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Handmade Dress

Petrune Vintage — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:46:51 +0000

We love to give new life to vintage things! This dress is handmade from 100% vintage recycled materials, all the way down to the closures. It is made from 60’s dove grey silk shantung, and the beaded shoulders came from a 1960’s silk dress. It is a size 2. It would be great for a summer wedding- come in and check it out!

Petrune Vintage — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:59:31 +0000

Petrune is so excited to introduce our new Apothecary Line! We have lovely candles in Lavender, Clover, Peppermint, Currant and Pomegranate. They’re a great treat for yourself, or a gift for a friend.

New Shoes!

Petrune Vintage — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:59:51 +0000

We have lots of fantastic vintage shoes, but we all know the pain of finding a perfect pair of vintage shoes that aren’t your size! Luckily, we have lots of fabulous new Spring shoes in the store, in many sizes. Check out these beauties from Seychelles and Jeffrey Campbell.

Prom, formal, wedding, big date…

Petrune Vintage — Fri, 07 May 2010 19:09:43 +0000

We have plenty of great party dresses at the moment, both vintage and brand new, like this jade green strapless dress from French Connection. We like it with bold gold accessories, like our oversized heart locket, and this green and gold beaded necklace from Jan Michaels. For the guys we have lots of vintage tuxedos, which are much cooler than anything you can rent, as well as tuxedo accessories like cummerbunds, bow ties and studs. The vintage inventory is always changing, so if you check it out regularly, you’ll probably get lucky.

Just In!

Petrune Vintage — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:09:19 +0000

We got in so many amazing things today, including an assortment of great pipes, an interesting 1920’s handbag that opens in the front, and the be-all-end-all of hats: a chocolate brown 1920’s velvet cloche with jewel and feather detail, in nearly perfect condition, and will fit a modern head!

Bag, $38, Hat $75, pipes priced individually.

New jewelry and accessories

Petrune Vintage — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:01:48 +0000

We just got some new jewelry and accessories in! The cute little envelope necklace in the photo has an inscription inside that reads “C’est la vie.” Come in and check out the other styles, which include owls, anchors, peacocks and more! You can also get in on this spring’s statement jewelry trend with our great new silver bracelet covered in chains and baubles. A statement indeed!

Our newest dress for the Petrune line

Petrune Vintage — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:17:12 +0000

This is the latest design made for the Petrune label by Natasha Keller. In addition to making the dress, Natasha has also made the fabric. Black cotton sateen has been hand-printed using gold ink, then cut and sewn into these sweet strapless dresses. Available in sizes 6, 8, and 10.

Storytelling

Petrune Vintage — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:51:33 +0000

We love it when our customers tell us a little something about an item that they are selling to us or an item that we sold to them. A few weeks ago someone came in to sell us some dresses that had once belonged to a woman who was a spy in World War II. They gave me her name, I googled her, and sure enough, a transmission from 1944 reveals that her code name was “Ivy” and she was given a mission in Sri Lanka. Her dresses included a beautiful silk embroidered cocktail dress with lovely beading on the cap sleeves. We also have a lovely bias cut pinkish-red gown and a fun lavender bubble dress from “Ivy”. One lucky gal is wearing one of her dresses to her prom!

Speaking of prom, just today, a woman came into the store and told us that her daughter had purchased a dress from Petrune a couple of years ago and wore it while posing for Mary Ellen Mark’s Prom Series. She is on the right in the photograph (look fabulous, we must say).

Petrune is honored to have a dress featured in the work of the prolific and incredibly talented Mary Ellen Mark. Her prom series was on exhibition here in Ithaca at the Johnson Museum of Art in 2008; check her website for current exhibtions.

Prom photograph via WSKG’s blog.

Amanda Setton: our favorite gossip girl

Petrune Vintage — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:25:06 +0000

Ithaca has a “Boomerang Effect.” People come here to work or study, leave to explore the rest of the world, and then come back later to visit or settle permanently.

A few years ago we organized our first Petrune fashion show. Twenty gorgeous guys and gals, friends and customers, modeled in the show. We all had a great time. One of those models was Amanda Setton, an Ithaca College student, who has since made a name for herself starring on the shows One Life to Live and Gossip Girl.

We were all very excited when she came back to Ithaca and dropped in to say “Hi” this past weekend.

Amanda Setton in front of Petrune!

It is so nice to see people blossom into success, and to be able to say “We knew them when…” And it is even nicer when they come back for a visit after all that time. We wish all our customers success and happiness, and that if you leave town, the Ithaca boomerang effect works on you too!

Petrune’s spring dresses

Petrune Vintage — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:26:59 +0000

A little preview of the Petrune party dresses for spring, made by “One Swell Gal” designer Natasha Keller, in our upstairs studio. This strapless number features a black cotton sateen bodice with boning for shape, with a patterned cotton skirt. So cute.