5 Tips for Shopping for Vintage Fashions
06 Apr 2008 Leave a Comment
in Accessories, Advice, Alternative fashion, Charity, DIY Fashion, Event Fashion, Fashion Advice, Fashion How-tos, Fashion Trends, Local Boutique, Menswear, Shop for Fashion, Style Basics, Style on a Budget, Thrift Stores, Vintage Fashion Tags: fashion tips, great fashion advice, shopping for fashion, Style on a Budget, thrift shopping, Vintage Fashion
What is Vintage? Essentially, ‘vintage’ is just another name for second-hand clothing, but it can be expensive. Antique flapper dresses from the 1920s and original Raoul Dufy designs are gorgeous, but discovering unique pieces doesn’t have to be expensive.
Socially Responsible Shopping Thrifting and vintage shopping is also a great way to recycle. With so many beautiful fashions in thrift and vintage shops you may be able to find what you need and in essence recycle a well-made garment. If the current trends aren’t your taste, you may find past looks in great condition. If you are like me, and dress to express yourself, not follow the trends to the letter, then I think you’ll be very happy. Many thrift shops benefit charities too, so in some cases just by shopping, you’ll be doing a good deed. Just get out there and look!
Photo, vintagevibes.com
A Splash of Vintage Style with Trina Turk
04 Apr 2008 Leave a Comment
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Trina Turk Visits the Preston Center Everything But Water in Dallas, Texas on April 12, 2008
DALLAS, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire/ – Designer Trina Turk will be appearing at Everything But Water at Preston Center to mingle with shoppers and sign autographs as well as showcase her swimwear collection licensed by Blue Water Design Group, a division of Apparel Ventures, Inc (AVI). The Trina Turk Swim and Spa Collection includes swimwear as well as beach/spa related sportswear. The first collection launched for Cruise 2007.
The gorgeous signature prints draw inspiration from the Trina Turk ready-to-wear line with unique hardware details developed from Trina’s vintage jewelry collection. Known for the amazing fit, the suits are sold as separates to be mixed and matched. “My collections have become synonymous with the resort lifestyle as many of my inspirations are rooted in sun- drenched mid-century California,” says Trina. Prices range from $58 to $125 and customers shopping at Everything But Water will be able to enjoy refreshments as well as receive a designer necklace with a Trina Turk purchase.
*10% of sales will be donated to the Dallas County Affiliate of Susan G. Komen For the Cure.
About Everything But Water: The number one source for women’s swimwear and resort fashion, offering the latest trends, largest selection and an outstanding level of specialized service that inspires confidence and personal style.
About Trina: Trina Turk says she considers herself lucky. One of her favorite quotes is: “Luck favors the prepared mind.” But luck had very little to do with the phenomenal growth of her business.
Her mother taught her to sew when she was just 11 and after years of hard work and creativity her line is now sold by Barney’s New York, Fred Segal, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Not to mention the celebrities wearing her clothes and the stylish women who put her pieces together in unique ways.
Her Description of a “Trina Turk customer”: What’s the opposite of a wallflower? Why she likes thrift shopping: You can learn a lot about how quality things are made.
Check out Trina Turk’s Website
Find Wonderful Fashions for Less
06 Mar 2007 Leave a Comment
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You’ll never know what you can find at a thrift or vintage store if you don’t look! Check out this amazing article to see the kind of wonderful fashions you can find, yes even for formal events and Prom! Imagine too the things you can get for everyday at amazing prices. You are also helping charities in many cases too. So if you can’t afford a gown or tuxedo don’t despair just get looking. Department stores are not the only places you can find fashions like these. Why miss a wonderful night because the mall shops are too expensive there are alternatives and as you can see by this article you can find wonderful things. You friends may even be envious you found so much for so little!
Armed with fashion, Spring looks at bargain prices at Salvation Army fashion show
By Patrice Stewart pstewart@decaturdaily.com
Maythion Casteel of Falkville got his first chance as a fashion model Saturday and bought the Brooks Brothers suit he wore for just $6.
To brighten the black suit, he spent another $3 for a purple dress shirt by D’Amante.
This bargain buy and others could have been yours if you moved quickly after the fashion show presented by the Salvation Army’s thrift store in Decatur.
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Great Prom Gown Shopping Tips and Tricks
05 Mar 2007 Leave a Comment
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More great tips and tricks to finding that perfect A-list inspired gown. Read this article about how “Hollywood stars take their fashion cues from the latest runway shows, prom dress manufacturers take some of theirs from the A-listers.”
It’s full of great tips and things to know like these:
Think colors. Bright colors. Slinky and Ball Gown styles
- Popular colors are baby pinks and blues also neon green, fuchsia, oranges, pinks, turquiose, royal blue and sea breeze.
- Some multi-colored gowns will have a layer of pink over a layer of chocolate. Or pink over orange, they are called Creamsicle.
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Creative Prom and Formal Fashion for Guys
02 Mar 2007 1 Comment
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Guys, how will you express yourself at the Prom? It doesn’t have to be boring or uncomfortable, there are fun alternatives and choices you can make to feel like you are expressing yourself just as well as the girls in gowns. Even if you are required to wear certain things like only black tuxes you can express yourself in colorful accessories like a colorful vest or jewelry and cufflinks.
