look deep into the mew mew

 C'mon and lets get hypnotized!.

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touch, but don't taste

Typical day at the shop. I bring in a bag full of vintage clothes. Unload them piece by piece onto hangers. They all get a good steam bath, and then finished off with a price tag. Before I make my rounds unloading them onto the racks, I like to step back and observe them for a moment.

Then the panic washes over me. I feel nauseous and I am pretty sure I am sweating.. IM NOT READY FOR THIS!! I rip them all off of their hangers , fold them quickly and stuff em back into my bag as if a vintage clothing zombie was ready to break thru our windows!

For us vintage clothing sellers , we collect beautiful (and not so beautiful so we can appease all customers) clothes because we love them. Our heart flutters the moment our eyes lock on an amazing piece of clothing. Beautiful pieces of art, living history is in our hands..And , now we have to sell it?

Oh thats just mean.

Tie me down, and wave birthday cake over my face. Lock me in a room full of puppies and say I can't pet any of them, but don't make me sell this beautiful garment that I just grew so attached to. 

I know, sooo dramatic!

This doesn't happen to often, because frankly I gotta make money. Im not lying when I say I have to talk myself thru it, and let go. 

-The high of saving the rescued clothes at my house is not going to pay my bills. 

-I can hold onto for one more week, and If I don't wear it , it HAS TO GO BACK!

-I will come across it again! Hello, Kerry! You thrift multiple times a week, and work in a vintage clothing store...You will find this again.

-This piece will go to someone awesome that will appreciate and love it .Until the devil chimes in , and says "no kerry, they are buying it for a ugly 70s party" or "say bye bye to your cherished 'sexy Joan Mad Men ' themed party dress, muhahahah"

 Damn , devil.

-Kara and Nicole have way cooler shit than you, so wait for them to put something out later on.

Hey man, Im not crazy and I'm not alone! Amber just did a similar post on this too! 

Were not sick in the head, we just love to much :))

These pictures are in no way represent the best of Equine Bovine. I have become a little pattern crazy . Especially for the '60s and '70s. And since spring time is emerging , so are all the fun, funkay, groovy patterns to torture me with.

I think I felt especially attached to these items because they are so cheery and vibrant. This weeks weather has been so lame, I think my eye balls and soul needed some warmth.

This top only saw the lights of day for about 3 minutes. It was soo cold today in the valley, I had to stay mega bundled.

Ugh, I deserve some ice cream after that.

like a rhinestone cowboy

Nudie Cohn hopped onto US soil back when he was 11 from the Ukraine. He collected his earnings traveling around as a shoe shine boy, boxer and other odd jobs  for years . At one fateful pit stop at a boarding house in Minnesota , he met his future wife Bobbie.

He and Bobbie married in the beginning of the 1940s, and had a baby girl named Barbara.

They traveled to New York City where Nudie was designing stripper and showgirls unmentionables.

He had to start somewhere with those rhinestones!

The Nudie family moved out to sunny southern Californa.Nudie Suits were born in a garage but eventually moved into a private studio in North Hollywood 

Nudie and Bobbie designed the most interesting and elaborate suits for the ladies and gents of country music. 

I've been  listening to alot of Gram Parsons lately. Partially because summer is near, and I like to have my country records spinning, and also a trip to Joshua Tree is in the makes.
If you are curious to know why the common interest of Nudie suits, Gram Parsons and Joshua Tree, check out this trailer for Gram Parsons: Fallen Angel. Whatever you do, DO NOT watch the horrible movie 'Grand Theft Parsons'.

Nudie Cohn

 Beck

 ZZ Top

Hank Williams. I just read today that he died in this suit.

 David Rawlings & Gillian Welch

 Howard Perkins

 Merle working a new design with Nudie

 Gram Parsons Nudie suit embellished with crosstops , marijuana leaves, flowers,

naked ladies and large red cross on the back.

 It was very painful to post this picture of Ben Harper. I absolutely cringe when a fashion ensemble is not completed properly. Especially when its the beautifully designed Nudie suit. And to finish off the look is a pair of insulting sneakers.

