Grace Patricia Kelly was born November 12, 1929. She was an American actress who gained stardom for her leading roles and performances in many films. In April of 1956, she married Prince Rainier III and became Princess of Monaco. Kelly was inaugurated into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1960. She was known for her “college-girl” everyday fashion, defined by her pulled-together yet simple look. Kelly’s legacy as a fashion icon lives
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VFG members share their most recent listings HERE on the “Fresh Vintage” thread in the Forums. Below is one clickable photo from each participating member.
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How does your night garden grow? With vintage dark floral prints! This season Balenciaga, Dolce and Gabbana, Saint Laurent, and Valentino put the petal to metal with flowers blossoming on deep backgrounds. These are no garden variety prints—let us take you to the dark side in floral prints of all scales with the twist of twilight!
VFG members share their most recent listings HERE on the “Fresh Vintage” thread in the Forums. Below is one clickable photo from each participating member.
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Particularly suited to the colder months, corduroy makes a wale of a good sportswear fabric for both men and women. About the origin of the name corduroy: Parlez-vous français? If so, you may have made the assumption corduroy means something like “cord of the king,” with some sort of royal lineage. Here’s the skinny, from the VFG Fabric Resource: There is argument about the derivation of the name corduroy, with many claiming it got its
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VFG members share their most recent listings HERE on the “Fresh Vintage” thread in the Forums. Below is one clickable photo from each participating member.
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Hey ghosts and goblins, it’s time to get spooky! This Halloween spin yourself up in a web of boo-tiful BLACK LACE. For this parade, the members of the VFG will show you everything you need to channel your inner Morticia Addams!
VFG members share their most recent listings HERE on the “Fresh Vintage” thread in the Forums. Below is one clickable photo from each participating member.
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Howdy pardner! Saddle up this week and ride into the sunset with the wildest fall fashion trend of 2018, Western wear! Seen on the range at Coach, Etro, Isabel Marant, and Chloe, clearly inspired by the freedom and opportunity of the American West. Strut your tall leather boots, chimayo coats, rustic prints, denim, studs, cowboy/cowgirl hats, saloon worthy swingy fringe, woven blanket tapestry coats and accessories, bandanna prints, rodeo-style embroidered suits à la Nudie, saddlebags
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VFG members share their most recent listings HERE on the “Fresh Vintage” thread in the Forums. Below is one clickable photo from each participating member.
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This week’s vintage fashion parade observes National Handbag Day which takes place Oct. 10. It’s time to celebrate the diverse world of handbags, be they the size of an envelope or as large as an overnight bag. Let’s have a parade of purses!
VFG members share their most recent listings HERE on the “Fresh Vintage” thread in the Forums. Below is one clickable photo from each participating member.
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Wake up your wardrobe with a jolt of vintage fashion in rich coffee brown this week, courtesy of the VFG trade members. Take your coffee with cream? Whether your cup of joe is espresso, mocha, or au lait, we’ve got the pot on for you this week. Mr. Coffee? Yes, vintage menswear too—so everyone wake up and wear the coffee!
VFG members share their most recent listings HERE on the “Fresh Vintage” thread in the Forums. Below is one clickable photo from each participating member.
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There is a femininity in pink (since the 1930s anyway), and there is an urgency in shocking pink—it is fearlessly feminine. Yves Saint Laurent described it as “…an aggressive, brawling, warrior pink.” Elsa Schiaparelli thought enough of this vibrant color to make it her non-sweet signature, giving name to her most famous perfume, color to her packaging, and finding its way into her fashions from head to toe throughout her career. Shocking pinks ruled the
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VFG members share their most recent listings HERE on the “Fresh Vintage” thread in the Forums. Below is one item from each participating member. Click on the photo for more information.
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2018 is metamorphosing into the year of the animal! From Schiaparelli’s ‘Animalia Fantasia’ dazzling enchanted menagerie, and Tom Ford’s standout animal prints channeling 1980s neon glam, to Calvin Klein’s ode to the classic leopard coat, the runways this fall are not kitten around! This week the Vintage Fashion Guild gets a little WILD! Think outside of the leopard-print box with animal prints of all species and hues (be they found in nature or not). Birds
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Every week members of the Vintage Fashion Guild share their most recent listings HERE . In this blog are selections from each seller. Click on the photo for more information.
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Ever-popular for cooler weather, vintage tweeds provide a certain old school insouciance like no other fabric. No surprise, tweeds are trending again this fall, with designers showing everything from classic to avant-garde looks. And speaking of tweed: Tweed Runs—starting in London in 2009 and spreading all over the world—are cycling events in which participants dress in vintage (or at least traditional) tweeds and are encouraged to ride vintage bicycles. Points for nattiness! Perhaps fashion designers’
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VFG members share their most recent listings on the “Fresh Vintage” thread in the Forums. Below is one clickable photo from each participating member.