The worst news you could ever receive.

My mom was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer a week ago. I'm closing my shop for awhile so I can go spend time with her and take care of her. Please say lots of prayers for her. Her name is Bonnie MacCarthy, her maiden name is Paker. Shes so special to me. This is heartbreaking. I'm flying out to CA to be with her for as long as I can. Take Care, Kami

Park Lane Jewelry, What I like about the Jewelry and what they offer.

We had so much fun at the Park Lane jewelry party. I really like Park Lane! You can check out the jewelry by clicking on the link at the end of this message. Let me know what you think. I was pleasantly surprised by the style and quality. If I do buy jewelry, quality is a big deal. I'm very impressed with the quality. I also have skin allergies to certain metals, no need for me to worry about skin allergies, a lot of Park Lane jewelry is sterling silver or surgical steel . Another great thing that impressed me is that if you break a piece of jewelry somehow, if you can save a piece of whatever is left of your jewelry, you can send it back to the company and tell them you want a replacement, they will replace it for free! They will do this for a lifetime!! Lastly I really liked the specials the company offers. Here is what they offer:

Park Lane is known for a fabulous SAVINGS PROGRAM for customers known as “The Matching Value Bonus Item”. This program allows the shopper to choose items that they desire and then to select additional items EQUAL to their purchased items for a bonus item of only $12 per item.

HERE'S HOW IT WORKS
•If your order is $30 or more, (excluding tax and shipping), you may then choose any ONE item equal (but not more than) the
amount of the original purchase and pay only $12 + tax for the additional item, called a BONUS ITEM.
•If your order is $60 or more, (excluding tax and shipping), you may then choose any TWO items equal (but not more than) the amount of the original purchase and pay only $12 + tax each for the additional items, called BONUS ITEMS.
•If your order is $90 or more, (excluding tax and shipping), you may then choose any THREE items equal (but not more than) the amount of the original purchase and pay only $12 + tax each for the additional items, called BONUS ITEMS

I saved a lot of money and I was able to get all the pieces I really wanted! Anyway, check it all out on-line at http://www.myparklane.com/ktonik . If you do find a piece of Jewelry you can't live without, please add my name in as your hostess. Cheers! Kami

Park Lane Jewelry

One of my best freinds sells Park Lane jewelry. They have some really pretty pieces and designer inspired pieces as well. I'm hosting a party in a week so I thought I would introduce you to Park Lane.

Here's a little Park Lane history:

Founded in 1955 by Arthur and Shirley LeVin. Word's leading direct sales jewelry party plan company. They offer quality jewelry that is backed by a unconditional guarantee. 

Park Lane designs are fashion-forward, unique, and handcrafted. Park Lane creations are inspired by world-renowned designers.

I looked through the latest catalogs last week. They offer some chic modern designs and also some vintage styles too! They have some beautiful rings and also some nice jewelry sets. Wide range of colors and styles for every taste.

Check them out! http://www.jewelsbyparklane.com/

Cherry Bomb Boutique Features Diana, Artist & Fashion Designer

Diana's handmade jewelry and accessories can be seen under the Handmade section at http://www.cherrybombboutique.com/ Her pieces are beautiful and very wearable with bright colors that catch the eye. Lots of time and detail go into every piece she makes. No two pieces are exactly alike.

Diana is a Spanish artist born in Ronda (Málaga). After living in different countries she established herself when she was twenty in Miami, where she got her Architecture Degree at University of Miami. Always being a creative kid her imagination expanded to her clothing as a teenager. Never satisfied with what she found available in stores, she begun to "break and make" with whatever she had at hand in her closet.

Now finally convinced to produce more than just the few pieces she designs for her own joy, she is hands on designing a handmade production of fashion accessories of truly unique designs, consciously using animal friendly materials only.

Diana's creativity expands to plastic arts where her paintings reflect her passion for animals and her strong opposition towards animal cruelty and abuse.

I hope you enjoy Diana's creative handmade accessoires as much as I do, she is truly a unique individual with great taste in fashion. She has a wonderful personality and passion for creativity and her work.

Vintage Fashion Review, On an Island With You

Movie Title: On An Island With You
Actors: Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban
Year: 1948

A Navy Pilot who is in love with Roselyn (Esther Williams) kidnaps her and flies her to a private island. Esther Williams plays an aquatic movie star.

First beautiful fashion spotted is a long canary yellow gown. Possibly a jewel neckline cape, Fringe falling from the shoulders and around the neck, dress has a sweetheart bodice and spagetti straps, ruching around the hips and long fringe falls from the midsection, very glamorous.

Second fashion mention, Esther Wiliam’s lace gown. Beautiful white lace, two piece gown. Top has a large scalloped keyhole opening, high collar and lace trim cap sleeves, bow at the bottom of the keyhole opening, and a tie at the base of the neck. Dress has a sprinkling of shimmery sequins throughout. Skirt is floor length.

