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Featured
2025
2025

Interviewed for Prima, I expounded on vintage fashion care (a favorite subject) and am quoted in “Bring Your Old Clothes Back to Life.” The article is currently only available in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Sweden.

2024
2024

GEM has created a new Convert Size feature and I was asked to contribute an illustration about vintage sizing and measurements. Always glad to oblige!

2023
2023

Chey Scott of Spokane’s Inlander newspaper has great tips for purchasing vintage, and includes my book among her resources!

2023
2023

Editor Suzanne Hanney reached out to me for an article on rummage sales for Streetwise, and excerpted my book for this annual guide.

2023
2023

I was among those recently asked by Julie Kendrick of HuffPost for my expert tips on finding the best thrifted items—and I got to have the last word!

2022
2022

As president of the Vintage Fashion Guild, I had the opportunity to talk about why the VFG is needed and what the future of vintage looks like with Liisa Jokinen of the not-to-be-missed Gem.app.

2022
2022

I was honored to be asked by Consumer Reports’ Laura Murphy for advice on purchasing and caring for vintage and secondhand fashion. The result is her article: Expert Thrifting Tips So That You’ll Never Miss Retail Shopping

2022
2022

Always glad to help people wear vintage! I’m quoted in Kathryn Cheston’s article in Goodwood Revival: How to Wear Vintage All Year Round

2021
2021

I was interviewed extensively by Chey Scott of the INlander (Spokane weekly paper) and her wonderful article is the result.

2020
2020

A 1940s satin wedding gown from my shop was featured in this article on IMAGE (and isn’t Lily Allen adorable in her 60s dress?)

2020
2020

My book has arrived! Here are some reviews

2019
2019

I was honored to be a guest on This Retro Life. Kia Handley is a great interviewer—the podcast is well worth subscribing to!

2018
2018

Feedspot has once again listed my blog among the Best Vintage Fashion Blogs! (blog.feedspot.com)

2017
2017

One of the Best Vintage Shops on Etsy according to Dominique de Merteuil at itsbeyondmycontrol.com, who says, “Fabulous selection of beautiful dresses, coats, 1950s skirts and accessories, especially hats!”

2017
2017

My blog was listed as one of the Best Vintage Fashion Blogs at Feedspot! (blog.feedspot.com)

2015
2015

A nice profile in Washington state’s Spokane-Coeur d’Alene Woman magazine

2015
2015

Invigorating Vintage, a case study by BeFunky, the über-creative photo editing platform

2014
2014

Mollie Makes (US Edition) magazine: “Website to Watch”

2014
2014

“Manatees are in Fashion” — Paddle Tales (Save the Manatee Club newsletter)

2014 (& 2012, 2011, 2008)
2014 (& 2012, 2011, 2008)

Lulu’s Vintage People’s Choice Award

2013
2013

The 100 Best Vintage Shops Online (2nd edition) by Sammy Davis, Sammy Davis Vintage

2013
2013

“All About Fabrics” (about the fabric resource I wrote for the Vintage Fashion Guild) — VFG newsletter

2012
2012

Racked Vintage 38 — I made the list of 38 “excellent authentic finds” of world vintage websites as published by Racked/Vox Media.

2011, 2010, 2009
2011, 2010, 2009

Best Vintage Model & Top Ten Awards from Lulu’s Vintage

2011 & 2010
2011 & 2010

“Vintage Gal Helps Grizzly” and “People We Like” — Conservation Northwest

2007
2007

Runner-up in More magazine’s “Reinventing the F-word” contest (my entry: vintage ‘Finery’)

2007
2007

The Spokesman-Review profile “Fearlessly Flacking for Fashionable Finalist” by Doug Clark

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