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Hello, I have only recently gotten hooked by vintage: it started w. trying to find a great Bottega bag, off price: instead I discovered Roberta di Camerino (Maier copied an early bag of her I was in love with) and from there!!! 14 vintage bags later I have also discovered that vintage accessories and clothing are a completely unique way for me to build my personal style, now that my figure is looking better than in years, and, if not now (53years old) when?? Also, I live in NY & teach at Parsons so I pride myself on looking sharp. Where several years ago I envied the style of a few particular colleagues I find that now, they look to me for being fashion forward! These are my passions: R di C bags 50s-present,
Claire McCardell dresses, Bonnie Cashin outerwear, Schiaparelli pendants & such, Czech beaded necklaces & folk costumes, Courreges sweaters 70s,
I think I'll stop there. A particularily great find was a velvet Hanae Mori jacket, perfect fit, in to die for pretty colors!! For now I am buying but soon I will be selling a bit also. Vintage dealers are expensive but sometimes have the best things: otherwise I stick to Ebay or hoof it around town. For me vintage is best mixed w. modern: otherwise you are wearing a costume people! Dealers are particularily bad I have to say. For new fashion, just about anything Italian: never buy bags or shoes not made in Italy, same w. glasses. ciao! Murri
 
Good Morning. How do I go about finding someone in my area to clean/preserve the dresses I have? They are all silk, and now I have a fur from the 40's that I don't know what it is and it needs repair and maybe cleaning? Thanks!
 
Greetings,
I'm a professional seamstress / life-long clothes nut who's in Clean Out Mode (no pun intended for the Francophones). I'm looking forward to improving my fashion history and getting rid of some pieces.

Best wishes to All, Melissa
 
HELLO MELISSA...WELCOME...where are you based ?? you'll love it here..its fun, off the wall sometimes and very friendly...and so much to learn...!!
 
Hi Melissa!

This is a great group. Don't hesitate to post any questions you may have - there will be
someone here that can help you.

Sue
 
WOWEE!

People who like vintage are sweet and welcoming -- have I found my spiritual home? (I'm an American living in France.)
It's all about the clothes, right?
 
New to the forum Rice and Beans Vintage

Hello! I wanted to introduce myself, I run Rice and Beans Vintage www.riceandbeansvintage.com a vintage and modern clothing store. We just opened but before this we had been running an eBay store for the past 4 years. I love the vintage fashion guild website, and am hoping to become a member. Well that's about it for now!

Best,
Rice and Beans Vintage
msricenbeans
 
Hiya i am new here and happy to be here :)
I am Debbi a wahm of 5 ( 18 down to 5 yo )

i sell a potpourri of items that also include vintage clothing when i find it - i do not have acess to enough vintage to open a specialty store just for vintage so the way i see it the other sales let me keep doing vintage .

- i discovered the vintage world about 2 years ago and since have kept a few things for myself and really learned to appreciate the vintage world- of course my family cannot quite understand why i am thrilled to find a 1950's velvet dress - but thats okay it makes me happy. i love learning new things about vintage to help me better appreciate the skill that went into making older items.

i usually only keep acessories and or shoes for myself as actual clothing usually doesnt fit me correctly . but i have small feet so keep anything i find for teeny feet is mine LOL! that and a few purses i just couldnt give away - i love them too much .
 
Hi,

I have been here to research before, but am now looking to become more active in learning, selling, and, most importantly to me, ENJOYING vintage clothing and accessories.

I feel like a toddler who just discovered the back yard! I want to see and touch everything and find out whatever I can about the items I'm able to find.

As Debbi stated above, my family doesn't quite have the same appreciation and enjoyment for the quality, detail, and style of a garment from another era, but that's ok~ I still love them anyway:USETHUMBUP:

I'm looking forward to developing an even deeper understanding of style and hope to grow as a vintie~
 
Hi, there! I'm Angie aka Renee aka e*happy aka eHappy Vintage on eBay. Some of you may see me around the VCA board over there. My interest in vintage lies mainly in 50's and 70's fashion and accessories and I've been selling on eBay for about eight years. I started with children's clothing first, then discovered vintage costume jewelry (specifically a blue rhinestone and white milk glass choker that got me started), and then wandered upon the VCA forum about two years ago and added vintage clothing to my product line right about that time. I found this forum by way of a vintie friend here in my area and so I just wanted to stop by and say 'hi' to everyone. Here's hoping you all have a great weekend!
 
Hey Ehappy,

So glad you found us. My favorite eras are 40s and 50s but I seem to do better with 70s and 80s (why I have no idea). I've only been a member since July of 2006 and I learn something here every day. Don't be shy. :clapping:
 
Thank you for the welcome Viviene! I'm looking forward to learning and sharing all kinds of vintie info.

:)

Shy is definitely not a word to describe me so I'll jump right in if I have a question or know something.

I'm gonna have to go read up on picture posting rules and all that stuff. I assume we can post pics here if we have questions about things right?
 
You sure can. There are great group of people here. There are experts in each era (I'm no ways an expert) and they are wonderful about spreading their knowledge around!
 
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