Dressing Vintage Blog
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Fashion Search for the Illusive Perfect White Cotton Blouse
In search of the perfect white cotton blouse to wear with leggings.
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Farewell Oscar de la Renta
Oscar de la Renta will be remembered for making women feel beautiful.
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Drawing Chanel - The Fashion Illustrators from 1915 through the 1930's
The almost anonymous illustrators who immortalized the early fashions of Coco Chanel in the 1920's and 1930's.
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Fashion Designers who died too young - What might have been
"You are only as good as the people you dress."Halston The tragic loss of so many talented fashion designers before their time.
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A Designer dress worth Stealing - Norma Kamali
I had dreams of being the kind of person who would wear Comme des Garcons and Yohji Yamamoto. But then I discovered Norma.
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Mommy and Me - Matching mother daughter dresses
What ended our love affair with Mommy and Me outfits? Is there a deeper reason behind the absence of matching mother daughter dresses?
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Why "Know-it-alls" won't ever be great Couture Fashion Designers
Was it luck, talent, or being in the right place at the right time that made the 20th century couturiers fashion greats?
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The Anatomy of an Anonymous Beautiful Vintage Dress
There are two reasons I will probably never be able to sell one of the most beautiful vintage dresses I've ever owned. Can you accept my fashion challenge?
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Welcome Back Anne Fogarty - the return of a timeless designer
Anne Fogarty is coming back - will the new fashion line represent her spirit of timeless design with a modern twist? She wrote one of the best books on fashion...
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A Most Unlikely Couturier - Patrick Kelly
In the middle of the shoulder pads and fashion that Valentino described as "vulgar", the 80's will also be remembered for a designer who brought his own personal experience, perspective,...
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The Myth of Normal - The Creative genius of Vincent, Yves and Michael
Yves Saint Laurent, Michael Jackson and Vincent Van Gogh; Crazy, creative or both? What is the connection and is anyone really normal? We owe all of the creative geniuses who...
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The Most Expensive Fashion Magazine in the World - the Power of Pochoir
Would you pay over $400 a year for a magazine subscription? No? Well, that's what you would have had to pay if you were living between 1912 to 1925, and...