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Introducing The (Virtual) Gunne Sax Parade!

Posted on October 23rd, 2009 in bohemian, favorite pieces, the folk we frolic with with 2 comments

Remember how I was asking, post-Gunne Parade, for someone to please start a Gunne Sax database? Well, guess who jumped on it? None other than our friend Nicole from Atelier/Flaming Hag Folkwear!

Nicole felt like a regular "database" would be just too darn boring, so she put the Dream into blog form. You can peep her first few entries (including a history of the founder of Gunne Sax, Jessica McClintock!) at Gunnes on Parade.

Best of all, you can send her your pics of your Gunne Sax duds, for inclusion in the blog, at this address: gunnelove@live.com. Let's fill up the blog with pics of all the Gunnes of the world!

These pictures are some of our fave Gunnes that we have already sold, but don't despair- Violet Folklore is your Gunne Sax source! We have lots of gorgeous Gunnes in the store even as we speak… even one that is almost a copy of this cute purple one!

(A huge thanks to Nicole for being so kind, so cool, and so ON IT.)

xoxoxox

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Wedding Belles in the City of Roses

Posted on September 8th, 2009 in behind the music- personal stuff, the folk we frolic with, we like to gather with 7 comments

From Sasha

I am just back from the most amazing holiday weekend ever, which I spent up in Portland, Oregon. It wasn't just a regular vacation– one of my best friends in the whole wide world got married, to an actual Prince Charming. Such joy! I am still tearing up about it. I wanted to share with all of you some pictures from the fun, though I am short on proper pics from the wedding cause I was in the bridal party and didn't want to carry a camera. Still, there is something to be said for my random snapshots of Portland and the wedding prep. If you have never been to this amazing, young, vibrant city, you should get there now. And if you like vintage clothes….well, duh!…. it's a Wonderland. Officially.

We spent an entire day inside Powell's City of Books. Occupying a full city block, it is one of the biggest independent book stores in the entire world.

On this trip we discovered Voodoo Donuts, a veritable temple to Sugar and Weirdness. In the window:

And inside:

They make every kind of donut, including donuts covered in breakfast cereal, a huge variety of vegan donuts, and assorted Wacky Characters. They were blasting Bikini Kill at an ear splitting volume when we were there… my first time hearing Riot Grrrl rock in a donut store, a moment never to be forgotten. In fact, it seems like every business in Portland, even the corner store, blasts their music of choice, no matter what it is. Portlanders believe strongly in freedom of personal expression! Continue Reading... (690 words + 28 images, estimated 2:46 mins reading time)

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A Red Gingham Wedding

Posted on August 19th, 2009 in behind the music- personal stuff, favorite pieces, the folk we frolic with, we like to gather with 3 comments

From Amber
A while back I wrote in The Goodness Of Gingham about my mad search for the perfect red gingham dress. Then last month my husband Graham and I went up to my home town of South Lake Tahoe for the wedding of two of my dear friends. I had brought three dresses with me, unsure of which one to wear. I had planned on having at least an hour at my mom's house to decide on a dress, but traveling with a two-year-old = CHAOS sometimes and we got to her house with about 15 minutes to get ready. I was near panicking.
My mom had told me on the phone that day that she had bought a red dress for me and left it on the bed. Well, lo and behold, she didn't tell me it was a red GINGHAM dress! (<– exactly what I texted her later. Turns out my post had lodged in her subconscious and resurfaced when she found this dress at, yes, Ross). When I walked into the room and saw it on the bed I straight up squealed with delighted surprise and serious relief. My decision was made, I immediately put it on and didn't take it off until about 1am.
Here's me and my sis, adorning ourselves with some table settings. (A few glasses of wine in):

Me and my girls Meg and Steph from way back in the day pose in all our red, white, and black glory!

Graham and our friend Jeremy called this my American Apparel modeling moment. Note the change in shoes from the picture above as the chilly Tahoe evening descended. (I also love how you can see all the times I changed my hair in these pictures. It finally stayed in the braid when it came time for me to bust some sweet moves on the deck built especially for that purpose):

What can a girl do in a dress such as this at a beautiful, friend- filled wedding on a perfect summer night but flirt, flirt, flirt… even if it is just with her own darling husband?

;-)
Moral of the story: Yes, says Amber, it is okay to wear gingham to a wedding. Summertime is best for this, especially red gingham, and an outdoor setting also lends some credibility to such an outfit. As long as you strive to look polished, make it to the church on time, and don't try to make out with the groom on the dance floor, no one will question your choice of attire!

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All The Pretty Little Horses- A Gunne Sax Fantasy

Posted on July 17th, 2009 in 70s, Shop Preview!, photo shoot fun, prairie, the folk we frolic with, the lore of the land & herbs with 7 comments

From Sasha

We don't usually do consignments, but when my friend Holly asked if we wanted to sell her Gunne Sax dress in the shop, I didn't hesitate for a second. "Yeah, of course– if you model it, and if we can take pictures at your relative's ranch!"

I always wanted to take some pictures with a horse in them. I had the My Little Pony Castle, okay?

To seal the deal, her relatives have a Big Red Barn– a dream come true for a Gunne Sax photo shoot! Since solid backgrounds work best for thumbnail pictures, we could use the barn to do the "official" pictures, like this one:

And then there were the "unofficial" pictures– my favorite part. Yes, those actually are two happy horses galloping spontaneously through a sun-kissed meadow… we didn't even put them up to it.