Vintage Dresses

Garments from the collections of the past twenty years and more are becoming fashionable and desirable. They are almost like antiques. Vintage dresses are valuable because they were produced decades ago, and now they are perhaps one-of-a-kind.
Now fashion is fashion of the young and young 60s, fashion bright prints 70s, 80s supermodel fashion, or just vintage fashion. These moods are in the collections of Prada, Celine, Lanvin, Calvin, Burberry Prorsum.

Vintage dresses are available at affordable prices. They have their own history and therefore are very valuable for the owners of such things. But when acquiring such a thing, one should pay attention to its quality, after all, the thing has been in the chest for many years. In addition, you need to think about where and how you can wear it.

Special attitude to vintage things in London. It is considered stylish to wear vintage clothes here, and it is not difficult - there are a huge number of vintage shops in London. In New York, they also do not neglect vintage things, alter buttons, hem them somewhere, adjust them to their size, eliminate the specific smell of things that have been lying for a long time and wear them.

In Moscow, the situation is very different. It is very difficult for Russian women to put on a thing that has some kind of patch, or a T-shirt from many years ago. But the world of fashion is changing, and vintage clothing stores have appeared in Russia. Perhaps, in the near future, our women of fashion will wear hats with a veil of the 40s - 50s.

Fashion today more than ever combines a variety of shades, styles, images.

Vintage dresses - what is the main advantage of them?
Exactly that you are unlikely to meet another owner of such an outfit. Vintage dresses were appreciated not only for their uniqueness, but also for the merits of the material from which they are made. Many designers of past years were very sensitive to fabrics, and some of them sewed only from very expensive and high quality ones. And some of these fabrics are nowhere to be found, they simply do not exist. If we talk about vintage dresses from famous fashion designers, then, of course, they are very expensive, a new dress will be many times cheaper. But there are copies of these miraculous perfections, also made in the last century - these dresses are usually cheaper.

How did vintage dresses come into fashion? On the one hand, there is nostalgia, on the other, such fashionistas as Kate Moss, Julia Roberts, Penelope Cruz and others have become big fans of vintage clothing. Well, as a rule, we always follow the lead of our idols.

What else is so special about a vintage dress? Very often it can tell a lot about its owner, about her taste.

And so, you decided to buy a vintage dress. What do you need to know for this?

List the following points:

1. First of all, you must answer yourself the question for what occasion you are buying a vintage dress.
2. Check out different styles different eras in order to choose exactly the image that is closer to you, in which you want to see yourself. Watch old films from the era of your chosen style. Notice how these dresses were put on, worn. This will help you choose the right color scheme, find out what suits you best.
3. Check out the designers of your chosen style. Decide on the price. Vintage clothing from famous designers is expensive. You can find out about the cost in specialized magazines or in the catalogs of the auction house.
4. Visit several vintage and antique shops.It is not easy to buy in online stores, because you cannot strictly inspect the product.
5. When buying a vintage dress, carefully examine it: the quality of the fabric (it may be too shabby), defects in the outfit, stains, what is the supposed repair of the clothes, whether the dress matches your size, is it possible to fit to your figure (it is advisable to do this in the atelier). Some vintage dresses were worn with corsets that raise the chest and tighten the waist (you need to purchase a corset).
6. Find out if there is a possibility of returning clothes if they did not fit you for any reason.

Alternatively, you can find replicas of some vintage dresses made from modern fabrics. And you can delve into the "grandmother's chest", then in general you will get it for free.

The fabrics of vintage dresses were of high quality, moreover, until the 60s, mostly all natural: crepe, silk, velvet, chiffon with floral patterns.

The fascination with vintage clothing has led to the creation of new materials. For example, long-haired mohair today has become very popular, one might say, a favorite among designers. Mohair was in vogue in the 60s, but now it is a slightly different material, it resembles fur, but more plastic.

This is how, under the influence of fashion trends, forgotten things from the past take on a new life from grandmother's chests.