Hawleywood’s

4.26.2010 @ 5:00 pm UTC by lilah wild

Hawleywood's hair pomadeThis tiny chain revives the barbershop atmosphere of the 40’s, offering straight razor shaves and “the cleanest haircut in Southern California.” For those too far away to get their pomps, puffs, boogies, or waterfalls maintained at the source, their hair goods can be bought over the ‘net – the pomade comes in a convenient bulk size, and the aftershave looks like a choice retro scent for the dudes. Thanks, Andrew!

Poison Candy Fashion

4.22.2010 @ 4:00 pm UTC by lilah wild

Poison Candy Fashion retro pinup dressPinup dresses featuring tumbling dice, sugar skulls, and old-school tattoo flash, with a nod to the cards of Alice in Wonderland. The rest of the catalog is a little of this, a little of that, in tops, skirts, hair flowers, and bags, and guardians of small dogs will find a section of shirts made to coordinate to the vampage for a picture-perfect walk in the park.

Dreadworx

4.21.2010 @ 4:00 pm UTC by lilah wild

Dreadworx hair wrapDread care and decor. They stock all the waxes, shampoos, conditioners, and tighteners needed for healthy maintenance, plus dyes and bleach, and special combs and anti-frizz tools to keep everything neat. Tams, wraps, wooden hairpins, and beads with little googly eyes make up the adornment section, and they’ve got some unusual specialty products to cut down on all the little frustrations that can come with knotting up your hair: microfibre towels to halve drying time, showercaps and sock hats for keeping all the locks out of the way while bathing or sleeping, rubber bands that won’t quickly snap to death. Also body polish, club toys, ear stretching kits, and a little hemp clothing.

Cats Like Us

4.13.2010 @ 5:19 pm UTC by lilah wild

Cats Like Us El Dorado Club Amor necklaceA rockabilly-pinup-greaser-retro webstore that stocks a lot of smaller brands alongside the better-known works of Switchblade Stiletto, Stop Staring, and Lux DeVille: Cupcake Provacateur’s aprons and poodle potholders, Heartbreaker Fashion’s halter dresses, surreal hot-rod tees from Gasoline Gallery and King Kerosin, flower barrettes from Zombetty Bows, Hawleywood’s hair pomade, lava mugs from Tiki Farm, jewelry from El Dorado club, a good range that covers everything from chic glittery bags to Frankenstein socks. Thanks, Dolly!

Bohemian Soul

3.15.2010 @ 5:25 pm UTC by lilah wild

Bohemian Soul crochet clocheCrocheted accessories for the flapper-hippie. Cloche hats trimmed with little bows, capelets and neckwarmers garnished with roses, hair combs to slide bits of garden into one’s locks, even crocheted earrings that pop with color. Lots of bright wintery things to warm up an outfit or put a modern spin on a 20’s look.

Eeldrytch Armouree

3.10.2010 @ 5:21 pm UTC by lilah wild

Eeldrytch Armouree renaissance cincherLeather fashion from the Renaissance era, sculpted and scaled and dotted with bits of fancy metal. Reptilian armor, fierce bracers, studded jerkins, pentacle-emblazoned cinchers, druidy cowls, coin-studded mantles, engraved headbands and stick barrettes, gothy little pouches, baldrics and all the various hanging bits to keep one’s personal items about one’s belt. Custom is extremely welcome, to the point of the shop owners never getting around to installing a shopping cart – so contact for more info.

Davyne Dial Modiste

3.8.2010 @ 1:13 pm UTC by lilah wild

Davyne Dial Victorian teaparty hatHats from the late 19th and early 20th centuries for Victorian teaparties and Edwardian day ensembles and flappers on the go, just demanding to be introduced to an elegant pair of gloves and a smart little purse. Cloches, wide-brimmed straw designs, velvet floppies, garnished with flowers or tied with sashes or draped in silk veiling. There’s a section just for bridal headwear, and the silk roses can be bought a la carte.