The Eclectic Diva A Way of Life!

How to be a Diva!

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How do you achieve your Inner Diva?

To me being a Diva is a state of mind. Your mind will react to the luxury of gorgeous gowns, sparkling jewelry, furs and wonderful vanity items. In other words surround yourself with divalishous items and you will feel like the Diva you are. What you can buy is the affordable vintage items that the Divas of the Past wore.

The Feel of Fur, real or faux

Wrap a Mink Cape around you

Who wouldn't want a gown that made you a starlet

This stunner comes from the shop of

Metro Retro Vintage on Etsy

Then it is time to bring on the Jewels. Let their glitter and dazzle illuminate you in the glow of gold, silver and rhinestones.

Metro Retro Vintage

Spectacular Brooches @Metro Retro Vintage

Gown @ Divas Hollywood Glam

Beautiful Jewelry found at Metro Retro Vintage

Vintage Weddings ~ Wedding Dresses

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Vintage Wedding Dresses

I sold this wonderful 1950's Alfred Angelo dress to an equally wonderful young lady in Hong Kong.

Here are a couple pictures she sent me

Gorgeous Bride ~~Amazing Dress

Find Your Inner Diva!

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Are You a Diva?
Cruising for vintage makes it easy to find your inner Diva. Find wonderful vanity items to put in your bathroom or on your dressing table, it takes you back to the era in Hollywood which was lush with cosmetics, perfume, jewelry and clothing.

Art Deco & Art Nouveau
The Stars are wearing vintage, Politicians are wearing vintage. They are adding vintage to their homes. I will be adding all types of items to show you how you can use vintage in your life.

The Eclectic Diva

The Eclectic Diva offers a wide variety of vintage items

ranging from Jewelry, Vanity Items, Accessories and Whimsey

ART DECO FUR CLIPS

silver vanity tray

ART DECO DRESSER SET AND DECORATIVE HAIR COMB

Divas Hollywood Glam

Divas Hollywood Glam give you the glitter, glitz and panache of days gone by. The days of Hollywood Starlets, Dresses, Furs, Hollywood Regency, Home Decor. We can still get the thrill of those day with the wonderful Vintage Finds of the Diva.

Vintage Borgazia Coat

Vintage Designer Dress
Oleg Cassini

Vintage Fur Collars

Vintage is the New Go Green

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What better way to GO Green, utilize vintage in your life. There are so many ways to use vintage in your daily life and also to pamper yourself. Vintage items have such ambiance, penache and usually you get one of a kind. This makes you a unique individual who embraces repurposing and going green.

Lets take a look at the Vanity Items which includes your Boudoir. Here are some wonderful pieces .

Vintage Eclectic Powder Compact

French Parfum OooooLala

or Wedgwood Jasperware
Lighter

and matching Wedgwood Trinket Dish

Lets Take a Look at Accessories

Vintage French Hand Made Tapestry Purse by Walborg

Divas Shop

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The Divas Beginnings

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My love for vintage goes way back. My love for antiques is equally as important to me. I had the opportunity to mix those two loves with my sense of color and design to open my own Brick and Mortar store. I opened Eclectic Designs for Living on Main Street in Pennsylvania.

I was able to live my dreams for 5 years. I had great fun, opportunity to expand my ideas, to meet people and introduce them to Vintage in all its glory. Dresses, jewelry and furs. Little did I know it was a wonderful way to GO GREEN.

As life has a way of changing, I had to give up this wonderous shop. I have included a slide show of ECLECTIC A WAY OF LIVING
I hope you enjoy and please share your thoughts with me and others.

Now I am TheEclecticDiva selling online at Etsy. I hope you will browse
through my shop online and see my little pieces of the past.

Spring is Just Around the Corner

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Yes the wind is still a little chilly, and I have seen a few flakes of snow, and I think I will still see some winter weather, but I feel spring coming!!! There are a few days that are warmer and I see a few little plants pushing up and I am not feeling as blue as winter usually makes me.

I thought I'd give you a little peek into what summer is for me. I am an avid gardener and being in Pennsylvania, that is my focus when I know jack Frost will not visit again.

But right now I will share a little of winter with you...can you see my little cardinals?

Here is a view from my bedroom window, couldn't bring myself to venture out that day.

Now a peek into this summer and why I look forward to my gardens, getting my hands dirty.

Eclectic Diva Glamour, Bling & Style

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Vintage Steampunk/Saloon Girl Dress

Vintage can be interpreted many ways. The Eclectic Diva sees the Glamour, the Glitz and Style of an era gone by. Lets take a little trip into the life of The Diva and see what we can find.

Vintage Black and White Scott McClintock
Polka Dot Dress

Red Wiggle Dress

1960's Alfred Angelo Prom Gown

WHAT ABOUT SOME BLING?? SOME GLITZY JEWLERY?

FOLLOW THE PATH OF RHINESTONES, GOLD AND SILVER

ELEGANT TO FUNKY

PARTY TO PROM

Pearl Necklace Baroque Clasp
Bar Pin Victorian Style

Blue Aurora Borealis
Rhinestone Brooch Signed

Shoulder Duster Earrings Wow Factor

Whatever the occasion you will find something at

The Eclectic Diva's

The nice thing is owning a piece of vintage is usually

a one of a kind item. Own a piece of the past.

Links to Vintage Information

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Here are some wonderful informational sites to wander through

A DRESS A DAY

http://www.dressaday.com/dressaday.html/

eVINTAGESOCIETY

http://evintagesociety.com/vintageorbust/?page_id=56

Want to find a vintage clothing shop near you?? Put your zip code in and it will find one for you

FASHION DIG

http://www.fashiondig.com/locator/index.asp

Take a trip to all the Manhatton Vintage shops. They have a clothing show several times a year, and I sit at my computer and browse through their shops.

MANHATTON VINTAGE CLOTHING SHOW

http://www.manhattanvintage.com/index2.shtm

One of the biggest sources for vintage clothing

VINTAGE FASHION GUILD

http://www.vintagefashionguild.org/

http://thevintagelist.com/Clothing-Jewelry-Accessories.html

The Online Experience

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As the EclecticDiva I have roamed the net looking for my niche to sell my unique items. I tried several without feeling warm and fuzzy and finally found a home in ETSY.

http://www.theeclecticdiva.etsy.com/

Its a wonderful site for artisans as well as VINTAGE sellers. So in March of 2008 I started my shop there.

But hey why stop there so I opened another shop to sell my linens, so my creative side could be satisfied some original pillows as well.

http://www.thedivaslinencloset.etsy.com/