Pegasus Vintage

Did Kate Middleton have Diana's Ring Cleansed?

A lot of attention has been given to the fact that Prince William got engaged to Kate Middleton with his mothers engagement ring.  This is a great way of reusing something that is beautiful and just as good as ever.  I wonder if the ring was cleansed in any way?

 

Stones and crystals are mined deep within the earth and are open and receptive to all the elements.  When we wear jewellry it picks up on our energy either positive or negative; it almost becomes part of us.  When choosing a ring it is important to pick up on the feelings that come from the ring itself and if you feel that the energy is negative it is a good idea to have it cleansed.

 
Vintage Engagement Rings

There are many ways to cleanse a ring, including smudging with white sage; wrapping the ring in a natural fabric and burying it in pure earth for 24 hours or leaving it exposed to the sunlight and the moonlight for 24 hours.  For more information on cleansing methods please got to Home of Vibrational Health.

 
Pegasus Vintage Blue Birdie Pin

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Pegasus Vintage celebrates Bonfire Night!

The seasons are changing, in most places...not much difference here in Florida; so we are having a sale!  Plenty of bargains on summer clothes.  Visit our shop today!!

For me, in England, Autumn was filled with falling leaves, red, orange, green and brown.  Chilly mornings, a crisp frost on the lawn, seeing my breath as I walked out to the car. Muddy pathways, wellington boots and the long mac.  The Harvest Festival at church, marrows, pumpkins and baked stuffed apples served with hot Birds custard.

Bonfire night, November the 5th, fireworks and the burning of the guy.  Hot red wine punch with cinnamon spices and the giggles of close friends.  Impatient kids jumping up and down to keep warm while they wait for the bonfire to be lit, cries of ooh and ahh, hissing sparklers waved too briefly in the air and dropped sizzling into a nearby puddle.  Headlights at night, narrow  roads, traffic lights and too much traffic.  Bundling into the house to snuggle under a blanket and drink some cocoa.  Dunking the bourbons and custard creams, slurping the slops and off to bed. Hiding under the duvet to keep warm, the hot water bottle wrapped at your feet or your knees, gradually warming a damp feeling bed and then the bliss of sleep!

Professor Octopus Round 2

So if you tried to comment or score my design today, you'll see that it got a horrible score and was taken off of scoring.  Oh well, I didn't expect that my first design would be amazing, but I guess I didn't expect it to be that bad either.

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Great design!!!

Andrea's Got Talent!

Here is a T shirt designed by Andrea - from Pegasus Vintage, if you like it - sign up for Threadless and vote!!

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Sometimes I feel like an octopus - so much to do, all at the same time. I am sure Andrea was inspired for the T shirt whilst teaching music at an elementary school, all those fragile precious instruments to tune, she not only needs 8 arms but probably 100's of eyes like a peacock.

This is a great T shirt for the school Orchestra or the music teacher.  Email us your comments.

Apple Bobbers - by Andrea.

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To see some more of Andrea's work - look for her  blue bird T shirt at Target - "artist series" and see her work on Paper Sparrow an Etsy shop. www.etsy.com/shop/papersparrow

 

Vintage 9 to 5

Most office workers have a completely different wardrobe for work.  Styles seem to change slowly for office attire and many of us are reluctant to spend too much money on clothes that do not always define who we are. Most of us have an office persona or image which is entirely different from the person that we are on weekends.

Tie Neck Blouse

Women are sometimes forced to wear suits, jackets, longer skirts or pants. We tend to favor classic colors like black and beige and classic styles.  However slowly, office fashions do change.  I was looking at Pegasus Vintage clothes and they reminded me of the movie "9 to 5". The womens blouses were so fussy, tie necks and silky to be worn with knee length skirts or matching wool suits.

Work Suit Suit styles

Here are a few photos as my tribute to dressing for the office:

Audrey Hepburn 1957

1960's suits

1970's style    

Pegasus Vintage dress

Pegasus Vintage Work Blouse

   

Neopolitan Skirt from Pegasus Vintage

Violet - Perfect!

