Today's Fab Find: A Vera Belt

What a find! I've only ever seen a Vera belt on-line and only a few, but to actually find one--and a great one! It's definitely this weeks big score, and it's only Monday. :-)

Vera Neumann boho belt, heavy leather, heavy metal. A gorgeous find.

 Check out that hardware! Two side metal hinges with metal rivets!

Always great with jeans, but would look stunning around a long skirt with high boots and bangled jewelry. :-)

This great find will be in the shop Tuesday. Stay tuned.

d, xo

p.s. Tuesday: the belt is in the shop now!

Fall Scarves at Dahlila Found

If you know me at all, you know I love scarves. They are the perfectly elegant accent to nearly any outfit. Toss it around your neck, tie it up in your hair, drape it over your shoulder, wrap it around your waist. People will always notice a touch of elegance.

Vintage silk Oscar de la Renta in plum, goldenrod marigolds.

Satiny bold vintage polka dots in black, white, copper. So fun!

Vintage Oscar de la Renta scarf in mauve, plum, dusty rose.

The Wild Card: Silk Vera Neumann in bold aqua, teal, yellow and pink florals.

Enjoy!

dahlila xxoo

Dahlila Found

VERA at the Beach House

Life is so funny. Sometimes what you want is right in front of your face and you don't even see it. Well, I don't anyway. Our family has a beach house that my grandfather built in the 50s. It's funky & fabulous, and our family rotates through it all summer long.

While I was there through the holiday I was searching through the linen's closet when I spotted a bright yellow and orange sticking out from the bottom pile. I knew at once. I just knew.

I got more excited than a minor striking gold. I pulled them out and was enveloped in bold butterflies! I fondled for a tag and there it was "Vera Collection, Burlington." I nearly shrieked.

All these years--all those eras!--there they sat, mostly unused, my mother later tells me--just waiting for me to discover Vintage and Vera.

So, of course, I had to share them with you. Do I keep them or sell them? There are two twin fitted & one flat sheet. They won't fit my bed. Decisions, decisions.

Meanwhile, I'm enjoying just having them and knowing where they were hiding out all these years, at home. :-)

d xxoo

Vera Neumann

Recently I asked a woman if her handmade coasters where made with vintage Vera fabric. She said, "I don't think Vera Wang makes pillow cases...." Where was I to go with that? I gasped, inside, because, really, who was I to judge her having only discovered Vera--Vera Neumann--several years before.

Trust me, this woman will never make that mistake again, as I shared what I knew with her--a pittance of what you know, perhaps. (Why is it that Vera makes us feel like we know her? Like we know her feelings when she painted such bold strokes, those delicate florals, her psychedelic swirls. A woman of many personas, she feels like us, I think, a bit of every woman.

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Everyone's  favorite store: Anthropologie just came out with an ode to the artist: "Vera: The Art And Life Of An Icon" (but you can buy it through Amazon for nearly half the price. Shh. It's a secret.)

I just finished posting my own Vera scarves in the shop. They look so lovely, posed, draped and  well lit. I'd like to frame them up and keep them forever. Once you've found your very first Vera, there really is no going back. It's nearly an addiction, right up there with shoes and coffee.

So, to help you out with your first Vera acquisition here are some Vera finds from vintage fashionistas all over Etsy. Enjoy!

A gorgeous silk Vera scarf from The Lucky Fish (the largest collection of Vera scarves I've ever seen.)

Darling Vera in green and  lavender florals. Recycled Charm

A bold floral Vera in green and ocean blue. Vintage Society

(Obviously, I like green.) This bursting floral Vera is from Vintage Domicile

 

And from my own collection: neon green and pink Vera;  Dahlila Found

I'm certain you have your own favorites, but these caught my eye today. It must be my yearning for sunny days, spring weather and gardening. I hope you like them. Do share your own favorites. I would love to see them.

dahlila xxoo