Sunday, January 30, 2011

Sassy Sister Vintage Necklace Giveaway! (CLOSED)



This week's giveaway comes to us courtesy of Kim of Sassy Sister Vintage, an online vintage boutique bursting with pretty dresses, purses, shoes and quality home decor. Recently, Sassy Sister started offering one-of-a-kind handmade jewelry crafted from repurposed vintage materials. To celebrate the addition of these new pieces, the boutique is generously offering one lucky winner a dreamy pendant necklace featuring a cobalt blue vintage glass marble orb on a 16" antiqued copper chain. For your chance to win, simply visit Sassy Sister Vintage and leave a comment below indicating your favorite item from the shop before Sunday, Feb. 6 at 11:30 p.m. PST. The randomly selected winner will be announced on Monday, Feb. 7 and contacted privately with additional details. Good luck, and thanks for entering!

For up to 3 additional entries & opportunities to win:
• 'Like' Sassy Sister Vintage on Facebook & leave one additional comment
• Follow the Sassy Sister Vintage blog & leave one additional comment
Tweet about the giveaway & leave one additional comment

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Huzzah Vintage Shop Update!







Thursday, January 27, 2011

For Lisa



We hope the sound of a snoring, dreaming Sassy Mae makes your day a little easier.
xo, G + K (and Sassy Mae)

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Proto Cindy Sherman



Those of you from the City of Big Shoulders are likely already very familiar with Outsider Artist Lee Godie's unique oeuvre, but we just recently came across it, and had to share. While the resonances with Cindy Sherman are quite pronounced, Godie's technique was worlds away from that of Sherman. Lacking both a camera and a home, the itinerant artist relied throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s on a photo booth at a Chicago Greyhound bus station to make her absurdist self-portraits, and frequently worked upon their surface with ink pens to apply color and other flourishes. And unlike Sherman, whose youth and privilege can be read on the conventionally attractive body that she distorts for many of her portraits, Godie's especially sun-damaged skin bespeaks a certain mystery that no amount of postmodern play or dime-store makeup can negate.

What wonderful stories one can tell with some pocket change.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Feeling Spotty



(Editor's Note: We're taking the day off to go frolic at the DMV. In our absence, please enjoy a fun guest post from our friends at Bess Georgette!)

Describing someone as 'spotty' isn't always considered complimentary, especially given that 'spotty' can refer to a person with an inconsistent personality or skin problem. However, the world of spots isn't all bad! After all, who can resist the lure of a lovely polka dot dress or the sense of satisfaction found in completing a 'spot the difference' challenge? We're happy to say that Bess Georgette can help you with both!

Our 'spotty' challenge features an image from an August 1, 1955 issue of Vogue. Pictured are Gwen Verdon and Ray Walston, who starred together in the movie Damn Yankees. Are you able to spot the five differences between the original image on the left and the slightly altered image on the right? While we won't be providing any prizes to those who succeed, we can offer 15% off every item in our store now thru February 11. Simply enter coupon code 'SPOTTY' at checkout. (You'll even find some pretty polka dot pieces waiting to tempt you.)

So what are you waiting for? You only have 'til February 11 to do your bit and help give spots a good name!

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Welcome to Vintage Park!



"Where the oldest thing you're likely to encounter is the fryer oil at Fish City (probably/allegedly)!"

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

The World's First Fashion Bloggers



Recently, a Mark Twain biographer dubbed the noted 19th century humorist "the world's first blogger." According to Robert Hirst, Twain's autobiographical technique was not unlike that of contemporary bloggers, who, Hirst notes, tend to eschew chronology in favor of informal, meandering recollection. Like a fish without a bicycle, Twain was 'a blogger without a web.' Perhaps the same can be said, then, of the women pictured above. Just a bunch of proto fashion bloggers without a cable modem or a scrap of Modcloth. Sounds kinda dreamy, right?

Monday, January 17, 2011

Vintage Shaun Necklace Giveaway! (CLOSED)



This week's giveaway comes to us courtesy of Shaunya of Vintage Shaun, a delightfully-curated collection of women's vintage apparel and accessories with contemporary flavor. Shaunya is generously offering one lucky winner a piece from her collection in the form of the delicious chunky wood and puka shell vintage necklace pictured above. For your chance to win, simply visit Vintage Shaun and leave us a comment (along with your email address) indicating your favorite item from the shop before Sunday, Jan. 23 at 11:30 p.m. PST. The randomly selected winner will be announced on Monday, Jan. 24 and contacted privately with additional details. Good luck, and thanks for entering!

For up to 2 additional entries & opportunities to win:
• Follow the Vintage Shaun blog & leave one additional comment
• Follow Vintage Shaun on Twitter & leave one additional comment

(No purchase necessary to win. Giveaway contest open to US readers only. One winner will be selected from among qualifying entries at random by Huzzah! Vintage at close of giveaway on Sunday, Jan. 23 at 11:30 p.m. PST.)

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Who Needs Leather?



Lovin' these felted wool riffs on typically-leather bags. Especially perfect for those for whom a coffee shop serves as a makeshift office.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

New Vintage From Huzzah!




Friday, January 14, 2011

Vintage Bad Hair Day



Or, from the looks of those bangs, vintage Bad Hair Month.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Dear Pop Divas: The Future Called, and It’s Not Gonna Be As Sexy As You Think



We were discussing with some friends the other night whether the 1970s would ever truly make a comeback in the same way that the 1960s, or even the 1990s, have. While the midi skirt will probably never enjoy a proper renaissance, it is clear that one vestige of the decade--Afrofuturism--has made something of a return thanks in large part to hip hop divas like Rihanna, Nicki Minaj and Beyonce's so-called alter ego Sasha Fierce.

