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VFG Fashion Parade
Monday, January 23, 2012
*Everybody Loves a Parade! This week: “Vintage in the Land of Oz” The VFG has a parade every day – a VINTAGE parade, that is! Each week the VFG seller members are invited to show off their vintage that fits a theme. Themes change from week to week, highlighting a
Features, fashion parade
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Ermine
Sunday, January 01, 2012
The Ermine has chocolate brown fur in the summer but in the winter it grows a pure white coat of moderately fine fur. Only the black tip of the tail remains the same color year round. Ermine is found in the north temperate and frigid sectors of Eurasia and North
Features, Fur
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Vintage Inspiration Fall 2011
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Vintage Inspiration is here, and the news is that vintage is more and more inspiring! Once again this fall designers are inspired by vintage fashion including the dash of the 40s and the pop of the 60s. Runway trends of velvet and shades of wine red are great for style
Inspiration, Features, Fall
Cashmere Sweaters
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Until the 1920s, knitted sweaters were utilitarian or athletic items, not fashion statements. This all changed with Patou and Chanel in the 1920s, and with Schiaparelli in the 1930s. By 1933, Pringle of Scotland was making fashionable sweaters of cashmere, and they introduced the twin set shortly thereafter. It took Hollywood to make the sweater a star. In 1937 Lana Turner appeared in They Won’t Forget wearing a tight sweater. The Sweater Girl was born!
Garment & Item Specifics, Sweaters
Hostess Gown - Housecoat - Robe
Sunday, January 01, 2012
Hostess Gown: From the 1930s – 1970s, a dressy full length garment for entertaining, but not as formal as evening wear. Other than the full length, the lines followed current fashion. Housecoat: Covers a variety of garments. Originally a dressy, yet comfortable coat worn around the house. Often buttoning or zipping at the front. Later in the 20th C, a more utilitarian front closing shift with pockets and either long or short sleeve worn at
Lingerie
Novelty Labels 2
Friday, December 30, 2011
Novelty Labels are not a particular label, but a category of fun labels. Novelty labels have cute graphics or clever names. Sometimes they incorporate puns or jokes. You see novelty labels as early as the 1920s and they are still being produced today. Sometimes a major company, such as Wrangler, will produce a label that can be categorized as a novelty. This page is dedicated to the memory of Mary Catherine Lamb, VFG member and
Labels
The History of Women's Hats
Friday, December 30, 2011
Is a hat a frivolous accessory or a necessity? When looking into its history it quickly becomes apparent that it has been both. Headwear for women began in earnest during the Middle Ages when the church decreed that their hair must be covered. Millners at Work trimming bonnets – from Diderot’s Encyclopedia, c. 1760 During the 18th century, milliners took the hat-making art out of the home and established the millinery profession. Today, a ‘milliner’
Garment & Item Specifics, Hats
Capucci, Roberto
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Roberto Capucci was born in Rome in 1930. He attended the Liceo Artistico and the Accademia di Belle Arti. In 1951 he presented his creations at the residence of Giovanbattista Giorgini in Florence, inventor of Italian Fashion. At the age of just twenty-six he was judged the best Italian fashion designer, particularly praised by Christian Dior. In 1958 he created the ‘Box Line’. It was a real revolution in the world of fashion on the
Labels
1940 to 1950
Thursday, December 01, 2011
By the time the United States emerged from the Depression, Europe and much of Asia were already at war. Paris under Nazi occupation was a disaster for Haute Couture and one that gave great opportunity to the growing fashion industry in the United States. Women who were deprived of the latest fashions from Paris began to look to homegrown talent. Designers such as Norman Norell and Claire McCardell soon built a following. Mainbocher and Molyneux