Third fashion mention, Esthers co-star is wearing a beautiful dark green gown, tea length, spagetti straps, black full tulle skirt with a yellow tulle underskirt, top of the bodice is fitted and is yellow/green with a black or very dark green lace overlay, bodice lace comes down to a point near the midsection, neckline has black scalloped lace trim. (this dress could be a very dark green, its hard to tell for sure)

I have to say something about this beautiful gold lame’ bathing suit Esther Williams wears in one of her aquatic scenes. Its beautiful and really flatters her and shows off her curves. Halter strap, sweetheart neckline.

5^th Fashion mention, a blonde singer is wearing a floor length gown, strapless with cut out in the center of the bodice, sweetheart neckline. Really shows off her hourglass figure. Mermaid style that flares at the bottom.

In the last scene Esther is wearing a two piece gown with very similar cut to the lace gown she wore at the beginning of the movie. Esthers co-star is wearing a beautiful coral gown, I can’t make out a lot of details but it does have some floral accents on the bodice that wrap around one side. It looks like maybe the fabric is chiffon. I wish I could see more of this one.

Overall a very cute movie, lots of singing, dancing, aquatic scenes, love the hairstyles, makeup with red lipstick and the gorgeous dresses. Many of Esthers bathing suits are really pretty as well as some of her more casual clothing. I like to write more about the fashions that really strike me or the clothing I can see the most of. This movie has great color. I read somewhere on-line this week that Esther was the first movie star to be apart of the aquatic movie style. Enjoy! If you do watch this movie, let me know what you think. If you see a classic film with beautiful vintage fashion that you think I should watch please let me know.  Have a great day. Kami – www.cherrybombboutique.com  www.twitter.com/kamicherrybombb 

Timeless Vintage Clothing Characteristics

I love watching classic films to see what the actresses wore. I make note of different characteristics in the clothing and also styles that carried on. Its a good way to learn how clothing was worn. These are just some of the characteristics I have come to admire when looking at vintage clothing. I try to look for some of these characteristics when buying vintage inspired clothing for Cherry Bomb Boutique. I will try to include links to some examples as I go. I'm not an expert, this is just something I enjoy. This is just a short list to give you some examples to look for in classic film should you choose to watch one and look for beautiful vintage fashion.

This is a example of brocade fabric. One of my favorite fabrics. Not the early example I was hoping for because its a mans vest but it will still give you the same idea of how pretty brocade is. This particular example is from the 1840s. Brocade has been used for a long time and has been seen a lot more in todays vintage style designs. Click on the link and the example is included in the 7th row of photos

 http://www.quite-contrary.org/victorian_pix2.htm

The next example is of a blue silk taffeta dress from the 1870s. This fabric has such a beautiful sheen and makes any color look rich and vibrant. This popular fabric has been used through the decades and is often used for evening dresses today.

http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2715896890059116156aiBNUG

Its amazing how long and lace trim have been used. This is an example of a 1880s dress with hand sewn beads. Velvet, Satin, Feathers and Silk have also been widely used  for many many years and still popular today.

http://www.bustledress.com/aab/contest/contest2010/entries/2010.entry54.1.jpg

Faux Fux jackets were seen in the early 1900s. Such a great thing to have in your wardrobe. There are so many beautiful vintage inspired Faux Fur coats and jackets to choose from today. There are still many authentic vintage pieces that can be found as well.

Tulle fabric is beautiful. Tulle is widely used today and has been around since the 1700s. The example is from the 50's.

http://www.memphisvintage.com/yellowprom.html

I couldn't find a good example of this but scalloped chiffon is beautiful and feminine. Chiffon has also been used since the 1700s and is used often today. The example is of a 1920s chiffon dress. Does not have the scalloped detail but the floral chiffon is beautiful.

http://vintagefindit.com/wear-it/vintage-1920s-floral-chiffon-dress/

I love pencil dresses. This example is from the 1930s. This silhouette is still very common and flatters a womens figure. Some characteristics that I like to see with a pencil dress are rounded short slit necklines, pockets and kimono sleeves.

http://www.poshgirlvintage.com/1930s-miss-hollywood-rare-black-dress-p-1238.html

1930s black crepe dresses with padded shoulders and tufted short sleeves. Todays designers have brought this back in many ways. I think it is sophisticated and feminine.

http://www.thisnext.com/tag/1930s-clothing/

1930's, Early 40's, one of my favorite necklines that is still seen so often today is the sweetheart neckline. So many beautiful dresses have this cut. So feminine and classy. Also a very vintage characteristic is peplum that falls from the waist.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldminetrashvintage/4457692027/

Very vintage and common today. Belted dresses. Theres no better way to show off a tiny waist or make a woman look smaller than she is. Seen a lot in the 30s, 40s and 50s. This is such a gorgeous dress!  Again you will notice the taffeta fabric.

http://www.stylehive.com/tag/1930s

1940s double breasted coat. Timeless! Will never go out of style and will continue to be re-designed.

1940s bateau neckline, this isn't really seen all the time today but I think its very elegant.

http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.177292214.jpg

1940s puff sleeve dress. Designers are starting to use puff sleeves a lot more in recent designs as well as strong shoulder dresses. I think this gives the design a strong dignified look. I think this makes a woman look strong and confident but still feminine.

