The Vintage Connection

The Vintage Connection

Your guide to historic, vintage, antique & collectible fashions.

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Topics:

RECENTLY UPDATED:

* Pattern for Woman's Dress (1921; with photos of a reader's reproduction costume based on the pattern)

Collector Concerns:

* 18th & 19th Century Fabrics

* Cleaning & Storing Antique Clothing

* Pestered by Pests

* Fasteners on Antique & Vintage Clothing

* Recreating a Fashion Plate

* Dating Fashions in Antique Photographs

Fashion History:

* "Bridal Accessories"

* "Bridal Gowns"

* Neo-Victorian Clothes from the 20th Century

* Victorian Paper Hats & Dresses
* Vintage Paper Dresses of the 1960s
* Victorian Buttonhooks
* Antique Lingerie Dresses
* Vintage Celluloid Combs
* Ready to Wear Boom of the 1950s & 60s
* Victorian Bridal Trousseau
* 1930s Bridal Gowns and Trousseaux

* The Truth about Nylon Stockings

* Metal Mesh Fashion Accessories

* Modes in Makeup

* Fabulous 1950s Fashions from Montgomery Ward

* 1920s Bride
* Let There Be Trim!
* Circle Skirts
* Antique & Vintage Straw Hats
* Stockings & Hosiery
* Victorian Bustle Dresses
* A Bit of Corset History

* Children's Vintage Storybook Fashions

* Victorian Christmas Fashions

* Queen Elizabeth's Coronation Gowns

* 1870s Victorian Bustle Dresses

* Victorian Dress Etiquette

* Kashmir Shawls

* Royal Wedding Gifts

* And the Bride Wore... (royal weddings)

* To Cut a Regency Coat

* Victorian Laundry

* Myths about Historic Fashion

* Inside Dior's New Look

From Antique Literature:

* Pattern for Boy's Knickerbocker Suit (1861)

* Pattern for Woman's Empire Coat (1907)

* Pattern for Girl's Empire Dress (1893)

* Pattern for Woman's Dress (1921)

* Pattern for Woman's Shoe (1860)

* Regency Dresses & Patterns

* Length of Victorian Skirts (1905)

* Stenciled Victorian Dresses (early 1900s)

* "Philosophy of Clothes" from A Girl's Point of View (1898)

* Annie Jenness Miller Dress Reform (1888)

* Pattern for a Bustle (1888)

* Edwardian Riding Skirt Pattern

* Victorian Mourning Customs (1872)

* Victorian Fashion, Sports, and Women

* Civil War Era Chemise Pattern

* Edwardian Brides and Bridal Gowns

* Edwardian Shirt Waist (Blouse) Pattern

* Pattern for Girl's 1890s Empire Dress

* Victorian Home Dressmaking (1862)

* Lady's Drawers or Bloomer Patterns (1863)

* Lady's Girdle Belt Pattern (1860)

* An American Shopping Abroad (1902)

* 1890s Dressmaking

* Washington D.C Etiquette & Dress

* "You Needn't Be Skinny!"

* Making a Basque Dress from 1914

* Men's Fashions from the early Victorian era

* Bustle Jacket Pattern (1869)

* Fashions from 1933

* Re-creating a 18th Century Hair Style

* What Is, and What Is Not, Lady Like Dress (1861)

* 1903 Boy's Coat Pattern

* On The Corset & the Crinoline (1906)

* Sewing Edwardian Skirts (from The Delineator, 1908)

* Wearing Long Edwardian Skirts (from The Delineator, 1908)

* "Eye Catcher" Hats of the 1940s (from Life, 1942)

* Pattern for 1890 Ladies' Dress with One Piece Skirt

Misc.:

Victorian Knitting Patterns

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