NorthStar Vintage

Vintage Clothing from Maine

Lucite Box on LuLu’s Vintage Blog

Holly at Lucite Box is the first vintage clothing dealer that I ever “met” online.  We’ve been friends (I can easily use that word without the quotation marks, even though we have never been face to face) for almost 10 years.  I am constantly inspired by her.  As you can tell from this interview with [...]

Thank you Denisebrain!

I’ve been  handed the “Beautiful Blogger Award” tiara by Denisebrain, who is one of my all time favorite vintage clothing sellers. If you’re not already familiar with her, then please check out her site. She has a great sense of style, and she’s one a hell of a model.  I am honored that [...]

Vintage Shoes and Boots – Now listed!

I’ve been listing some great shoes on Etsy and on eBay.  Please click on the image to go to the listing.  Thank you, and enjoy!

To all the Ceils I’ve loved before

I recently listed a magnificent 1950’s black silk Ceil Chapman dress (click on the picture to go the auction) and have been thinking about all the Ceil Chapman pieces that I’ve been lucky enough to find.

Ceil Chapman, as this this October 26, 1956 article in The Pittsburgh Press, puts so well, “[H]as been putting a [...]

Melba Toast Packin

Wooderson. No wonder I’m obsessed with the 70’s.

Mud season

Spring in Maine is not cherry blossoms, not Easter eggs hidden in the grass, and not a time to put green seedlings in the ground. It is mud season. Brown and gray piles of melting snow, sand on the roads (left over from the snowstorms), and windy rainstorms. Cold, damp, and starkly lovely.
There [...]

Best Game Show Ever.

I was reminded of the awesomeness of Match Game by last week’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race, where the contestants played “Snatch Game.” (That show sends me on the most interesting paths!).
Then Stephen Metcalf went on a tangential rave about the show in this week’s Slate Culture Gabfest, specifically mentioning Gene Rayburn’s slender [...]

Soul Train Fashion

While trying to find the latest episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race, I came across an old episode of Soul Train. I am completely inspired by the clothing, the music, and the moves. Check out the 40’s retro outfit (including massive platform sandals) on the woman at :47.

Lots of aerobics inspired outfits and tuxedos [...]

Northstar Vintage Webstore: Vintage 90’s Maxmara Floral Blazer

Now THIS is a vintage 90’s look that I LOVE -
I am a sucker for this kind of floral rayon print.  I rocked a mini dress in a similar print, always with black tights, black Docs, and an oversize black cardigan.  Somewhere I have a picture of me in that outfit, learning against a 1966 [...]