Vintage Edwardian on Bloor Street West

The Location:  The Piston, Bloor & Dovercourt, 09-11-11

The Occasion:  Openhearts Society weekend residency.  Celebrations for the Toronto release of Openheart Society’s debut CD Love in Time continued with another awesome show @ The Piston.  A special shout out to guest performer, Miss Emily Fennell.

On Terry:

Shirt, Calvin Klein @ Saks Off 5th

Shoes, J. Murphy @ DSW Warehouse, Nashville, TN

Vintage tuxedo jacket @ Flashback Vintage, Nashville, TN

Pocket square @ Model Citizen, Toronto, ON

Black stretch f**king jeans @ Lip Service.

On MaryLenore:

Black turtleneck body suit, Wolford hosiery @ Designer Finds, Nashville, TN

* Vintage 1890’s capelet and bustle skirt @ Lebanon Square Antiques, Lebanon, TN

Black lace waist cincher by Karen Von Oppen, KVO Designs.

Vintage 1920’s black crochet fingerless gloves.  @ La Rosa Vintage, San Francisco, CA

 * The history behind both the skirt and capelet – I bought it from an antiques store in Lebanon, TN.  The store owners discovered the outfit  in an attic in Mississippi.  It was owned by a travelling companion for a lady of leisure.  The skirt originally had a waistline of around 16 or 18”.  The back of the skirt was cut to wear a bustle.  The detailing and beadwork on both the skirt and capelet is the eptimay of luxury.   If this is the lavishness  for clothes for a simple travelling companion I can only imagine what the ‘lady of leisure’ would wear.  A special thanks to Joan Durand for her alteration expertise on both the length and the waist line of the skirt.