more from the latest Style Stalker's colab

Style Stalkers shoot
Creative Director/Fashion Stylist: Shimeon Mattox
Hair: Shimon Mattox
Makeup: Ketonya Bankston
Model: Ariel of the Young Agency
Photographer: Dave Phoenix
All Clothing: Lollypop Vintage

TABU

So here's the first local event we will be helping out with. I am sorta thinking of it as our coming out party. Our long time friends at Retro Ranch are putting on a tiki spectacular June 28th @ 8pm.

TABU

with music by

The Mission Creeps

Grave Danger

& 

The Oh No's

and a tropical themed vintage fashion show with fashions from

Antique Sugar,  LollyPOP Vintage &  Retro Ranch

Tiki/Monster attire requested I believe there will be prizes involved. I know what I am going as do you?

more info soon

LollyPOP Vintage fashions in Initial Magazine

Style Stalkers shoot in Initial Magazine (Spring/Summer 2013) Issue
Creative Director/Fashion Stylist: Shimeon Mattox
Hair: Shimon Mattox
Makeup: Ketonya Bankston
Model: Ariel of the Young Agency
Photographer: Dave Phoenix
All Clothing: Lollypop Vintage

In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities. -- János Arany

photo by Russ Finley

  It's spring here in Phoenix and with the long hot summer looming I am feeling the wanderlust settling in early this year.  The need to escape the stifling heat seems to be getting ever stronger and persistent in me.  I find myself missing the traveling and road trips that used to occur with such frequency before I married the LollyPOP Vintage brick and mortar store.  My dreams are morphing into something new...something with more freedom and adventure involved.

pic from the shoot model Kianna from JANI Model Management

 Lately when asked if opening the store was worth it I find myself replying "Hindsight being 20/20 I would have made a kick ass website instead.".  So that is just what I am going to do. The online LollyPOP Vintage store is  launching at the end of May. I am doing all the web stuff myself and as a recognized technotard please bare with me. I did just work on a photo shoot with Trish Nenes and Caleb Alvarado for the site and I must say that went swimmingly and I believe it is a sign of good things to come.

  So on a sadder note my family and I have decided to close our brick and mortar location. While LollyPOP Vintage is a family owned company it really is, for the most part, a one man show. That person being me and I can not do everything I would like to do as well as I like and deal with the day to day of a brick and mortar. We may open another one someday but right now I would like to concentrate on other things like traveling the country picking fabulous vintage for the online store, getting together a repro line, taking some classes and maybe even actually becoming a decent blogger.  I have been blessed with my store dream coming true and now it's time to make room for more dreams and adventures. 

  My family and I would like to thank everyone who helped make the store possible by supporting us over the years.  Without all of you clearly this would have never been and we hope you continue to support us on our new ventures on the web. 

  The LollyPOP Vintage online store should be up to speed at the end May.  We will only be carrying women's in the LPV shop but look for our men's line in the fall under the Peacock & Preen label.  We are also planning on participating in local events for our AZ fans...so don't fret, we aren't going away. LollyPOP Vintage is just evolving into something new and, we would like to think, wonderful.

So this is the sequence of events

Our Phoenix location is winding down during the month of May and closing it's doors May 26th.  Be sure to "Like" us on Facebook to keep posted on sales events during the month and our future happenings.

LollyPOP Vintage's women's online store is launching at the end May 

The Eclectic Monkey location will close it's doors for regular store hours May 26th and will only be opened for The Big Show, a once a month 4 day sales event.  More details soon!
All LPV merchandise out there is 50% off out there right now :)

Peacock & Preen, our new online vintage store for men, launches this Fall

MIM ~ A Very Vintage Valentine's Day

In February LollyPOP Vintage was honored to be asked to be part of the Very Vintage Valentine's Day event at the MIM and, oddly, I totally forgot to put the pics up. So here they are. Better late then never I suppose. 

LPV pink sparkle dress on mannequin

all dresses in pic provided by LPV

The lovely lady above in dots is Jenesis of Jenesis Styles! She styled all the fashion for the event, did a beautiful job and was really a joy to work with. She also happens to be the founder of  
Woman's Touch Apparel a super cool women's empowerment t-shirt line.

goddess dress second from the right was provided by LPV all others available at Antique Sugar

all fashion provided by LPV

LPV dresses on ends all others provided by Antique Sugar

 

We were so happy to help MIM celebrate Valentine’s Day!

Decor provided by Retro Ranch. Fashions provided by Antique Sugar and yours truly!

Thanks to Phoenix Fashion Week for inviting us to be part of this!

Desert Heat

Photography: Michelle Engberg
MUA's: Luisa Monarrez and Cyndi Syrelle
Models: Brittany Pattakos and Samantha Rea Merlo
Assistants: Alicia Hernandez and Cyndi Syrelle
Wardrobe: LollyPOP Vintage

Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward

“Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day, ah, now that’s a real treat.” ~ Joanne Woodward

 “I don't like to discuss my marriage, but I will tell you something which may sound corny but which happens to be true. I have steak at home. Why should I go out for hamburger?” ~ Paul Newman

 “I never ask my wife about my flaws. Instead I try to get her to ignore them and concentrate on my sense of humor. You don't want any woman to look under the carpet, guys, because there's lots of flaws underneath. Joanne believes my character in a film we did together, 'Mr. and Mrs. Bridge' comes closest to who I really am. I personally don't think there's one character who comes close . . . but I learned a long time ago not to disagree on things that I don't have a solid opinion about.” ~ P.N.

  
People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked. ~ P.N.
 

"Husbands and wives should have separate interests, cultivate different sets of friends and not impose on the other. You can’t spend a lifetime breathing down each other’s necks. We are very, very different people and yet somehow we fed off those varied differences and instead of separating us, it has made the whole bond a lot stronger.” ~ P.N.

  
"Being married to Paul is being married to the most considerate, romantic man." ~ J.W.
 

  

Joanne Woodward met Paul Newman in 1953.  They later reconnected on the set of The Long Hot Summer in 1957.  They married on February 2, 1958, in Las Vegas.  The couple remained together until Newman's death from cancer on 

September 26, 2008.

 

Paul and Joanne were married for 50 years and there are so many adorable pictures of them together that seem to illustrate just how happy they really were.