awesome vintage pants

shorpy's just posted this 1938 photo, and i just felt the need to share. because three of the women truckin' across the scene are wearing pants in just the sort of style that, when stocked now, causes people to come up to me and say, "suchandso store has kait pants! you should go check them out!" (yes, this has happened. plaid and/or sufficiently wide-legged will usually do the trick.) i'm particularly enamored with the pair on the far left.

pin curls

we get enough dress-up gigs where it's desirable to look at least a little vintage 1940s-ish that i'm finally admitting it: i ought to get better at putting the look together when necessary.

so beyond shopping for the clothes, today i'm experimenting with pin curls. get hair damp, twirl pieces around finger, pin up. at the moment, i have little mounds of hair and pins sticking every which way. i can't even pass the look off as bad wedding hair -- i need a kerchief to go out today. i'm usually a wash and wear girl, not so good at doing complex stuff with my hair. we'll see how it turns out.

time to find that kerchief and go buy some hairspray...