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Vintage Clothing and Accessories - The Choice No One Can Deny

Written By Arman Zulhajar on Sunday, July 29, 2012 | 11:04 AM


Let us talk vintage for old time's sake, and see how our wardrobe can smell and look old yet classy. With vintage clothing and accessories at our easy disposal these days, going vintage has never gotten this easy and fashionable. In keeping with the fashion trends, there are too many options to choose from, when it comes to clothing and vintage accessories. When talking about vintage, you can find everything these days, right from clothes for men as well as women, vintage accessories, footwear, lingerie, furs, jewelery, eyewear, shades, swimwear, luggage, fabric, polka dots, labels, luggage, and the likes. You can even go on a vintage shopping spree, and do a vintage wedding, or further still, go on a vintage holiday. You can never get enough of vintage, right? Such is the charm of everything and anything vintage! Vintage clothes and accessories, when combined in a complimenting fashion, are set to put you in the limelight, no matter what the occasion is. Carry yourself well in everything vintage, and you are surely speaking volume about your fashion sense that way.

Not every man would have the spirit to sport vintage clothing for men. Vintage clothing for men will bring style, variety, independence to your appearance, and also save you a good deal of money. Are these all not reasons enough to go vintage, if you already have not gone vintage? When it comes to clothing for women, you are sure to be spoilt for choice, what with so many options to choose from? Vintage clothes for women span across seven decades, and bring you the choicest collection from these seven decades. If you want to go vintage on your wedding day, then couture wedding dress would be the perfect option for the bride. Couture wedding gowns gives you that perfectly traditional look to sport on the most important day of your life.

In order to go vintage, first decide on the type of vintage style which you would be comfortable sporting. Would you prefer the modern flapper look, or the 1950s look, or the 1930s look? Or, the Victorian look is what you want to sport? After you have decided on the style of the dress, it is time to decide which kind of hair style would go well with your dress. Depending on the decade which you are sporting, your hair can either be short, or long. If you are sporting the looks of the 1920s, then bob cut is what you should go by, as that was the rage back then. Beachy waves on your long hair will go well with the vintage look as well as the modern look.

Some super cool vintage accessories to sport would include clutch bag, Marlene Dietrich firs, gauntlet gloves which match, lace parasols which are decorative enough, wearing pearl around your wrist, bows at the back of your dress, sashes and belts which have square buckles, throat broche, bracelets over your gloves, fir boleros, and painted lines which imitate the style of stockings.




Since vintage is unique in its own way, you should not shy away from experimenting and trying out new styles to compliment your vintage clothing and accessories. Visit www.retro-vintage.co.uk to peep into the extensive collection.





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Vintage Clothing and Accessories - The Choice No One Can Deny

Written By Arman Zulhajar on Thursday, June 7, 2012 | 2:05 AM


Let us talk vintage for old time's sake, and see how our wardrobe can smell and look old yet classy. With vintage clothing and accessories at our easy disposal these days, going vintage has never gotten this easy and fashionable. In keeping with the fashion trends, there are too many options to choose from, when it comes to clothing and vintage accessories. When talking about vintage, you can find everything these days, right from clothes for men as well as women, vintage accessories, footwear, lingerie, furs, jewelery, eyewear, shades, swimwear, luggage, fabric, polka dots, labels, luggage, and the likes. You can even go on a vintage shopping spree, and do a vintage wedding, or further still, go on a vintage holiday. You can never get enough of vintage, right? Such is the charm of everything and anything vintage! Vintage clothes and accessories, when combined in a complimenting fashion, are set to put you in the limelight, no matter what the occasion is. Carry yourself well in everything vintage, and you are surely speaking volume about your fashion sense that way.

Not every man would have the spirit to sport vintage clothing for men. Vintage clothing for men will bring style, variety, independence to your appearance, and also save you a good deal of money. Are these all not reasons enough to go vintage, if you already have not gone vintage? When it comes to clothing for women, you are sure to be spoilt for choice, what with so many options to choose from? Vintage clothes for women span across seven decades, and bring you the choicest collection from these seven decades. If you want to go vintage on your wedding day, then couture wedding dress would be the perfect option for the bride. Couture wedding gowns gives you that perfectly traditional look to sport on the most important day of your life.

