September 14, 2009

Blue Velvet Vintage is holding a blowout sale!

It’s not every day that an email arrives in your inbox informing you that an online vintage fashion site is holding a big sale on some of their merchandise. So when I received such a message from Blue Velvet Vintage, I instantly knew I needed to share it with all of you!

BVV is a treasure trove of both fantastic vintage pieces and modern vintage inspired re-creation items (from such brands as Bettie Page Clothing and Trashy Diva). Their site offers up a wide selection of everything from evening gowns to day dresses, swimwear to coats, all of which usually retails for reasonable prices, making the 20 to 50% off deals on their clearance page all the more enjoyable for your pocketbook. (Do note that not all of BVV’s merchandise is on sale at the moment, just the items in the clearance section.)

When I go for an online vintage window shopping trip, BVV is often amongst my stops. I haven’t actually bought from this shop before, but I wouldn’t hesitate to if I had the means to do so. Their site is charmingly pretty, easy as pie to navigate, and continually stocked with a fantastic roster of very covetable vintage pieces.

If I was going to spoil myself this very moment with some of BVV’s sale items, the following pieces would certainly be the type I’d aim to add to my closet! :)



{1940s pink formal gown with peplum, fits a 26” waist/34”bust; $37.99.}




{Navy blue and white Bettie Page Clothing “Captain Flare” dress with full skirt, currently available on in size XL; $105.00.}




{Black silk 1950s cocktail dress with velvet collar, fits a 29” waist/38” bust; $19.99.}




{Red and white 1960s hibiscus print sarong dress, fits a 26” waist/35” bust; $104.30.}




{Black lace over bronze hued taffeta 1950s party dress, fits a 28” waist/36” bust; $34.99.}




{Light blue 1950s lace party dress with peplum, fits a 27” waist/37” bust; $94.50.}




{Pink and black rose floral print 1950s swing dress with shawl collar, fits a 31” waist/40” bust; $93.00.}


{Please note all prices are in US dollars and reflect the current sale price.}



I believe that BVV ships internationally, which means that vintage fashion loves from around the globe can hope on board for this sale. Plus, as a further bonus, if you subscribe to Blue Velvet Vintage’s mailing list newsletter, you can use the coupon code “Blowout” upon checkout to receive an addition 10% off all sale items until September 19th.

If you happen to pick anything up for yourself from this sale, I’d love to hear about it. Happy shopping to all!

14 comments:

  1. OMG excitement!!!!!

    Thanks for the heads up!

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  2. Oh my that Captain Flare dress is great! I want! :) hope you had a good weekend dear friend. :)

    xoxo

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  3. Very fun site! Thanks for the headsup!

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  4. Oh, boy! How I wish I didn't have to spend money on getting photos printed, now!
    -Andi x

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  5. Oh great, I must check it now! Thank you for sharing :-)

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  6. Why can't I be rich?!?!?! lol What a wonderful sale, I love love love that second dress!

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  7. Thanks for the tip, I am off to check it out right now.

    Thanks doll,
    The Glamorous Housewife

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  8. I got the polkadot wiggle dress with matching coat! I am very excited.

    Thanks doll,
    The Glamorous Housewife

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  9. I love vintage clothes, but it seems they're for the skinnier ladies....I wish I could go back in time and get my skinny body back to wear this stuff now! :-)

    I hope you are feeling better!

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  10. oh boy! I am saving up for a new computer after mine crashed and now there is this marvelous temptation! Thanks for sharing, one of the many reasons why I gave you an award! http://bobbinsandbombshells.blogspot.com/2009/09/say-it-isnt-so-more-blog-awards.html
    xoxo
    Karen

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  11. Hi darling ladies, thank you each very much for your comments! I hope this post didn't cause the demise of anyone's hard earned good budgeting for the month thus far (why is it the middle of the month so often seems to be fraught with spending temptation?) ;)

    @ The Glamorous Housewife, ooohhhh, how wonderfully exciting. I'm delighted for you, sweet dear, and bet it will look like nothing short of a million dollars on you!

    @ Kathie, it's true, a lot of vintage pieces do tend be cut with a very slim figure in mind, but pieces with larger (aka, ooohhh, above 30" by vintage standards ;P) waists and even a some plus size vintage pieces do exist. It's just a matter of sifting through a *lot* of 22-29" waists and similarly slender hip sized garments to find ones that work. I'm always keeping my peeled for vintage pieces in bigger sizes (again, "bigger" is super relative here) to share on Chronically Vintage, so if I can ever help you look for a certain size or piece, just let me know :)

    @ Karen, oh dear, I'm very sorry to hear that your computer bit the dust :( I've experienced that before and know how frustrating (not to mention costly) it can be. I hope that you'll be able to find a really great deal on a replacement 'puter.

    Thank you deeply for the wonderful award, honey!!!


    Oodles more thanks to each of you for your terrific comments! I hope that you're doing well and all having a splendid week!
    ♥ Jessica

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  12. such cute, cute clothes!

    Blessings & Aloha!
    (I am catching up on blog reading! and usually try to start from where I left off...but just had to comment here...they are so classy!)

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  13. once again beautiful finds! I am finally caught back up to your most recent post!

    I hope that when you read this, that it finds you feeling better.

    Thank you for your wonderful posts...lots of time went into them!

    Blessings & aloha!

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  14. Hi dear "Sketches", thank you very much for both of your lovely comments on this post. You are sweet as sugar to me, kind dear, thank you!

    I hope you have deeply wonderful weekend!
    ♥ Jessica

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