Vintage Clothing

[Guest Lori Brady]

I'm a big fan of vintage stuff,,,,both outer wear and lingerie,,,,,,,,always checking out Ebay for things,,you'd be surprised what great deals I've found,,,,how bout you?

[Guest Megan_Lynn]

I own a good bit of true 80's to early 90's clothing myself. I so love many of the styles from that era. And it is so nice to see so many of the styles from that era coming back into the stores again..

[Guest Emma Leigh]

yeah most of my stuff is old too...but thats charity shops for you

I like the the styles of the 50,s and early sixties ie pre mini skirt....love the full dresses and skirts from that period

[Guest Lori Brady]

yup.........and knock on wood,,,everything I've gotten online fits good too

[Guest Emma Leigh]

I,ve not been so lucky there I,ve bought a couple of UK size 14 items..a dress and a blouse and both were way too small...and I am actually a 12???

yup.........and knock on wood,,,everything I've gotten online fits good too

[mara13]

I'm looking for an authentic Victorian era ball gown my self, but they are hard to find. All I ever see is cheap low class gown knockoffs, and none of them look authentic.

[Guest MichellePetite]

Hi all,

Is it me? but then again I see kindred Em also likes the 50's styles I think it was referred to as the 'New Look'.

I have just watched an episode of Miss Marple and drooled over the dress the central heroine wore basically white with a 'Lacey design pattern in broad bands strapless torso hugging down to the waist and then flaired out in pleats to just above the top of the calf, complete with the proper petticoats and the shoes.... sorry I've got a weakness for shoes! the hat and jacket! oh my... envy, envy!.

Does any of you kindred out there remember a comedienne called Joyce Grenfell? she specialised in monologues and she used to wear those sort of very full dresses and I always remember her in a beautiful dark green dress at the time (very young I was by the way!) I thought she was an angel and how I would love to grow up to be like her and wear such lovely clothes. Probably a thing best not said in an unguarded moment to Daddy! Daddy by the way wanted a blokey bloke doing macho stuff and what he got was deep sensitive thoughtful me! ah well..... pity fashions change tho..... what goes around comes around so maybe.... one day ...... that look will return then you lot better stand clear ...... Michelle will have lost time to make up for!!!! though during the 70's My actual best decade for 'passing' - I believe that's the term - is long gone would have been better, but no matter any time now would be good! just look for a decrepit old f art in an absolutely fabulous green dress!!!!!!!

LnK

Michelle

[Guest MichellePetite]

Hi Mara,

I used to have several genuine day and evening dresses in pure silk; authentic early Victorian, one in peach and another in gold and one in if I remember correctly a sort of emerald green.

Had the bonnets to match and of course the hoops and petticoats etc. They were part of the theatrical clothing our group had and I'd come by them via the King's Theatre Edinburgh, they had had them given from some old lady's estate. Unfortunately as often happens when one loans stuff out, they came back ruined - they let the silk get damp and didn't dry it out properly and they rotted .... I wept! they were too small for me to actually wear fully but a girl can dream can't she?!! Still got a genuine Victorian night dress in white Indian cotton and lace trims and a beautiful black velvet cape and bonnet to match with a muff (sort of furry roll one kept hanging round neck to put one's hands in to keep warm) and no you can't!

LnK

Michelle

[Guest MichellePetite]

codicil to my last:

Of course one does not wear a black velvet cape and matching bonnet and muff with a Victorian nightgown ... well not in public anyhow!

.... and no I don't!