In order to go vintage, first decide on the type of vintage style which you would be comfortable sporting. Would you prefer the modern flapper look, or the 1950s look, or the 1930s look? Or, the Victorian look is what you want to sport? After you have decided on the style of the dress, it is time to decide which kind of hair style would go well with your dress. Depending on the decade which you are sporting, your hair can either be short, or long. If you are sporting the looks of the 1920s, then bob cut is what you should go by, as that was the rage back then. Beachy waves on your long hair will go well with the vintage look as well as the modern look.

Some super cool vintage accessories to sport would include clutch bag, Marlene Dietrich firs, gauntlet gloves which match, lace parasols which are decorative enough, wearing pearl around your wrist, bows at the back of your dress, sashes and belts which have square buckles, throat broche, bracelets over your gloves, fir boleros, and painted lines which imitate the style of stockings.




Since vintage is unique in its own way, you should not shy away from experimenting and trying out new styles to compliment your vintage clothing and accessories. Visit www.retro-vintage.co.uk to peep into the extensive collection.





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Buying vintage clothing is becoming ever popular and more mainstream by the day. And we don't all live in uber cool cities with bags of vintage shops to choose from. So most of us, through choice or not, are looking to buy vintage clothing online. So lets embrace this, put our feet up, make a cuppa and take a look at what vintage clothing the world wide web has to offer.

Written By Arman Zulhajar on Friday, March 2, 2012 | 12:36 AM




A good vintage clothing company will be run by people who are as passionate about their business as you are about buying their clothing. Such high feelings for vintage are great because any questions you have will be easily answered. You should also feel free to contact these companies if you would like advice on particular styles of vintage clothing or how to put certain items and outfits together. Most of these sellers have a real eye for fashion, cut and style as well as heaps of knowledge and experience of many decades of clothing.





The real bonus of using an online vintage clothes shop is that all the available stock is clearly laid out in relevant sections, with multiple photographs and descriptions, giving you the chance to browse in detail at your leisure. Most vintage clothing websites will sell a combination of mens vintage clothing and womens vintage clothing and many now also sell a range of retro clothing too. Another good tip is to search all sections of the website as there may be hidden gems throughout. Bargain, clearance and sale sections are also bursting with vintage clothing check these areas particularly if you are very petite or plus size.





Buying online is fantastic if you are the kind of buyer who likes to mix vintage clothing with high street pieces. Whether it's vintage dresses teamed with killer high street heels, or designer denim combined with vintage knitwear you can easily cross reference between a whole array of different websites. Much more fun than trailing from one side of town to another in four inch stacks!





Vintage clothing websites are available twenty-four hours a day giving you access whenever it suits you. Once you have then found your desired piece(s) of vintage clothing, simply purchase online and let them do all the hard work! Orders can easily be tracked and within days, your fabulous new vintage clothing will be delivered directly to your door.





Vintage websites can also save you a packet! Internet only boutiques have lower overheads (no shop rent, rates, utilities etc) and therefore can afford to offer top quality vintage clothing for even less money! There will probably be a small postage charge but even this tends to be wavered if you spend over a certain amount.





Always check the terms of your chosen vintage clothing website, but most will have easy to understand policies for returns and exchanges and are happy to help if you come across any problems.





All things considered, buying vintage clothing online is an easier, more comfortable and hassle-free way to get your hands on the clothing you love. So have a good surf, find your favourites and get clicking - who knows what treasures you might find.



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Less well known than the more available Coro or Trifari, Weiss costume jewelry is a good choice for the beginning collector.

Written By Arman Zulhajar on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 | 10:46 PM




Spanning a large range of designs and materials, from rhinestones to enamel to plastic, Weiss was in operation from 1942 to 1971, making them truly vintage pieces. Albert Weiss contracted with designers and manufacturers to produce designs with the Weiss name.





Be aware, however, that some new Weiss jewelry copies can be found. Typically the newer pieces will have pasted in rather than prong-set rhinestones, the rhinestones are small and new-looking, and the plating on smooth-backed pieces is of poor quality. If youre interested in Weiss jewelry being sold on line, be sure to ask the seller whether the piece is vintage or a reproduction. Do a search to look at both vintage and reproduction Weiss pieces, and become educated about the differences.





Weiss was known for floral, fruit and figural designs, and also geometric, Art Deco necklaces, bracelets, pins and earrings. The workmanship and quality are uniformly very high. In the mid 1950s Weiss made creative use of Swarovski aurora borealis rhinestones.





