The infinite cycle of cultural creation includes a foundation of recycling and re-inspiration. Ouroboros came out of a desire to create something new rooted in the past. We’ve designed a series of essential pieces to complete your wardrobe and elevate your style to timeless chic. Each piece is hand-made in DC, following original designs that came out of both a need for simple, basic, elegant clothes and the antique metier. The Ouroboros is a symbol of recreation and rebirth, so at Treasury we’ve taken the essence of vintage craftsmanship and instilled it into our modern basics. Using eco friendly textile sources including vintage deadstock, and made to our rigorous specifications, these are pieces you can treasure forever. Available in limited numbers in store now!
I’ve been traveling this summer, trying to track down the best vintage for Treasury in Europe. That means I’ve sweated through some of the best flea markets on the continent: Koło in Warsaw, Les Puces de Saint-Ouen in Paris, Flomarket in Mauerpark Berlin, Mercat del Encants in Barcelona, etc. It’s awesome to hunt and dig through the stalls in these locations in search of treasure, I love it.
But what I really hate is visiting vintage shops where you have to dig through mounds and levels and shelves of crap piled upon more crap. It’s an endless struggle and takes the fun of the hunt. Here are the worst offenders I’ve come upon:
This is my aunt as a kid and I’m totally stealing every element of her look for the fall. I love raiding family portraits for inspiration and even more, I love raiding family closets for the right goods.
So this doesn’t have a proper video but I was introduced to this song recently and really wanted to share it’s trippy vibes with you. I love imagining Greek women in the ’60s grooving to this in their poly maxi dresses and leather sandals.
These ladies are proof that ,even on a sweltering day of 105 degrees with 50% humidity, you can still look stylish and fresh. Jackie (visit her at Cusp) and Brandi were like a cool breeze that floated through the shop this past weekend. I love the laid back comfort of their looks, topped off with matching hobo slings.
Check out this great addition to the D.C. blogosphere – Shine DC, started by Sue Kyung Kim. Sue was kind enough to include us in the premier, along with our favorite fashion magazine Worn. The goal of Shine is to provide a directory of artistic events, places, and great boutiques. We love the look of it and we can’t wait to see how the site fills up. Keep doing it, Sue!
A couple of days ago, Helena Christensen’s mom (who looks a lot like her) helped me try on a pair of Alaia hot shorts in her vintage store. Needless to say, they didn’t fit me (they used to belong to Helena). But I was drawn to the store itself because I knew it was full of Helena’s castoffs and her mom helping me only sweetened the deal. Vintage is so wonderful because each piece has a story and when you know the story behind what you are wearing, it can give you a special allure of confidence. A lot of Treasury clients always ask if we know the story behind the pieces we sell, and most times we do because Cathy and I do all the buying for the store and can often trace it to its original source. This is a long way of saying THANK YOU to you all because Treasury has officially been open a year and we are looking forward to spending many more helping you into those Alaia shorts or whatever and telling you all about the pieces we’ve collected for you!
I really wanted to post this Kym Mazelle song, but there is no vid, so instead, check out Jody Wately’s intense intense egyptian goddess matador dominatrix crazy Frida eyebrows look.
Saturday rocked! We were sippin on sweet cocktails courtesy of St-Germain, wearing our best whites and chilling with all of our lovely Treasury customers! Don’t forget to send us pics of you in your Trez gear at the event next weekend! You could win a Treasury Gift Certificate!!
The U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority has banned the Louis Vuittonads that tout the company’s goods as “handcrafted” by showing softly-lit pictures of models sewing bag handles and wallets with linen thread and needles in old-fashioned leatherworking shops. These goods are in fact made on sewing machines, in factories. The ASA says the ads misled the public. [Independent]
It’s that time again, when you realize you sat on your last pair of sunglasses in September and you need something to spice up your life for the summer. We got you! Treasury is now carrying Harvey Faircloth sunglasses in purple, blue, yellow and red!
We are super excited about the upcoming Seersucker Social and to get ready for lovely event, we’re hosting a lil’ party in-store. Next weekend the whole store (excluding jewelry) will be 15% off and on Saturday we’ll be serving refreshments, including expert drinks by Kat Bangs featuring yummy St-Germain.
In order to celebrate the loveliness that is the Seersucker Social, we are holding a contest of sorts. Send us pics of you in your Treasury gear at the ride and you could win a gift certificate to Treasury! We’ll be judging pics based on best use of vintage, so make sure to snap away and send them to us the week after the ride.
