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Farewell Summer – Labor Day Weekend 2019

September 3, 2019 By: Fan

This past Labor Weekend was a blast!! Hubby and I headed into San Francisco to the Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) to experience the Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again exhibit as this was the very last weekend for it. We saw the exhibit when it opened this past May 2019 and then attended the Andy Warhol party at SFMOMA but seeing his work is very inspiring and we really enjoy it so we were excited to see it all one last time.

Here are a couple pictures I snapped of my favorites from the Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again exhibit. The iconic Campbell Soup Cans, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, illustrations of vintage hairstyles, the Brillo boxes, Elizabeth Taylor from National Velvet, Green Coca-Cola Bottles, Cow Wallpaper and Flower paintings, self portrait and comic book art.

We also visited Korbel Winery and strolled through their beautiful gardens. It is already harvesting season here in wine country California and soon the vineyards will turn a beautiful orange and red as Fall approaches. Korbel is lovely and modeled after the quaint French winery with lots of charm and plenty of photo opportunities. You can do tastings and take a tour of the gardens and the property and learn all about how Korbel produces its wine and Champagne. There is a wonderful café on the property too where you can order an assortment of sandwiches, salads, pastries, coffees and of course wine and champagne. You can enjoy your goodies inside the café or outside on the patio under the redwoods overlooking the gorgeous vineyards.

I wore my lovely Heart of Haute dress in the new Cocoa Dahlia print and received so many compliments. The print on this dress is stunning!! This dress fits beautifully and is so comfortable, the fabric is so fabulous as it hardly wrinkles!! Heart of Haute has gorgeous vintage style clothing from the 1940s-1950s, available in plus sizes too and the quality is phenomenal!! I have written about the Heart of Haute brand many times on my blog so doing a quick search will show you all the fabulous clothing.

Hope you all are enjoying the last days of summer. All pics of me by my sweet hubby Gary.

Kitschy Poodle T-Shirt

August 25, 2019 By: Fan

Our newest design for Crazy4Me Style has debuted and it is the Amazing Kitschy Poodle T-Shirt. This t-shirt is reminiscent of the vintage 1950s spaghetti poodle dog figurines that were made in Japan by Lefton, Napco, Norcrest, Holt Howard, Kreiss, Artmark, Relco, Relpo, and more . Our Poodles are kitschtsastic with their cateye glasses, the fabulous pink and turquoise colors of the era and atomic starbursts.

Vintage Spaghetti Poodle Kitschy T-Shirt

This tee fits like a dream. It is a longer length, has a good amount of stretch so it is comfortable while still maintaining its shape and is made from a high quality cotton, and available in sizes Small-3XL. Here you can see our video on how the tee fits.. Tee is perfect for Pinup girl fashion and Rockabilly fashion styles as well as for searching for treasure when antiquing, junking and thrifiting.

This is such a fun design and it comes screen-printed on a black t-shirt or a bright pink t-shirt and a there is also a matching Poodle mug!! Tee is perfect for the Poodle lover, mid-century modern and kitsch enthusiasts, as well as collectors of 1950s spaghetti poodle figurines. Makes a great gift too!! Hurry and snap yours up while sizes are in stock at Crazy4Me Style.

Yasmina Greco Amazing Kitschy Poodle T-Shirt

All pics by my sweet hubby Gary

The Perfect Wrap Dress from eShakti

August 16, 2019 By: Fan

Recently eShakti reached out for a collaboration and I was excited, as they are not typically known for their vintage or retro clothing styles I tend to wear and thought it was a great opportunity to try a new brand. Sizes range from 0 XS – 6X 36!!

