With the haze of holiday festivities and travels behind us, the turn of the new year is as good a time as any to remember the importance in going slowly. Sure, you've made resolutions that seem to be burning a hole in your notebook until you tackle them. The primrose won't plant itself. However, neither will tea brew faster just because you will it, and the clouds outside certainly won't move any quicker so that you can dash outside to your car and avoid the chance of rain. Listen to those moments when the natural world seems to gently whisper in your ear,...

I stopped making resolutions 9 years ago and never looked back. Resolutions don't work because they're temporary. They don't work because they don't really get to the heart of the matter. Instead, 9 years ago I decided to abide by a beloved quote by Henry David Thoreau...  "Live the life you have always imagined." Think about the kind of life you want to have. What does your day look like? Who are you spending your time with? Are there flowers around? What scents linger in the air, what are you wearing, who are you being? When we make New Year's Resolutions we...

This week's new arrivals feature feminine and timeless silhouettes in wear year after year neutrals. Here at Adored Vintage we believe you should be able to wear your clothes over and over again, season after season. This a big part of why we curate the vintage inspired styles that we do and in colors that are timeless. For example, our Lost Novels Top, a feminine ecru linen blend blouse with buttons along the front, is a piece you can wear now with your favorite jeans or tucked in with a beloved vintage high waist a-line skirt and then topped off...

As a pre-holiday treat, Adored Vintage is having a 48 Hour Dress Sale! Enter "DRESSUP" at checkout and treat yourself to a pretty and feminine new dress this holiday season.  Dance, twirl, grand jeté into the New Year in a new floral dress that makes you feel as lovely on the outside as you already are on the inside. Don't forget to use code: DRESSUP at checkout for 10% OFF all dresses for the next 48 hours only!

When choosing a dress I always keep in mind where will I wear the dress and also think about the longevity of the dress for the cost. Many of the feminine vintage inspired dresses I choose for Adored Vintage I try find the balance of wearability and affordability. The Bel Canto Dress is a feminine dress that is so incredibly versatile and with it's abstract cream floral pattern against black and in a classic 1970s inspired wrap dress silhouette, it will be a dress you can wear time and time again, year after year.  The fabrication is that wonderful balance of...

In the beginning of November we got the wonderful opportunity to open up an Adored Vintage clothing & home lifestyle shop in Portland, Oregon! Back in July I had done a blog post on doing a "brick & mortar" that wasn't a brick & mortar and well now... Adored Vintage Mercantile is open for business! AV Mercantile is inside Urbanite a large 15,000 sq ft warehouse that hosts over 40+ curated shops inside focusing on interior design, decor, and lifestyle.  Adored Vintage is one of the few vendors at Urbanite that carries clothing and the ONLY one that focuses on...

Wearing a beret has become synonymous with French vintage inspired style and here at Adored Vintage we'll always opt to wear this charming and classic accessory in the cooler months of the year.  But perhaps you'll ask yourself "How do I wear a beret?" if it's not an accessory you are well versed with. Well, the photos above are a great example of how to wear a beret! These images we've curated show how berets were worn in the 1930s and 1940s to the 1970s and the 1990s and more modern day.  We prefer to wear berets tilted on our heads...

Devon joined the Adored Vintage family recently and I would like to introduce you to her! This ginger haired Irish dancing gal takes care of all our email correspondences and also prettily packages up all your orders with care and attention.  You might also be familiar with Devon because she has appeared in a few photo projects for Adored Vintage, the first being from a couple years ago when a few other creative women in Portland and I collaborated on a romantic and feminine Autumnal photoshoot. (Here is a pic from that below!) So let's get to know Devon a bit better, shall...

I adore Autumn because the colors are so soothing and inspiring for me. It's no big secret that here at Adored Vintage we tend to favor the colors of Fall and soft neutrals that are timeless and will stand the test of time (and trends!)  It is so important to me that Adored Vintage carries clothing that you can wear year after season with the changes of the season. My inspiration stems from classic and feminine vintage clothing and to me really good vintage clothing are those pieces that live on and on, like a cotton midi button up day...

The Adored Vintage Mercantile shop in Portland, Oregon is underway and ready for you to come visit! Our shop is inside Urbanite in Portland, Oregon, an old paper warehouse turned shopping destination in SE Portland filled with petite shops inside with curated antique, vintage, and modern finds for your home.  The AV Mercantile is one of the few shops inside Urbanite that sells clothing and the only shop that sells modern vintage inspired clothing (some of which will be exclusive to the Mercantile and not available online). Our shop is open 9-6 every day, so do come by and visit! ...

We are forever inspired by the quiet and landscapes of the countryside. Whether it's in New England, the Midwest, England, or France... there is something so serene about the countryside. A perfect blending of Nature tamed by human hands but not overly tempered.  For us the countryside and comforts there is where human nature harmonizes with the natural wild of Mother Earth. Where the land is tilled and harvests are grown and yet no buildings of steel or glass exist. Where animals graze on pastures yet none are held in cages like a zoo. The country is where life slows...

We all know by now that what you see on people's social media accounts is the highlights reel of their life...and the same goes for businesses. What you see on the Adored Vintage Instagram are planned and curated images to tell the story of Adored Vintage, the brand.  I think it is equally important to share real life things too. So here are photos I snapped on a Saturday afternoon at the studio when it was just me working there. I didn't clean anything, I didn't move anything. Nothing was styled or propped. It was photographed exactly as is. You can...