Collecting antique fashion plates involves preserving historical illustrations of clothing and accessories, offering valuable insights into fashion and style throughout history.
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 …
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 …
What is Vintage Clothing?
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com The first three pages in this section are to get you thinking about what might be involved in buying or selling vintage clothing. Reading around the subject is essential and should include both costume knowledge, and vintage/antique understanding. My opinion of this subject is just that – my opinion. …