Clothesline 30 Second Tip #3: Let The Chair Borrow Your Sweater

Segment 3-- If you let the chair borrow your sweater, you are guaranteed to get it back.  Don't you wish that was the case with people?    LOL    :)
Produced by Apple's Haberdashery with Host Allita Lee

Clothesline 30sec. Tip #2: The Instant Purse

Segment 2--The Instant Purse. A vintage scarf and brooch offer a quick and easy way to carry a designer label handbag at an affordable price. Produced by Apple's Haberdashery with host Allita Lee

Clothesline 30 sec. Tip #1 Pretty Things Make People Smile on the Inside

Segment 1--Pretty things make people smile on the inside. Vintage house shoes and a vintage hamper offer minimalist decor to a hallway. Produced by Apple's Haberdashery with host Allita Lee

Check out the first of many 30 second tips on Apple's Haberdashery's Official YouTube Channel:  ahwfiles

Apple's Haberdashery Presents: Clothesline TV on Youtube



In June, Apple's Haberdashery will premire Clothsline, a series of 30-second video spots on Youtube featuring yours truly.  Clothesline presents quick tips and information on vintage and contemporary fashion that are easy to digest...cause let's face it Youtube is fun.  I'll be posting the link soon. in the meantime check out the opening credits.

Here's a News Article on our Room Decor in the Junior League House



On the second floor is the Kittinger Galleries master bedroom designed by Karen Bialkowski. One of the most unique decorating features of this room is that the king size tufted bed is in the center of the room, making it the room's focal point. This works very well because the high headboard of the bed gives a discreet sense of privacy to the door less dressing area nook behind it. The bed is adorned with silk linens and above it is an ornate gold-leafed lighting fixture. The room is graced with beautiful Kittinger furniture and would be very inviting at the end of a long day. There is still the original intercom system in the corner of the room where, one can imagine, owners would call down to the kitchen for their morning coffee and breakfast.


The dressing room nook was designed by the Villa Maria College Interior Design Program. Constance Strothers, one of the members of the Villa College team, described the Show House decorating experience as, "extremely exciting and challenging." In this way, the Junior League allows students to experience the real world of interior design. The vintage clothing hanging in the dressing room was provided by Allita Lee from her vintage clothing salon, Apple's Haberdashery.

http://www.buffalo123.com/buffalo/news/2011-decorator-show-house-bayliss-oshei-residence

Great Minds Collect Alike

Every now and then I visit both the physical and virtual vintage shops of my colleagues in the business.  Yesterday I browsed the website of vintage superstar Carole Tanenbaum whose client roster includes a name you may have heard before ummm...Michelle Obama.  Much of my collection is found in some of the most read wardrobe reference books available, and I am equally pleased when they appear in the curated collection of celebrated vintage enthusiasts like Ms. Tanenbaum.  I posted this ring in Apple's Haberdashery's Holiday 2010 collection.  As difficult as it is CTVC carries the exact same ring.

The Show House is almost complete, and here's a sneak peek

Be sure to buy tickets to the Junior League Show House. There are some amazing rooms, like the Kittinger Master Bedroom.  There you'll find closets filled with "lovelies" courtesy of Apple's Haberdashery.

2011 Junior League Decorators' Show House

Apple's Haberdashery Vintage Clothing and assessories will be featured in the closets of the Master Bedroom, designed by Kittinger Furniture Company, in the Bayliss-Oshei Residence.  Save the Dates for Show House 2011!  Proceedes from this highly successful event benefit high profile projects regionally.


Garden Party: Friday, April 29th

Show House Open Saturday, April 30th through Sunday May 22nd

Monday: Private Tours Only

Tuesday through Friday: 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.

Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Sunday: 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

"The Apple Man" Vintage Apparel for Him

We've been there for the ladies, now its the fella's turn.  Spring 2011 brings a fresh prospective in fashion by introducing a men's accessories line that includes unisex pieces that are "stong enough for a man yet made for a woman."

Spring Collection Available online and at The Mansion on Delaware Avenue

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The melted snow has revealed Apple's Haberdashery's Spring 2011 line now available in the website catalog at: 
 http://www.appleshaberdashery.com/

You may also purchase the women's apparel by stopping by the Mansion on Delaware Avenue. 

This season brings a special bonus:  "Apple Man," a new men's line for the fashion forward man.
The inspiration was:
Audrey Hepburn's Garden

Wow How Life Get's Busy

Fashion Week is already upon us and that brings both good and bad news.  The good news is I've been asked to do the marketing and facilitate an expansive network of partnerships for a major educational endeavor in Upstate New York.  This  new role has, and will continue to, require a great deal of time.  Which brings me to the bad news...I won't be able to partake in all of the fabulousness that NYC Fashion Week brings.  It was indeed a difficult trade-off however, I'm not ready to let it all go, as I will be making arrangements to attend one of my favorite designer's Fall Presentation.  Take a look at his electronic invite.  It even looks ecologically friendly.