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no history lesson today: let’s take a field trip to the pool

2023-06-18 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post

If you’ve been in the shop, you know I collect Ponchartrain ..

If you’ve been in the shop, you know I collect Ponchartrain Beach pieces. They’re hard to find and the older pieces are worth a lot. Especially the Tiki mugs. For those new here, Ponchartrain Beach was a beach and amusement park that was on the south shore of Lake Ponchartrain here in New Orleans. It was opened in 1928 (by the grandfather of actor Bryan Batt for those of you that like the show Mad Men) and closed in 1983. Ponchartrain Beach had a killer tiki restaurant on the property (called the Bali Hai club) whose tiki mugs are hard to get your hands on. We’ve moved a lot of them through the shop and they sell within minutes. One tiki Bob mug typically sells between $400-600 bucks. Here at home I have mugs, the menu from the 1950s, coins from the arcade style games, and more. Picture here is the book Bryan Batt wrote about sifting through the memories and items left behind after Ponchartrain Beach closed. 🏝️

2023-06-16 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post

A 1960s ruffled string bikini top and tie skirt. I found thi..

A 1960s ruffled string bikini top and tie skirt. I found this in an old costume shop in western Louisiana and couldn’t let it go! 💕 You can’t mention the modern day bikini set without mentioning Bunny Yeager: one of the most famous photographers of the pinup era who also designed and sewed bikinis for her models, which greatly influenced swim fashion of the time, ultimately pushing the bikini as the standard for sexy, playful beachwear.

2023-06-11 12:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post

A little Sunday service in a grail this is a rare 1992 Olym..

A little Sunday service in a grail this is a rare 1992 Olympics Lithuania Grateful Dead basketball tee from when the band sponsored the Lithuanian team following their separation from the Soviet Union. The Lithuanian team didn’t have the funds to compete, so the Grateful Dead bankrolled them. The whole team competing in head to toe tie dye uniforms.

2023-06-09 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

A Victorian gambling machine! POV: I bet using my clothes a..

A Victorian gambling machine! POV: I bet using my clothes and lost

2023-06-06 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

It’s almost my birthday! Here’s a little tease from my upco..

It’s almost my birthday! Here’s a little tease from my upcoming birthday post later in June 🎂 🎈 I have a wishlist now and would love to be surprised 🥰 If you look at my profile, the wishlist is linked! It’s also here: https://onlyfans.com/away?url=https://throne.com/prettysadiereed

2023-06-04 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post

A 1950's formal robe in a shimmery green gold chartreuse col..

A 1950's formal robe in a shimmery green gold chartreuse color. Also wearing a necklace hand made from a Royal Street artisan of vintage ship's rope and emerald-color crystals. Got to shoot this in an old French Quarter home <3

2023-06-02 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

suns out, buns out no history homework for today 😎

2023-05-30 12:01:44 +0000 UTC View Post

A 1980s oversized crop top Playboy tee from the famous vinta..

A 1980s oversized crop top Playboy tee from the famous vintage seller Slobby Robby. Vintage Playboy (from any era) is super hot and sells quick. This top sells for around $85 but it’s NFS because I like it so much :)

2023-05-28 12:00:34 +0000 UTC View Post

a 1960s frilly cupless bra and garter belt, 1950s nylons and..

a 1960s frilly cupless bra and garter belt, 1950s nylons and a 1960s black lace robe with the original tags Nylons and garter belts were part of a woman's typical outfit until they lost popularity into the 1970s and 1980s with the rise of a full leg stocking. Since then, garter belts are marketed less as a necessary tool to hold up stockings and more as one of the sexiest pieces of lingerie you can wear (but, I'm biased. I love them.) For the record, cupless bras are purely decorative, and designed more as an accessory, harkening back to the days of Ancient Greece where breasts had open layered harnesses around then. It wasn't until the 1700s in France when corsets and stays rose in popularity for the wealthy, and by the 1800s cloth layers around the chest and on the shoulders began to take form as what we know today as the modern bra.

2023-05-26 12:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post

An early 1900s (estimates between 1875 and 1920) Odd Fellows..