I was pleasantly surprised at the vast collection of clothing the website had; everything from dresses, skirts, tops, pants, and they came in such a variety of prints, solids, florals, stripes, checks and more to styles of fit-and-flare, sheath, maxi, wrap, LBD, rompers, jumpsuits, and so much more. Not being familiar with eShakti and how items fit, I choose my go-to style the wrap dress because I knew a wrap dress usually fits my curves pretty well. I selected the fun Owl Print Georgette Midi Wrap Dress and was amazed by the many ways I could add customization! I could select from 8 different hem lengths, 6 different sleeve styles, and 2 different necklines. I read through the online size guide and chose my usual 2X. I actually really liked the dress straight from the pictures and didn’t make any customization. Ordering was super easy and within a week my dress arrived. Here are some pictures of the unboxing. I was surprised that there were no coupons or promotional materials included within the box. But, the dress was well packaged and arrived safely.

The dress looked exactly as pictured on the website and the colorful owls were so cute!! I thought it would be a fun dress to accessorize with cardigans, shoes and accessories because of all the colors. For this shoot I wanted the dress to standout and only added some red accents in my necklace and shoes and my vintage Enid Collins owl purse.

eShakti pleasantly surprised me with the amount of attention to detail on this dress!! The dress fabric is very fine sheer polyester so it hardly wrinkles, something I appreciate. The dress is also lined, has pockets, ties at the waist, has bodice darts and is incredibly lightweight. A true warm weather dress. The dress can take you from work to dinner to weekend in complete style. Because it is a wrap, you decide how much décolletage to show. The dress was so comfortable; I could have worn it all day. It fit me perfectly. Now I am looking forward to ordering more items and trying out the customization tools to have a more custom fitting dress. I like that eShakti has such a vast selection of styles and items so there truly is something for everyone. Hurry on over to eShakti and give them a try, you’ll find pricing is very affordable and there are all kinds of deals to be had, at the time of writing this blog post there is a $35 coupon for new customers!! Try eShakti and let me know what you got and what you think? eShakti is #realfashionforrealpeaople

All pictures by my sweet hubby Gary Greco

Napa Valley Day Trip – Highlights of St. Helena

August 7, 2019 By: Fan

St. Helena California — St. Helena, California

Living in gorgeous wine country California we have so many opportunities to explore new cities located right in Napa Valley. Hubby and I picked St. Helena for a day trip as the city is known for its vineyards, wineries, restaurants, spas, shopping and art galleries so there would be plenty to experience on our trip.

St. Helena is such a cute town with so much charm. We wandered the lovely down town, stopped into shops that had some incredibly unique and one-of-a-kind items like Erin Martin where there is incredible home decor, design services and giftware selection and upon entering you are greeted by a giant dinosaur!!

Erin Martin Dinosaur Napa Valley California

There are trendy women’s boutiques like Amelia Claire where there are beautiful shoes and an amazing selection of collectible Mary Frances novelty handbags… still wish I had gotten the Cinderella Carriage purse. Love this quote and it is so accurate “I should have bought it when I saw it”

We saw some amazing art in the galleries of Caldwell Snyder and I really liked the vintage pop paintings by James Wolanin whose use of color and surfboard resin make the retro mid-century modern subjects pop. You can practically feel the cool pool water!!

James Wolanin Vintage Pop Caldwell Snyder St. Helena — James Wolanin Vintage Pop

There are many restaurants and opportunities for wine tasting of course and on this trip we did indulge with some super yummy espresso gelato and peanut butter chocolate chip gelato over at Caffe della valle as it was a very warm day and we needed to cool off a bit.

Gelato Caffe della valle St. Helena California

Yasmina Greco St. Helena California Napa Valley

We spent a lovely day in a gorgeous Napa Valley city exploring, wondering into shops, and taking some pictures. On our next visit I’ll share our experience at some restaurants (they have a lot of pizza and wine bar places) and I want to explore Calistoga, which is a little town a few miles down the road. Hope you all are having a great summer!!

Collectif Clothing Dolores Doll Dress Review

August 2, 2019 By: Fan

Collectif Dolores Doll Dress Yasmina Greco

“Life isn’t always perfect but your outfit can be”

Having an hourglass figure is not always easy to dress because finding clothing that nips in your waist and compliments your curves is not usually something you can find at the local shopping mall. When I discovered The Dolores Doll dress from Collectif Clothing it immediately became one of my go-to styles.

