Category Archives: Wedding

VPOD: Vintage 1930s Beaded Evening Dress


vintage 1930s beaded evening dress

Planning a wedding?

What a beautiful choice for a vintage bride!

Available at Vintage Textile.

(To receive the VPOD via email along with detailed size, price and purchase information, sign up for my growing email list here. Your information will never be sold or shared and you can easily unsubscribe at any time.)

VPOD: Dress Rehearsals and a Vintage Edwardian Wedding Dress


If you’re not an actress, it’s possible you’ve never participated in a dress rehearsal. Unless you’re married. Then it’s likely that you did a full dress rehearsal for your wedding.

It’s common for brides to do test runs before the big day, trying on their gown with all its undergarments, shoes, and jewelry and then testing out different hairstyles and make-up to make sure everything is just right.

So why don’t we take this approach more often?

Certainly arriving at a dinner in your honor, or hosting a fundraiser for a local cause, or interviewing for a once-in-a-lifetime job, or presenting at a conference or (fill in your next big event here) could only benefit from a similar dress rehearsal as well.

I learned this early in my career when I had an important job interview.

There I was rushing to get dressed. I had two identical pairs of shoes in two different colors and had been switching back and forth between them, trying to decide which color worked best with my suit.

You know what happened, right?

I walked out of the house wearing one blue pump and one black pump! Just one of several fashion faux-pas over the years.

That’s why pros like Rachel Zoe know it’s important to do a full fitting with their clients — a dress rehearsal, if you will — long before a big day arrives.

You don’t want to discover at the last moment that the nude bra you planned to wear with your dress isn’t quite nude enough. Or that the new shoes you bought to match your outfit pinch so bad that you can’t walk in them. Or that the necklace you planned to wear is too long, or too short, or just too…wrong.

No, dress rehearsals aren’t just for actors. They’re handy-dandy fashion rituals for us not-so-famous leading ladies, too.

Even easy-breezy looks like today’s VPOD warrant a quick run-through. This vintage Edwardian lawn dress is just perfect for a casual spring or summer wedding.

And it’s sure to get a standing ovation from a Vintage Crusader!

Available at Sydney’s Vintage Clothing.

(To receive the VPOD via email along with detailed size, price and purchase information, sign up for my growing email mailing list here. Your information will never be sold or shared and you can easily unsubscribe at any time.)

VPOD: Vintage YSL Ethnic Blouse


vintage ysl ethnic blouse

Well it’s June and I can already hear the wedding bells ringing and the cash register ka-chinging!

June is still the most popular month for tying the knot and tying the knot doesn’t come cheap.

According to TheKnot.com, the average 150-person wedding costs a whopping $25,000 with the bride’s attire accounting for about 8-10% of that amount.

Of course, not every bride will wearing white. Not every bride will be wearing vintage. Not every bride will even wear a gown for that matter.

Sure, the ol’ white wedding dress is still the traditional way to go although that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few non-traditional ladies choosing to express themselves a bit more authentically.

But I’m not holding my breath to see anyone walk down the aisle in the little number Yves Saint Laurent created in the 1970s proclaiming “Love Me Forever or Never.”

And check out this quote from the design genius:

“The most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves. For those who haven’t had the fortune of finding this happiness, I am there.”

So if you’re not exchanging “I do’s” this June, simply snag today’s VPOD instead.

This vintage YSL ethnic top has a peplum waist and will live happily ever after with your favorite pair of jeans.

It’s a fab little find for a vintage fashionista!

Available from Degli Effetti Vintage on FarFetch.com | Discovered at TheFind.com.

(To receive the VPOD via email along with detailed size, price and purchase information, sign up for my growing email mailing list here. Your information will never be sold or shared and you can easily unsubscribe at any time.)

VPOD: Vintage Lilli Rubin Wedding Gown and Breaking News


vintage lilli rubin wedding gown

Yesterday, as I was waiting to board my delayed flight in Altanta, a CNN “Breaking News” story on a large overhead monitor caught my attention.

The important “Breaking News?”

Apparently, Kate Middleton was actually seen arriving at her own wedding rehearsal!

THAT’s breaking news?!

Devastating storms in the South. A fire at NASA. Obama releasing his birth certificate. The Royal Wedding and all things related apparently trumps them all.

Short of an earth-shaking calamity that knocks our fair planet from its axis, you can expect coverage of the royal wedding to take top billing from now until long after the “I-do’s.”

