As with every week, Fresh Vintage from VFG seller-members is shown in our forums HERE. You can’t go wrong by supporting these tip-top small businesses! Here’s a small sample—you can click on any of these images for all the details—and find the rest in the forum.
VFG member Ilaria De Santis has curated another exceptional selection of fine clothing and accessories (the fashion lots are 1-318) for the Bertolami Fine Arts auction which is taking place online through October 25, 2021. Bids can also be made via Live Auctioneers, Invaluable and Ars Value.
Italy is well-represented in the auction, with vintage pieces by Valentino, Gucci, Moschino, Pucci, Lanceti, Fabiani, Versace, Gianfranco Ferré and Fendi on offer; along with Mugler, Givenchy, Hermes, Miriam Haskell, Schiaparelli, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Saint Laurent, and Cardin, among others.
It is always an inspiration and education to scroll through an auction catalogue, which the internet has made readily available. Kudos to Ilaria for her work on this auction.
Written by Maggie Wilds/denisebrain
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Here is what’s new in our members’ shops this week. From spiders to wasp-waisted dresses, the buzz is all about bee-utiful fresh vintage!
Just click on any of these items to go to that item for sale, and see all the vintage items new in our members’ shops HERE.
Here is just a sampling of the items purchased from VFG members by the costume department of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Come on Season 4!
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A few of the vintage fashion items new in our seller-members’ shops include a 1920s fringed beaded handbag, a Emilio Pucci robe, a 1940s tweed skirt suit and a shocking pink angora sweater. Check out all the fresh finds from our members HERE in our Forums. Samples from can be viewed below and you can click on each image for details.
Fresh vintage for a fresh new season! Check out all the new goodies from our trade members HERE in our Forums. Samples from participating members can be viewed below and you can click on each image for details.
Is it time to shift gears for fall? Find out what our seller-members have in store HERE in our forums. A sample from each member who participated this week is posted below. You can click on any of these images for all the details.
No, it’s not the Grateful Dead in concert, the depths of a bear market, or a no-longer-with-us cow—at least not in this context.
If you shop for vintage fashion online, you will have run across the word deadstock, and maybe wondered about its meaning.
According to Collins English Dictionary, deadstock is “the merchandise or commodities of a shop, etc., that is unsold and generating no income.” Some dictionaries separate the word (dead stock), others do not include the term at all. It is, apparently, a business term that has crept into the general lexicon.
If it sounds pejorative, it’s because that’s its history: Items that couldn’t be or weren’t sold were “dead” to the seller, needing to be stored and of relatively little value. These items would sell for a song if at all.
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This week we have a rich assortment of Fresh Vintage HERE in our forums. A sample from each member who participated this week is posted below. You can click on any of these images for all the details.
Here is what’s fresh in our members’ shops this week. From Victorian mourning jewelry to an Edwardian walking suit to 1930s and 1950s patterns and all the way up to an autumn suede coat and deep purple leather bag from the 1980s. The VFG members do not disappoint this week (do they ever?).
Just click on any of these items to go to that item for sale, and see all the vintage items new in our members’ shops HERE.
I am a fabric junkie. I love the look, feel, and textures of fabrics of all kinds. In fact, I think that part of the reason I collect, wear, and sell vintage clothing is for love of fabric. The right fabric makes a good design better, and can turn a mediocre design into a masterpiece.
We “vinties” love our silks and rayons, don’t we? But today I’m going to talk about polyester. Yup, that omni-present synthetic “stuff” that appeared en masse in the mid 60s and seemed to be all anyone made clothes out of for about the next decade.
Alas, polyester has a bad rep—in some cases. In others, its reputation as an evil fabric is deserved. Many buyers, sellers, and collectors of vintage apparel shudder at the thought of polyester. I assume they associate all polyesters with the cheap double-knit polys we saw in the “mature-women” pantsuits and outlet-store clothing of that era. Often it was spongy and “saggy,” and when you bent your knee, it didn’t bend back with you. So you walked around all day with knee molds in your slacks!
