The Vintage Connection
Your guide to historic, vintage, antique & collectible fashions.
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Topics:
NEW Articles:
* Neo-Victorian Clothes from the 20th Century
Collector Concerns:
Fashion History:
* "Bridal Accessories"
* "Bridal Gowns"
* 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
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
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