Grad Dresses to Die For!

Finally! Our small but gorgeous collection of vintage inspired maxi GRAD dresses have arrived! Some are backless, some have sheerness, a few are black but most of therm are made in rich tasteful colours, all are stunning!

Don't wear what everyone else is wearing...be your own kind of special on that day.

In the store right now! Extremely limited edition.

P.S. You probably shouldn't take your cat to Grad.

Another "Flood" in the Store....a little chaos in my life.

I can talk about it now but last week when we had yet another "flood" in the store, I wanted to run away and join the Army....or at least go for a nice long nap and never return to my store. This was the 11th flood I have had in all of my store locations over the years and marks the second large one in this loaction!

You see, we are located at the base of a condominium building and it is old and things are starting to fail, like the pipes, for example. Just this past month, there have been 3 separate water incidents to deal with and this was the last straw, if you know what I mean.

I was in the middle of helping two lovely customers find outfits and items to wear when I suddenly felt a few drops of water fall on my head.  I thought I was imagining it but then it started to come down much more profusely, including on my customers as they were walking around finding more things to try on.  They were such good sports and even helped me move things out of the centre of the store where the water was pouring in the most. I had called the building manager during this time and within 10 minutes, there were drop cloths and buckets all over my floor to catch some of the water. What a mess!

I was frantic but had to try and appear calm and professional while I rang up my customers' purchases. I was about to close the store so I could concentrate on moving things again because the water was now coming in all over the place....when a regular customer came in to have a look at the sale rack.  I felt so bad that there was such chaos but she stepped over the water and buckets and headed back to the sale area.

For the rest of the afternoon, I moved buckets around, placed what fabric I had to soak up the water that was making it's way towards the walls and racks, all the while trying not to cry. It's amazing how your brain can know you are an adult in situations like this but the little kid in you just wants to cry out for Mommy. Of course, my Mom has gone to other side (in 2007) so I couldn't really ask for her to help me...or maybe I did. It's all a blur.

I did have the foresight to take some pictures and videos, however.  As I was going through the gallery of images on my phone, I came across this one (above) where the sign reads "laugh and sing".  I guess I did a bit of that too that day (minus the singing) because what else can you do in a situation like this besides cry?

Anyway, I am happy to report that I cleaned up the following day and the store is back to it's beautiful self, ready for Fall and more new arrivals in the shop....and ready for you!

Life is good♥

The Most Romantic Clothing.......

To all Albertan women:

You want something different from the rest? You will find it at Tattered Rose in Edmonton.....really! It is not like any other store, nor do we want to be.

Never grow up. Never stop singing. Never stop loving clothing and wearing what makes you feel like soaring.

A message brought to you by Tattered Rose.

♥Lace Clothing is Like a Window in My Heart♥

It's almost like Christmas this time of year...opening boxes of new arrivals at the store! Yesterday, 2 boxes arrived while a customer was trying things on in the changeroom. It was all I could do to not open them at that very moment.

But after she left with her purchase, I ripped into, I mean I gently cut open the one box...and what did I find? LACE!!! Lace skirts, blouses and coats and cuffs...oh my! The romantic Prairie girl in me was thrilled.

A Vintage Soul

If you have an old soul, you may find yourself being drawn to vintage & antique clothing, jewellery and home decor.

While most of our stock is new, it certainly has that old-world charm and romance that many of us adore.

Tattered Rose.....come out of curiosity. Shop because you just have to..........♥

Waist-defining at it's Best!

Get "waisted" at Tattered Rose.

Note: There is no alcohol involved. Only waist-cinchers and other such waist-hugging clothing. Sorry.

"As the Crow Flies" a Gothic Tale by Tattered Rose

On my daily walk this morning, there was a solitary crow at the roof peak of the school I pass by...it was crowing it's heart out. Perhaps, he too was miffed by the loud sounds of children playing in the schoolyard. But I digress....

Actually, it made me think of the colour (or should I say, non-colour) BLACK. As a child, I never wore black. I didn't know about wearing black back then, as it was many decades after the Victorian mourning period, where it was accepted that family members of a lost loved one would wear all black for some time after the death.

When I was about 6 or 7 years old, my older sister, who was about 18 or 19 years old, came back home to live again, after seeing the world for a few years. I would watch with fascination, as she put her makeup on and did her hair while getting ready for a date, wearing black lingerie and sometimes even a black sweater or pants. I noticed the black but still, it wasn't appropriate for children to wear black.

Fast forward to my first real job in business. A young lady who became my friend wore a lot of black and even though I greatly admired her style, I was still into wearing mostly colour with some grey thrown in.....

Then, somewhere down the road, in my own sweet time, I too developed a fondness for wearing black. As most of my customers will attest, I am usually wearing black and/or grey...my two main wardrobe colours and the ones I always feel most like myself in.

There are a lot of us who wear a lot of black and Tattered Rose has plenty of black clothing as well as Gothic & Steampunk-ish  clothing.

Black crows, black cats, black clothing....what do they call it when things just come together like that? 

The End (for now)