a booth with a view

the c&c booth begins to take shape

 a few photos from the vintage expo in santa monica last weekend

the victorian jacket found a home with a dealer from colorado

dita von teese took a good long look at this beautiful 1930s burgandy velvet dressing gown

thanks to all who visited our booth, it was great to meet you!

EXPOsed

victorian beaded collar and boots, flapper headband and more on our table at the Vintage Expo last weekend. 
lighting for photo-taking sucked majorly, so please excuse the photo quality throughout the post.

what we wore:  we didn't take any proper outfit posts on saturday, just this sasquatch sighting-like photo i snapped of me wearing a beaded 1920s dress from the collection and Kara's vintage Sbicca platform boot.

before we opened on sunday i snapped the views from our booth.  it is funny to see it so empty.

beaded dresses from our collection.  it was only after placing the cream dress (below) on the mannequin that we noticed that the beaded design had animals in it (!).

one of the best parts of the show was finding homes for our special pieces with people who actually intended to wear them.  above Mary adopted the 1930s feathered capelet that she'd been admiring since we posted it on the shop blog. we also sold a little fur capelet to a woman who will be wearing it to her wedding in a couple weeks, as well as one of our 1930s bias cut gowns to a charming gal who plans to wear it to the upcoming Deco Ball.

we had so many beautiful collars in our collection.  the victorian beaded capelet below sold sunday evening as we were packing up (goodbye, little capelet....)

our vast collection of itty bitty shoes. 

our other favorite part of the weekend was meeting the proprietess of Rubaiyat  Handmade Shoes as she browsed our shoe collection. she and her husband made all the shoes above, and they are now making Kara and I each a pair of shoes based on our favorites from our collection (below).  we will surely share photos when they are done in May (can't wait!).

 it was tiring, the weather outside was miserable, and we invested quite a lot into it...but we'll probably do it again sometime :)

hello and many thanks to all who stopped by our booth!  xo

crimson & clover on the road...

on the road to the Vintage Expo

trunk full of vintage

booth space, before

booth space, almost finished

We will share photos of the finished booth and other excitement from the Vintage Expo soon....or better yet, come see for yourself!  The Expo runs Saturday and Sunday (free admission on Sunday with a student ID).

While we are away at the Expo, the shop is open Saturday 12-6pm, and closed on Sunday. 

Have a great weekend! xo

if you're going to san francisco....

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...be sure to come by and see us at the Vintage Expo this weekend!

We will be unveiling the beautiful old collection that we've been teasing you with on the blog for the past couple months (and oh my gosh, there is so much more than we showed). There will surely be loads of lovelies from other vendors as well.

Vintage Expo takes place this Saturday and Sunday.  Check out details here. (If you have a student ID, you can get in for free on Sunday!)

Crimson & Clover has adjusted hours this weekend in light of the expo:

Friday, March 18, 12-7pm

Saturday, March 19, 12-6pm

Closed Sunday, March 20

Have a great weekend!  xo

March EVENTS

So to start off this month we recently had purchased some DEADSTOCK 70's clothing. The clothing came from a women who had a boutique in Canada. Most has sold but we still have some cute items left.

last one left-size large

all sold

I decided to keep one of the skirts, Classic a-line cut. Love the light blue denim color

HANDMADE CLOTHING

This cute SUN DRESS made by Flaming Hag

Wrap blouse by Porkchop Rules

Who made that necklace??? Well for a limited time jenjems will be in stock.

ALSO THIS MONTH WE WILL BE AT THE VINTAGE EXPO

So if you saw any of our older post those items will be for sale at the expo

March 19-20

we will be open Sat...HOURS tba

Sun we will be closed

Spring Forward SUNDAY March 13

we are also getting ready for spring...YEAH!

Hope to see you soon

Love

C&C