By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Tips for Buying and Selling Vintages These are some guidelines aimed in particular at new sellers of vintage who may be considering selling clothing or dresses via the internet but have no idea what points to consider other than they want to sell items. Buyers may also find them …
Vintage Clothing Online
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Where Can You Sell Vintage Clothes? Many people are actively involved selling and buying vintage clothing, dresses, accessories and textile related items through the web. Such people do not always have their own vintage websites and prefer to use sites like eBay. It became clear to me some time ago …
Vintage Fit
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Vintage Fit As vintage fit varies so much, not only from decade to decade but also country to country and manufacturer to manufacturer, sellers should always state the bust size the most difficult area to get a good fit. Buyers are advised to search for vintage clothing under their …
Collecting Vintage Lace
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Vintage Lace There are many many types of lace and lace comes under the classification of non loom textiles. Lace is the most recent of traditional textile techniques to come into being. Lace in the form we know today is thought to have originated in Europe in the Adriatic …
Collecting Vintage Fashion Plates
Collecting antique fashion plates involves preserving historical illustrations of clothing and accessories, offering valuable insights into fashion and style throughout history.
Vintage Jewellery History
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Fine and Fake Jewellery Gold in Egypt 3000 BC In the ancient world gold was the preferred metal for making jewellery. It was rare, did not tarnish and best of all it was malleable, so it could be worked fairly easily. Magnificent bracelets, pendants, necklaces, rings, armlets, earrings, diadems, …
Key Fashion Trends Summer 2011 | Women’s Styles
The fashion trends of 2011 featured a mix of bold and colorful prints, 1970s-inspired styles, and an emphasis on minimalism and clean lines.
Fashion Colours for 2010
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Fashion Colours for Summer 2010 Throughout the spring of 2010 there has been a profusion of bright colours such as shocking fuchsia pink. You are also likely to notice fashion garments in ultramarine, and especially in that colour which some call turquoise and others say sea green. As ever, …
Women’s Army Jacket
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Women’s military coats illustrate a true fashion trend for the first decade of the new millennium. Military styling returns each autumn with a fresh look, sometimes it’s a long military coat which settles around the calves, at other times it’s a short cropped military jacket. On other catwalks it’s a …
Halter Neck Maxi Dress Fashion
The 2010 halter neck maxi dress was a popular fashion trend that featured a floor-length dress with a high neckline and a halter-style strap around the neck.