Determining The Size Of Vintage Stockings
Let’s say you love vintage stockings, so at an estate sale you buy a bag full of them — only to get home and have no idea what sizes you have. Jaynie Van Roe of Here’s Looking Like You, Kid (who has an...
View ArticlePreservation Of Heirloom Textiles, Collectible Clothing, Etc.
This stunning 1940s dressing gown in silver grey satin with raspberry embellishments, serves not only as a reminder of just how lovely vintage lingerie can be, but also to properly store your clothing...
View ArticleCaring For Your Vintage Lingerie
Where else can you find the best tips about caring for your vintage fashions and foundation garments then from vintage women’s publications? Then, as now, magazines shared tips for female readers...
View ArticleA Guide To Collecting Vintage Fashions & Lingerie
Four collectors of vintage fashions and lingerie share their tips on what to look for when collecting vintage fashions. The experts are: Vintage lingerie collector Layla L’obatti, who is the designer...
View ArticleMerry Martha Sleeper Jewelry & Fashions
At first I was going to post this photo of Clara Bow posing by a Christmas tree because of the fabulous decorations and stuffed toys; but once I saw this photo of Martha Sleeper I was equally smitten!...
View ArticleHelp Dating & Identifying WWII Fashions
Another bit from that wartime issue of Modern Woman Magazine; this time War Production rules on clothing for children and women — including maternity fashions.
View ArticleThe Value In Collecting & Reading Antique & Vintage Publications
It’s funny how your perspective changes… I first wrote/posted about this November 1953 issue of Silhouette Magazine in July of 2008 — but when preparing to list it for sale on eBay, I found myself...
View ArticleVintage Fashion Link Round-Up
Secrets In Lace 2012 Collector's Calendar I’m sure by now that you heard that the Elizabeth Taylor auction set new auction records, but there’s other things to read in the world of collecting and...
View ArticleFashion & Sewing Pattern History, Part One
While sewing itself dates back thousands of years, to the Paleolithic period, patterns for making clothing are a much more modern invention. The earliest known fashion patterns, dating to ancient...
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