Vintage - this is new in the best of the past, most "new", which is essentially a "well-forgotten old". This is not a trivial second-hand, and the things that barely fell short of the proud title of "antiques". Decorate clothing retro brooch, an unusual show off a bag or even the dress 50-ies is not only fashionable, but is considered good manners. In addition, vintage allows you to create your own unique style? and be on anybody not like.

History of vintage

The idea to make a fashion hits of bygone years, the new style first emerged in the early 70-ies of the last century in London. With the development of light industry began to produce fashionable clothes en masse, the same for all. Then for aesthetes and bohemians was opened the first "vintage" boutique - the legendary «Biba», whose models quoted style 1930. Today style VINTAGE - an absolute must have for any fashionable woman.

What things are called vintage?

Under vintage mean a thing not younger than 20 years, having a recognizable style and is clearly associated with a particular fashion era. In 1920 were geometrical fashionable dresses with a belt on the hips, concealing the existence of the breast. In the 1940's - "male" tweed jackets with broad shoulders, the 50-ies of XX century - skirts, bell. Some trends of the past have evolved to the level of classics - a dress-shirt, brand designs Pucci and Burberry and tweed popular is not the first decade.

Types of vintage

Original vintage - the clothes, made not later than the 80-ies. In England and the United States, where he was born in his time fashion clothing "retro", are usually things that are created not earlier than late 1940's. Wear antiques considered a misdemeanor to our descendants, except that the class movie star Julia Roberts wears in the Oscar ceremony a gorgeous silk dress 1930. Special sector vintage market - clothes kinolegend. Among the favorites - toilets eternal fashion icon, Jackie Onassis, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn.

Pseudo-vintage - items made from artificially aged fabrics with the effect faded and ripped. Sometimes distinguish the real from the vintage "pseudo"-sample can only age yarn, which are sewn labels. Practically all global brands, no, no yes and release model clothes in the style of "pseudo", let alone an individual "skilled craftsmen" who sell pseudo aged "vintage" things on online auctions.

Fabric-vintage, like clothing, are made not later than 80 - years and have a strong style of a period of fashion. Out of this fabric or sew on the old completely authentic patterns (and eventually get clothing "vintage", but which nobody has ever assumed, did not wear), or, conversely, uses a deliberately modern styles and methods of processing tissue.

Combined vintage - clothes, in the manufacture of which, together with modern materials used in a truly vintage fabrics, parts, fittings and finishes.

Stylize a la vintage - modern collection, which used the idea of silhouettes, motifs drawings (in the production of fabrics), finish, inlay, cut clothes of the past. In recent years, almost all designers in their collections play with this theme. Now you can buy shoes produced on the patterns 1870, or on models from private collections of famous actresses of the past.