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I'm aching to go thrift shopping for a few hours, running my fingers over fabrics, prints, cuts, and styles. Oh but tomorrow Citizen Vintage opens its doors for the first time from the 10th to the 16th and I'm seriously looking forward to it. Along with hitting up the vintage shops, I plan to use the rest of February to catch up on the school work I've horribly neglected and get out to the gym - there is no excuse, the Y is half a block away from me.

EDIT: Citizen Vintage Sale is moved to next Wednesday at a new space "Off Interarts" - check their facebook page for more info.









*Last photo from Citizen Vintage Tumblr. The rest are mine from the Diana Mini.

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Dita Do

Love her or hate her (I personally love her) Dita Von Teese is so immaculate and polished its almost scary. But what does Dita do? As a girl, everyone called her by her given name, Heather Sweet. But by 15, Von Teese was drawn to a less than sweet aesthetic! She loved lacy lingerie, erotic dance, the pin up style, corsets, old hollywood...she started dancing in a strip club when she was 18 and played with the space to create playful and elaborate vintage dance routines. The burlesque came later in 1992, along with fetish and glamour modeling, costume design and acting. She is not the first woman to evoke the vintage burlesque visual, but she's certainly the most visible - Americas Next Top Model anyone? And she's got the best room of hats I ever did see.

These images are from InStyle and were found on The Vintage Valley.

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Citizen Vintage

Hey! There's a feature of me up on Crimson Rosella, so welcome all of Kirstins readers!

I am so excited to present to you Citizen Vintage! Brooke, Becky and Lara are opening a vintage shop in Montreal and they asked me model some of their spring collection - you can check out their pretty tumblr for a bunch of pictures from the shoot. I studied theater in university, and i've always thought of it as the most collaborative art one can practice. But when I was in their new showroom, I realized fashion is maybe even more so. And being in the hands of such capable, talented women, I felt I was in the midst of a total dream team.


(Photo by Brooke)


(Photo by Lara)


(Photo from my Diana Mini Set!)

If you're in Montreal their first sale is happening February 10th - 16th. I am going on the first day, theres a little white knit crop top I'm dying to call mine!

Deets: "Our studio is located at 5752 St. Laurent and will be open to the public from 10am - 7pm each day during the event. Remember, we’re only open for a week at a time, so this is your chance to pop in and see what we’ve been up to."

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