Violetville Vintage

Last Friday, I met up with Pamela from Market Publique for a lunch and shopping extravaganza at SXSW. We stopped by various stores and pop-up shops on South Congress, and I finally got my cupcake from Austin's famous airstream-trailer-turned cupcake cart Hey Cupcake!

On a mission for a dress for Market Publique's 1-year-anniversary party on Saturday, we found tons of options at this little tent pop-up. The winning dress was a beautiful skinny-strap black and red striped sun dress:

I *love* this dress on Pamela! It was a perfect fit! Inspired by Pamela's success, I couldn't resist purchasing this micro-mini hot-pants denim romper:

We also fell in love with this amazing Mexican abalone fish necklace:

A close-up - the fish's mouth is open!

My stomach turned a bit when I saw this dress (below). I know that cropping garments shorter than their original length makes lots of dresses cuter and more wearable! But, I demand quality hemming - an uneven or choppy hem is never cute!  And, this particular shop, which saw fit to crop absolutely everything that came through its doors, had cropped this gorgeous full-length 40s cocktail dress to hip-length! It completely ruined the silhouette and kind of made me wonder: what kind of person does this? Look at the lovely sash hanging down sadly below the hem!

Oh well! Moving on...

It's not a proper get-together without dessert! The cupcake trailer:

What a perfect afternoon in March! Thanks, Pamela!!