*Fresh Vintage* May 5 - 18 2011

Time slipped away from this blogger, and we're covering two weeks worth of Fresh Vintage in today's post. Let's get started!

First up, check out this cute plaid wool jacket, new at TheMerchantsofVintage. It's very reminiscent of the famous Pendleton 49er jacket, but is by Bobbie Brooks

PastPerfect has recently listed an incredible array of garments from the 18th century, including this gorgeous embroidered men's waistcoat circa 1780s.

This sweet 60s minidress with lace edged dogear collar is available from GailDavid

Perfect for Spring, this floral print Kelly-style bag is new at Club Vintage

This fabulous late 1940s hat is one of a group of new hat listings at Poppy's Vintage

And what a wonderful pop of color these 1940s rayon gloves make! They were recently listed by Another Time Vintage Apparel



*Fresh Vintage* April 15 - 27, 2011

I'm doing a double edition of Fresh Vintage tonight, and have some fabulous things to show off, so let's get started!

First up, Denisebrain  recently offered a beautiful jacket by famed designer Irene (aka Irene Lentz).

JoulesVintage added these sweet blue cherry embroidered gloves to her Etsy shop and quickly sold them!

This gorgeous 1950s black lace and pink tulle strapless dress was also listed last week by Vintage Devotion and quickly sold.

This amazing 1950s/1960s Balenciaga haute couture hat is new at Rue de la Paix

This 50s lace cocktail dress is new at The Spectrum on eBay

And Alleycats, aka After Dark Vintage, just listed this Schiaparelli pillbox hat in her Artfire studio.

That's it for this week's Fresh Vintage. As you can see, sometimes vintage goodies go quickly, so consider dropping by the VFG forums to get 'em while they're hot!



Flickr Friday: It's a Bling Thing

The members of VFG have recently started a Flickr Pool just for our favorite photos and finds and each Friday I'll be posting some selections of eye candy from the pool to make you drool. ;)








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Justine
iKonic Vintage

Vintage Cheap, But Chic: Caramel

Welcome to my new feature Vintage Cheap, But Chic! I originally started this on my own blog but I'm moving it on over here so I can feature all the great VFG Sellers. ;)

In this economy, it's harder than ever to look your best. There are pieces to splurge on but the fact is that most of us will look to vintage as a way to get a unique look for less. I'll be posting vintage finds for $20 and under. Every week you'll be treated to unique fashion finds for just a Jackson or less.

This week I'm into rich caramel brown for Fall:



1. Caramel Kicks Vintage 80's Suede Pumps sz 9 from VintageinBohemia - $18
2. Vintage 1950s Long Soft Leather Formal Womens Gloves in Original Package Sz 6 from yosemitevintage - $19.95
3. 60's Resin Cameo Gold Tone Filigree Pin and Pendant Necklace from Morning Glorious Vintage and Collectibles - $19
4. Vintage womens Handbag tan brown envelope clutch purse leather 70s from aVenir Fashions - $15



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Justine
iKonic Vintage

Vintage Fashion Guild FEATURED MEMBERS July 23

Please say hello to our Vintage Fashion Guild Featured Members for the week of July 23, 2008...

Linda at Vintage Clothesline from Southern Illinois.

"We began our journey of selling vintage clothing in 2000 selling on eBay and maintain a 100% feedback as gooddeal4all. Our website, vintageclothesline.com, was created in 2005 and continues to offer quality vintage clothing..online & in style."

"Here at Vintage Clothesline, we carry a little of everything..40s nipped waist jackets, 50s full skirt dresses, 60s mod minis and 70s drapey maxis, to name a few. We also have quite an inventory of lingerie, hats, gloves, handbags and other accessories to give your outfit that extra punch. Vintage costumes and uniforms are also our speciality."

"We have been collecting for years and our inventory is HUGE. If you don't see what you are looking for on our site, give us an email at vintageclothesline at yahoo dot com. We may have just what you are looking for! You can be assured of excellent customer service and utmost courtesy with your shopping experience at Vintage Clothesline."

"I am a Proud Founding Member of the Vintage Fashion Guild (www.vintagefashionguild.org) and have served as an Executive Officer since 2003 and am now serving in 2008 as President of this most distinquished organization."

Here is one of the fun things at Vintage Clothesline..a 1950s Vintage Full Skirt Khaki Stripe Faux Lace Dress..Click to View..

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Next is Sara from Vintage Diva.

Sara tells us that she has been interested in the 1940's from childhood. "I always loved Saturdays when I could watch the old movies on TV. Loved to watch the movie divas of the past decades...Katherine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Myra Loy, Lana Turner, Elizabeth Taylor . Enjoyed the music of Cole Porter and Glenn Miller."

"I live in a 1920's bungalow in Virginia with 2 dogs-- Bogie and Jill with gardens surrounding the house. I have closets filled with vintage clothing and a garage full of vintage furniture from the 1930- 1940's."

"(Vintage Diva) is the best place to find the styles of vintage, ethnic and art-to-wear fashion, featuring clothing from the 1940's to the ‘90's. Enjoy the aura that dressing in vintage clothing and jewelry can create. We've been buying and wearing vintage/ethnic clothing and jewelry for almost twenty years."

Sara sells on her own website, Specialist Auctions and eBay and here is a beautiful red wool 1950s vintage cape now available at Specialist's Auctions...(Click to View)..

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Our last Featured Member for this week is...

