DAME'S Last Night Special

Come join us for our First "Last Night", a new monthly event sponsored by the shops on South Street.

We are teaming up with The Hallway Gallery to celebrate the last night of every month, the last night to see the current month's show, the last night to meet the artists, and **Specials**.

Stores will be open late along the street hosting events and specials and this month, live music at the Hallway Gallery-Local musician, BETHEL STEELE will be releasing her new album and playing throughout the evening, right next door.

As always Dame punch will be served.

Hours 6:30-10

DAME'S Last Night Special:

Buy one item and get the second for 50% off, now's your time to shop our fabulous new summer Merchandise and snag a great deal.

One night only

Handmade jewelry not included... sorry

Ladies of Dame Bio: New Faces

If you've been the shop lately, you've probably seen some new faces. We've got a couple of great new girls working in the shop. Stop in and say hi.

NAME:Taylor

NICKNAME:Tay

WHAT DO YOU DO IN THE SHOP?/SUPERPOWER?
I go around and oogle all the clothes endlessly, imagining myself wearing them in different eras and situations. Technically, though, my position is the shift fill-in gal and clothes mender. My superpower might be telepathy, but it also might just be that I want to know what people are thinking.

WHAT DO YOU DO OUTSIDE OF THE SHOP FOR WORK/PLAY?
I spend time making, discussing and thinking about art. I hunt for strange old clothes and objects at thrift store and yard sales. I knit and sew. I ride my bike around town. I play drums and sing in apost-psych prog folk band (whatever that means). I run a blog about art, the Internet, and postmodernism.

WHERE CAN YOU USUALLY BE FOUND OUTSIDE OF DAME?
Playing at house shows and small venues around JP and Allston or at my house drinking fancy microbrews and Belgian ales and watching old movies with my roommates.

HAVE A FAVORITE NIGHTLIFE LOCALE, PARTY, ACTIVITY?
When it's bar time, I usually go to the Behan Pub because it is the shortest walk from my house. I also frequent events at friends' art spaces (Mobius, MEME gallery, 57 Delle, etc)

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR OTHER FAVORITE BOSTON AREA STORES? urban renewals, weirdo records, raven used books, a good yarn, 40 south st

LET'S TALK ABOUT J.P.- WHAT'S THE COOLEST THING ABOUT YOUR/OUR NEIGHBORHOOD?
I like how many different cultural pockets there are, and how I run into friends every time I walk down the street... among other psychic vibes I can't explain.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE VINTAGE PIECE/LOOK IN YOUR CLOSET?
I have a black and grey pinstripe wool dress, perfectly tailored with a v-neck and small collar and pockets paired with a perfect (and comfortable!) pair of black tooled leather pilgrim style 1940's pumps.

WE ALL HAVE THEM- THE PERFECT VINTAGE PIECE THAT GOT AWAY, DIED, YOU GREW> OUT OF, YOUR EX STOLE IT, YOUR BFF BORROWED IT AND IT EVAPORATED. WHAT'S> YOURS?
I found a pair of leather shoes in Chicago for $3. Leather soles and laces, in a perfect men's dress shoe style, but with a more feminine rounded toe. Sort of a tobacco brown with a great patina. They fit like a glove and eventually molded to the shape of my feet. I wore them until they exploded.

WHAT'S YOUR PICK FOR THE SUPER HOTTEST ITEM IN THE STORE RIGHT NOW?
There's a mustard yellow silk dress with a front tying sailor collar I'd love to get my hands on.

WE ALSO ALL ROCK A LOT OF CLOTHING FROM OUR SHOP. WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? Unfortunately I am too short waisted and not quite busty enough for most of the dresses I love, but I do have a really sweet brown and gingham cropped short sleeve jacket that I like a lot.

LOOKING FORWARD TO SUMMER, WHAT WILL YOU BE WEARING?
Lots of rayon and linen high waisted skirts with drapey lingerie top and old t-shirts, gauzy 1940's silk dresses, leather belts, etc. I think right now I'm going for 1940's housewife meets post apocalyptic punk on my good days. I also plan to start wearing hats.

IN HAIKU FORMAT, LADIES, DESCRIBE THE VINTAGE EXPERIENCE:
a tactile eradraped
and stitched with untold tales
wearing time, it seams

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Who do you love?

A little Monday love for the Dandy

#16 all the way!