1940s, 1950s dress with swag and flourish side. Ultra feminine, adds a glam quality to any dress. One of my favorite characteristics. This is a vintage inspired or reproduction but is a good example.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/68064400/hinaea-1950s-hawaiian-tiki-wrap-dress

1940s/1950s, Who doesn't love play suits and rompers. There are so many cute reproductions and re-designs out there to choose from. We will be offering rompers in our store.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/70798311/reserved-for-mary-minty-1930s-1940s

1950s cardigan. A staple in all our of our wardrobes. Plain to beaded, in all sorts of colors. You can wear some of them from day to night.

1950s cap sleeve dresses. This is very characteristic vintage but still used commonly today. Some dresses use it in a more vintage looking way and some are more modern. This is also a good example of brocade fabric as mentioned earlier.

http://www.cmadeleines.com/products/Gold-Brocade-Capsleeve-Vintage-Dress-.html

1950s dresses with tiered full skirts. These skirts are so feminine. Full skirts are so 50s characteristic, tiered or not.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldminetrashvintage/4440617532/

1950s drop waist dress. This style really makes the torso seem longer and slimmer, especially when a full skirt is used with it. I think this style has been cleverly re-designed for todays fashion. More likely without the full skirt.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/magoovintage/2736615665/

1950's halter neckline. How many times have you seen a dress with a halter neckline. Reminds me of Marilyn Monroe dresses. The halter style dress is really flattering. Shows off the shoulders very well.

Again you see certain characteristics repeat during the 1960's, full skirts, cap sleeves.

I love 50s dresses with oversize buttons, here is a great example of this, they can add detail to a dress or have a purpose to hold the dress together. This dress has both examples. Click on the link, 5th photo down.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/magoovintage/2736615665/

1950s, 1960s wide scoop necklines. I also think these necklines are flattering to a womens neck.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danagraves/4908891887/in/photostream/

1950s A-Line Dress. You can never go wrong with this shape. This shape is still really popular.

http://www.polyvore.com/1950s_black_couture_tulle_line/thing?id=18444234

1950s cummerbund sash at the waist. So 50's. Really accentuates a smaller waist, especially with a full skirt like this example.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldminetrashvintage/5445856591/

1950's lace overlay dress. This has been re-designed throughout the decades. Lace overlay adds femininity to any style.

http://www.polyvore.com/1950s_vintage_nude_dress_with/thing?id=25371242

1950s sun dress. How many ways can you re-design the sun dress? The sun dress has been popular forever and has been re-designed many many times. Most of them share the same fitted bodice and flared skirt and usually have a patterned floral print. This is such a beautiful example, belted waist, fitted bodice and full skirt, floral print.

http://lulusvintage.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/21/vm5.jpg

One of my favorite designs is of a 1950's petal bust. Re-designed to fit modern designs in different ways. Always glamorous.

http://vintagedetail.blogspot.com/2008/11/1950s-harry-keiser-evening-gown.html

1960s sleeveless cocktail dress. A simple shape that is timeless and used again and again.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/72228278/1960s-black-sequined-sleeveless-cocktail

1960s vintage shift dress. Also a simple shape that is timeless. Very versatile and used commonly today. Cut is usually above the knee. First appeared in the 1920s and experienced a revival in the 60's.

http://www.secretsiren.co.uk/1960s-black-lace-fitted-vintage-shift-dress-594-p.asp

There are many other vintage designs that I love and I will add more in later. I will post more about 70s fashion styles. For now I will stop with the 60's since most of the movies I will be watching are from the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. I'm sure some of the links I included will not work over time but I will try to update the post. I prefer to include links to my examples for now. I do not want to risk copy write infringement by using other peoples work without permission. If I come across photos that I can use I will change the post. I hope you find this helpful to recognize different design characteristics in vintage clothing and vintage inspired or vintage style clothing wherever you may see it. Maybe you will admire vintage as much as I do or maybe even more. Cheers! Kami

New Updates! Vintage Fashion Reviewed in Classic Films

We have been busy around here. Check our our new uploades of beautiful vintage style jewelry and divine vintage inspired shoes! They are truly works of art you can wear. Working hard to bring you beautiful vintage inspired clothing. Looking for stunning details and clothing that flatters your figure. I'm very selective when looking for clothing so I hope you love my choices. It will still be a little while until the clothing is up. More handmade items will be uploaded soon. Check back for new uploades. We will continue to build up our inventory.

I have been obsessed with classic films. I started watching them to learn more about vintage fashion. Although I pay special attention to the clothing, I have also been intrigued by the music, singing, dancing, how people treated each other, how they interact, the story lines and of course the classic cars. What  I will be noting on the blog is what movie I watched as well as the actors and actresses names, most importantly the fashions. So if your interested in learning more about how to wear vintage fashion or what was worn in the 30's, 40's 50's and 60's please check back.

My next entry will include a look at vintage fashions and what design ideas from the past still inspire designers today. Vintage fashion designs carry on into todays fashions in more ways than you might have noticed. Once you know what to look for while watching classic films, you will enjoy picking out fashion design that is widely used today and also design ideas that have not carried on. Have a great weekend! Kami - CBB