An early 1900s (estimates between 1875 and 1920) Odd Fellows ceremonial (inner guard) robe. It’s heavy and has multiple layers of fabric (velvet, cotton and wool) with chains and hooks that audibly clink when walking in it. The Odd Fellows are non-political & non-secular fraternity founded in America in the early 1800s but worldwide they’ve been around a century longer than that. Interestingly, the Civil War saw huge declines in all fraternal memberships (for obvious reasons given the impact of the war both due to casualties and political divide of the nation as well as an increase in socioeconomic challenges of the average American.) Following this, the Odd Fellows regained it strength, surpassing the Free Masons to become the largest fraternal organization in the country. Their stated goals are “visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead and educate the orphan,” and ceremonies (rituals) are held for various celebrations including initiations. The links on the costume represent the three values of The Order: Friendship, Love & Truth and would have been worn by a member assigned as the Guard protecting the entrance to the ceremony. I have several other ritual costumes from them from this time period - more to come if you liked this! 💋

2023-05-23 12:00:32 +0000 UTC View Post

Cha-Ching! A Saints grail tee. For those new here, grails ..

Cha-Ching! A Saints grail tee. For those new here, grails are rare; hard to find and much envied t-shirts. The New Orleans Saints were founded in 1966 and named after the well-known Jazz classic “When the Saints Go Marching In.” The team colors are black and gold which is allegedly from the days of olde when they would practice at the New Orleans Athletic Club, which is situated on the edge of the French quarter where the original building featured black and gold decorative colors. Of course they weren’t called the Saints back then, and there wasn’t an NFL yet. Saint stuff sells almost instantly in the shop – we even have a wait list of people that have us call them as soon as we get a vintage piece in. I was lucky to get to try this one on!

2023-05-21 12:00:36 +0000 UTC View Post

An early 1900s riding crop and 1920s men’s tank top undergar..

An early 1900s riding crop and 1920s men’s tank top undergarment. Save a horse ride a ______. (what’s the swamp equivalent?)

2023-05-19 12:00:45 +0000 UTC View Post

A 1970s Rain Lamp Rain lamps were popular in the 70s durin..

A 1970s Rain Lamp Rain lamps were popular in the 70s during a resurgence in 1920s Art Nouveau style. Usually you see these as chandeliers, and when you find them they're almost always in need of repair. They almost always feature a greek goddess (usually Venus) and some have faux greenery on the bottom as if she's standing in a garden. This one's a pedestal lamp and in perfect working order. It's mineral oil (not water) that creates the rain effect. It makes a low humming sound when it's on.

2023-05-16 12:00:33 +0000 UTC View Post

A rare 1980s Jeff Kendall Santa Cruz skateboard 🛹 80s crop ..

A rare 1980s Jeff Kendall Santa Cruz skateboard 🛹 80s crop top vacation tank $35 skateboard $1500 (NFS)

2023-05-14 12:01:10 +0000 UTC View Post

simple pleasures: a good cup of coffee, watching Ted Lasso o..

simple pleasures: a good cup of coffee, watching Ted Lasso on repeat just to drool over Roy Kent and panties made by a Kardashian 🍑 comments with the best line from Ted Lasso gets a prize to their inbox

2023-05-12 12:00:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Rubik’s Cube Striptease come hang out with me on an average..

Rubik’s Cube Striptease come hang out with me on an average Thursday night and watch me create a new form of ASMR: solving a Rubik’s cube and removing clothing at each step

2023-05-11 03:23:50 +0000 UTC View Post

A turn-of-the-century barber chair and accompanying supplies..

A turn-of-the-century barber chair and accompanying supplies. The straight razors are rusty from age but still sharp enough that I had to be careful handling them up against my skin. 1900's Barber chair setup: $1,000 Antique boar/horse hair shave brushes: $20-30 Straight razors: $20-50

2023-05-09 12:01:30 +0000 UTC View Post

SWEDGIN!!! An original set of promotional Deadwood playing ..

SWEDGIN!!! An original set of promotional Deadwood playing cards that feature the main characters as the court (face) cards. all 52 are still in there (the deck looks like it’s never been used). It was provided to someone who worked on set. This one sits on my bar cart - it’s a big hit at parties because who doesn’t love Deadwood? If you don’t imma change your OF nickname (they let me do that to y’all on my end!) to a hoople head cocksucker. Wanna play poker with me? I’ll bring the canned peaches and unauthorized cinnamon. (if you play with me, Bullock wins any time regardless of traditional poker rules. I have the biggest, irrational crush him.)

