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Telephone bench before (left) and after (right)

eBay having a Green Team almost seems redundant – what is more green than the reuse of hundreds of thousands of products? However, a new initiative from eBay and Zem Joaquin (DIY maven and founder of sustainable style blog ecofabulous), proves that there is always room to improve, and also provides eBay the chance to officially brand themselves as the green buying alternative.

The Green Team Creative Use Competition is part of a larger six week re-purpose initiative. This particular leg encourages eBay users to devise a creative, practical, and chic repurpose use for an item of their choosing. The contest, curated by Zem, boasts a $1,000 vintage shopping experience on eBay and a personal consultation from ecofabulous. Members and fans will be able to vote for their favorite repurposed item, which participants have until November 19 to submit.

Zem offers inspiration through her own experience, including a transformed telephone bench that she used in a guest room of her house. She even goes as far as to offer a step-by-step break down of how to do it, along with a few other DIY tutorials.

The initiative was birthed partially from a Brandweek survey that stated 91% of 1000 Americans polled said that they would consider buying secondhand and that in the past year, 29 percent of them said they have been buying more secondhand goods and fewer new items. eBay states, “The eBay Green Team – comprised of over 100,000 eBay consumers and employees from 25 countries – is committed to encouraging smarter, greener shopping choices, and promoting the fact that the greenest product is often the one that exists today.”

For more information check HERE. To see how Zem repurposed the telephone bench, a cabinet, and a couch, check HERE.

From our friends at Short and Sweet NYC

Vintage Pick Of The Day: A Vintage Nettie Rosenstein Vintage Cuff Bracelet


Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Nettie Rosenstein held many distinctions. She was one of the first recipients of the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award in 1938. She was awarded a Coty Award in 1947. And she was known for having some of the highest-priced wholesale clothing in New York City.

Back in the 1940s, with price tags ranging from $100 to $500, her clothes may have been out of the reach of most women, but they were well worth the price. Not only were they beautifully constructed out of fabulous fabrics, but Nettie Rosenstein was the Queen of Fit. She had fittings on five different models, who each represented the average women’s figure, to make sure each of her dresses would fit like a glove.

And in 1961, when she discontinued her fashion business and turned her attention to costume jewelry, perfume and accessories, she maintained her attention to detail and produced some beautiful pieces like today’s VPOD.

This stunning vintage cuff bracelet is beginning to show some signs of age, but really, aren’t we all? And I like the life a little wear brings to a piece like this. It’s not too shiny new, not too worn, but just right.

And that makes it a surefire statement piece for a vintage fashionista!

Available at Ponte Vecchio.

From our friends at Zuburbia

Zuburbia Vintage Pick Of the Week: On the Prowl


A friend was recently showing me his Halloween costume for this year which included garish iridescent platform shoes and a purple only-to-be-worn on Halloween polyester shirt.

But for green vintage fashionistas, these types of costumes just won’t do! Instead of spending way too many dollars on a costume you’ll wear only once and then donate to a thrift store, use this as an opportunity to score a fabulous little outfit that you’ll actually be proud to wear in public when Halloween is over.

Take today’s VPOD for instance. Go prowling on Halloween in this 1990s vintage A.J. Bari strapless leopard-print mini dress by adding a fabulous cat’s-eye mask and long black-painted fingernails for claws. Then drag it out without those holiday additions for a dinner date a month from now.

It’s quite a versatile find for a vintage fashionista!

Available at Zuburbia.

From our friends at Zuburbia

Vintage Pick Of The Day: Bamboo Bling


Bamboo is an environmental wonderkid. This fastest growing plant on the planet (up to 4-ft per day in some species!) releases 35% more oxygen than trees and can be harvested sustainably. Here are some more interesting bamboo facts:

* The filament in Thomas Edison’s first light bulb was made of carbonized bamboo.
* Alexander Graham Bell’s first phonograph needle was made of bamboo.
* There is a 250-yd suspension bridge in China made strictly from bamboo–no nails or iron needed.

In tribute of this miracle material designed by Mother Nature herself, I present today’s VPOD. This vintage 1970s gold Napier necklace is made of bamboo-like rings that add style to the list of bamboo’s amazing properties.

It’s a lovely bit of bamboo bling for a vintage fashionista!