However, polyester was/is a very well-rounded fiber that lends itself to a variety of fabric types: single-knit jerseys, better-quality double knits (such as today’s ponte knits), wovens, and pile fabrics. It also blends well with cottons, linens, and rayons—its better characteristics offset the less-desirable ones of those fabrics. For example, a cotton/poly blend won’t wrinkle or shrink like 100 percent cotton will. Linen will drape better and wrinkle less, and rayon is more readily washed and stronger in a blend with poly.
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Catch up on the latest news in Vintage Fashion. Fresh Vintage coming to you from the fine members of the Vintage Fashion Guild. You can click on any of these items to get more information, and be sure to see all the fresh finds HERE.
Looking for fresh vintage finds? You have come to the right place! Each week, members of the Vintage Fashion Guild share their latest listings in our forums. This week, as in all weeks, the vintage clothing and accessories are from all decades of the 20th century. You can click on any of these items to see for more information, and be sure to see all the latest vintage HERE.
Take aim at the wonderful vintage items new in VFG members shops! You can click on any of these items to get more information, and be sure to stop by the forums for all the fresh finds—> HERE.
The Fresh Vintage this week includes silk and silver, along with a punk rock t-shirt from 1977. You can’t say that VFG members’ offerings lack variety! Click on any of these images to see the item for sale, and to see all that’s fresh this week, click HERE.
This article was written a few years ago for a museum studies graduate school class. The wonderful thing about vintage fashion is that so much stays absolutely relevant—including longing to dress like a star.
The article refers to:
Emery, Joy. (2001). “Dress Like a Star: Hollywood and the Pattern Industry”. Dress, 28:1, 92-99, DOI: 10.1179/036121101805297761
Author Emery’s article notes that the movie industry flourished during the Great Depression of the 1930’s, when many industries were unable to survive the crippling economic downturn. That success is usually attributed to the escape (from the effects of the grim economy) that movies offered the moviegoer. The fantasies of lavish movie lifestyles buoyed the moviegoer who was sinking under the struggles during the Great Depression. Those fantasies could spillover into reality in the guise of ready-to-wear and, homemade replications of the extravagant fashions worn by the movie stars. In that way, the success of the movie industry was able to bolster both the moviegoer and related industries, such as that of the ready-to-wear and pattern industries.
Ready-to-wear manufacturers and the movie industry collaborated to promote clothing lines based upon fashions worn by the movie stars. Some of the manufacturers of ready-to-wear fashions opened stores specifically dedicated to Hollywood fashions. In advance of a movie’s release, they were frequently given a preview of the wardrobe, in order that they be prepared with similar garments when the movie opened.
As Emery noted: “Homemade garments capturing the élan presented in films offered the opportunity to dress like a star, in spite of hard times.” The effects of the Depression were felt by the pattern manufacturers, too. Established companies such as Butterick and Vogue were struggling. McCall’s “dropped their licenses with Paris couturiers to cut their costs.” Simplicity appeared in 1928 and offered dress patterns at half or even less than half the price of the other pattern manufacturers, thus applying even more economic pressure to the struggling companies.
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Here is what’s fresh in our members’ shops this week. From 1930s era through recent vintage, VFG members do not disappoint this week (do they ever?).
Just click on any of these items to go to that item for sale, and see all the vintage items new in our members’ shops HERE.
I have to say right from the start that if you like any vintage slip very much then you should go right ahead and buy it, irrespective of the advice given out by people like me. However, below you will find seven useful things to look out for when you are buying a vintage slip that will hopefully give you the buyer’s advantage. Even if you don’t find a slip that has all seven of these purchasing tips, just a few will put you ahead of the game and have you buying like a pro. If you are planning to purchase a vintage slip for your favourite 1940s fashion dress then following these simple and effective tips will really pay dividends and you’ll know that your slip is not only truly authentic vintage but of the highest quality too.
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Head’s up, because Fresh Vintage is here! This week we have sandals fit for a goddess, the greatest pocket ever, and much more!
Just click on any of these items to go to that item for sale, and see all the vintage items new in our members’ shops HERE.
If you’re looking for fresh vintage from VFG members you’ve come to the right place! Click on any of the items shown here for more details, and see all the fresh finds HERE.