Equal parts science-fiction, psychedelic style, and extraterrestrial attitude, Afrofuturism was a politically-inflected movement that explored the past and the future of people of color through art, music, poetry and literature by the likes of George Clinton, Sun Ra and Octavia Butler. More recently, musicians like Kool Keith, Outkast and even Kanye have dabbled in its remnants, as has P. Diddy-bankrolled gender-bender Janelle MonĂ¡e (whose album The Archandroid summons the movement in both form and substance).

But Afrofuturism's 21st century resurgence has been most prominently led by pop music's fairer sex, and the revival leaves much to be desired--mostly in the form of politics, sincerity and depth. This is not to say that we are not down with Rihanna's riff on Mad Max, or that Nicki Minja’s rainbow-dipped wig doesn’t have a certain amount of charm. It’s just that, back in the day, Afrofuturism was too freaky, too funked up, and far too far out to ever pass as pop. In dreaming up inter-planetary revelry, the movement's innovators (like its contemporary imitators) had a taste for utopian fantasy, irreverence and play, but their romanticism was never entirely divorced from the harsh realities of the real world, or the fucked up dystopia that it could ultimately fund. Today's future perfect divas don't seem all that interested in exploring whether the future will be just, only that it will be sexy (and that they will be 'the only women in it,' as Rihanna's thoroughly paranoid version suggests). But with large populations of birds inexplicably falling dead from the sky, a perpetual war in the Middle East, and the after-image of 40,000 tons of oil spilling into our rising oceans, we have to wonder just how sexy the future will truly be?

Thursday, January 13, 2011

YOU Decide!



{image via Jet}

Is that thing over the model's bust area...

a) a censor bar
b) a bikini top

If you guessed "b," congratulations! Your 1970s fashion IQ is more impressive than Barry Gibb's vocal range.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Eklectic Xplosion Vintage Purse Giveaway! (CLOSED)



This week's giveaway comes to us courtesy of Qiana of Eklectic Xplosion Vintage, an online vintage shop specializing in smokin' hot men's and women's styles that will take you from day to night and back again. In an effort to speed up that transition to night, Qiana is generously offering one lucky winner the gorgeous gold-specked vintage cocktail clutch pictured above. For your chance to win, simply visit Eklectic Xplosion and leave us a comment (along with your email address) indicating your favorite item from the shop before Sunday, Jan. 16 at 11:30 p.m. PST. The randomly selected winner will be announced on Monday, Jan. 17 and contacted privately with additional details. Good luck, and thanks for entering!

For up to 2 additional entries & opportunities to win:
"Like" Eklectic Xplosion Vintage & leave one additional comment
• Follow Eklectic Xplosion Vintage on Twitter & leave one additional comment

(No purchase necessary to win. Giveaway contest open to US readers only. One winner will be selected from among qualifying entries at random by Huzzah! Vintage at close of giveaway on Sunday, Jan. 16 at 11:30 p.m. PST.)

Sunday, January 09, 2011

Sponsor Spotlight: Small Earth Vintage & Blouse Shoppe



It's always nice when your favorite online vintage shop is run by some of your favorite people, as is the case with Small Earth Vintage and Blouse. Karen (of the former) and Jane and Jen (of the latter) not only consistently offer up fantastic, wearable vintage pieces, but they're soopa nice ladies with whom we someday hope to enjoy a cocktail. So shop our friends, and tell 'em Huzzah! sent ya ;)

Saturday, January 08, 2011

Things to do with a Thong



Back in 2009, Cosmo ran a typically hard-hitting piece titled "Fun Little Tricks Guys Love" which effectively beat Readymade at its own game by suggesting that women repurpose their thong underwear into a ponytail tie in order to get things cooking in the bedroom. (You see, straight men are apparently so sensitive to the presence of thong underwear in a room that they can be influenced by its intrinsic powers even as it serves a completely unsexy, transmogrified function like hair collection! Whoa!) Here are five more ways to repurpose your thongs for a successful Date Night, Cosmo-style:

5. Sexy Headband!
4. Sexy Bracelet!
3. Sexy Necklace!
2. Sexy Ring!
1. Sexy Tourniquet!

(Tune in next month for seven secrets to a successful bath, and our top five tricks for passing gas silently at the office!)

Thursday, January 06, 2011

Barbie's Millennial Body More Realistically Unrealistic



{image via Reddit}

Sunday, January 02, 2011

Blouse Gift Card Giveaway! (CLOSED)



********************************************************* THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED! Please see our current giveaway HERE!

This week's giveaway comes to us courtesy of Blouse, a gorgeous online vintage clothing boutique run by stylish BFFs Jane and Jen. The ladies are generously offering one lucky winner a $30 Gift Card good toward the purchase of anything in their online collection (including this current Huzzah! fave). To enter the giveaway, simply visit Blouse and leave a comment (along with your email address) indicating your favorite item from the shop before Sunday, Jan. 9 at 11:30 p.m. PST. The randomly selected winner will be announced on Monday, Jan. 10 and contacted privately with additional details. Good luck, and thanks for entering!

For up to 3 additional entries & opportunities to win:
• Follow the Blouse Blog & leave one additional comment
"Like" Blouse on Facebook & leave one additional comment
Tweet about this giveaway & leave one additional comment

(No purchase necessary to win. Giveaway contest open to readers worldwide. One winner will be selected from among qualifying entries at random by Huzzah! Vintage at close of giveaway on Sunday, Jan. 9 at 11:30 p.m. PST.)

And the winner is...

Congratulations to Mindi, lucky commenter no. 6! We'll be in touch soon with details ~ xo, Team Huzzah!