Vintage Wrap Up 4/24/15 │ Mens Vintage Cardigan

So, today is Friday, which means it's my vintage wrap-up post. What that involves is me showing you a few items that I listed on Etsy, and focus on the biggest find, or best find of the week. In my case, this week was all about men's vintage cardigans.

Okay. So that's probably a huge shock for you all, right? Yeah. No. Here, read this post about my obsession with men's vintage cardigans. I have a problem. Love them too much. And I never pass them up. Ever. Therein lies the problem.

This week, I happened to find three cardigans in one DAY. Score and fail all at the same dang time.

This pink one is one of them - Izod. Dang it. I want this one.

Okay, then there's this Guatemalan belt. I want this too. I have two of them.

But neither are like this. Can always use one more, right?

Okay. Fine. I won't. It's all yours.

Did I mention my "thing" with men's vintage cardigans? Yeah. Here's the same one

but in yellow. I don't have a yellow cardigan. Clearly, this one should be mine too.

Okay, so I sort of lied when I said that the cardigans were the big find. The really big

find was this 1960s little black dress, the kind that Jackie O would have worn.

Yeah. Major big deal.

Warning: Only fits an xxsmall.

I cracked a couple of ribs climbing into this one.

I'm surprised the zipper still works.

Hey, look! Another mens vintage cardigan. Oh wait. Old news.

And this is the tan one, of the same Izod wonderfullness.

I have problems. And all of them have to do with boyfriend cardigans.

Every. Single. One.

Buy, at Perennial Vintage ◄

1. Pink Izod Cardigan

2. Guatemalan Belt

3. Yellow Izod Cardigan

4. Little Black Dress

5. Tan Izod Cardigan

Have a wonderful weekend, friends.

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