Name: Lauren
Age: 30s
City of Residence: Ypsilanti, Michigan
Brief Narrative on your Personal Brand of Sartorial Fashion: Fashion is for everyday, there’s no excuse for sweatpants at the post office.
How old were you when you figured out your sense of style? 4th grade, and curiously a lot of things I liked then, I like now…take the plaid wool skirt in this post, I loved those in 4th grade and am still wearing them today!
Who is your style icon? I don’t really have one, my fickle mind flits about finding some new fashionable person to love every season, but all my icons are people of the past. I can’t find much I love about celebrities today.
What’s your best piece of fashion advice for women? Don’t be afraid to wear something you think you can’t, and I mean, if you love vintage hats, don’t bother asking, “where would I wear them?”. Who cares! Where them everywhere, anywhere, just wear them. And abandoned the phrase, “Oh I don’t think I can pull that off”, when it comes to something out of the realm of what you normally wear – just try it out!
Where do you shop when you want a bargain? always vintage, you get the best quality for your money, that’s for sure. i really don’t like buying things new at all, i don’t see much need for it.
Where are your top 5 places to shop overall?
Etsy
Silver Spoon Antiques (by my house)
Lost & Found Vintage (near me)
Anthropologie
Value World & The Salvation Army
What body issue do you dress around, and how?
Sadly enough, my hair! It’s really fine and gets flat easily and just drives me batty, I use hot rollers often, but usually default to a perky messy bun at the top of my head.
I really love Dear Golden’s style. This was a fun feature.
Whoa, I had those boots in high school.
Love the vintage lbd.
Where oh where is that gray dress from?! It is darling.
Lauren is one of my very favorite vintage ‘stylists’.
Dear Golden is a beautiful little boutique full of endless inspiration and gorgeous vintage goods, plus she has an adorable blog that i read everyday.
…think she was talking to me about the sweatpants.
oh my, she is adorable! The hand bag and those shoes! all vintage? I love them! i LOVE HER!