Deco Dance

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You don't want your vintage threads to fall apart on you while you're taking your free Charleston lesson at Club Wit's End or dancing til dawn at Shanghai Mermaid, and yet you're savvy enough to want that authentic 1920s look when you're flitting from fling to fling on the flapper party circuit.  What's a deco girl to do?  Check out leluxeclothing.com.  They have the most exquisite collection of reproduction Jazz Age dresses for sale.  No Halloween costume flapper fringe here.   

You Too Can Be a Pin-up!

Photo by John DeAmara

Remember getting those Hollywood glamour shots taken at the mall?  Well, here's the much more sophisticated version for the all grown up girl.  What could be prettier than old fashioned pin-up photos?    In New York there is a whole club dedicated to the art of pin-up photography (meetup.com/nypinupclub) where you can find a photog to give you the retro treatment.  Break out your red lipstick and stilettos girls.

Night Smoke - The Moonlighters

This song takes you to the dark side of bygone night life: clip joints, gangsters, illicit sex and drugs, jazz...

Monet's Water Lilies Return to the MOMA

Monet's Water Lilies

Welcome back Water Lilies.  It's been years since we've seen you.  You're looking as beautiful as ever. 

The exhibition runs from September 13, 2009–April 12, 2010.

OMG Look Who's Going Flapper

Speaking of speakeasy parties, it looks like the cast of Gossip Girl has got one in the works.  The flapper style is jumpin kiddies.

A Club with a Dress Code

Ya gotta love dress up parties.  Especially flapper themed dress up parties.  In New York there's quite an underground scene of Jazz Age revellers who celebrate and relive the days of prohibition speakeasies with wild all-night frolicks.  Dress is mandatory.  To be one of the cats in the know check out these sites: clubwitsend.com, shanghaimermaid.com, dancesofvice.com. 

Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge--Wickedly Good

The Pierces--Thirteen Tales of Love and Revenge

This is an amazing album--dark and sexy, and filled with exotic textures of musical sounds.  Perfect for underscoring nights of mischief and mayhem.  The Gossip Girl people think so too.  It was on their soundtrack. 

The Pierces - Secret

The Pierces - Secret

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Deco Decorating Follow Up

Some of them are pretty funny too.

Today's Deco Decorating Tip

Vintage sheet music from the 1920s has some exquisite artwork gracing the covers.  And there's just scads of it to be had on ebay!  For much less dough than a retro print, you can frame and decorate in deco. 

Music to Keep You Warm

Summer Rains by The Ditty Bops

If your ipod could magically transport you, this would be a nice destination.

"Oh what a place to be, I pluck a mango from a tree as the summer rains."

Happiness Is a New Dress

The frillier the better.  Nothing beats the endorphin rush you get when you know you are looking as cute as can be.  Betsey Johnson knows that fluff, ruffles, ribbons and lace are the way to a girly girl's heart.  Donning a sassy little number like this one is a sure cure for the blues.  Sign up for the mailing list at betseyjohnson.com and you'll know when all the sales are--it's retail therapy for less.