And as the world waits with bated dress to finally, FINALLY, discover who’s designed Kate’s gown (and from the way the press is acting you’d think this is most important announcement of the century!), here’s what we do know:

According to WWD, Bruce Oldfield is out of the running. Once the odds-on favorite, he removed himself from the possibles list although he acknowledged that he will be dressing many other guests.

We also know, again according to WWD, that Camilla will be wearing Anna Valentine, the same designer who dressed Camilla for her own nuptials back in 2005.

And, according to a fashion friend who just returned from London on Monday, and who, I might add, is quite disappointed that there won’t be a kiss during the wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey, predicts that Kate will wear sleeves to show respect for the Church and a voluminous gown that won’t get lost among the cavernous architecture of the wedding site.

And that’s pretty much the direct opposite of today’s VPOD.

This vintage Lilli Rubin wedding dress with its spaghetti straps and sleek silhouette is is far less traditional that what we’ll probably see Kate wearing on Friday. But it’s oh-so-pretty for a modern American bride taking her vows outside a place of worship.

And it could just be love at first sight for a bretrothed vintage fashionista!

Available at Other People’s Property. | Discovered at TheFind.com.

(To receive the VPOD via email along with detailed size, price and purchase information, sign up for my growing email mailing list here. Your information will never be sold or shared and you can easily unsubscribe at any time.)

eBAY ROUNDUP of Vintage Clothing Finds


vintage 1950s strapless sarong hawaiian sundressvintage leather and crocodile handbagvintage 1970s diane von furstenberg skirt and blouse setvintage 1950s rose marie reid swimsuit

vintage 1950s hawaiian sundressvintage 170s pleated tiered lace maxi dress gownvintage petit point figural jeweled pursevintage north beach leather dress

vintage egyptian print maxi dressvintage 1960s aztec capevintage 1950s ceil chapman silk organza party dressvintage linen and leather handbag

vintage 1970s crochet dressvintage lanvin pendant necklacevintage 1950s beaded knit dressvintage velvet coat with ermine trim

vintage 1920s flapper silk satin beaded wedding dressvintage 1980s oscar de la renta dressvintage lucite necklacevintage 1960s ruffled nightgown

vintage leonard silk dressvintage 1980s lanvin strapless polka dot dressvintage 1970s ossie clark dressvintage christian dior henkel & grosse necklace and earrings

GET READY, GET SET, BID!!!

CLICK IMAGE TO GO TO EBAY AUCTION

Vintage 1950s Sarong Sundress (millstreetvintage) | Vintage Leather & Crocodile Handbag (am-pmauctions) | Vintage 1970s DVF Skirt and Blouse (bustownmodern) | Vintage 1950s Rose Marie Reid Swimsuit (pmainstudio) | Vintage 1950s Hawaiian Sundress (heartnsoul1) | Vintage 1970s Pleated Tier Lace Gown (kukuvintage) | Vintage Petit Point Jeweled Purse (gem32) | Vintage 1970s North Beach Leather Dress (indiecultvintage) | Vintage Egyptian Print Maxi Dress (redhousevintage) | Vintage 1960s Cape (mmg0731) | Vintage 1950s Ceil Chapman Silk Organza Dress (tomorrows_envy) | Vintage Linen and Leather Handbag (melraeb3) | Vintage 1970s Crochet Dress (tinroofvintage) | Vintage Lanvin Necklace (rhinestone-diva) | Vintage 1950s Beaded Knit Dress (cheapthrillsvintage) | Vintage Velvet Coat with Ermine Trim (e_vigilante) | Vintage 1920s Flapper Wedding Dress (timetwister) | Vintage 1980s Oscar de la Renta Dress (thriftwares) | Vintage Lucite Necklace (rhinestone-diva) | Vintage 1960s Ruffle Nightgown (natsfolks) | Vintage Leonard Silk Dress (koko1954) | Vintage Lanvin Polka Dot Party Dress (encoreconsignment) | Vintage 1970s Ossie Clark Dress (charlotte.twinkletoes) | Vintage Christian Dior Necklace and Earrings (trifari.com) | (Disclosure: Editorial selections are made by Zuburbia without promotional consideration from Bay sellers. Zuburbia is an affiliate member of the eBay Partner Network).

(To receive the eBay Roundup via email, sign up for the growing email mailing list here. Your information will never be sold or shared and you can easily unsubscribe at any time.)


© Mary Kincaid 2006-2009
.