humanoid

humanoid

lulufinder

houdini romper by lulufinder

Legitamacy

So, we're going legit. I'm giving my months notice for my studio in the Life Arts building. So sad, I know. I'm closing up shop there BUT I will continue to collect vintage and will soon be revealing www.douxvintage.com like you've never seen it before. I'll be leaving etsy and selling on my very own, fully interactive website for shopping whimsical, feminine, wearable vintage. Our web design business, Rivera Design and Marketing, is taking off. And I'll be putting a lot more of my time into that side of things. Like I said though, I will continue to sell vintage, blog and find the cutest stuff in the world for you.

More on the doux website later. For now, Jeremy and I are looking to get our business license for Rivera Design and Marketing and my re-seller's license for Doux Vintage. Time to join the human race I suppose.

Okay, in other amazing news. Plus size girls have the most ridiculous time trying to shop for anything but polyester paper sacks. I am not a fan of torrid, the clothing is overpriced and very low quality. I can find things from Lane Bryant once in a while- but nothing stunning or unforgettable. This morning I stumbled across B and Lu, and fell in love. I ordered the Callie dress and some sultry skinny jeans. I cannot wait until they get here. I am totally impressed by this site, if you're a curvy femme, go check it out.

Happy Sunday, friends!

bamboo

bamboo wacom tablet
Look what my husband got me. I'm so terribly excited about this.

jumpers

so, once in a while, a trend comes around that I can really enjoy. jumpers and rompers are so lovely and feminine and there is nothing sexier than comfortable. this cuffed romper is from anthropologie and worth every pretty penny. outfits like this make me miss the lake.

orla kiely

orla kiely for target

oilily

oilily

taffy

1} taffy stripe maillout
2} salt water taffy heels

scoot

so. more on this later. but what do you think of her? smart looking, eh?
Vespa GTV 250

bow sweaters

forever 21 bow cardigans
1} pleated bow sweater cardigan
2} satin bow cardigan

artichoke dip

1} kenley dress
2} kensington gardens dress

mint condition

1} baskin robbins daiquiri ice ice cream
2} minty green pastel boonton melmac cups and saucers
3} tangerine babies breath on mint green notecards
4} cucumber mint salt bar

powder snow

powder snow


searching desperately for things to lounge around in this summer. I'm hoping there will be a lot of home brewed ice tea, boy shorts, cold showers and Nintendo.

spoon necklace

vanilla bug

frankly my dear

frankly my dear

bezel set opal cabachon ring

this is one of the prettiest pieces of jewelry I've ever seen. i'd like it for my wedding anniversary- and I'm hoping that my husband might accidentally yet strategically stumble across it on {shop} bird. we've been married 1 year as of september 13th. i know it's a ways off but i think it's important to be prepared. it's so lovely.

bezel set opal cabachon ring

palm springs vampire

sweet summer. last year i earned the title of 'palm springs vampire' because to me, lounging by the water should include an excellent book, a black bathing suit and huge {light proof} sunglasses. a newly discovered online store called {bird} has some of the cutest bathing suits for the season. they also have some head turning jumpers- i need to get more of those into my shop before the heat is over this year.

summer sweets

There is nothing sweeter to me than lounging around in my lingerie during the summer. It's so hot- and the only thing redeeming about the desert that is our little candy cane cottage right now- is the incredibly cool air coming from our wall unit conditioner. I've been going through etsy and and there is so much cute stuff available for my lounging pleasures right now. Plus, if you're like me- sleeping in the heat is next to impossible. A skimpy slip that just came out of the freezer is one of my favorite things on summer nights. ooh la la!


sweet dreams by a touch of vintage on etsy

peach pink nightgown by Its Bella on etsy



cream cami and panty set by vintage bette on etsy

piper lime

So I know I'm supposed to be getting ready. Heading out to Redlands to meet with a new web client, doing videos for doux etc. etc. But instead I am on Piper Lime, falling in love. The theme of the week: procrastination. I'm not sure if it's because we're out of espresso beans or something else but I have not been able to wake up this week. Anyways, here are my pretty, pretty picks over at piper lime right now.

Amalia by Pink Studio
Scroll by Wanted


mabel by mia

Business Patterns

Bonjour Readers!

I am so sorry I have been MIA- Doux vintage is killing me. Business plans, inventory, marketing... yeah, I'm tired. Tired, but really excited. All is well and on schedule. I'm really looking forward to working with my new model this Wednesday.

I want to say that I'll have more time but I'm really looking forward to being busy for a long time. With 20 hours of shopping last week I put together a collection of vintage patterned pieces I'm loving right now... enjoy!

Spot Corset Dress at Top Shop



Amid-The-Dunes Dress at Anthropologie



Good Ship Lollipop Dress at Mod Cloth



Pictures of the new boutique will be up very, very soon. I promise.