Check out this article where the guys are showing off their school colors.
“Prom will be a chance to display school colors for Carey Fleming, a Clinton High School junior who plans to wear red accessories with his white tuxedo.
He won’t be alone.
“A solid third is either white or ivory,” said Jamie Martin, manager at Tuxedo Junction at Metrocenter mall where Fleming works part time.
Even more Tux advice here in this article “Guys can use accessories to punch up tux”
Here is someone who really went DIY with his fashion and made his own tux.. out of Coke Cans!
How about a Hoodie with a tie printed on it? It looks very cool!
Oh and if you have to wear a tie somewhere it doesn’t need to be boring!
If you really want to go ALL OUT and get crafty like Mr Coke Can did check out Duct Tape Fashions.
Or get even weirder and wilder and do something with Pom Poms, yes Pom Poms! Maybe in a Pom Pom Tuxedo you can take out a girl in a Sock Monkey Gown!
How To Pin on a Corsage or Boutonnière
02 Mar 2007 Leave a Comment
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These instructions are for pinning a corsage or boutonnière on someone else. Using a mirror this can also be used to pin a corsage or boutonniere on you.
When to Start Planning for Prom
02 Mar 2007 Leave a Comment
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Are you already making plans for prom?
It may still be a few months away depending on when it’s scheduled but some of your friends might already be making plans to rent a limo or shopping for a prom dress.
One good reason to get your dress early would be to have the best selection. If you wait and get one from a department store, you run the risk of having a dress that someone else has.
“There’s no such thing as starting too soon,” The Tuxedo Shop owner Sam Oldham said. “A lot of styles and colors can run out if you don’t get them early.”
How To Find the Perfect Outfit
02 Mar 2007 Leave a Comment
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It’s always up to each person to decide what is perfect for their body type. To hide features is a personal choice because something one person wants to diminish in size another may want to lift up and show off. Take these tips as suggestions nothing else. In the end what you see and like in the mirror is up to you not what others think. If you feel ugly and sad in something everyone agrees is chic and stylish then it is not right for you regardless of the trends. Purchase your gown before deciding on accessories such as shoes, jewelry or a handbag. You want to go for the total look.
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Inexpensive and Stylish
28 Feb 2007 Leave a Comment
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If you are creative, inexpensive options can be just as pretty as higher priced fashions and accessories. Here is a big list of places you can start looking in your city. It can be a fun afternoon out on the weekend with friends wandering the thrift and vintage stores to see what might be tucked in these shops. Plus there are online vintage sources to browse through.
“CosmoGIRL Magazine fashion director Tara McBratney suggests finding a simple slip dress to pair with a “cool, wild shoe and a sequined brooch in a bright color,” for example.
Think you have the matching earrings, bracelet, necklace and bag to look like a glamour queen? Do as the stars do. Pick one focal point and make it memorable like actress Scarlett Johansson did at the Oscars with her diamond star tiara. If you have a big dress with lots of detail or sequins, you don’t need a glitzy necklace or a sparkly purse, only a long pair of nice earrings, McBratney said.”
Vintage and thrift stores are also great sources for alternative or themed fashion. If your prom is going to have a 1950′s theme for example, then you just might find a genuine poodle skirt from the 1950′s. You can’t get more authentic than that! Have fun searching for vintage gowns and party dresses and keep an eye out for fashions you can add to your everyday wardrobe. Many of these shops benefit charities so you could very well be helping your community while helping yourself and that’s a cool thing. Vintage gown photo by Dan Henry
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Top 6 Basic Wardrobe Pieces
29 Nov 2006 Leave a Comment
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To begin to consider what a good fashion base will be you have to think of a few things first. If you are starting from scratch keep these things in mind.
Even if you are cleaning out a cluttered closet thinking these topics over will help.
A celeb in a gold mini dress and lace shawl might have looked amazing but its not the most practical thing to spend your money on when building your basics. Not to say those aren’t nice things to have but for the moment we are thinking about building a good solid fashion base for everyday running around. These pieces may even seem like the most boring things in your closet but think of being versatile. A wonderful pair of jeans can be mixed and matched with many kinds of tops and jackets. That’s where we’ll start then, get a great pair of jeans.
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Before You Buy a Bra
29 Nov 2006 Leave a Comment
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Many years ago, you would have had one type of bra you wore all of the time and you only replaced that one when it wore out. Things have changed! Bras are a part of fashion trends and there is a bra for every occasion. You wear a certain bras to play sports, another to the school and a different one out to a party or gathering.
With all the choices now your bra can match your outfit. Is your strap peeking out from under your v-neck sleeveless tee? Chances are that pink strap under your violet cotton top is something you wanted to have happen and is not a fashion “oops”. Fashion bras are not always cheap either so you need to make sure its going to fit before you invest your hard earned allowance or summer job money on them. Make sure before you buy colorful bras you have at least one nude and one black bra to cover the basics. (photo credit: AP/Victoria’s Secret)
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How to Take Your Measurements
29 Nov 2006 Leave a Comment
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Graphic from House Of Brides.
If you are being fitted for a gown you might want to have their seamstress do it but if you are sewing for yourself or just curious it’s pretty simple:
That is the simplest way and if you need even more detail you can check out this article:
Find your size at Fashion on About.com.
