Dear Vintage Gab subscribers:

I decided to send out this special edition because I just came back from the Manhattan Vintage Clothing show in New York, and wanted to share the excitement with all of you! And what a madhouse it was the first day! It was packed. EVERYONE loved our collection of hats and tweed items. Fur was also a big seller.And amongst 50 fine dealers, The Cats Pajamas booth was noted in The New York Daily Fashion Report! We will be putting some more tweed suits, coats, and furs up over the next few days. You can see them in What the Cat Dragged In category.

Also! We will be showing fabulous Vintage items at the Art Deco Society Vintage Fashion Show in Washington DC, on Saturday, October 24th, at 8 PM. I will be there with extra items not seen in the show as well. Two items of note that will be shown for the first time: A fabulous celeron green silk velvet Even cape that has gorgeous Deco beading; Also, an electric blue silk velvet evening coat with a printed metallic lining. Don't miss this wonderful fashion show and sale!

Got Vintage? :)You can get it all here, online, and at our local stores in Williamsport and Danville, Pennsylvania - see the "About Us" page for driving directions.

Yours addictively,
Miss Kitty

Here are a few highlights from the show. We sold some of these fabulous hats to Italian Vogue, Ralph Lauren, and Donna Karan.

Our customers were mad as hatters to try on these wonderful, whimsical hats at the recent Manhattan Vintage Clothing show on October 10-11. The hats are from the Fabulous Hazelton Estate I was telling you about over the last year!

My sister Patti came all the way from Colorado to help us sell this table of goodies!

These girls weren't saying much, but they secretly were fighting over the birdcage purse between them!

Boss Tweed

Okay, so you already know that tweed is 'THE' fabric of the fall season. And you already know that it shows no sign of letting up as it is going forward into spring thanks to lighter weight, more deconstructed versions. They were all over the recent runways - not just that of Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel.

And you already KNOW that I believe the best tweeds are the real, authentic vintage tweeds - they simply don't make 'em like that nowadays. Some great examples were recently on view and for sale (far below retail offerings, natch) at the Manhattan Vintage Clothing Show, held at the Metropolitan Pavilion (125 West 18th Street) this past Friday and Saturday.

Among the dealers whose collections stood out were Milan Tainan's Just Say When - I loved her fur collared black and white tweed short coat; Ina Davidson's Buy-Gone Days - I especially loved her gold/black/red tweed Bonnie Cashin swing coat with gold hardware turnkey closures. But one of the best selections - coats and suits - was on the racks at The Cats Pajamas.

Of course, there were gloves galore, shoes and bags of all kinds, lots of hats, colorful Puccis and Leonards, and there were some wonderful dresses as well, including several very newsworthy 50's taffeta numbers boasting tanbubble skirts. I spotted Stan Herman making the rounds (he had just purchased a vintage Oleg Cassini jacket which he was planning to give the designer over dinner this week. And groups from Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren were also checking out the merchandise (for inspiration for the next season I assume).

Posted by Marilyn Kirschner