Psst

The first of three weekends worth of specials (in celebration of entering our 3rd year) has been posted on Facebook here. The second next weekend announced on Facebook only,  and the big ta-do on the 12th, get on the mailing list here.Invitations will only be sent to our mailing list and our FB fans. 

Nylon Daily - Boston

Check out one of our featured designers, Nicole Deponte of lilian asterfield and of Freyed (both available at Dame) in Nylon Daily-Boston edition. Nice work Nicole! Pretty pleased that Dame got a mention too! 

Publish Post

PS....

I spy a familiar face... Miss Jessica Sutton

Shoe Break

Think I found my first Spring Splurge! 

Inspiration Dior does Dior

So it may be fashion blasphemy to admit this, but I've never been the biggest fan of Dior, and by Dior I mean Christian Dior and what we was famous for; "The New Look". 


Barely 20 years after the abandonment of the corset, followed by the athletic look of the 20s and the curve loving bias cuts of the 30s and 40s. The wasp waist was once again introduced into fashion and reigned supreme for the next 10 years or more. Say what you will about the aesthetic, to achieve the most fashionable look a woman would either have to be very small or very uncomfortable. And living in the modern era, I just don't have a lot of appreciation for a design ideal that doesn't take comfort into consideration. The idea of volume and extravagance as a response to the austerity of the 1940s and WWII is interesting though and certainly was pretty and feminine. 


Enter John Galliano's Christian Dior haute couture collection. And WOW! There is no doubt that John Galliano is an artist and a visionary in his own right. In this collection, he has taken on the task of re-interpreting the history of the house of Dior in a modern landscape and it's just to-die for.


These are so New Look and totally modern. I LOVE LOVE the icy blue cowl neck and nude lining.

Click here to see the whole show. It's divine.

These two remind me a little bit more of  Cristóbal Balenciaga who Dior himself called "The Master of us all" but they are all grand and lovely and illustrate the timeless of fashion.

Anniversary Shindig February 12th sign up for details

We've got something super special brewing in honor in honor of our 2 year anniversary and we want to celebrate with our all of our favorite customers. In honor of entering our third year, we are going to have three weekends of specials, starting Saturday January 29th and ending with the big shebang on Saturday  February 12th. Live Entertainment, Specials and as always the Dame punch. 

There is a hitch, you have to be on our mailing list. Promotions/parties and specials will no longer be advertised on our blog first, if at all,  The best way to stay in the know is to sign up on our mailing list, which you can do here:

If you want to sin up for our Seamsters sewing group you will also have that option:

Sign up for our Email Newsletter

For Email Marketing you can trust

We don't want to fill up your inbox and you can expect no more than one email a month keeping you up to date on what's going on in the shop with new merchandise, sales and events. 

The blog is going to take on a more conversational direction regarding sewing, vintage, photos and vintage style and I'm sure the occasional meanderings of shop life.

Anniversary Upgrades

Sad Lights

So if you're a regular in the shop, then you've seen our "DIY" temporary lighting  situation. I have to say I appreciate every time I heard 'oh I thought it was mood lighting" more than you know. Now that we are two days away from officially being two years old on South Street, I finally placed the order for new lighting. 

Reproduction turn of the century industrial lighting, these babies can handle 150w per socket of incandescent or CFL(Good) and are not Halogen(Bad). Picking out lighting is not easy and I have to say I got quite an education. For as long as I dragged my feet on this I'm pretty psyched about the end result. 

New Lights

Yay! There will be two of these over the counter

Seamsters with Special Guest Jennifer Griffith

That's right friends, we have a Seamsters meeting coming up on January 20th.

This meeting will feature a Skirt Workshop lead by DAME featured designer Jennifer Griffith of Šarka's Collection. It will take place from 5pm-8pm.


Supplies Needed:
-A light-weight fabric of your choice
-Coordinating thread
-A 7" zipper
-Lining fabric (optional)

This can be your go-to skirt for the rest of winter, or something to wear when welcoming springtime in the coming months!


Hope to see you there!

Happy New Year! New Refashion and Handmade in the shop

Snow Day- The shop will be closed for the day

Go play in the snow!