It comes as no surprise that we adore plaid and gingham prints here at mypiggywiggy. Both patterns are as timeless as they come (though scale and color palette does play a part in how classic a plaid or gingham print may be). Our shop is currently stocked full of classic and feminine styles in plaid patterns and gingham prints. This month for our Vintage Style Inspiration segment, we turn to women's vintage fashions from the 1940s as plaid and gingham grew in popularity due to the rise of more utilitarian fashions due to World War II. Traditionally gingham was...

It gladdens our vintage style loving hearts to see that head scarves and kerchiefs have made a strong comeback in recent mainstream fashion, though we know ourselves well enough that even when the trend fades amongst the masses, we'll still happily don our cotton bandanas and floral silk scarves around our heads as so many women did of yesteryear. There are so many ways to wear hair scarves to channel that effortlessly feminine vintage look and we are sharing some photos from the past that showcases all the wonderful ways to accent your outfits with the ever versatile scarf or bandana. Vintage Style...

Here at mypiggywiggy we rarely look to modern trends and current fashion fads to inspire the garments we choose to grace our online shop pages, instead we often turn to the past to see what the everyday woman wore as she went about her life doing simple, ordinary things. We've recently added some cute vintage inspired overalls in the shop, so we wanted to share with all of you the vintage photos we have collected that were our source of inspiration and reference. We've gathered together a few inspiring vintage images of women from the past (mostly from the 1940s...

In the month that celebrates what it is to adore and be adored in return, we think of our favorite style and art muses. Anna Karina ranks high among them, as the classic doe-eyed, philosophically somber and romantic french girl of the 1960s French New Wave film movement. We adore her classic style choices that never seem to grow to be  passé: minimal separates like capris and cardigans, plaid skirts with simple button-ups. Her hair is pulled back in a smooth pony tail, or left limp and messy with a curtain of bangs shadowing her pensive features. Anna channels the playful spirit...