Many of you who have been following me for a while know about my love of vintage style clothing and styles especially from the 1950s known today as Pinup. I find these 50s styles really fit my shape and I feel really good wearing them. The best part is many of the manufactures are size inclusive and go up to 4X and 5X so almost everyone can look fabulous no matter their size.

The Collectif Dolores Doll dress is a full 50s style swing dress with sweetheart neckline, pleated bust detail and fitted waist. I am wearing the Dolores in dark navy blue polka dots in my standard UK size 18, it has a bit of stretch and comes in many other colors and prints. The dress is so comfortable, zips up the back and has such a lovely fabric. You can create so many different looks with this dress by adding different color cardigans and shoes. For these photos I added a pink cardigan, hair bow, and necklace. I am wearing a pink petticoat underneath. But adding red shoes/cardigan or yellow would really pop and look amazing as well.

The Dolores dress is made from nice weight cotton so it breathes and is perfect for summer. You will definitely be a standout in this gorgeous dress and every season there are new prints too. So hurry on over to Collectif and snap yours up as they do tend to sell out!!

All pics by my sweet hubby Gary

Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Moon Landing – Far Out Exhibit at SFMOMA

July 21, 2019 By: Fan

SFMOMA Far Out Apoll 11 — SFMOMA Far Out Exhibit – Astronaut Space Suits Apollo 11

It was on July 20, 1969 when the first moon landing happened with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins on the Apollo 11 and it was the most thrilling time for space exploration in our nations history and the world. I wasn’t born yet, but outer space travel, discovering new planets and galaxies, and that question of are there aliens or Martians and just the fascination of what would it be like one day for humans to live in space have always fascinated me.

NASA Space Shuttle Extravehicular Mobility Unit Suite

Yasmina Greco SFMOMA Far Out Exhibit 50th Anniversary Apollo 11

San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art (SF MOMA) is holding the Far Out – Suits, Habs, and Labs for Outer Space exhibit July 20, 2019 – January 2020 showcasing artists, architectures, and designers who dared to imagine life far out among the stars. Exhibit includes works by Rick Guidice, Raymond Loewy, NASA, Neri Oxman, Tom Sachs, and others.

Yasmina Greco Coffee at Carlos's Country Kitchen Santa Rosa — Yasmina Greco having Coffee at Carlos’s Country Kitchen

Our day started with breakfast and coffee then a drive into San Francisco. Hubby and I attended the Far Out exhibits opening on July 20, 2019 the very day 50 years ago when Apollo landed on the moon. The exhibit was thrilling!! Set in a darker room with a circular theme (galactic theme) you can see immediately all the space suits designed through the years by various nations.

Clavius Base Space Suite from 2001: A Space Odyssey

Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey - IBM — Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey – IBM

On display is the space suite from the Stanley Kubrick movie 2001 Space Odyssey and we spotted the rumored IMB theory related to the movie and Hal when we looked at the right arm of the space suite and there it is IBM (pictured) Videos play of the moon landing, inside the Apollo 11 with the astronauts and you can see a video of the process of how the space suits were actually made. There are also lots of diagrams and blueprints of space stations and futuristic pods of artist paintings and diagrams of what housing humans might look like one day. We enjoyed the Far Out exhibit at SFMOMA very much and highly recommend it to any space enthusiasts or folks interested in space exploration.

We ended our fun day with a visit to Fisherman’s Wharf. Had some yummy lunch and the seagulls were very aggressive as one swooped down and stole my hubby’s fish-n-chips!! I wore my new Old Navy gingham wrap dress and I was so happy as it barely wrinkled and was so comfortable. The dress is very light and breezy and perfect for a day at the museum and having fun in San Francisco. I am wearing my standard 2X size and Old Navy is very size inclusive so the fit was very comfortable. It is the perfect dress for summer. The dress is currently on sale so hurry on over to Old Navy and snap it up before it sells out.

All pics by my sweet hubby Gary