Where Folk Art Goes to Die

vintage sweater from Vacation SF // thrifted skirt // vintage boots // UO coat from several years ago

I've been having incredible luck with finding sweaters lately. This one is from an amazing vintage boutique / performance space / gallery space / all around good-time space in the Tenderloin called Vacation. I follow them on Instagram, where the owner Kristin devilishly posts her new finds every day. Everything is first come, first served (no holds!) so after seeing this shaggy Fozzie bear sweater show up on my feed, I hopped down there the next day to grab it, along with a few other treats (the prices are awesomely reasonable). Then while I was in Los Angeles last weekend, I found the exact same sweater in chocolate brown for $5 at a thrift store!  I get touched a lot whenever I wear them.

These were taken while Rachel* and I were snooping through antique stores in Oakland, looking for possible wedding presents for Annalise and Matthew. We climbed up into the attic of one particularly messy boutique and wasted a lot of time rifling through old textiles and terrible paintings. I love junk and bad art. I'm certain the Gods of Taste will bar me from ever having a nice home, because I would probably decorate it in some ghastly variation of memphis style.

*p.s. I'm selling some select vintage wares through Rachel's Etsy store and did a VERY candid interview with her over on the Mousevox blog - check it out