Violet is a mixture of red and blue, of hot and cold, but instead of being a dull compromise of opposites it is a vibrant beautiful color. Violet is the color of the seventh Chakra, the crown Chakra, the third eye. It is the color of the spiritual, that which is not obvious.

Third Eye Chakra

It is the color of excitement, of passion and also of relaxation - a strange mix but a harmonious one. Violet is the color of the imagination and creativity. It is also the color of Thursday!  Violet is the color of the musical note B, it is interesting that the key of B is used frequently in sacred music

Violet Rainbow Passion

We are all effected by color, it makes us happy or unhappy. If you are able to see a person's aura - a violet aura will show a spiritual person. In Astrology the movement of the planets effects the way we feel, violet is associated with the planet Jupiter. Jupiter rules your high ideals, your luck and your journey through life. It is fitting that Jupiter is represented by violet.

Jupiter

Color can be associated with healing, we wear certain colors to achieve a particular goal. Violet is about transformation and change, recovery, healing and letting go of addictions. You may wear this color when you want to retreat and enjoy a level of introspection.

Violet Fashions

Violet is always in fashion, it is often worn with black by the young, but it is also a great color for an evening dress and for formal occasions. Violet looks great in casual dresses for those with pale skin.  

In the 60's Mary Quant used the color violet regularly for her designs.

Vintage Mary Quant Dress

To see some vintage fashions visit our Etsy shop:Pegasus Vintage.  We have a passion for vintage fashion!

Dress from Pegasus Vintage

Wearing Indigo - or is it purple?

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I have been working my way through the colors of the rainbow and then I came to Indigo and I wasn't really sure of the difference between indigo and violet.  In the spectrum indigo is closer to blue and violet is closer to red - at least I think so.  I was lucky enough to see a beautiful rainbow yesterday as I drove home over the Banana River to Cape Canaveral and the indigo was definitely bluer.

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Indigo Nail Polish 

Not everyone recoginises the color Indigo but it was named by Sir Isaac Newton as he wanted to divide the spectrum into seven colors,as there are seven days of the week and seven chakras. Indigo is associated with spirituality, it is the color of the sixth aura where the third eye is located.

Indigo Sky 

People with an indigo aura are spiritual, they are often working as counselors or with animals. Wearing indigo could show that you are a spiritual person or a person with an interest in religion. An indigo aura is also associated with computer analysts.

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Indigo is the color of psychic power, instant understanding and the midnight sky. In Elizabethen times, indigo was only worn by the rich and royalty. The dye was expensive and came from a plant in India.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/50360342/purple-dress-small-medium

Wonderful Vintage dress from Pegasus Vintage - this has more red in it than blue so would probably be classified as violet. 

Indigo has been used to dye denim for the production of blue jeans. Some call it Royal Blue - I still see more of a purple color than I see blue, but it is a purple blue - blue with a little red mixed in, rather than a red purple which is predominantly red.

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I searched online for some clothes described as indigo and go a variety of colors. Some photos are included with this blog.

For vintage clothes of all colors visit http://www.etsy.com/shop/pegasusvintage

Wearing Beautiful Blue!

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Blue, the color of sky, the ocean, forget-me-knots, the infinite. A color of different moods, cool, ice blue to airforce blue and navy blue. A color of extremes - from soft and gentle to strong and hard.

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Blue is the color of calmness, tranquility and peace, but dark blue is associated with business, business suits and military and police uniforms.  A person who is feeling blue is depressed, at a low ebb.

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The Virgin Mary wears blue, for purity and spirituality. In ancent Egypt, blue was used as the color to symobolise heaven. It is the color of the intellect and is also used for baby boys. A calm blue perhaps to soothe a fractious child.

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Blue used in a wedding is to symbolise love, purity and fidelity."Something old, something new, something borrowed something blue".

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 Blue aids intuition and can make a room feel cool. Blue is associated with the throat. It is the fifth chakra and is associated with speaking the truth.

