Runway size Richelieu Fit for a King or Richard Burton?

Sarara Vintage photographs of large Richelieu piece,rights reserved.Was this necklace worn by Richard Burton playing King Arthur in Broadway's Camelot? That is the question... I bought it from a source who is friends with an old film and theater costumer.  Now if you have looked over the blog, you will see I do love a good piece of fashion or jewelry with an old Hollywood, film, or a theatrical history.  This piece was supposed to have...

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A 1940s Ball Gown and a Vintage Starlet

Wendi and Teresa at the Ball. Teresa in Sarara Vintage 1940s Dress. Image from Teresa's collection.I love a good gown. Maybe it's the possibility slipping into it for a fabulous party or feeling like a silver screen diva for just a moment....  Ever on the lookout for a great one, I remember finding this chiffon gown, with shoulders Joan Crawford would be proud of in upstate new york. A woman had called me out to look at her mother's collection....

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NY Blizzard Outerwear: Vintage Coats, A Winter Pick Me Up

Vintage Henri Bendel Coat, Bakelite Buttons/Fur Collar. Sarara Vintage.After last nights blizzard here in NYC, NY state, and northeast onward, you maybe feeling cabin fever! Couple that with the icy temps this winter and one may wonder, why they should even take off their pjs.  This morning I picked myself up and played in the snow on the 1920s farm we live in just outside the city.  Yes, I can't believe I'm saying this but, you can look...

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La Boheme: An Original Egyptian Revival Flapper Photo

If you type in Egyptian Revival and flapper photo, let's just say you get a fair amount of results.  What interests me about this photo are a few things: one it is mine, an original photograph and number two- look at her so moody, so deco, and so so Egyptian revival and bohemian..... The hits don't stop there, I found her at an estate sale on a bedroom dresser... sort of falling out of an old original little wooden frame.  No she is not...

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