Land of the Rising Sun

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This Saturday, TCCE Land of the Rising Sun Productions is presenting the "Tokyo Girls" fashion show, showcasing elements of glamour and Cosplay. The event is taking place at the Japanese Friendship Garden's Otsukimi moonviewing event. Producer Keiko Conn is excited to feature the many facets of Japanese culture in fashion, from the styles of WWII to the looks of today--this is a fantastic show and you won't want to miss it!

This will be my second Tokyo Girls show; each model wears a fabulous outfit making for a spectacular visual delight. I'm really looking forward to the show; it's an honor to be included in the cast!

For more information about Touch of Creation Cultural Events, contact Keiko at 602-451-6573.

Outfit of the Day

Today my Sweetie and I took an impromptu trip to Flagstaff for a change of scenery. We enjoyed wandering around town and strolling through a historic neighborhood; we even found time to stop at a vintage store, where I found a terrific double-breasted 40s suit jacket for $5!

I wore a red and white gingham cotton blouse from F21, a pair of 50s denim jeans (eBay), a red leather belt (thrifted), Rocket Originals "Esther" wedges, a bakelite cherries brooch (eBay), and red celluloid and rhinestone button earrings (found at a local antique store).

And here's a closeup of the cherries brooch for Angel--I wore the one in the center :-)

Lemon Chiffon

A few weeks ago I ordered a custom bolero sweater made by the seller Dixabilly, who just let me know that it is ready to be mailed. She knitted it up from a forties pattern in a delicious lemon yellow, and I am anxiously awaiting for it to arrive! It will match quite a few of my outfits (I'm rather fond of this shade of yellow) and will be just the thing to wear once it cools off a few more degrees! I suspect I will be ordering this little sweater in quite a few more colors as well ;-)

Guess Who's Number 38?

I am honored to be number 38 on the Queens of Vintage Top 100 Queens list! I'm definitely in good company--there are a lot of lovely ladies on the list and more to come :-)

A big thanks to all my fans, friends, and photographers for being so supportive of me!

For those of you who haven't been to the Queens of Vintage site, it's a must for vintage lovers everywhere--there are plenty of interesting articles and a great forum as well.

xoxo,

Amanda Lee

Pulp

Last week I had a shoot with the amazingly talented Doug Monce of Atomic Age Pictures. With classic pulp fiction in mind, we put together a scene showing the trouble that might take place with a trigger-happy platinum blonde on a hot, steamy, crime-filled night!

Here are a few of my favorites--check out the rest of the series on Myspace!

Checks and plaids, Oh my!

I'm on a definite plaid kick these days, it seems!

The fantastic images above are from Return2Style's fabulous CD of fashions.

The plaid trim on this frock is simply darling!

I love this blouse's high, draped collar.Gotta love a snappy plaid jumper!

I adore this set!

Latest Finds

My Sweetie surprised me with this knit top I had been eyeing the other day. I think it has great 1930s-40s styling (when it cools off I plan on pairing it with wide-leg trousers and a beret)--can you believe it came from Charlotte Russe?

I wore it to work today paired with a 1940s black wool pencil skirt (one of my many Matilda's Closet finds), black patent Twolips heels, and my 1950s faux leopard fur necklace and drop earrings set (a surprisingly inexpensive eBay score.) My hair is in my favorite double rolled style with a gardenia accent, and I am wearing my favorite Lip Ink Red.