Heffy's Collections Hits the 1 year mark!

HEFFY'S COLLECTIONS 1ST BIRTHDAY! JOIN US IN OUR CELEBRATION!

Mini, Maxi, Midi, Mod

It's easy to take the eras we live through for granted, assuming others have personal knowledge of the subject. This is not always the case, of course, because the audience could be decades younger. I watched fashion change from the conservative (at least they seem so now) '50's with the figure-hugging sheaths and pencil skirts to the minis of the '60's. It didn't, of course, happen over night, but over the span of a decade or so. Even here in a small city, the trend to shorter was obvious. The Jackie-O look was still fashionable for my mother and her peers, but she shortened her suit skirts too. Maybe not as much as the teens, but definitely not the below knee length that dominated the '50's. As the '60's drifted into the '70's, the "look" was more self-centered in a way. People wore what they liked more and fit their lifestyle. So the decade of "choice" brought us the mini, the maxi, and for the undecided, the midi.

Looking back, it seems funny that all three would be in fashion at the same time, but this may have been the precursor of what we see today in the "wear what you want" start of the 21st century. In an office, on the street, or in school, on any given day one could see examples of all three lengths. Maxis were skirts, halter dresses, or granny dresses. The skirt of any length could be full, straight, or a-line. It was a time of free expression. How great is that?

Here are a few of our mod looks:
one of our favorite '70's dress!

this mini measures 30" from shoulder to hem-and it's precious!

a super halter maxi dress

and a gorgeous midi skirt

Stay tuned for a new video/slideshow coming on Heffy's Collections birthday!

WOW!

We're always curious how people find our clothes and our sites. We look frequently to determine how they get there and what they're looking for that brings them to us. Sometimes, we're surprised at where our "stuff" pops up. Today was a fantastic surprise! Rivka Plu posted a collage on polyvore with a selection of pictures. There was our skirt right next to a pair of Christian Louboutins! Nice pairing, don't you think? Here it is:



The skirt is available in our store heffyscollections.com


It will be fun to see where we pop up next!

Getting Close

We are rapidly approaching Heffy's Collections first birthday! It's this Friday and we're pretty happy about it. We sent a special birthday bonus to our customers as a thank you and to help us celebrate one year in business. Just a sidebar: Heffy himself has celebrated his 11th birthday (he's getting old!) and we hope to be going at least that long. We have some unique items in our store-vintage, gently worn, and new-and we just added jewelry to our accessories category. Won't you take a look and join us?

Here is a sampling of our items in the store:
a darling ballerina pin
Great Summer look in this Pierre Cardin shirt
'60's sundress

Coming soon-a blog about vintage clothes, a new video for our birthday celebration and lots more!

Hitting a snag

Awhile ago I talked about Heffy's upcoming move to a new location. We thought we would find a place and move in. That's how it goes, right? Now we are much wiser and still in our old place. It's a lot more complicated than we thought! Becky found a Victorian house with 5 bedrooms-ample space for her, our workspaces and the clothes. Lots of space. I dreamed of having room to spread out the clothes, work on them, and still have space to move around. Becky dreamed of where she could put her books and music stuff. It's not happening.

We knew the house had issues before we made an offer. There were no gutters for one thing (pretty obvious) and the porch roof had peeling paint, so maybe a roof leak. We decided to have a home inspection done so we would know what else was in store for us when she moved in. This was a new experience as none of us had been through one before. We highly recommend it for anyone buying an older home. We had to get the power and water turned on for the inspection. Wrinkle #1: the city would not install a water meter without permission from the owners. They are in Australia, so it took several days, but we got it. Wrinkle #2: pay $233 to the city prior to having the meter put in. Wrinkle #3: we must contact the agent and make sure she can let whomever is coming in. Meter person arrived and revealed Wrinkle #4: a plumber must fix the pipes so the meter can go in. I think you get the idea. It took several trips and wrinkles to even get to the inspector. We felt like we were living there already!

The inspector was a gem, but he had bad news. There was illegal wiring outside. The 220 outlets had 120 current to them, making us wonder how the stove even worked. Furnace won't fire. And on and on. After the inspection, we couldn't stop the leak in the kitchen, so I tried to get the city to turn the water off and refund us the money we paid (they said they would). Except we had to have permission from the owners to take our meter out. By now, I hope you're rolling on the floor laughing, 'cause we are. It's just too much!

We tried to renegotiate the price because of the cost of the repairs needed to just have Becky move in. Sellers said no. We cut what we were asking in half. While we were waiting for an answer, we collectively decided to walk away. No 5 bedrooms. No stained glass windows. No more dreams of having more than enough space to work in. But we are oh so much wiser than we were a month ago! So we are looking again, but with a much more skeptical stance.

Here's one of Heffy's selections for you to look at, and please visit our store-there's lots more!
'70's ethnic shirt