

There are definite trade-offs between vintage shopping online and vintage shopping in person, especially when it comes to assessing a vintage item’s condition.
For example, when you shop for vintage clothes in person, you usually won’t receive a clear-cut written description of any flaws in the garment. While most brick-and-mortar vintage stores carefully select pieces with minimal damage, they still expect you to use your own…
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Here’s a great dinner party question for you:
“If you could have one superpower what would it be?”
The ability to fly? Invisibility? Telekinesis?
NPR featured a piece on this issue over the weekend and the surprising part was that almost everyone knew immediately which superpower they’d choose but no one was interested in using their superpower to help others.
As for me, I’d want to be a caped…
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Written on
June 7, 2010 by
Mary Kincaid in
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1940s,
1950s,
1960s,
1980s,
Coats,
Dresses,
Edwardian,
Embroidered,
Evening Gowns,
Handbags,
Hattie Carnegie,
Hermes,
Jackets,
Lanvin,
Little Black Dress,
Patricia Smith,
Pierre Cardin,
Vintage Jewelry,
art deco,
capes,
cockail dresses,
costume jewelry,
ebay,
vintage,
vintage clothes,
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It’s Tax Day and that means that some people are panicked and in a mad rush to get their tax returns stamped by the Post Office before it closes. The good news for them is that many Post Office branches will be open late to accommodate the folks who wait to file until the last possible minute. Meanwhile, millions of other Americans are basking in…
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Written on
February 1, 2010 by
Mary Kincaid in
1940s,
1950s,
1960s,
1970s,
1980s,
1990s,
Coats,
DVF,
Diane von Furstenberg,
Dresses,
Hats,
Hermes,
Jackets,
Jumpsuit,
Leather,
Necklaces,
Vintage Hat,
Vintage Jewelry,
YSL,
Yves Saint Laurent,
capes,
ebay,
vintage,
vintage clothing,
vintage dress