I have seen to many performance artists wear really rad performance gear, and they you look down and you see a pair of old man white sneakers.  

How hard is it to just slip on some boots or some nice leather shoes! 

Keith Richards Nudie suit.

Buck Owens suit

From the National Cowboy Museum

Porter Wagoner

The man, Nudie Cohn

Behind every great Nudie, is his wife Bobbie Kruger

Nudies Rodeo Tailor

Nudie suits in motion with Porter Wagoner

Gram Parsons 'Juanita'

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hoochie coochie (wo)man

Todays look was inspired from a four sided record I was listening to today. Biting down on the boring adult tasks such as washing your dishes, laundry and hair, there is no question that I must have music to get my thru this. So, I laid the needle down on a Allman Brothers record, and they got me thru pain. I love what I was wearing today. I feel like I can hop on the tour bus of Lynyrd Syknyrd, The Allman Brothers, or  Hank Williams Jr. and blend in just fine!

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patchwork pants: Antique Fair
harley eagle and dixie flag shirt: Thunderhorse Vintage
Sbicca shoes: C&C
wrangler vest: C&C
leather fringe necklace: Flaming Hag Folkwear
Tiered beaded necklace: Antique Fair
Sunglasses: Local Thrift Store
Belt Buckle: Laced with Romance purchased in house
Awesome Moo Cow Ring: Flaming Hag Folkwear

tune in and rock out

I recently found this grey cropped KZAP shirt at a local thrift.

Since I am a total old fogie rocker that in in complete denial that time pressed on after 1985, I got super excited to find this gem. 

KZAP 98.5 was formed in the mid 60's as a free form radio station in the Elks Building in downtown Sacramento. From psychedelic rock, funk, jazz to soul, the DJs would pick anything they wanted to share with the audience.  They focused on making a beautiful synergy of all types of music for one complete experience. These groovy tunes filled your ears until '72 when the owner of the station passed away. In '73 KZAP became more rock focused. 

The new hands of KZAP decided what was best for the station is to develop a 'Super Star' format. This would take down the music library from thousands of amazing songs, to a mere 400.

So this would guarantee the listener would always be in the comfort zone of the Top 40 rock songs. This method was very successful for them as it took listeners from other stations and it built strong customer base.

The swiping of the listeners was crushing surrounding radio stations until 1990, when KROY entered the picture. KZAP got annihilated by KROYs classic rock tunes. On January 20 1992 at midnight, the DJs of KZAP flipped the switch to a fresh country station. But before leaving us, they graced the listeners ears with Harvey Mandels 'Cristo Redentor'

The grand finale of Harvey Mandel playing gently in the background of the listeners minds as they relive their memories of their favorite rock moment, made me think of of one of my favorite movie scenes from Pirate Radio.

Pirate Radio Rock is sinking, DJ 'Gorgeous Gavin' leaves us with Procol Harum 'Whiter shade of pale'

The scene leads into the devastation of the boat, the listeners and the hope of the Radio Rock crew living thru this tragedy .Watch this movie!

Pirate Radio trailer

Sorry for the bad quality,but this is the only video I could find.

Just, chill.

Procol Harum

I love music. I love listening to it, I love talking about it and I love connecting with people that share the same interest too. 

Slow Shadows

I'm back, again. I haven't blogged in so long because I just haven't felt like it. I like for my inspirations to happen organically. So when I feel inspired to do so, I would like to share. I have been spending alot of time at Crimson and Clover. I am slowly building my inventory to make an adequate living. With my inventory build, also comes my courage. I am trying to have be positive and patient. But as I am suppose to live a normal live, my brain gets wrapped up in other things. I rather not share, because it's fairly uncomfortable to share with the public but if we ever hang out, let's chat!
What I would like to share with you is some recent pictures of us hanging around Shadow Glen Stables. This is a place on earth where I like to escape, ride horses, observe Hawks,watch Killdeers protect their nests,and snuggle Pygmy Goats.

Bye bye all! I hope your having an awesome 2012!