A classic Weiss design features smoky quartz rhinestones with pave loops or icing. Smoky quartz was also referred to as the Black Diamond Look, and was created to imitate German smoky quartz stones.





Weiss butterfly pins are especially collectible, and some have wings mounted on tiny springs that make them flutter. Another popular Weiss collectible is Christmas tree pins, and can be a great investment for the beginning collector. Christmas ornament pins currently sell for much less than the tree pins.





Weiss jewelry used high quality Austrian rhinestones and were made in classic, timeless designs, made to fit with a modern wardrobe as well as the fashions of years gone by.





Several marks, or signatures were used on Weiss jewelry. WEISS, printed in caps, dates from 1942. Other marks from the 1940s and 1950s include Albert Weiss in script, WEISS in script, Weissco and Weiss in caps with the copyright symbol , denoting pieces made after 1955.





Some Weiss pieces may be unmarked, which would reduce the value. Some were sold to department stores, which marketed them in boxes with the store name.





Weiss produced many types of sets of jewelry. Pin and earring sets, necklace and bracelet sets, three-piece sets of pin, earrings and bracelet, matching necklace and earrings, any sets, if complete, increase the value beyond that of the individual pieces. If youre lucky enough to find the original box, the youve got a real treasure.





Some vintage Weiss brooches had smooth reflective metal backs. They should be totally smooth. Reproduction pieces may have smooth backs, but the quality will not be as good as on the vintage pieces.





As always, when considering the purchase of vintage jewelry, you should be sure that the piece is in good condition. If you are buying for yourself, and not for investment, you can be more flexible with condition, but the better the condition, of course the higher the value. Is the piece is signed? Is it well designed? And, do you like it? If youre buying for investment purposes, your personal taste isnt as important, but if youre buying for yourself, buy what you like so youll be encouraged to wear it often.





Weiss costume jewelry has been undervalued by collectors, but that seems to be changing as prices have been going up. If youre lucky enough to find a piece of vintage Weiss jewelry, and its in good condition, youll have a high quality collectible.



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The thought of designing perfect bedroom with Vintage French furniture is an excellent idea. You will be spending most of your time here, and you want it to look comfortable and beautiful. You can opt for the elaborate ones or the elegant ones or the streamlined and subtle look, the French Furniture for the bedroom is a great choice.

Written By Arman Zulhajar on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 | 9:57 AM




Styles of French Furniture for Bedroom





The French Furniture is available in several different styles. The Rococo style is elegantly carved and features intricate designs and patterns. The other styles feature very simpler and subtle designs. The Provincial ones is the preferred choice for the bedroom. They incorporate elements from the various genera of French style. The most important feature is to focus on balancing between beauty and practicality. This style was developed in the countryside and is quite elaborate and expensive ones. Vintage French furniture can add beauty and ultimate comfort making your bedroom.





The color is another important factor in them. Most of the bedroom collection uses wood of different types and colors. So you can find white French furniture as well as black ones. It does not matter what kind of decor you are looking for you can have a full bedroom set or add a little elegance and sophistication with one or two pieces.





The French Beds and Headboards





The French bed is a great piece of furniture. It has an elaborate and intricate headboard and foot board that captures the attention. The headboard in the Rococo style is usually the most stunning and beautiful part of the bed. Such a headboard can be usually bought separately and added to your existing bed. This way you can even save a few bucks and yet have the look.





The French Bedside Stand





They are usually the small pieces, and are not as decorated as the headboards. The bedside stands have slender legs, and fewer drawers. They add that French feel yet keep it subtle. This is basically very important since this will not make your room appear much complex.





French Wardrobes





The French wardrobe is often subtle. They are fully functional and have elegance and beauty to your room. They usually have mirrors and a carved top.





French Mirrors





The French mirrors are the most elaborate pieces. They are available in full-length sizes, and have are equally elegant as the other French furniture. They add functionality with beauty to your empty wall.





French Desks and Chairs





The French desks are quite slender and elegant in appearance. They make your room and workspace sophistication and add the old-world feel. The chairs are slender and have cushions in patterned material. Based on your preference, it can be floral or patterns.





Decorating your bedroom with the Vintage French furniture gives your room a fantastic look. So whether you choose furniture or just few pieces the furniture should add a French accent to your room. You can never go wrong with the beautiful vintage French furniture.



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