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Meet Katie, This Week's guest Curator!

This is the second week of featured guest curators at Dorothea's Closet! Meet Katie McClenaghan. Her taste runs to the bright, bold and daring. She's selected some gorgeous summery pieces...

Meet Katie, This Week's guest Curator!

This is the second week of featured guest curators at Dorothea's Closet! Meet Katie McClenaghan. Her taste runs to the bright, bold and daring. She's selected some gorgeous summery pieces...

Solstice and the Summer Festival

Summer festivals are in full swing! Dorothea's has culled a COLLECTION  of pretty ethereal frocks and accessories of the vintage variety for your festival wardrobe. Floral prints, gauzy textiles, lace trims...

Solstice and the Summer Festival

Summer festivals are in full swing! Dorothea's has culled a COLLECTION  of pretty ethereal frocks and accessories of the vintage variety for your festival wardrobe. Floral prints, gauzy textiles, lace trims...

Blast Off

"The Astronaut Wives Club" premiered on ABC this past week with LOADS of super cute vintage clothing (and we're on the lookout for pieces they got from Dorothea's Closet!). To...

Blast Off

"The Astronaut Wives Club" premiered on ABC this past week with LOADS of super cute vintage clothing (and we're on the lookout for pieces they got from Dorothea's Closet!). To...

crystal clear

Just a quick blog tonight highlighting some sparkling things from the website…perfect for upcoming red carpet events! Pics link to the pieces on the site.    Mr. Blackwell Custom label...

crystal clear

Just a quick blog tonight highlighting some sparkling things from the website…perfect for upcoming red carpet events! Pics link to the pieces on the site.    Mr. Blackwell Custom label...

so cinch me

I have a love/hate relationship with corsets, in concept and in real life. On the one hand (in concept), I can see the beauty of them and the importance in...

so cinch me

I have a love/hate relationship with corsets, in concept and in real life. On the one hand (in concept), I can see the beauty of them and the importance in...

for the love of pyjamas

Who spends 3 hours starching and pressing Victorian through 1930s apparell and loves it? Me. I love the way something rumpled and creased is moved to crispness, the life breathed...

for the love of pyjamas

Who spends 3 hours starching and pressing Victorian through 1930s apparell and loves it? Me. I love the way something rumpled and creased is moved to crispness, the life breathed...