So, I will just level with you. In 2-ish years I've been a part of Etsy, I have to admit that I've been consistently depressed by the "Clothing" category situation. Yes, if I was still in my cutesy-felt-applique tee phase (which is actually what I was making when The Black Apple was born), I could find lots of cute wearable stuff. There are some cool screen-tees, but all in all, nothing for me.
And then, I found it. My perfect-Etsy-clothes store.
I love it so much that I had horrid selfish feelings of wanting to keep the amazing Tif aka Dottie Angel a secret. But now that I have successfully purchased lots of her wonderful slips and products (including a beautiful custom job she did for me!) I feel like there is nothing left to do but shout it from the rooftops (the blog-rooftops)! I collect and love vintage slips, and wear them every day (under dresses, to sleep, around the house doing my best Maggie-the-cat impression) but I've never been able to wear them out of the house without feeling slightly odd (even if I am wearing 2 or 3 layers of slips with a cardigan, it seems that it still doesn't equal a sundress in some people's minds). So her slips are just what I needed, beautiful, embellished slips that need to be seen and that hopefully won't prompt people to say, as this old-man-customer at my old video-store job did:
"Where's that little girl that's always wearin' her nightclothes?"
I think that I own about 6 or 7 of her pieces now, but this is me in the last few weeks, sporting various Dottie Angel items.
Here are a few details (because the beauty of her things really is in the details) from her Etsy shop:
She also makes things besides the embellished slips, like beautiful felted cuffs (one of which I proudly own), totes, pillows, etc.
Three cheers for Tif, and other people making genuinely quirky, beautiful, affordable clothes!
Comments (17)
Alright now !!!! You are the besty bloggy buddy to share this treasure!!!! 3 cheers for wearing our underwear outer!!!!Bedjackets are my passion,though I do wear the slips over skinny jeans at times. i remember going through a hand painted slip phase when I 1st got married,but my artwork was Eh,and after the birth of my 1st,they didn't fit and I dumped them in the trash!
Jungle Dream Pagoda · May 09, 2007 at 02:23 PM
I wish I could get away with these at my job...but since I teach seventh-grade language arts, I doubt they'd go over very well there =[ They're soooo cute, though. I am going over to Etsy right now and seeing what's still there. They are delicious!!!!! =]
Rhonda · May 09, 2007 at 02:30 PM
ohhh, I'm checking out her etsy store right now!
Jeannine · May 09, 2007 at 04:51 PM
do you see me blushing... you look absolutely darling in the slips, I wish I had you to model for all my photos...you are a real sweetie
Tif Fussell · May 09, 2007 at 05:03 PM
oh my goodness.
how can I ever thank you enough for introducing me to this wonderful shop?! *sigh* and I just got paid today too... lol. I just bought my first vintage slip yesterday, coincidentally... a gorgeous, frilly half-slip that is just screaming to be worn as a skirt instead of a slip!! :) vintage lingerie is sooo lovely...
Casey · May 09, 2007 at 06:06 PM
Okay, the old man's comment is hilarious.
Dina · May 09, 2007 at 06:56 PM
I have loved Dottie since her store opened and I first saw her slips drifting through the "sold Items" in the time machine. I'm not surprised you lover her too, her work is just so dreamy....and how does she get them to dye so well? I've never had luck dying anything...humph.
Love your purchases! I can't wait to get one of my own someday (soon!)
amanda bel · May 09, 2007 at 09:44 PM
So delicate and so sweet!
Nadia Lewis · May 10, 2007 at 02:05 AM
Huh--I found Dottie Angel just before reading your post. And now I'm even more enthralled. I've felt the same in the past about wearing vintage slips--a tie-dyed one has been languishing in my closet for several years. After seeing Tif's slips, I'm rethinking...
dianeinjapan · May 10, 2007 at 03:13 AM
Oh me too! When I found our lovely Tif, I really wanted to hide her away so that I could have everything for myself! Her slips are my favourite thing ever!
manda · May 10, 2007 at 03:33 AM
I can't believe you've let the cat out of the bag!I was hoping to have a little while to save my pennies before everything is sold.As I'm sure it will be.Tifs slips are just adorable!
Kristy · May 10, 2007 at 06:27 AM
Gorgeous!!! Thanks so much for sharing! *B
Beth · May 10, 2007 at 12:04 PM
The video store quote is too funny. Thanks for the etsy link--you know all the best places!
Emma · May 10, 2007 at 06:36 PM
i couldn't agree more! her shop is a breath of fresh air!
-Caitlin
nice-etc · May 10, 2007 at 07:33 PM
I love slips! Many times you usually have to get vintage ones, as I've had a very difficult time finding new slips. It's usually me and a little old lady in the corner of the lingerie department, looking at each other, saying "This is it? This is all they have?!"
Megan · May 10, 2007 at 10:46 PM
I will have to take a look at that shop but I have to tell you I also love vintage slips and I used to wear them all the time out to clubs and dancing and to college classes. Alas, I was much younger then and could get away with it but still.... I did have a poetry professor who I think fancied me in those slips - not what I was after.
Happy Weekend
Nancy · May 11, 2007 at 08:35 PM
Her work is beautiful!
Emily S. · May 13, 2007 at 12:56 AM