Fresh Vintage Mega Edition August 11 to 31, 2011

OK, I admit it, I got a little behind... But that means I get to show you a lot of fabulous goodies from VFG's trade members!

First up, Crinoline Girl always has some amazing undergarments, including this rare spoon busk corset, already snapped up by a speedy shopper.

Past Perfect Vintage recently listed this lovely 1850s mid-Victorian bonnet.

Meanwhile, Denisebrain auctioned off this 1940s suit, hat, and suede gloves, all in purple.



If you're considering a vintage wedding, you'll want to check out this liquid satin 1940s wedding gown at Some Like It Vintage

Bijou Vintage just sold this early 1950s Trifari pin

This teens/Edwardian embroidered dress is from Vintage Devotion

This chic 1940s velvet hat with feather accent is a new listing at Morning Glorious

This fun 1980s party dress is available from Circa Vintage, one of our Australian members.

And Another Time Vintage, aka BetteBeGood, recently listed this 1930s woven belt with art deco buckle

Whew!! We're caught up on Fresh Vintage highlights. If you want to catch all the offerings before they're sold, check out this week's Fresh forum thread

January 25 Fashion Parade *The Vintage Boudoir*

The Vintage Boudoir

Smoldering or Sweet, Vintage Lingerie Just in Time for Valentine's Day

Ooo Laa Laa!

Find a great vintage selection among the VFG member's offerings!

Vintage Ivory Crystal Pleated Semi Sheer Bodice and Silk Night Gown from CATSEYE VINTAGE

Circa 1909 Edwardian Feminine Corset with Green Ribbons from PAST PERFECT VINTAGE

Vintage 70s Blue * Purple Irises Pucci Nylon EPRF Half Slip from BIG YELLOW TAXI VINTAGE

You can find more fabulous vintage items from more sellers at the VINTAGE FASHION GUILD FASHION PARADE!

See more vintage clothing and accessories at the JANUARY 26 *FRESH VINTAGE* EDITION

BIG CHANGES - The Museum of Costume BATH

The Museum of Costume is undergoing and extensive redisplay until Friday 22nd June 2007 to transform it into the FASHION MUSEUM.

The Museum of Costume focuses on fashionable dress for men, women and children from the late 16th century to the present day and has more than 30,000 objects in its collection.

Within the collection there are a number of individual collections of clothes and fashion accessories, such as the Dress of the Year collection and an important loan collection of decorative gloves belonging to the Worshipful Company of Glovers of London.

The Museum has been designated by MLA (the Council for Museums, Libraries and Archives) as an outstanding collection of national pre-eminence.


We display about only part of the collection at a time. The displays are changed regularly. Everything in the collection can be viewed - just contact us to book a study table.

The Museum of Costume was opened in the Bath Assembly Rooms in 1963. It was the creation of Doris Langley Moore, a designer, collector and historian, who gave her famous private collection of costume to the city.

CORSETS UNCOVERED


Understand more closely the life of your great great grandmother at the Museum of Costume’s new display and dressing-up opportunity CORSETS uncovered.

The gallery display includes a representative selection of historic corsets, displayed alongside images of real women in carte de visite photographs from the 19th century. The real experience comes with the replica corsets in the gallery, available for adults and for children to try on. This is the way to explore how corsets work, how they feel to wear and how they alter the way you stand and sit.

A hundred and fifty years ago, almost every woman wore a corset. A corset was an essential part of a woman’s dress, vital for achieving the shape necessary for the fashions of the day. To our eyes today, the corset appears an instrument of torture, a symbol of repression of the body, and about as far away from the modern way of dressing as you can get.

This new hands-on area at the Museum of Costume sets out to bridge the gap between then and now, between what happened in fashion in the past and our up-to-the moment perception of the modes of yesteryear.



The Museum is undergoing an extensive re-display between February and May 2007. Please check here for details of the areas that are open during these dates.

Corsets & Crinolines

VFG member Leila Hidic aka crinolinegirl is the woman behind the place on the internet for everything related to and about Corsets & Crinolines. Her latest Tidbits article is hot off the presses.

Nowadays, when people want to buy a corset, they either surf the web looking for their perfect corset or have to find a shop in their town which sells them. This can often be an embarrassing affair as it seems the only shops that sell corsetry these days tends to be "adult" themed fetish stores. In past decades, this was not the case and specialist corset shops were found in everywhere as every woman required one.

The golden age of corset shops and corset departments in large department stores was in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Beautiful glass sided wooden cabinets showed off 18" waist corsets on silk covered display busts, there were seats beside long wooden counters where women could sit and examine model after model of corset in comfort and in elegance. So come and step back in time and visit

The Old Corset Shop.

Lei has also been recently featured in the Antiques Trade Gazette as shown in the article above. Swing by the VFG Public Forums thread to congratulate her!