SeaFindDesigns

Oh, gosh, Saturday night feature!! Watching Bonnie and Clyde!! Awesome article Teen!!!

theVINTAGEdress

NICE...i think i have BONNIE PARKER's look in my shop as well. wait...WHO'S Bonnie Parker???

:o)

SweetWolf

Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker may be Sexy...
a nefarious duo driving cross country on a crime spree of such massive and public proportion-- Not Sexy.

TrilbyMade

Don't forget Faye Dunaways 1960's suited detective look in the Thomas Crown Affair..also very chic!

annamatrona

oooh, i like this!

oohvintage

awesome finds!

shopgoodgrace

Another great article TeenAngster! :)
And Anda - another gorgeous graphic!!

Thank you!

dogties

Cool stuff

abbyclark

love it!!

fernfiddlehead

Hey --what a great idea!

hans1247

Fantastic!

AirportRoad

What is sexy about a woman who commits crimes with a murderer of peace officers? What is romantic about dying at aged 25 in a hail of bullets? Seriously Storque, you should rethink this article.

AwApplesauce

These are awesome. I love finding new vintage shops!

brownbunnybyiris

Bonnie and Clyde! What a cool movie and what a great vintage store!

topsyturvydesign

How smoking hot was Faye Dunaway in this movie?! Great picks! Those oxfords are to-die-for!

jessjamesjake

Love it!! That gun tie tack is amazing. Great article!!

SoCaliGirl

umm.. The movie, yes, but Bonnie Parker IRL?? Not romantic or sexy in any way possible.

I mean, any number of google searches can show up what Bonnie Parker looked like IRL, and Faye Dunaway ain't it. The death photos aren't all that glamorous/romatic/sexy either.

lovemaryxoxo

Love the look.

randomsupplies

Bonnie and Clyde were murderers...I'm rethinking what it is Etsy stands for by promoting such things. Maybe saying "get Faye Dunaway's vintage look" would be more appropriate.

crinolinestash

"honestly, what's sexier than a nefarious duo driving cross country on a crime spree of such massive and public proportion?"

nice. hey storque, why not do sexy school shooters next?

magicjelly

I agree that the article is unfortunately worded - there's nothing sexy or romantic about violence, murderers & thieves. These are not things to be glorified for the sake of making sales.

Maybe you should rewrite the article purely focusing on the "Faye Dunaway as Bonnie" angle...or refer to her & others for the 60s/70s interpretation of the 1930s/gangster moll look (such as Jane Fonda in "They Shoot Horses Don't They?" from 1969). Or maybe even reference some 1930s original film stars.

It's also important to get your facts straight. "Bonnie & Clyde" is most definitely a 60s film with a very 60s look & feel - not 70s at all.

This article could be more sensitively/sensibly written, & better researched. Nothing "chic" about criminals.

magicjelly

PS. You also need to be careful about making derivative works (in this case vector illustrations) from photographs that are probably not in the public domain!

scollardgreens

Awesome! Next, how about some lighthearted suggestions on achieving Osama bin Laden's casual terrorist look? Or the funny-little-mustache and swastika sporting style of Adolph Hitler? Or maybe Ted Bundy's murderous chic and the trenchcoated glamour of the Columbine killers? That would be really cool too!

scollardgreens

Well, that was just supposed to be one post! Sorry about the echo!

NOSSUBGALLERY

"Their exploits were legendary, their inevitable ends simultaneously tragic and oh-so-romantic."

What is oh-so-romantic about dying in a hail of bullets while trying to escape law enforcement after murdering a number of people?

And by the way, that was NOT Bonnie Parker's look, but Faye Dunway's look - oh wait, but Faye D. is not romantic, she is just an actress that has not murdered anyone.

Must be a generation gap thing . . . .
*shakes head in disbelief*

fourtailslampwork

Vintage is way cool, and I am glad to see a Storque article on that topic. However, this article in highly unfortunate. First, it is ahistorical in the extreme and confuses Faye Dunaway with the real Bonnie Parker. Secondly and more importantly, it glamorizes a pair of vicious criminals who found murder fun. The only reasons the "romance" exists is that people lumped Parker together with those who were driven by the Depression to desperate acts ... and because in the 1930's the concept of "murder as recreation" was far less common than it is today.

