I Can’t Sew, but I Can Shop
154.3 cheers for vintage and handmade one of a kind clothing! I love knowing I’m the only one with something. I think it’s that catty female side of me coming out. I got really huffy one time because I saw a girl on the train with my exact same coat. It didn’t help that she was sitting right in front of me. Fortunately, this problem can be easily solved by buying some extra adorable goodies (for not a lot of green) from SeamSewSwell. This is almost perfect because I don’t have very much cash at the moment and since SeamSewSwell is an online boutique, I don’t have to deal with crazy crowds at the prepubescent hang-out some people call the mall.
SeamSewSwell creator Victoria Martin makes all the clothes and recruits her siblings to be the extra-stylin’ models. This makes me so psyched because I love when companies keep things in the family (sibs are great). Though there isn’t as many handmade pieces as there are vintage the pieces that are available are fab-u-lous. I sort of have a crush on jumpers because they bring me back to my early years, so, the Black & Gray Stripe Jumper has my name all over it. I also dig the Black Floral Dress. Tube dresses are always so cute except for I get annoyed with always pulling them up. I’ll just have to deal.
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The vintage items are just as cute as the handmade stuff. Everyone needs a little black dress and the Black Hearts Dress is that perfect dress. The barely there black hearts pattern on the dress completely make the piece. I also really like the Leopard Dress. This is extremely surprising because I usually don’t like animal prints, but I can just see this with a cute pair of heels.
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SeamSewSwell also has great vintage accessories. I obsess over necklaces so obviously I picked a couple of my favorites. The 2 Skeleton Keys Necklace reminds me of pirates so I swooned for that until my eyes fell upon the gorgeous Art Heart Necklace. It’s beautiful and has a tassel which would appease my jingles/ric-rac loving mom.
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NOTE: Watch out for the sizes. For the vintage pieces, it’s whatever size Victoria happens to find them in, and the handmade pieces are made from a pattern so the sizes run a little small. Your best bet is to check the measurements. They’re pain-stakingly taken for a reason!