LnK

Michelle

[Guest Emma Leigh]

I do know who Joyce Grenfell is Michelle and I know exactly which dark green dress to which you refer..now Joyce was a wonderful lady..but you could hardly describe her as a beauty..but she had to my mind a wonderful taste in dresses..and that one in particular was a stunner and it epitamises exactly my personal taste...I just love the dresses from that era...I dont spend my Saturdays watching old Cary Grant films on BBC2 for the plots dontchaknow.....sorry Mara dont get the Victorian look myself, which is odd cos my Mother was obsessed..thats obsessed with crinolene ladies..perhaps thats why

[Guest MichellePetite]

Ah, Joyce Grenfell may not have been a pretty woman but she had that ability to be beautiful if one pays attention to some of her photo's one can see the shine from within. Of course as the man said tho ... it is in the eye of the beholder. Gosh I feel a new topic coming on! mmmmm.

Mind you I think most of what my little young mind saw was mainly the dress! and the sunshine from her smile!

LnK

Michelle

[Guest *Charlotte P*]

A few months ago I started looking for 80's lingerie after running across some looking for normal modern stuff. I really want to start up a collection of 80's stuff as well as from the 20's-50's....sooo many classics with such good taste..

Charlotte

[Cyndee]

Ya know I have a thing for vintage slips, I love em'. For example the Vanity Fair full slips of the 60's just speak to me.

C Rae -

[Guest Eve Caillard]

Talking of Victorian clothes, I love the older full dresses myself. I recently bought a cheap 'ball gown' from Cherlone via E-Bay. OK, it's a cheap modern string-together but at £30 can I complain that I have a magnificent satin blue gown that fits beautifully and falls to the floor in a voluminous wide skirts? I can't. I love it! There is also another UK E-bay seller that sells satin Victorian 'Governess' blouses that cover arms, and right up to the neck, including the neck, and have lace collars and cuffs. I have two of her creations. The assembly is cheap and cheerful but you would not know it to see them on.

So, OK. What I've bought is 'cheap rubbish', but I don't get the chance to wear them often so they won't get worn out quickly. And they look magnificent on! Even if a seam is a bit rough, lace a bit scratchy, they look the part and give me a real boost to see them on! I do like Victorian dresses - they make me feel like a true lady.

Eve

[Guest Roberta-Belinda]

I would love to have an 80's ra ra skirt.

[Guest Megan_Lynn]

I would love to have an 80's ra ra skirt.

If I even just touched the surface of telling you how many rara skirts and dresses I own you would shoot me dead...lol...

[Guest Roberta-Belinda]

I loved the white tights that were in fashion in the 80's. I had a couple of pairs myself that I wore with a pair of high heels.

[Guest Roberta-Belinda]

I love the fashions in 1940's Hollywood films. Oh how I would love to look like a gal in those films with lovely long hair.

[Guest MichellePetite]

Hi All,

As I was telling Mara the other day, I have a real liking for the Edwardian Lady fashions oh to be that tall willowy shape and wear the white high throated lacy collared blouses and those skirts! and the exquisitely embroidered jackets, the button up ankle boots and those hats..... wow!

LnK

Michelle

[Guest Lori Brady]

lol! ,,,,,well I see I sparked something here.......I have a soft spot for Rago girdles,,,,open bottom...have a few,,,,maybe I should put up a pic or 2,,,or whould that get me in trouble..me wearing..lol

[Guest *Charlotte P*]

I know the rago girdles you talk about..I have one of the open bottom ones too, and have to say they are awesome..love the 6 strap short garters, they really keep the thigh highs up!!

Charlotte

[Guest Roberta-Belinda]

I love the Princess Di look. I have a video of hers at home with a picture from the eighties she is wearing a gorgeous red dress. Loved her shoes and tights as well.

[Guest Scarlett London]

I would die for a cute pinup dress, and accessories, under garmets, etc. Would even be nice to have the victory curls.

Scarlett

[Guest Lori Brady]

............and you can find everything you dream about with a clic of your mouse..........just about everything in my wardrobe,,makeup,,wigs,,forms,,you name it.....all found on the net........

[Guest *Charlotte P*]

The net has definitely been a huge benefit to our community !! We can shop with no worries and have it shipped to our door. Though going out shopping is much more fun, web shopping is far safer for many in our position.

Charlotte