Golden Gate Bridge, 1937 and 1957

Here in San Francisco, excitement over the 75th Anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge has reached a fever pitch. Images abound online of different moments captured during the bridge’s history. These two, shown below, I found on the Chronicle’s website and have become personal favorites.
Here is a photo from 1937, taken on the day the bridge opened to the public, of some girls who at the time where students at San Rafael High School. Look how excited they are – linking arms as they prepare to run across the bridge from the north side.

Just as amazing is this photo, taken twenty years later at the bridge’s 20th anniversary celebration, of those exact same girls, now quite grown up. This time they approach from the south, and two are missing from the original photo. According to the Chronicle, one of them couldn’t get a babysitter, and the other had passed away.

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What I’m Wearing: Mixing Florals




Sweaters – both 1950s
Skirt – 1950s
Belt – J. Crew
Tilt hat – 1940s
Wood horse pin – 1940s
Earrings, necklace, bag – 1950s
Socks – American Apparel
Shoes – 1940s

Sweater Swagger

We’re about a month into baseball season here in the States.
I came across this awesome photo (circa 1922) of Babe Ruth and Al Devormor sporting some dapper sweaters. I’ve never been a Yankees fan, but I have to admit they wear it quite well.

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What I’m Wearing: Hawaii Five-0

ImageImageImageImageImageImageSuch a gorgeous day called for a real springtime floral accessory, so I pinned a real magnolia to my late 1940s Hawaiian print rayon blouse. Worn with 1980s trousers, Tom Ford sunglasses, 1950s gold clip-on earrings, a 1940s belt and Marni platforms from a few seasons ago.

What I’m Wearing: Lemony





Early 1960s silk blouse, 1950s skirt and matching belt, 1960s necklace, pearl earrings, Celine wedges, Kate Spade bag, Karen Walker sunglasses.

Ramona

I recently got a new camera and briefly borrowed a lens from a friend of mine. So what does one immediately take pictures of? You get one guess.

What I’m Wearing: Cowboy Bebop

This weird transitory post-winter time in San Francisco still calls for heavier clothes on days like today. A 1950s sweater from Relic Vintage, a 1970s skirt, oxford shirt from American Apparel, vintage clip on earrings, Kate Spade bag (old) and 1980s Salvatore Ferragamo shoes.