There was nothing romantic about the real Bonnie Parker, any more than there was anything romantic about the Columbine killers, Holly Harvey and Sandy Ketchum, the Menendez brothers, or any other set of killers.

Once again, a mis-fire at the Storque. I think you need to be explicit about listing "Common sense," "maturity," and "professionalism" as job requirements for your editors.

dangerousmezzo

The vintage look is great. The rationale or hook is ... headdesking. If a cross country crime spree makes one a style icon then perhaps a serial killer would be even more cutting edge. Pardon the pun.

Who has the ultimate responsibility for items posted in the Storque? Who reads and okays all of them before they get published? That person may need to keep a tighter rein on things.

MinuOriginals

Once again Etsy is following in the fashion trend instead of leading.

From the NYT.

A TOUCH OF CRASH
DEPRESSION-ERA CHIC
By REBECCA ROSENBERG

Posted: 4:18 am
July 28, 2008

The duds say it all - and it's depressing.

Taking a cue from the grim economy, this fall's fashions at Banana Republic, Gap and H&M are featuring a distinctly Depression-era trend of cloche hats, pencil skirts, conductor caps and baggy, vintage-style dresses.

One of the most popular styles appears to hark back to the impish, newsboy getup of the 1930s: baggy trousers, caps, pinstriped vests, oxford lace-up shoes and utilitarian handbags.

"We associate the newsboy look with urban poverty - street kids of the 1930s," said Daniel James Cole, a professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

"Given that we're in an unstable economy and an uncertain political landscape, it's possible that a retro style has come back as a way to connect with our heritage."

Fashion historian Heather Vaughan of the Western Region Costume Society of America said the new look may make economic sense, too.

"Even though we're in a recession, people still want interesting clothing," she said. "They're looking for more classic styles and subdued tones that will last a few seasons instead of one."

One newsboy-style outfit from The Gap drew mixed reviews from Wall Streeters last week.

"It looks manly," said Philipp Sielfeld, 29, of Goldman Sachs. "It reminds me of the little guys selling the newspapers during the Great Depression."

If you want to do 1930s fashion why not do the great fashion icons of that time like Betty Davis, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo or Gloria Swanson.

twilightrainbow

This article was EXTREMELY pathetic. The Storque is becoming a complete and utter disgraceful waste of time and space.

CraftDiner

Etsy, since columbine, no one with half a sensitivity chip would romanticize mass murder. This is disgraceful and should be removed. There is no defense for this, it's just stupidity and lack of proper management.

I would like to know who approved this article when it was presented for publishing.

bagladiesinpa

'honestly, what's sexier than a nefarious duo driving cross country on a crime spree of such massive and public proportion? Their exploits were legendary, their inevitable ends simultaneously tragic and oh-so-romantic.'

I don't even know what to say about this...

Very disappointing.

purplesagedesignz

"Mass-murderer fashion" is not cool.
There are so many better ideals out there for an association with vintage fashion.

babastudioPrague

You said it purplesage.

I have school teachers in my family who work hard to get into kid's heads that violence is not clever or sexy. And here is Etsy - with a lot of young readers I think - saying just the opposite.

babastudioPrague

Oh, and you might be interested to read the names of the victims who were murdered. These were real people, not fictional characters:

http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/spe/2...

buttonempire

I am, once again, embarrassed to be associated with etsycorp.

This website is open to any number of individuals who have lost a family member/s due to a violent crime.

On their behalf I would like to offer my apology for your ignorant hubris.

This article could've been written in any number of ways that wouldn't have been so offensive with the use of further research of the time period, a bit of common sense and a hint of empathy.

These are characteristics clearly lacking in your corporate headquarters.

As for me, etsy is a platform I use to sell cool schwag, I did not approve this article nor do I endorse the sexiness of murder sprees.

elizabethjayne

I like how comments are moderated but articles apparently are not. Criminal chic, indeed.

SweetLollipopShop

I'd like to add that the article to me seems to simply be one persons opinion and whether it be offensive or inflammatory to another's opinion, I am a strong believer in this countries constitutional right to free speech.