Throat Chakra 

Symbolically blue can used to describe something that happens rarely - "Once in a blue moon". The royal family has blue blood, and a blue ribbon is the best of its kind. http://www.livingartsoriginals.com/infobluesymbolism.htm

Blue also symobolises faith, loyalty and dependability and is a great choice to wear at an interivew. It is used in national flags and school uniforms. In the West blue is the most populat color and is liked by both men and women.

Vintage blue skirt from Pegasus Vintage at Etsy.com

EArth is the blue planet and it gone from a color that was scorned by the Greeks to a color that is universally adorned. Blue jeans are one of the most popular clothing items in the world.

Polka dot skirt from Pegasus Vintage at Etsy.com 

Come see the blue clothes at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/pegasusvintage

Wearing Green

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I know this is an ambiguous title, I am really referring to the color green rather than being "Green", of course anyone who buys vintage clothes from Pegasus Vintage or any other vintage clothes seller is being "Green" by wearing recycled clothes.

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This is a little more extreme - recycled computer parts. 

I would expect green clothes to go back a long way, because most plants are green and green based vegatable and plant dyes should be easy to produce, (think of all those grass stains on your clothes when you were little).

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What does the wearing of green symbolise, other than St. Patricks day? Wearing green is the color of money, it is the symbol for "Go" and is supposed to be a good color for sales people. Dark green is seen as masculine and also for wealth.  Medieval brides wore green to symbolise fertility. Green also is calming and reminds us of nature.

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Green is a great color to wear to an interview as it is calming and reduces nervousness. It is also used as camouflage by the military again reinforcing closeness to nature.

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In some cultures, green symbolizes hope and growth, while in others, it is associated with death, sickness, envy, or the devil. The most common associations, however, are found in its ties to nature. For example, Islam venerates the color, as it expects paradise to be full of lush greenery. Green is also associated with regeneration, fertility and rebirth for its connections to nature

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In Elizabethan England the wearing of colors was dictated by the sumptuary laws, the shade of green that was worn was dictated by social class. Cheaper dyes produced the colors worn by the lower classes. The wearing of the color green was also associated with Robin Hood.

Vintage Green Dress from Pegasus Vintage. 

Green is also venerated in Islam and is thought to be the color of paradise. It was also worn by Christian priests. In Eastern Catholicism green is the color of Pentecost.

Wonderful green shoes from Pegasus Vintage, almost magical enough for a trip to the Emerald City in the Wizard of Oz! 

Vintage Wedding Dresses

Vintage Wedding Dress, cream with white lace over. Very simple compared to many of today's dresses. Dress is available for sale at Pegasus Vintage.

We recently bought a vintage wedding dress for Pegasus Vintage, our Etsy shop and I started to wonder about the history of the wedding dress.

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White wedding dresses came into vogue after Queen Victoria married her cousin, Alfred Saxe-Coburg in 1840. Since that time womwn have traditionally worn white wedding dresses.  White is supposed to symobolise innocence and purity.

The veil is an even more interesting phenomenon. Here are a list of reasons given for wearing a veil!

1. It has been said that it covers a wife's horns - she is not supposed to be evil on her wedding day! 

2. It is also said to be worn because many marriages were arranged and they did not want the groom to run away if the bride was too ugly. The groom had often not seen his bride before the big day.

3. The veil is worn to tempt the groom, the bride's face is not visible so the groom has to use his imagination. This is apparently sexier than full exposure!

4. It is said to be unlucky for a groom to see his bride before the wedding so she wears a veil to protect herself.

5. The veil is there to protect the bride from demons, the demons cannot see the bride and the bridesmaids are used as decoys. They are dressed attractively but not in veils so that they can be taken by the devil if necessary! 

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The Wedding train on the dress does not seem to have much significance, it is said the the longer the train the more opulent that bride!

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There are always people who will take this to extremes!

Flowers are also an interesting part of the wedding ceremony, originally it was flower and herb garlands.  Sage was used for wisdom, garlic to ward off evil spirits and dill to make the bride only lust after her husband!

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Those were the days!

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