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| Tips for Buying Vintage Clothing Online |
Submitted by:
designermavin 09/01/2009 6:19 PM
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I am a huge fan of vintage clothing. Love the history, the story, the tailoring and quality of older pieces. It is easier to find a good fit if you go to a physical thrift stores (church thrift stores are the best for furs and fabulous dresses) but that can be time consuming. but some of the best deals are online, esp with ebay.
When buying items online always make sure that the items come from smoke free homes, it'sso hard to get the odor out and vintage clothing does not always take kindly to dry cleaning. And steam clean delicate fabrics!
Also, don't be afraid to ask for additional pictures of seams etc. particularly with jackets you want to make sure you get a picture of the lining in the armpit area as that is always the worst for the wear.
The fit is the hard thing to figure out when purchasing online—women were so much smaller 50 years ago!!! But the good thing is that clothing was often made better then too--there was not as much skimping on fabric and often there is extra fabric along the seams so you can generally easily ahve vintage items let out. |
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