We don't have to agree with it, but it's context seems to be aimed at a fashion consensus rather than a moral one.

I am however appreciative of the above link to the website on Bonnie & Clyde, I found it to be extremely informative and insightful. Like I'm sure many other people, most of my information on this couple has been through film and media, which has a tendency to romanticise even the worst of attrocities.

sococreative

Bonnie Parker was not fashionable at all. Faye Dunaway in her role as Bonnie Parker would have been a better aim for this article. But murder is never cute or romantic, and it's a shame that a site catering to such a wide demographic chooses not to employ better research and thought before publishing articles.

twigsandheather

The story was written by someone who calls themself "TeenAngster".

That in itself explains a lot.

I think we are all looking at the audience that Etsy is targeting here.

Odannysgirl

I'm disappointed. Again.

eclipse

For an article completely inspired by a movie's costumes (not by real life or history), can you at least include the name of the costume designer?
Theadora Van Runkle won the Oscar for Best Costume Design for Bonnie and Clyde.

PussDaddy

Even though the movie was set made in the 60's/70's, it was set in the 1930's. And no one I knew wore clothes in the 1970's that looked like what was in the movie. I know, I was there in the 1970's, and almost out of high school, not a baby or a toddler.

SugarStreetCafe

I don't even know what to say.

SugarStreetCafe

Don't these articles go through some sort of approval for publishing process? I mean really???

argh.

andymathis

wow.

roundrabbit

"oh-so-romantic"?

This article is oh-so-unbelievably-in-poor-taste-that-I-can't believe it.

pearlbythesea

There were probably better examples of 30s or 20s style for this article. Just a few moments with a life magazine from the 30s would have brought up half a dozen stylish women who lived positive lives. This person you are talking about was a violent criminal---and not anyone we should be "honoring" with a style article.

ttgart

I don't have a problem separating the real bonnie and clyde vs the version hollywood created. The romantisized version in the movie was dangerous, romantic, violent. Like it's predecessors, westerns and war movies, it told a folk tale, a myth.
Having a fully functioning brain capable of critical thinking I understand the difference between harsh reality and remade myth.
I appreciate the efforts of those whose morals dictate that they censor the mythmaking used in hollywood movies but with all due respect- no thanks.

For me Teenangster is writing of faye dunaway's wardrobe and the movie character bonnie's image that those clothes helped to form.

Great fashion, good movie and effective mythmaking. Thanks for reminding me of the movie, the controversy and the attempts at censorship back then that apparently still persist.

pearlbythesea

It just seems funny that a website that basically feels that walmart and mass produced items are the devil could greenlight an article to tell us "how to dress like a murderer"

WhatchaMaDoodles

WJW...I am completely speechless.

PussDaddy

I know the last time I was at Walmart, murderers were roaming the ailses snapping up massp produced items.

HeatherLucille

The film version of "Bonnie and Clyde" was made to be a romanticized, slapstick interpretation of the story. TeenAngster's vintage fashion article was intended as the same. Bonnie Parker via Faye Dunaway and Theodora Van Runkle (the award winning costume designer) is a fashion icon. Viewing photos of the real Bonnie Parker one can clearly see where Miss Van Runkle got her inspiration for the legendary costume designs.

The real life Bonnie Parker was considered to be quite lovely and it is well documented that she enjoyed dressing a la mode. Hats were her favorite accessory and red was her favorite color.

Comparing international terrorist Osama Bin Laden, serial killer Ted Bundy and genocidal egomaniac Adolf Hitler (Godwin's Law in action) to a pop culture movie character in a tongue-in-cheek fashion article is what I find offensive.

shakesomeaction

ooh man! I cannot wait until they do a manson post! Fake tattoo forehead X's anyone?

shakesomeaction

@HeatherLucille
I think if this is supposed to be an ode to portrayal of Bonnie by Faye Dunaway, it should have been apparently clear. There is nothing that gives the signal of tongue and cheek in any of her writing. Remember that sarcasm and such does not translate over the internet unless you are apparently obvious about it.

The first paragraph refers to the actual Bonnie and Clyde, not the movie, and if this was supposed to be sarcastic, or joking, it could have easily been made clear with even a small transition "In all seriousness, Faye Dunaway's portrayal of Bonnie..." or the like.

