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

motherlode!

when i saw an email from amber of violet folklore in the gunne love mailbox, i suspected that i was in for treat....

...and i was right! these first two pictures (above) are of gunnes from amber's own closet. the second one was the what she wore to our gunne sax parade last autumn. i just love the black calico with red accents!

(exquisite brown paisley white label gunne offered by violet folklore)

in case the sight of elegant amber in her gunnes leaves you jonesing for a new gunne, these two are now looking for loving homes.

(blush pink white label gunne with ribbon and lace trim offered by violet folklore)


and these last few photos are of gunnes that have "found their destiny" (as amber likes to say) through violet folklore:

(the gunne above purchased from violet folklore was used as a wedding dress!)

still need more gunne? amber sent me a link to a facebook group called the Gunne Sax Addicts
and check out the interview with amber now featured at citizen rosebud
thanks so much, amber <3<3<3>