Prints Charming Sunday: Whoa, Daddy!

Welcome to a special Father's Day edition of Prints Charming Sunday!



What does every dad need? Yep. More ties. (Like he needs another hole in the head!) They're a Father's Day requirement! So here's a handful of some of my favorite vintage 40's & 50's ties with crazy cool prints that I found on Etsy from various sellers. Did you all remember Dad today? Did you call? Send a card? Mow the lawn? Just because Father's Day is pretty much over, doesn't mean you still can't surprise the man in your life with a kickass tie in the future. Better late than never! (That's years of Catholic guilt talking right there!)




Vintage 40's Horse Racing Handpainted Silk Tie, available from seller Goodlookin.





Vintage 40's Palm Tree Tie, available from seller Art Deco Dame.





Vintage 40's/50's Oil Wells Handpainted Tie, currently available from seller Rollout Cowboy.





Vintage 50's Spiderweb Tie, currently available from seller Fabs Gabs Vintage.







Wishing all you brothers, uncles, dads, grandfathers, teachers and any other menfolk who play a positive part in a kid's life a very rockin' Father's Day!

My (Aqua) Blue Heaven Fridays!

Welcome to the second edition (installment? part? episode? what is it?! what do I call you, weekly feature?!) of aqua-hued vintage on Fridays! I'm calling it "My (Aqua) Blue Heaven". Clever, no? Yeah, I know it's not. It took me all of 3.5 minutes to think of it and you guys gotta admit, it's better than my suggestions from last week, so suck it up and love it. LOVE IT SO HARD. Or at least, agree it doesn't suck as much as it could. (That's what he said. Shut up, it is too still funny!)

So the weather has been cold and crappy and grey and rainy and all around unpleasant and not at all June-like all this week. So naturally a jerk-y ol' Scorpio like myself loves it. But get this: apparently most of the population of Earth actually enjoys the sun shining and beautiful days. I know. I couldn't believe it either. What is wrong with humans? Thank jebus I'm not one.

So for today's theme, here are some of my favorite vintage picks in shades of aqua, good for playing lawn darts...or cattle-branding...or assembling an entire village out of dried banana leaves and coconuts after your ship the Minnow crashes onto a tropical island, or whatever else it is that people do in the summer. Enjoy, heat-seeking, fireball-worshipping humanoids of Earth!



Hot damn, I'd stick my hand in a bag of razorblades and vinegar (what? I don't know either, just go with it) for this vintage 50's hot slice of lovin' (what?) from Dorothea's Closet Vintage.




Killer vintage 50's halter dress from Past Perfect Vintage. It's the quilted picker-upper.





Cutest stripey vintage 60's dress from Metro Retro Vintage.





Amazing vintage 50's spike-heeled stilettos~ look how great they go with the stripey dress above! It's like fate! Or kismet! Or coincidence! From Viva Vintage Clothing.





Super skinny, super cool vintage 50's/60's tie from Glad Rags & Curios.






Vintage 60's men's barkcloth cabana swim set- even Elvis himself would roll outta his grave for this set (or return to Earth from his alien abduction. Or make a rare appearance from his trailer court in Reno. Go with whichever one you believe.) From Living*Doll*Vintage.