got2B brand. I hate the way it smells though. I'm definitely going to look to switch once this one is used up. I...

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