You can look good in retro if you know how to piece together certain items. The cool weather and holiday season is the perfect time to wear retro blazer jackets from the 80's and 90's, for they add a touch of sophistication and trendiness to casual clothing. You can wear a fancy jacket to dress up your look, or a plain blazer for a more formal appearance.
These days collectors are inundated with overpriced items when thrifting for true vintage; from clothing, jewelry, to other true vintage accessories. What better way to find bargains on true vintage than buying collections!
True vintage collections are when sellers sell items from either a person's collection, grouped items that are similar, or items from a particular era, fashion house, or jewelry maker; such as retro to vintage Mexican silver.
Not to be confused with sets, such as a matching earring and necklace set, true vintage collections or lots encompass a wide variety, and are a fabulous way to build your own collection. Often you can find amazing deals, simply because a seller is looking to liquidate their stock to make room for other items. Whatever the reason, keep on the look-out for these types of deals.
Should I accessorize with full collections?
It depends on the look you're going for. Sometimes it works; like the woman wearing evening wear jewelry, other times the look is mismatched; such as the woman wearing a large fancy ring with a generic looking watch.
Often you can maximize your look with a single accent piece from a collection for a particular style, without overdoing it.
Think those funky retro 80's sunglasses are too goofy for today's fashion trends? I think not! You can pair any animated type of retro and vintage shades with a cool fedora, or hoop earrings and a jean jacket for a trendy, hip look!
Some people are apprehensive about stepping out with a vintage or retro purse, for fear of looking as if they stepped into a time warp. The best way not to look over eccentric if that's not your "bag," is to wear today's styles, coupled with yesterday's accessories. For example, don't wear retro eighties pastel clothing, or a shoulder pad jacket from the eighties with an eighties evening purse, wear something 21st century stylish with that cool retro bag, for an updated classic look!
Museum reproduction garments are generally beautiful hand made/sewn clothing that is reproduced from a specific time period, and historically accurate. You can find some high quality wearable museum pieces thrifting online, both beautiful in design, and quality workmanship.
The 1960's and 70's were the era for over the top "modern" homemade clothes, with Caftans being a popular item ladies created for their wardrobe. Anyone could wear them, all shapes and sizes, and the more outlandish, the better. Some women used rhinestones and beads to create the "glamorous" look of the times.
Some Caftans had a regal or royal look, and were made of tapestry style, brocade materials, also embellished.
