Vintage Clothes
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com
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Vintage ClothesBy Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com |
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These pages aim to give you tips and advice to help you study aspects of vintage fashion. They will help you think through and develop your own approach to presenting, selling and collecting retro clothing/accessories/dresses of any era. They will also show you examples of quality vintage items from two respected internet vintage sellers and one well know company that makes reproduction pieces. |
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Vintage Clothes 1What Is Vintage Fashion?Specific categories of Vintage. Tips to get you thinking about buying or selling vintage on the internet. A brief look at quality vintage sites and a reproduction costume firm. |
Vintage Clothes 2What is Internet Vintage?Some guidelines aimed at new sellers of vintage considering selling clothing/dresses via the internet. Buyers may also find the tips useful when buying. |
Vintage Clothes 3 Tips for Sellers & Buyers of Vintage Textiles via the Internet.A master guideline list aimed at new sellers of vintage who may be considering selling clothing/textiles via the internet. Useful tips for buyers. |
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Vintage Clothes 4 Presenting Vintage Clothes With Photographs.The importance of displaying clothes on a mannequin, dress-form or otherwise and using photographs in a clear uncluttered way. |
Vintage Clothes 5Couture Vintage from Vintage TextileDefining why Couture Vintage is valuable and collectible. Worth and Fortuny vintage couture photographs from vintagetextile.com . |
Vintage Clothes 6Body SizingThe importance of measurements and how body sizing has changed in the past 50 years. |
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Vintage Clothes 7Making a Quick Check TableMaking a Garment Condition Assessment Form. Guidelines for making a description, measuring and record of condition chart. |
Vintage Clothes 8Contentment Farm Antiques and Vintage ClothingA look at an eclectic mix of vintage gowns and accessories that can be the start of a collection. |
Vintage Clothes 9Contentment Farm Antiques and Vintage TextilesA look at shawls and vintage patchwork quilts as alternative collections to garments. | |
Vintage Clothes 10Collecting 1950's Vintage Clothing Part 1Establishing the look that typifies collections of 50s vintage and what to collect from day dresses or evening wear choices. Typical 50's motifs. |
Vintage Clothes 11Collecting 1950's Vintage Clothing Part 2Vintage pickers look out for specific 50's items and these include Big E jeans, scarves, beaded knitwear, bags and costume jewellery. |
Vintage Clothes 13Cleaning Vintage - StainsTo wash or not to wash vintage clothes. How to hand wash vintage. How to deal with some typical Vintage stains and problems found on textiles. reviving leather jackets. |
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Vintage Clothes 14Shipping Vintage ClothesConsiderations for posting and packing. Pressing /Steaming Velvets and other vintage materials. Personal touches with presentation and building a good repeat business reputation. |
Vintage Clothes 15Collecting Lace Types 1 Needlepoint &BobbinA brief look at historical differences between needle made lace and bobbin lace. Names of lace and important lace types pictures. Lace links. |
Vintage Clothes 16Collecting Lace Types 2 Minor Lace TechniquesA brief look at other techniques associated with lace including, Irish Crochet, Macramé, whitework and cutwork, Battenburg tape lace. Images and links. | |
Vintage 17 Collecting Fashion Plates
An introduction to collecting antique and vintage fashion plates.
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A look at costumes made by UK designer Shirley Eborn - a
costume maker and theatrical tailor based in Surrey. Admire the winged
costumes, Manet's Bar at the Folies Bergere costume and Mr. Tod of Beatrix
Potter fame.
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Vintage ClothesRe-enactment Clothing from RecollectionsA
selection of repro Victorian styled gowns showing how reproduction clothing
can reproduced using measurements for today's figure.
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Vintage Clothes 20Where to Source Vintage Textiles - Useful Links
Links to Vintage sellers, vintage dress patterns and
re-enactment sites
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This image courtesy of www.vintagetextile.com enlarges |
The header to this page shows a c.1830
gentleman's silk dress coat (American). The cranberry red silk damask has
amazing rich and clear colour with no fading. This is an important
historic fashion artefact with written provenance.
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