Laura of Vintage Fashion Library

Laura hails from Ohio and is an active member of the VFG, serving as 2008 Board Secretary and she is also responsible for coodinating the last two fabulous public workshops we have presented.

The Vintage Fashion Library is a constantly expanding collection of vintage and antique fashion patterns and related materials. The collection includes clothing patterns for men, women, and children, and vintage fashion magazines and pattern catalogues.

"I started selling vintage sewing patterns as Vintage Fashion Library in December 2003. In the last five years, VFL has grown to include original and reproduction patterns as well as pattern catalogues, fashion magazines, and any other fashion-related vintage items I find."

And Laura is offering a DISCOUNT!! For this week only, shoppers save 10% with voucher code VFG.

Check out this 1950s Vintage Bathing Suit Pattern on her site now....(Click to View)

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**VFG Featured Members are highlighted on our homepage , the VFG Blog , VFG myspace and Squidoo , together with a forum newsletter.

We hope you will stop by this thread and say hello and congratulate this week's Featured Members.

Cheers from your VFG Site Committee members...hatfeathers, Pinky-A-GoGo, pastperfect2, denisebrain, fuzzylizzie, northstarvintage and vintageclothesline. Also our VFG Blog Chairman, dorotheascloset and myspace Chairman, ikonicvintage.

May 26***VFG Fashion Parade***And the Rest

It's Vintage Accessory Month on the VFG Fashion Parade. We've shown purses, shoes, and jewelry. Now lets see all the rest! Round out your wardrobe with vintage belts, gloves, stockings, hats, etc.

Paris Apartment Set (you can't wear it but accessorizing your home in vintage is fun too!), from SYDNEY'S VINTAGE CLOTHING........

A chic Sally Victor hat from JOULES ON ETSY....

NOS Van Raalte Silk Opera Gloves circa 1915 from MORNING GLORIOUS COLLECTIBLES....

Check out more fab vintage accessories on the VINTAGE FASHION GUILD'S PUBLIC FORUM!

UK FASHION Exhibitions 2008~ Visit The Bath Museum

THE MUSEUM of COSTUME

Bath, Somerset, England

The Fashion Museum collection was started by Doris Langley Moore, a collector, costume designer and author. She gave her collection to the city of Bath in 1963, and Bath City Council used it to found the Museum of Costume. The collection is now three times its original size and the museum changed its name to the Fashion Museum in 2007.

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DRESSES from HISTORY 

from February 2008

Fourteen historic ensembles from the Fashion Museum’s world class collection of original dress are on display in the museum galleries from 16 February 2008.

Specialist textile conservators Julie Travis and Lindsay Shephard have prepared the dresses, which have been carefully selected for display. Different dresses require different conservation treatments. For example, a white muslin dress with pale blue embroidery which dates from 1815, was laid out full length on a washing table and gently cleaned to remove nearly 200 years of dust and grime.

The fashions in the new display date from the Georgian, Regency and Victorian periods. An extra feature of the display is the inclusion of one or two pieces associated with Royalty at the time, for example, the ceremonial ensemble worn by the Duke of St Albans as Hereditary Grand Falconer at the  Coronation of George IV (he was previously the Prince Regent) in 1821. 

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17th Century Gloves

22 September 2007 - 31 December 2008

Pair of cream leather man’s ceremonial gloves with 

silk gauntlet cuffs embroidered in silk and gold 

metal thread and seed pearls.

Early 17th century. ©The Gloves' Collections Trust

The Fashion Museum is delighted to announce that some of the oldest, rarest and most precious objects in their care will be shown in a new display at the end of September 2007. 

All of the gloves are on loan to the Fashion Museum from The Gloves' Collections Trust, a special body set up by the Worshipful Company of Glovers of London to care for what is possibly the finest collection of historic gloves in the world.

The display at the Fashion Museum includes twenty pairs of gloves from this outstanding collection, all intricately embroidered in a variety of materials from tiny seed pearls to sparkling metal thread. 

Some of the gloves are patterned, some show figures and animals (such as the mythological motif of the'pelican in her piety'); all are highly decorative, and all have to be seen to be believed.

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1977

Until December 31 2008 

Fashion is not just about couture, ready-to-wear and big name designers. It’s also about putting a look together, about style, about making a point, about belonging.

For a museum, it’s difficult to capture this phenomenon because by it is nature it is fleeting; it is here today and gone tomorrow. But one way to capture this is through photography.

Not just photographs taken for glossy fashion magazines but images produced for all sorts of other purposes, to be published in the music press, for example, in skate magazines, and even family snapshots. 

So in the re-vamped Fashion Museum we have set aside an area to display fashion through images. '1977' is the first of these displays. 

Thirty years ago this year, punk and new wave bands played music and wore clothes that expressed their identity and demanded attention. 

The images in this exhibition were taken by young, talented photographers all making their names by capturing the energetic and edgy cultural explosion known as punk. 

Their photographs were printed in the music press of the day -  NME, Melody Maker and Sounds - and helped both to record what was happening musically and to disseminate new ideas about dressing and behaving.

The display features photographs of the following punk and new wave bands:
The Clash, Johnny Rotten, Ari Up, The Jam, Debbie Harry, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, The Only Ones, Buzzcocks, The Ramones, The Rezillos, X-Ray Spex, Tom Robinson Band, Ian Dury, Hugh Cornwell, Elvis Costello, Gaye Advert, Don Letts, Siouxie and the Banshees, Paul Weller

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