Painfully Hip Design Collective: Shop the Shoot!

A couple of lovely items from our Cirque de Soixante Six Painfully Hip Design Collective photo shoot are up at Market Publique! Let us know if anything else from this shoot tickles your fancy so we can make them available online!
Click the image to purchase (only 22 hours left to go)!

Vintage 60s/70s European Primary Color Confetti Skirt Navy M

Vintage 60s/70s European Primary Color Confetti Skirt Navy M

Vintage 60s/70s European Primary Color Confetti Skirt Navy M

Vintage 60s/70s European Primary Color Confetti Skirt Navy M

vintage confetti skirt

Vintage Red &White Chevron Candy Stripes Dress w Pockets M L

Vintage Red &White Chevron Candy Stripes Dress w Pockets M L

Vintage Red & White Chevron Candy Stripes Dress w Pockets M L

Vintage Red & White Chevron Candy Stripes Dress w Pockets M L

chevron stripe dress

Photography: Kristin Cofer
Model: Danielle and Dee
Styling: Amber Mortensen
Makeup: Reanna Saddoris
Hair: Luxe Salon, Sacramento (ask for Kat!)
Clothing from Babyfoot Vintage, Linden Simone, Market Publique and Neneee.com
Shoes from MustHaveShoes.com
Special Thanks to Lindsay Campbell, Lyndsay Hoff and Alicia Black

In other Painfully Hip Design Collective news, our Summertime at the Ranch photo (which is also happens to be on our Painfully Hip Roadtrip car magnets!) won SECOND PLACE in the Crossroads Trading Company Fashion Photography Contest!!!

magic child vintage: living the good life

In my blog-sploration today, I happened across the page (via the lovely Style Symmetry) of an online vintage boutique called Magic Child Vintage, the lovechild of two of The Beautiful People – Ashley Krantz and Ian Marshall. A exhaustingly adorable couple you will soon love to hate. Read on.

Their bio according to said page:

Ian and Ashley live together, on a farm, on a piece of land in Akron, Ohio. Also residing on the property are 2 horses, 1 goat, 3 dogs, and some cats. It is a fascinating land like no other. Living in the harmony of country living comes a powerful force of music and style.

Daily living revolves around efficiency & saving energy, right down to the clothesline dried items we sell online. While striving to maintain a GREEN lifestyle we keep our fingers firmly implanted in the latest forms of pop media technologies.

Our day-to-day business is conducted at two locations. The online Vintage Clothing Boutique is run from the farm, while our Music Production Facility is located minutes away in an abandoned glass factory. Both of our locations have low overhead and provide us with plenty of space to allow for an effective workflow.

We seek refuge in the rural landscape while we focus on expanding our ideas and growing presence globally. With an edgy sense for fashion, a fresh musical style, and a unique eye for images Ian and Ashley form a powerful POP media machine.

Really?? A couple of hot models in love, playing music on a farm with white horses – a magical wonderland of pristine vintage clothes, rustic photographic backdrops, and really really Good Hair Days?

If that’s too much American Dream for you to bear, make sure you think twice before taking a gander at the following most awesome vintage gems. Methinks it’s just about time for this blogger to take a midwestern roadtrip, if this is a sample of the bounty for hawk in the thrift stores of Akron, Ohio.

navajo vest

boy girl scarf

boy scarfshirt boy

blue strapless tribal pattern

sweater over sized

tie dye maxi dress

striped sweater mens hip

off shoulder tee shirt

navajo

Too fucking cute.

After closing down their eBay store, the couple has had some success selling items from their Myspace page whilst readying their own site.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, items are pretty reasonably priced between $20 and $30.

Obligatory Holiday Party Dress Post, or… How to Wow for Nearly Nothing

I never get invited to formal/semiformal holiday parties. Am I the only one, or is it a conspiracy to sell more dresses? Maybe it’s because I don’t have a corporate job, I dunno, but apparently they’re a pretty common occurance. Guess nobody important likes me…

Oh well (sniffle…), I love any pathetic excuse to wear formal wear so I’ll take any excuse to pretend shop for formal wear. Ah screw it, at these prices? I’ll buy one of these to wear to Aunt Mildred’s Annual Hannukah Kosher Chili Cook-Off…!


sunset
mezzo sunrise dress $29.70 with coupon code PAINFULLYHIP
Ridiculous pricing over there at The Fusion Boutique! I seriously adore this dress!

lacey
cream lace ruffle shift $39 with PAINFULLYHIP discount code
just in case you need a serious dose of unadulterated girlyness.


simeon dress $37.99
quick! wear as many yummy bubble dresses as you can before they become woefully outdated!

modcloth
creme brulee dress $76.50 with PAINFULLYHIP discount code
absolutely anyone can wear this classic 50s shape, but the modern shatter print makes it feel fresh.

peacock&purple
beaded crinkle chiffon dress $49
loving jewel tones this season. a touch of peacock and purple royalty for the pauper at heart.

sequined mini
sequined mini $31.50 with PAINFULLYHIP coupon code.
…oh please! at this price i’ll wear this dress to do my gardening in! it would look amazing with some black rubber wellies!

adorable high end shoes? final markdowns taken? meh.

i’ve never been a big fan of Lori’s Shoes of Chicago. i’ve never really wanted to buy half of their inventory even though i can barely afford groceries. i don’t really like beautiful comfy, fashion-forward footwear at low low prices. not really my thing. you know me. i like rubber platform flipflops. and crock knock-offs.

i suppose i could be convinced to look modern gladiator glam in these AMAZING SANDALS…

gladiator glam
south beach metallic mesh gladiator sandals $40 (marked down from $130) in gold, sizes 6-7.5

but i’ve never been one for demure schoolteacher wedges that are comfy as all getout…
crisscross
crisscross aerosole wedges $54.90 (marked down from $72) black and brown sizes 8-10

and if there’s one thing that everyone knows about me it’s that i wouldn’t be caught dead in a pair of sexy peeptoe flats…
mesh peeptoes
black mesh peeptoes $30 (marked down from $60) sizes 6, 8.5, 9.5

and these wouldn’t look that adorable w/ a pair of grey wool tights, a screaming citron tent dress and a fitted peacoat for fall…
white maryjanes
white cutout maryjanes w/ low chunky heel $60 (marked down from $204!) in black or white, sizes 7, 8-9

ok, i gotta stop now. i can’t pretend any longer, my wallet is quaking in its boots. go! take that last pair of mesh gladiator sandals in 7.5! save me from myself.

however, i should mention that if you enter your email address, Lori’s will send you a $10 off coupon.


hazardous runways (aka: models eating it)

nothing makes me feel better on a rainy day than watching The Perfect Ones eat runway. repeatedly and thoroughly. but seriously though, modelling is HARD. here’s a great video of the entertaining humiliation from my favorite canadian fashion reporter, Jeanne Beker and her show, FT Fashion Television!

well, i shouldn’t say NOTHING makes me feel better than model humiliation. a good DISCOUNT is right up there:

the gorgeous Fabricio over there at Waterloo is offering all of you beautiful hipsters a 10% discount (coupon code: PAINFULLYHIP) AND a buy 3, get one FREE offer on his badass t-shirts and shortshorts! Hallelujah!

i’m loving these Pet Sounds shorts:
pet sounds shorts
HAWT.

now if only it’d stop raining…

also, happy birthday to ambika! everybody take advantage of her new age AND her talent by purchasing her already sensationally-priced pretty things on Etsy for 15% off (today only) with coupon code BIRTHDAY!

ah! i think i see a sucker hole forming in the sky already!

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