1950s

Her Name was Ollie Belle

by Kit on January 16, 2012

    Have you see The Help? I read the book and saw the movie, so when Octavia Spencer won her Golden Globe and brought the house to tears I remembered a day when I was little. I was probably 4 years old, and since my Mamma was busy writing and I was alone I [...]

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He closed the door to her home, she closed the door to her heart. It sounds like a country music two stepping tune but it was more like a one step tango. She taught dance and after she danced her way into his heart she took hold of his wallet. That is putting it mildly. [...]

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Christmas 1934

by Kit on November 23, 2011

As Bob Dylan said, the Times They Are A Changin, and I mean this in the nicest sort of way. As a historian of sorts, a scavenger, an urban archeologist, a hunter and gatherer of remnants and particles of the past, I have seen how change has left family homeplaces….. in odd places. Sometimes they [...]

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SEPT 1 IS THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY

by Kit on September 1, 2011

Design Archives opened on Sept 1, 2001. I can’t believe it, but I have survived for ten years! There have been a couple of moves, which is major for a vintage store because there are tons and tons of inventory that can quickly accumulate. The best thing is YOU the customer….because of your love, we [...]

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DA on TV

by Webbie on July 12, 2009

Kit and the staff of Design Archives were on the WFMY NEWS 2 The Good Morning show on November 12th, 2007. Rosemary Plybon visited the store to look at the fashions from the 1950′s…

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