Elvis Costello - Lipstick Vogue Live (by jzenman)
We are lipstick fans here at Filthy Rebena.
All it takes to make us camera ready is a smear of reds, pinks and corals across mouths. Voila. Super models, time traveling through decades of great fashion.
Mellow Yellow
Test shooting with model Sian for Elite Models. Filthy Rebena tops were chosen for the lovely lakeside shots
Check out this 60s Dandelion lace top here!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/97109770/60s-dandelion-lace-top
Blonde Redhead - Top Ranking - Mike Mills (by 4ADRecords)
Inspired by this video to strike a pose while taking pictures of new pieces to put up on Filthy Rebena outdoors now that the storm has passed.
IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL - trailer (by DocuChick)
This movie changed my life. After seeing it, Darger became my favourite artist. I bought his book of art and still look at it often, never tiring of his detailed, colourful work. It especially is wonderful to get out again in the spring. Seeing his interpretation of all the flowers and his winged, butterfly/girl hybrids.
The colours he uses suit today’s fashion trends. Pale pastels mixed with hot pinks and yellows. So much colour. Some of the dresses we have up now at our Filthy Rebena store on etsy remind me of something the Vivian sisters would wear.
It is another one of those tragic stories when such a talented person is ignored in life and only gets noticed after death though maybe this is what he wanted being so shy around people.
I wish he knew how much he inspires me and so many others.
. (by iliveinoctober)
I feel like this will be the first thing I do when I get out of my basement apartment. Girl I feel ya.
As much as we love to check ourselves out, sometimes this is all you need…. afterall you don’t need a mirror really to look at your shoes.
(via blacksheepboy-)
Liberation from melancholy.
How Filthy Rebena saved me.
Fear and depression were trying to own me. I thought they had completely overtook me. So much so, I gave in completely and let them have their way with me. Oppressive, intrusive and in search of power within my being. Always hungry for more of my heart, mind and soul.
I never thought that a little online vintage store started by my sister Natalie Bradshaw and her friend Darlene Davis, could be the thing to pull me out of darkness and help me begin to see the little joys in life again.
When I asked if I could post some of my old things on their site (having always been an avid thrift store shopper with an eye for unusual vintage finds but not having much reason to dress in them since track pants had become my stable choice of attire) Nat and Darlene were gracious enough to let me in on their little budding dream of an enterprise.
I started off by putting up posters they had made around town. A big step since prior to this it had become excruciating for me to leave my house due to intense panic attacks but this gave me a purpose. It started to inspire me to get out there and hit the thrift stores again in search of rare finds to add to their growing collection of one of a kind pieces.
After a lifetime of battling anxiety and depression I had become tired of the constant struggle and I was giving up. I was about to surrender but this put some fight back in me.
Every time the phone rings with Nat on the other line saying one of my pieces sold, I literally jump for joy thrilled at the idea that something of me, whether it be a bag or a shirt, is being sent somewhere that I myself may never go. A trip around the block for me is like trip around the world for another.
With every purchase I send a paper crane to wish it a safe journey and a happy arrival but also to wish its new owner (although I’ll probably never meet them) peace and hope and their own liberation from melancholy, if only for a fleeting second. My thoughts and best wishes are with them during their own private battles and triumphs.