This sort of looks like someone I know

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Summer's Rolling In

We'll be bringing lots of new stuff almost every day for the next few weeks. Lot's more of what you've come to love about Dame! All beach and summer. Lot's of dresses with a heavy add to my favorite era the 194os. Dames, Dandies and a few of the cutest Children's pieces you ever saw!

Happy Friday!

One Lovely

Super thanks to Jessica at Boston Handmade, for sharing the "One Lovely Blog Award" with Dame. What a way to start the weekend with a smile.

Dame now nominates the following Blogs for the "One lovely Award" Enjoy!

Crocodile Tears

Rogue Femme Art

Ann Wood

Beyond Boston Chic

Dorothea's Closet

New Brahmin

PunkyStyle

Couture Allure

Ouno Design

The Snail and The Cyclops

Now it's your turn! If you care to honor your some of your favorite blogs, pass on the award, post and link back....

Thanks Begamyte!

SoWa Antiques Market

It was our first year in the back at the SoWa Antiques market and wow, what a lot of space, it was pretty great to get to spread out the way we did. We definitely made note of our lack of a dressing room and will remedy that for the next market date. The Market was crazy busy with people, so hopefully the Antiques Market really will take off in Boston.

It's really hard to be around all those antiques, b/c there is just so much great stuff. A vendor just across from me had a selection of 1950s outdoor motel furniture that I wanted terribly, and I spied a pair of gorgeous black 1940s pumps in about a size 1o for a great price; take note there are great deals to be had here.

Personally I bought an Antique boudoir dressing screen with wheels so you can just slip behind it effortlessly, not to mention it folds totally flat. You can see it in some of the photos and I am in LOVE with it.....

I wish I got more of a chance to view all the handmade goodness in the tents outside. Did you shop the market? What did you score....

It's getting warm down South

Thanks to everyone who came out to make June's First Thursday such a stellar event.

The weather was perfect and lots of folks were out to check out the local shops, art and Music. We stayed open until almost 11 and the Hallway Gallery two doors down was buzzing until midnight. I heard there was all kinds of stuff going on even further down South at James's Gate, the Jeanie Johnston and music by Bitches Brew as far down as Washington Street.

Our showing artist Lauren Kenneally sold several pieces, our vintage bathing suits and jumpsuits were the hot items of the evening, and we completely sold out of vintage Ts!

We're all already excited about July and will be working hard to make South Street a great place to be for all the South Street shops...

Putting out a batch of $25 dresses

They go fast folks

First Thursday 6/4/2009 Reception, Premier & Punch 5-9ish

Lauren Kenneally: Fine Art, Not-So-Fine Art

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Dame at the SoWa Market this Sunday!

This Sunday 6/7/09 we will be closing the JP Shop,

to show at the South End Open Market's Antique Market. I went myself on opening weekend and there was all kinds of stuff to look at from clothing to furniture, antique art etc. The vendors are different almost every week so you are certain to see new things, not to mention all the crafts, art and farmers markets that come together every week at the SoWa market.

We will also be offering special deals at the Market that we will not offer at the store so come on by and say hi, and check out the market scene... It's a really great way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Window Inspiration

There is always so much talk of the 80s imitating the 1950s design aesthetic or the even 40s. And haven't we kind of been reliving the 40s for the past few years? I thought it would be interesting to point out vintage designers using this kind of period inspiration in other ways and going back decades.

We've got a pretty great selection of designer dresses that were handmade by a local unnamed designer back in the 1960s. Several of her dresses have sold already, but there are some great pieces still left and maybe if I am lucky more to come.

I put this set on the dress form yesterday just to check it out. Sometimes the true beauty of a dress doesn't shine until it's on a form and wow did this pop!

I immediately thought of Erte and saw shades of the silhouettes he was so famous for. But on further investigation this ensemble reads very clearly to me as a 1960s Mod version of a Poiret.

Erte and Poiret overlapped in what some refer to as the WWI period and while one was old school and one new, they were both largely responsible for ushering women and fashion out of the Victorian age and influenced designers like Chanel for years to come. Before I go on anymore about the boring stuff... just take a look. It's unfortunately difficult to take pictures of the the front of the window during the day when the sun is out, I suppose there are worse problems. I'll be sure to get some photos of the front posted too.

Check us out at Brunch

Dame is on the Doyle's menu for June! Thought I'd never see that happen. Just a little bit of fun for a local girl....