You can find Julie in Palm Springs every first Sunday (of non-summer months) for the Vintage Market. I try to go as often as my schedule permits.
Our initial stop was at the iconic Visitors Center for photo ops.The Vintage Market offers everything from the ridiculous to the sublime. It is truly an adult scavenger hunt and one of my favorite ways to spend a Sunday morning.This was a Frederick's of Hollywood jumpsuit which could be yours for only $180 today. I passed.How cool is this bottle of Vino Rosso by Barsottini? Unique decanters were their thing. Wild.This talented vendor repurposes old televisions into bars and pet beds. So very, very clever.Some treasures require no explanation!Okay, this has to be the coolest offering at the market... Mattel Modern Furniture. In 1958, just one year shy of the introduction of the Barbie Doll, Mattel offered a line of doll furniture for 8”-10 ½” dolls. The already successful toy company hit yet another home run with this beautifully crafted line of Danish Modern Furniture!There were many choices too! A Dining set, two types of Living Room sets, a lovely Bedroom set that included an Open Wardrobe and Mirrored Dresser, as well as separate pieces to add to your living room like a coffee table or buffet. This was a pretty complete set, with original boxes, all for only $350.I loved this Mrs. Potato Head kit where all you had to do to play was provide your own potato!While on my current Peanuts kick, I almost bought this Charlie Brown Christmas tree. So sweet. What memories it evokes.Brunch on the patio of one of my favorite dining spots fueled the rest of our desert explore!We will be returning here, during Modernism Week, for an extensive guided tour but after seeing Don't Worry Darling we had to visit this exceptional neighborhood.One of developer Roy Fey’s most notable projects, Canyon View Estates engaged the talents of the Los Angeles-based architectural partnership of Palmer & Krisel. Built in several phases starting in 1962, Canyon View Estates was projected to be a 225-unit complex. Later, 45 units were eliminated to allow for more open space, creating a park-like setting that still exists today.In a November 1965 Palm Springs Life magazine advertisement titled “The Wonderful World of Canyon View Estates” the complex was described as “Palm Springs’ finest and most successful Condominium Homes.” After exploring it fully, I would have to agree.Here we are, standing right in the middle of the street where the stars of the film lived (scene below).
Our final stop was at the Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center for the last day of the exhibition Pattern Play: The Contemporary Designs of Jacqueline Groag.Jacqueline Groag (British, born Prague, 1903–1986) was one of the most influential and versatile pattern designers of the post-war era. Whether abstract or representational, her avant-garde and naively charming patterns for textiles, dress fabrics, wallpaper, and laminates helped define the popular contemporary style and exerted a far-reaching influence on British design.A renewed appetite for decoration and color flourished throughout Britain following the prolonged trauma of World War II. Forward-looking and optimistic, post-war designers responded to the freedom of the 1950s by creating vibrantly patterned home furnishing fabrics and fashion textiles. These designers, inspired by architecture, nature, and abstract art, pioneered a progressive contemporary style characterized by an imaginative use of color, innovative materials, and dynamic patterns. The new look offered a dramatic contrast to the dreary, monochromatic world of the war years.I delighted in Mrs. Groag's use of whimsy and I loved the fact that we could get close enough to see her talents clearly.Jacqueline originally conceived her First Night dress print in 1938 for Elsa Schiaparelli, who, together with Coco Chanel, dominated fashion between the two World Wars. First Night was based on Groag’s drawing of the audience during opening night at the Paris Opera. The fabric was sold in the United States under the name Gala Night.In 1951, John Line & Sons Ltd. commissioned Jacqueline Groag to design a nursery wallpaper pattern for display at the Festival of Britain. The design consists of child-like line drawings of animals, buildings, plant life as well as a series of nonsensical images. This original artwork reflects Groag's penchant for childlike, playful designs in keeping with her theory that everyone was born with an inner age that remained constant, no matter their chronological age. Her inner age, she said, was eight. I absolutely love that!She even designed cards for Hallmark. I thoroughly enjoyed this unique glimpse into someone so talented and so unknown to me. I guess that's why we go to museums. To meet those individuals where no other opportunity to have met them exists. So dang fun.So many people make this sign a reality for me. What a day.
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Lovely display of vintage textiles.
Kathryn Gould CA Originals by Kathryn
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