On a cold, rainy afternoon in Nashville, Tennessee, supermodel Karen Elson, sequestered in the upstairs quarters of a pink-walled boutique, happily shows off a few favorite pieces. She pulls a long white tulle overdress from a rack laden with velvet bias-cut slip dresses from the 1930s.

We're all familiar with the popular wedding poem, “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue.” A good friend of mine recently became engaged, so as the ritual planning of the impending nuptials commences, I've been thinking a lot about this saying and how powerfully it relates to vintage fashion. “Something Old” refers to our connectivity to and appreciation for the past; “Something New” to optimism and hope; "Something Borrowed" to the sharing of good fortune and another nod to the past; and “Something Blue” is a reference to olden times when women actually wore blue -- as in blue wedding dresses. The other day, after lunch at my favorite West Village haunt, I happened upon a little hidden gem of a store called Geminola. I had read about it a while ago when it opened and made a note to drop in, but since I don’t usually think of the West Village as a hotbed for vintage treasures, I must admit I had forgotten about it until now.

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