Available at Olive’s Very Vintage.

From our friends at Zuburbia

Vintage Pick Of the Day: Down the Rabbit Hole

  • posted October 12th, 2009
  • Fashion

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One of the highly anticipated films of 2010 is Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. Johnny Depp stars as the Mad Hatter and is joined by Alan Rickman, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter and Mia Wasikowska. The film looks to be a visual masterpiece and breathtakingly beautiful from a peek at this trailer, with costumes designed by the super-talented Oscar-winner, Colleen Atwood.

And what does a girl wear to go see another girl jump down a rabbit hole? How about today’s VPOD. This collectible 1930s day dress features a darling novelty print that brings together the characters from Alice in Wonderland. And its grosgrain ribbon stripes, black buttons and bows, nipped waist and padded shoulders just add to its charm.

It’s a delightful find for a mad-as-a-hatter vintage fashionista!

Available at Posh Girl Vintage.

From our friends at Zuburbia Vintage

Vintage Floral Coasters

  • posted October 12th, 2009
  • Home

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Don’t get me wrong, I really like the paper coasters I pick up from any restaurant or bar I go to, and the plastic ‘Jen & Kevin’ coasters that my mother gave out as gifts for the shower she threw for my sister. Still, I felt I needed to class up just a few coasters in my apartment for when the really special people come over (classy people require classy coasters, don’t ya think?).

My living room has tons of browns and greens in it already, so when I found these great Vintage Floral Coasters, I fell in love. The best part of all is that they look like as though I could have found them in some old-fashioned store, or my grandmother’s basement.

No Inner Child Left Behind

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How I wish I’d come up with that title, and its premise:  once a month for six months, Ladies and Gentlemen will ship you a vintage children’s book, for your entertainment and edification.

A subscription will set you back $100.  Nostalgia?  It ain’t cheap.

From our friends at Miso Souper

Vintate Pick Of the Day: Chocolate Chic


If you’re the type that likes to eat cocoa puffs with chocolate milk for breakfast, it might surprise you to know that the EPA allows varying levels of insecticide residue to be present in the cocoa powder used in some your favorite treats. So if you prefer your chocolate without any trace of methyl bromide, glyphosphate or lindane, a pesticide used as a treatment for head lice but found in contaminated European chocolate, you might want to start choosing theorganic variety.

Of course, if you’re watching your waistline along with your health, bypass the melt-in-your-mouth goodness entirely and get a chocolate fashion fix instead. Today’s VPOD features a yummy cocoa colorbeaded dress from the 1940s that has zero calories but oodles of style. It’s in wonderful condition (with no missing beads!) and doesn’t that little swag on the hip just want to make you swagger away in it?

It’s pure chocolate chic for a vintage fashionista!

Available at Hemlock Vintage.

From our friends at Zuburbia

Vintage Pick of the Day: Great Gasp-y

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Rachel Zoe may have made the expression “I die!” popular, but for me, when I see a breathtaking vintage piece, it literally takes my breath away and I….gasp.

So while today’s VPOD look like it might have been worn by Daisy in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, I prefer to think of it as “the Great Gasp-y.”

It’s certainly one of the most unique and beautiful 1920s flapper dresses I’ve ever seen. From the open work on the neckline to the beaded geometric shapes on the bodice, from the green ribbon cummerbund at the hip to the magnificent draping of the chiffon, this one is truly a gem.

It’s a rare one-of-a-kind find for a vintage fashionista!

Available at Vintage Textile.

From our friends at Zuburbia

Vintage Pick Of the Week: Catch a Cashin

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Bonnie Cashin once said: “All I want is to speak simply in my designing; I don’t want gilt and glamour.” And this pioneer of American sportswear design knew what she was talking about. She designed for smart, active, independent women who appreciated her coordinated pieces. The same sensibility she applied to the design of women’s armed forces uniforms in World War II was applied to her signature ponchos, capes and coats.

Today’s VPOW (Vintage Pick-of-the-Week) features one of her notable designs. This gorgeous all-weather coat features Cashin’s hallmark leather trim along with two super-deep front pockets, a pile lining, snap closures, and eye-catching houndstooth print.

It’s a fine Cashin catch for a vintage fashionista! Available at Zuburbia.com.

From our friends at Zuburbia.com

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