Vintage Clothing? Across the Pond?

foofoogal

foofoogal

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Loving and selling vintage clothing I like to watch trends of the category.

Recently I am watching where most popular.
Most seem to be from across the pond.

1. Melbourne
2.London
3. Sydney
4. Brisbane
5. Los Angeles
6. New York
7. Dublin
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Now may depend on where one is getting the trends but interesting.
I know Dallas has vintage admirers. Tulsa?

I do see where the whole category has gone way up since 2005 which is impressive.
Wonder what if any specific aspects or factors would make vintage clothing more popular in one place or other? Traditional reality?
As a gatherer of many pieces I feel the more fans the more garments and History will be saved of course.
Sandy
 
It's interesting to see Brisbane ( my home town) on this list.
This may be currently influenced by popular fashion magazines being published here, like 'Frankie" and 'Peppermint'. These are targeted at younger folk, mostly women, with a heavy etsy influence.
 
The ones from Australia are the largest cities I believe.
I have always had good customers that like quality vintage from Australia I know.
Perhaps to sell over there.
Wonder what the money ration to USA is?

1 Australia dollar to O.78 US Dollar.

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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.
Found this about an Australia TV series with vintage clothing.
Perhaps they are buying it all!
 
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The ones from Australia are the largest cities I believe.
I have always had good customers that like quality vintage from Australia I know.
Perhaps to sell over there.
Wonder what the money ration to USA is?

1 Australia dollar to O.78 US Dollar.

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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries.
Found this about an Australia TV series with vintage clothing.
Perhaps they are buying it all!
Click to expand...


Our dollar is appalling right now against the US dollar. But that doesn't seem to be stopping folks buying does it!

I know someone that has worked on Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries. I think they actually do make quite a lot of her wardrobe, augmented with real vintage clothing and accessories.
 
Even within the UK, the majority of my orders go to London. It might be a small place compared to some on that list, but the population per sq/m is huge, and there are a lot of wealthy people there.
 
London isn't small!

There is a thriving vintage scene here, vintage markets all over town pretty much every weekend, lots of vintage shops, plus various relevant sub-cultures like swing dancing, steam punk and so on.
 
I don't know why but I have always thought of London and vintage clothing together.

All I know about Australia besides what I see on TV is a family member went there and stated they would move there in a moment as they had the nicest people they ever met?

I did see where the Miss Fishers makes many of their clothing items for the show.

I so love the quality of vintage items.

I do hope it becomes just as big in other USA cities in near future.

The chart I saw really did have vintage clothing going way up since 2005 so that is very good.

Sandy
 
Interesting list! I certainly sell a lot of vintage - mostly patterns - to OZ but also the US and UK. After that - Germany, the Netherlands and France. France seems to have a lively vintage scene too, from what I know. There's a huge fair in Lyon once or twice a year. And the small vintage fair I went to in Geneva last autumn had quite a few dealers from across the border (and surely visitors too).
From what I see from my own experience, Vienna is quite lively too, there have definitely more shops been popping up that sell vintage, and the thrift shops like Humana have started to cater more to the vintage crowd. Humana has now about 3 shops in the inner suburbs that they sell vintage. Doesn't mean that you won't find any vintage at all at their other shops, but I guess they send most of the vintage or interesting things to their "Trend Retro" shops.
Finland seems to do well too in the vintage department, from what I remember seeing on the streets, and there were certainly quite a few good vintage shops to go shopping at the last time I was there.
 
Wonder what if any specific aspects or factors would make vintage clothing more popular in one place or other? Traditional reality?
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I just wonder if their is some sort of historical or passed down appreciation of certain groups?

For example I feel the daily reminders by Depression Era parents is why I am driven to be frugal and save things.

Can others today be taught to appreciate history and quality of vintage especially and how?
Pages of course like VFG helps greatly. I know many threads on this here but if the younger do not know quality how do they know what they are missing? The fabric resource is great. I would like to see the wonderful seamstresses of this site or History experts show seams etc. to show line by line why a piece is so special. I know many posts do on Here but a special teaching thread would be great IMHO.
Sandy
 
Often if there is a -hot spot of interest for a participial interest in a certain geographical area it can be put down to a small number of people working hard to promote it and publicize it for there own commercial end - nothing wrong with that. because in a way a lot of people gain also .
I do feel that is part of the explanation for London.
 
This is true Pauline. Vintage fairs and get together that are successful would cause excitement to those who know nothing about vintage.

Car shows, dance events etc. Maybe even weather in an area plays a role.

Thank you for that explanation.
Do you know possibly when it started becoming more popular in England? Vintage clothing collecting?

Sandy
 
I started collecting in about 2006, and within a couple of years vintage clothes seamed to be every where, part of that would be down to a better knowledge of where to look to find vintage. a lot of ladies I networked with on line wore vintage looks which was more reproduction clothes than original vintage ones.
 
I remember people wearing vintage in the 1980s in England, and I don't think it's ever really gone away. It's waxed and waned though I suppose. The internet changed the marketof course, as with all collectables, making both selling and buying more accessible.
 
Thank you. I have tried to remember first vintage shop I ever visited. I can see it in my memory but have no idea where I was. I remember a lot of poly. Early 1990s perhaps. Seemed very out there to me and edgy.
I sort of fell into vintage as I went to Estate sales and I was generally the only ones that ended up in the clothes closets. I honestly could not understand why little interest. I was a doll and glass dealer at the time. Have grown to love the quality.
Sandy
 
The second hand clothes industry is one of the worlds oldest but I don't think it became fashionable until fairly recently: late '60s? Since then it has (as Ruth says) waxed and waned.

For those of us who've collected/worn it for a long time, it feels ever present but for many it's something that has really increased in popularity since about 2000 when Julia Roberts surprised people by wearing vintage Valentino at the Oscars. By "vintage" of course, her gown wasn't that old (was it '91?) and we all understand now that couture is still fabulous even when it's not current season.
 
That is nice tidbit about Julia Roberts. Makes sense as that is about the time I remember seeing more vintage.
The vintage beaded cardigans was first thing I really went gaga personally about and still collect to a degree.
That and sweater guards. I came online in 1992 so about right.
I honestly did not know these existed till I started seeing them and was blown away.
Seems the Swing music was just having a revival about that time. Could be wrong but first I remember of it.
 
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