Urban girl tip: Vintage shopping

On Saturday, Rob and I went on a vintage dress hunt in San Francisco. We didn’t find much in the way of cocktail dresses (at least not for under $300) but we did manage to buy a wonderful tweed suit for the Christmas card photo from La Rosa on Haight. The suit is by Lilli Ann, apparently the store for fashionable ladies on the west coast during the 40’s and 50’s.

While I confess that I am lured by bargains at Zara’s, Forever 21 and H&M, it’s too bad that really excellently made clothes aren’t as popular. I can just imagine how fun it was to go and pick out this suit back in the day. I imagine it being just like that episode of I Love Lucy where she works as a dress model in a fancy shop. Sigh! Until this comes around again, you can drool over the clothes online at this store.