2023-05-08 03:02:03 +0000 UTC View Post

What people think owning a vintage shop is like vs. what own..

What people think owning a vintage shop is like vs. what owning a vintage shop is actually like 😅 It’s my one year anniversary! Thank y’all so much for being here. As a token of appreciation, I sent a little something spicy to your inboxes 💋

2023-05-05 15:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post

“adds two inches!” they knew 😏 this is a measuring tape fr..

“adds two inches!” they knew 😏 this is a measuring tape from the 1960s, manufactured by K&E (a company famous for their drafting and architectural tools) that was used by Tums as advertisements. we see a lot of items like this in the shop: midcentury household items that were given away by companies as advertisements. I’ve seen everything from pocket & table lighters, ashtrays, pencils, or in this case, tools. ps size doesn’t doesn’t matter 💋

2023-05-03 15:02:25 +0000 UTC View Post

a 1960s satin corset hope y’all had a great Jazz Fest weeken..

a 1960s satin corset hope y’all had a great Jazz Fest weekend (there’s a jizz joke in there somewhere but it’s such a juvenile word to make a joke with that I’ll just leave it at that)

2023-05-01 14:01:28 +0000 UTC View Post

a quick little behind the scenes tonight: working on a serie..

a quick little behind the scenes tonight: working on a series of “Get Undressed With Me” sets through different eras, from Victorian to the 1970s. I’m trying on a pair of 1880 “pantaletters” which were the precursor to underwear. They’re cotton or linen tubes of cloth, often with a lace or detailed hem, connected together by a string that’s tied around the waist. After the Interview with the Vampire team bought out most of our Victorian & Edwardian pieces while filming here last year I’ve had to restock slowly. I’ve got my hands on some cool pieces and am shooting in a neat location next week for a full (more authentic feeling) set. Stay tuned for the full set in a few weeks. There really is something about a breeze flowing in parts you don’t normally feel it. I’m both cold and hot at the same time 💋 PS Choker is also Victorian

2023-04-30 01:25:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Tulane’s 1950 co-ed of the month 💚 wearing a 1950s Tulane s..

Tulane’s 1950 co-ed of the month 💚 wearing a 1950s Tulane sweatshirt, looking at a rare vintage Playboy Vargas art book. Alberto Vargas was arguably the most famous pinup artist, with a long career from the Ziegfeld Follies days into the traditional pinup images still used today. 1950s Tulane sweatshirt is $200 First edition (1971) Vargas book is $100

2023-04-28 13:44:02 +0000 UTC View Post

a 1920s step-in slip that I know you can’t really see from t..

a 1920s step-in slip that I know you can’t really see from the photo but this view might be better anyway 💕

2023-04-27 15:34:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Abbie Hoffman 4 President ✌🏻 An ultra rare 1970s Abbie Hoff..

Abbie Hoffman 4 President ✌🏻 An ultra rare 1970s Abbie Hoffman t-shirt from his time in hiding. Abbie Hoffman was a political and social activist in the 1969s and 70s. He founded the Youth International Party (they called themselves Yippies) and was integral in the Flower Power movement of that time. The movie The Trial of the Chicago Seven is a good primer if you’re not familiar. He published a book as a revolutionary survival guide (pictured is an original copy - this version from 1970 isn’t allowed to be printed anymore that way due to the content!). It’s dog eared and falling apart from the number of times (I’m assuming) it was stolen and used. Instead of stealing my book, you can have my panties. I took the liberty of taking them off for you already 💋✌🏻

2023-04-25 21:39:25 +0000 UTC View Post

a little local interest: wearing and not wearing a 1940s/50s..

a little local interest: wearing and not wearing a 1940s/50s work apron (couldn’t decide which edit I liked better) from Hibernia Roofing & Metalworks. Check out the phone number which contained numbers and letters (CR-5155). Phone numbers typically had two letters followed by 4 numbers until about the 1960s. hope this abates your Sunday Scaries 🙃💋

2023-04-24 00:59:58 +0000 UTC View Post

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