careless darlin'

this beautiful hooded dress was part of the collection that nikki found, and is now part of her own collection. notice the black label style in white!

nikki of careless darlin' on etsy got in touch to share photos of the amazing collection of gunnes she scored at an estate sale.

several of these beauties are not only black labels, but are in mint-with-tags-unworn condition, AND they are all totally wearable sizes. run, don't walk!

electric ladyland

daydream believer

sad eyed lady of the lowlands

princess buttercup

absolutely sweet marie

hypnotist collector (my favorite of the ones in the careless darlin' shop)

thanks so much for getting in touch, nikki!

the blues

just a preview/catalog of a few gunnes coming soon to an etsy shop near you
<3

silverlight

a couple long overdue photos to post of claire in her gunne. don't you love the one in front of the stained glass window?
sorry for the delay, and thanks for sending the pics, claire!

finding their destiny

this little sweetie found its new home last week. she is going to idaho, where she will be layered over a blouse for a costume in a musical stage play of Tom Sawyer, after which retiring to a lovely life as a sun dress off stage.

before i forget, i wanted to document this black label beauty that is currently in my shop. the smocked bustline is very sweet.

hope all has been well. xo

the gift of gunne

and this is what happens when one beautiful blogger gives another beautiful blogger a gunne.
radiance. pulchritude. blissfully sublime.

check out heather's original post about the gift she received from milla for more lovely photos.

she's got the happy blues

our gunne blog friend, rachel, recently emailed me photos of her newest dress. i love the photo of her with sun coming through the trees! that shade of blue is really lovely on her, and i don't want to meet the person who doesn't love a leg 'o mutton sleeve.
see some of rachel's other gunnes here and here
thanks again, rachel!

windfall

frothy layered cream lace white label gunne sax (sold by rags and feathers vintage)

alison, of rags and feathers vintage, recently shared that she came into quite a windfall at a theater sale. she walked away with about 10 gunnes! can you even imagine?! while she is adopting at least one of the dresses, others are looking for new homes in her etsy shop now:

vintage white label gunne with blue quilted panel and charming ribbon trim

vintage black label gunne sax cream and green corset front dress

thanks so much for sharing your story and pics, alison!

happy new year/the kindness of strangers

happy 2011! i am not one for resolutions...but maybe one is in order for this neglected little blog :)

the dress pictured in this post came to our shop via donation from a kind and generous stranger. and upon recently checking the gunnelove mailbox, i found two more generous souls had shared pics of their gunnes. both of these events made me feel so grateful for this new year, and happy to keep this journal of gunne loving alive and well. next post, another lovely lady in her gunne! but for now, i hope you all are doing well and i thank you so much for checking in on this little slice of calico love.

xo

more double trouble

(rachel in her striking gunne. i love the white boots!)

(2009, the first annual gunne parade, and birthplace of this blog. i am wearing my identical gunne on the far right, though it is partially obscured by a denim gunne vest, a calimba, and general awkwardness. also pictured in the photo, from left to right, are amber of violet folklore, sasha of astral boutique, and my daughter)

remember our friend rachel? she sent a new photo of her wearing another gunne from her collection....and it happens to be the same one that i have! (and my favorite ever, too.) brown, black and cream calicos in complementary stripe and print, accented with cream lace. rachel's is only the third of these sundresses i have ever seen. and a while back i had a long sleeved striped sister dress that found its home through my etsy shop:

this whole little collection of gunnes in brown are just perfect for autmun.

thanks again, rachel!
take care, all. xo

double trouble

(milla of the girl who married a bear in vintage gunne)

(and missa of thrift candy in a sister gunne)

this post on the girl who married a bear handed me a couple of photos i just had to add to our parade. i didn't know whose photo to put first, because both are lovely photos of beautiful women whose blogs i love....so finally i decided to put milla first since i am quoting her post so liberally (do check her post, though, for more "sister dresses").

there's always space for more photos of girlies wearing their gunnies (hi, c!), so send some to me, would ya? gunnelove@live.com

calico buzz

at kara's (of porkchop rules) and my brick and mortar shop, crimson & clover, a week or so ago, wearing a vintage gunne top i got from enid and edgar vintage with a thrifted vintage wannabe gunne skirt by "coming attractions".

and i FINALLY got around to listing this amazing black label Gunne in my vintage etsy shop.

p.s. happy birthday, kara!

flower power and the gunnesaxgirl

darn it, i did it again! i went and neglected the poor little gunne blog. so many gunnes, so little time and all that....
the photos above are of my blogging bud, cynthia, wearing one of her gunnes. she always finds the best settings for taking photos of purty dresses....


i just noticed a new store that popped up on etsy, called gunnesaxgirl. not much to speak of in the way of a profile or story, but she's got a bunch of gunnes (like the two above) and most of them are in good, wearable sizes (noticed several 11s).

also found on etsy:

adorable little cropped jacket from penelopepupsvintage
(and only $24!)

sew your own gunne with this vintage pattern from BlueCatVintage
($5.95)

hope everyone has been doing well. i will try not to stay away for so long next time :) xo