Category Archives: 1900s

VPOD: Here Comes the Bride – Antique Handmade Lace Wedding Train


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Here comes the bride!

A friend of a friend has a daughter who is getting married next Labor Day and the hunt for the wedding dress in on! The budget for the gown? A whopping $5,000!

And since the first day of this shopping adventure coincided with the weekend I spent with my divorced sister, who spent a good portion of our time together picking my ex-CPA…

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Very Vintage Hosiery and Tights


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Though this photo is about the shoes, (let us not forget to show our reverence to the pretty vintage shoes here) I really want to talk about what’s adorning these legs.

Flashy hosiery is timeless. Any of these could be worn today and spectators would believe that they’re brand new (though they are all probably being held up by garters and the fabric lacks as much…

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VPOD: Vintage 1910s Battenberg Tape Lace Jacket


vintage 1910s antique Battenburg tape lace jacket

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ABC News reports that there are 84,000 centenarians living in the United States—that’s folks who have reached the ripe ol’ age of 100 years or more. And when I think of all the changes they’ve seen in their lifetimes, I often wonder if they feel like they’ve been characters living in a science fiction novel.

After all, in the past 100 years they’ve witnessed the birth…

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VPOD: Vintage 1910s Madeleine Cheruit Silk Tunic


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If you’re lucky enough to be the recipient of an unexpected financial windfall of, ooooh, let’s say, $9,000, any self-respecting financial advisor would strongly urge you to act sensibly and invest your riches in a stock market index fund or a blue-chip stock with a solid record of dividends.

I’ve never once heard Suze Orman or any other financial whiz suggest that you splurge on something…

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eBAY ROUNDUP of Vintage Clothing Finds


vintage ossie clark celia birtwell print dressvintage 1960s danish lucite necklacevintage 1950s ceil chapman cocktail dressvintage 1950s tina leser summer dress

vintage 1970s biba kaftan dressvintage lilli ann coatvintage 1980s st john tuxedo mini dressvintage lizard and bakelite handbag

vintage 1990s crochet dressvintage 1970s lanvin parure setvintage mink stolevintage schiaparelli sweater with ribbon and rhinestones

vintage judith leiber beltvintage 1960s white beaded dressvintage travilla lace dressantique vintage fortuny delphos gown

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Vintage Ossie Clark Dress with Celia Birtwell Print (annieteeks) | Vintage 1960s Danish Lucite Necklace (persnickitties) | Vintage 1950s Ceil Chapman Cocktail Dress (millstreetvintage) | Vintage 1950s Tina Leser Dress (lacedwithromance) | Vintage 1970s Biba Kaftan Dress (lestervintage) | Vintage Lilli Ann Coat (bigjohnson7) | Vintage 1980s St. John Tuxedo Mini Dress (ndbvintage) | Vintage Lizard and…

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