I get that this was probably meant to be a joke, but the delivery was awful and no one is laughing.

AchAchLiebling

Great lighthearted fashion piece about an iconic style and one of my favorite films!

Bonnie and Clyde were working-class folk heroes that had been mythologized in poem, lore and murder ballads long before Penn's movie popularized the iconic, glamorous and wildly sexy images of Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway so many people so closely associate with the names "Bonnie & Clyde" today.

Personally, I am able to read things (whether they be books, movies or even articles on the internet) and detect and interpret qualities such as humor, irony, tone, facetiousness, sarcasm-- even when not everything is 100% straight-faced, and even when everything worth noticing is not spelled out in block letters a mile high. I feel sorry for people who are unable to detect or tolerate nuance. I imagine if I truly couldn't tell what was lighthearted or serious, I'd probably be pretty cranky, too, not to mention deeply confused.

But intolerance for subtlety, for controversial films or art, and for the written expressions of other people seems out of touch with the open-mindedness and tolerance I hope to find on a site that has creativity and community among its core values. Everyone is entitled to think whatever they like of whatever they like, but I don't think it's ok to try to impose your values or morals or beliefs or even your convictions about PR onto other people, and it's doubly not-O.K. to try to impose them by using insults and trying to make someone look or feel stupid.

HeatherLucille

shakesomeaction - You make a very good point, I can see how their could be some confusion between the real and movie character, and I respect your opinion. It is unfortunate that some members of the etsy community were upset by the subject matter and/or wording. I do not think it was written to be hurtful or mean spirited or dismissive of violence.

However, I do think that several of the arguments against the article were a bit reactionary and not written with a spirit of constructive criticism. It is valid and healthy for people to get upset I would just liked to have seen a higher level of respect in a few instances.

odkins

Why would it be okay to romanticize a movie actress who is portraying a murdering lady (say, Faye Dunaway), but not okay to romanticize the original criminal? I can see saying that neither is sexy, and I can see saying that both were sexy, but the mixture is confusing to me.

If there were a storque article calling attention to the attire of sexy characters in "Kill Bill" ... women who were violent and even dressed as japanese school girls ... would the same ire be raised? If there were no real life Bonnie Parker, and she were merely the subject of a movie or a book, would everyone be quite so offended?

I do think an article should be accurate, and there are perhaps some errors of over-casualness with the writing ... but I question, really, what the issue is? Sexy and dangerous are an incredibly common combination in media and culture in America, and I think it's pretty obvious that many of TeenAngster's comments were meant to be tongue-in-cheek.

Indulging a daydream about something (like being a sexy, well-dressed woman on the run being chased by the law) is not remotely the same as suggesting that everybody go out and start shooting police officers. I feel quite sure about which was happening in this article.

thebeadingtree

I pulled both of my children out of a Denver, Colorado public high school after the Columbine High School shooting spree. That time period was not at all "sexy" or "romantic" for the families who lost their loved ones on that sad day.

Just as the time period during the "Bonnie and Clyde" days were not "sexy" or "romantic" for the families of those who were tragically killed by a couple young punks who didn't have a lick of fashion sense or style.

Get with the times, Etsy!! Killing people is no longer the 'in thing' to do! Find a REAL HERO to write about for once!!

ReneesPaperandYarn

"honestly, what's sexier than a nefarious duo driving cross country on a crime spree of such massive and public proportion? Their exploits were legendary, their inevitable ends simultaneously tragic and oh-so-romantic."

Are you kidding me?

For shame, TeenAngster and The Storque for allowing that to be published.

awoodby

Wow that's alot of uptight people.

Chill out, do you poke fun at mohawks or colorful died hair as well? Many people like to express themselves differently, and face it, Bonnie was in an era when people DRESSED, not just threw on a t-shirt and jeans.

I personally can't think of another person's name to bring to mind that generation, either.

This isn't your alabama craft fair, this is ETSY :)

sagittariusgallery

Ha. My fiance and I are getting married at the courthouse on Halloween dressed as Bonnie and Clyde. I think people need to chill a bit.