Full House Fashion Finds! It's Time to Scope Out Your Parent's Wardrobe

When I grew up, not only did I live in a full house, I had three dads. My real dad and then my Full House dads, Danny Tanner and Uncle Joey. John Stamos was way too cute to be considered anything other than a crush as I'm sure millions of young Uncle Jesse fans and their moms would agree. Watching Full House in the 90's is a distant memory now, but I'll never forget one scene in particular during the show's intro. DJ, Stephanie, Michelle and their 'dads' were all playing in San Francisco's Alamo Square park in front of a street lined with Victorian homes called the "Painted Ladies."

Yesterday, my sister and I stopped by this same spot with some friends relaxing on Presidents Day. I took some pics of her wearing a fashion find that's actually from my dad's wardrobe. Hint: It's not the sheer pleated maxi skirt.

 My sister, Jody, and the famous Painted Ladies

As I help fix her collar, I want to mention this Levi's jacket. My dad's wardrobe consists of commemorative T-shirts from 5K runs along with Nike sweatshirts my siblings and I wore in Jr High. Recently, my mom asked me to organize their closet and weed through their clothes and what did I find? This vintage Levi Strauss denim jacket he wore in college. Score! 

Jody in this Wilster maxi skirt and Wallace, our neighborhood pup

Reason #98 why women LOVE maxi skirts: Super windy days are no match for them!

Wallace was actually here on a shoot for his SF based apparel company The City Supply Co.

Nothin' says 'California Girl' like wavy beach curls & a pair of aviator shades

Random Sidenote~ I ran into Jodie Sweetin (Stephanie Tanner) in a coat check line at a club in SF 5 years ago. I was more star struck than seeing a mega celeb because I grew up with her on TV, but I contained myself. She alluded to the fact she wasn't supposed to be drinking as she was going through a messy divorce. A year later, she was on the cover of People magazine after marrying a new guy, having a baby and admitting to her battle with a meth addiction. Despite growing with 3 supportive TV dads, child stars sure have a rough time in life. :(

Details by Dale

crop top sweater~H&M recent, jacket~Levi's, maxi skirt~Wilster (old), oxfords~Bamboo,  rings/necklace~F21, watch~Michael Kors, nails~OPI 'Gargantuan Green Grape'

UPDATE- After many comments on this skirt, I wanted to share a couple similar pleated maxi skirts I found on my rewardStyle account:
Deep Purple Sparkle & Fade Maxi $59.95 here
or Alice + Olivia purple pleated Maxi $396 here

While I was happily surprised to find this denim gem from my dad's college days; there's a few other reasons to check your parent's past statement makers. Guys may find old suits, jackets or even pocket watches from their dad's or grandpa's wardrobe they can have altered for a new classic look. Women can find handbags, jewelry, flirty retro dresses or sweaters perfect with a maxi skirt or to pair with a bit of peplum. I know I'll be saving tons of my clothes for my future daughters some day, and in the mean time I loan them all to my sister. :)

Have you ever found a fashion treasure from your parent's past wardrobe?

~xoDale

Also, I want to say Thank You to Abby of SoCal Sophisticate for her touching feature of my 'Curiousity' post on her blog. And thank you to Juneli from Fashionable Yours  for giving me the 'Versatile Blogger Award.' I really appreciate the support :)