(Sherrie Kuper, wearing one of her vintage nightgowns from The Rabbit Hole.)

Against her usual reclusive nature, this vintage-loving New York native indulged my curiosity and sat for a 5-minute photo shoot during one of her visits.

When was your first tattoo? Last? Favorite?
My first tattoo was by a beautiful boy in my eleventh grade homeroom, Renee Soto. I was 16 at the time. My last was 2 weeks ago of a pin up girl. My favorite is my Frida Khalo portrait, she is my only portrait.

You are one of the most creatively stylish people I have met! You seem to always make the most unlikely things work together.
I am a B-girl for life. I will always find the unconventional appropriate.

How did you find The Rabbit Hole? What attracts you to stop here almost daily?
I opened a hair salon nearby and fell into the rabbit hole. (Visit akinkything.com to learn more about her work.) I visit often to escape and to feel good. The Rabbit Hole is my escape place. I always find a good source of retail therapy.

Words you live by?
Be yourself and don’t be anyone else’s picture but your own.

Just completed a special Holiday Edition update with some choice pieces from a secret hoarding vintage vault here at The Rabbit Hole. Hope you like!

Here is the result of what we did:

All the tops she is wearing are available in Miami store now. Look for her catalog photos soon on ShopRabbitHole.com ♥

15-year old India visited us from New York during Spring Break in April. Her model/musician mother Kendra had previously bought her a dress from the shop. They were both in town this time, so I got to meet the girl for whom the little black strapless dress had been purchased.

Without a lick of makeup, India’s unique beauty was something that couldn’t be missed. Dark strong brows, large green eyes, and full gorgeous lips, all perfectly set on this tiniest little face. After looking around for a bit, she found some things she liked. I snapped a phone picture of the beautiful duo with India wearing her new finds.

After ringing them up, I asked if India might be interested in modeling for our online catalog. I imagined she would look pretty in some flowy 1970’s silk blouses. We agreed on a date in July when they would both be in Miami again.

While the ’shop-owner’ me was satisfied with having her on the web catalog, the ‘photographer’ me was now curious about possibly capturing her in another, more substantial, way. A couple weeks before the shoot, I approached them with the idea that we would try for a quick series of portraits as well. For this, I asked that India let her eyebrows grow out, so we could achieve the look I had in mind. A terrible sin to ask any teenage girl, I was sure. Of course, this was not a problem for her at all whatsoever. In fact, she had already started growing them out to her friend’s request. What an awesome little babe.

Day before shoot, I suddenly decided on a series of matte lip colors for our portraits. After closing shop for the night, it was time for a quick dash to Target to pace the cosmetics aisles for anything bright and matte. As it turned out, E.L.F. had super smooth matte lip things for only $3 each. I bought 3 gorgeous colors, snapped up the last fuchsia lipstick (NYC) in the whole store, and grabbed this perfect pink lip balm to rub on her cheeks.

16.91 dollars, a quick phone call to my matte-lip coach Bo, and a great YouTube tip later, I was ready for our shoot. See next post here for the resulting portraits ♥

Late amateur photographer, Edward Linley Sambourne, captured the casual side of Edwardian fashion. These beautiful images give an amazing insight into the street style of the woman of London and Paris over a century ago.

Source: dailymail.co.uk

Thanks to journalist Katia Valencia who believed in the value of what we do, The Miami Herald ran a full-page article on our shop today in the Neighbors section! Yay! Photo by Allison Diaz for The Miami Herald ♥

Thank you Dree Harper and Refinery29 for including us in your Cheat Sheet to Miami’s Best Resale Shop ♥

From our photoshoot with the beautiful and talented DJ Tamara Sky. Perfectly tussled hair by Gena Sullivan ♥

Some of our more colorful pieces featured in club Amnesia’s ad ♥

One of the latest finds: a 1970’s asymmetrical musical note dress … with its own matching underpants. Oh, vintage, how I love you. Always full of funny little surprises ♥