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The Best Ways to Update Vintage (Vintage Purists, Do not Read)

Lucky-Magazine / April 18, 2011/0 Comment

April 18, 2011 by Lucky-Magazine on April 18, 2011

The following is a guest post from our friends at Lucky.

I’m not much of a snob when it comes to vintage. For me, alteration is (for the most part) fair game, simple day dresses are more interesting than insanely ornate evening wear (always), and ’90s clothes very much qualify as part of the genre. I don’t really like or have strict rules when it comes to wearing vintage, but these are some guidelines I find myself naturally following:

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City Opera Thrift Shop’s Annual Fall Vintage Event

TBF / October 18, 2010/0 Comment

October 18, 2010 by TBF on October 18, 2010

On October 21, the City Opera Thrift Shop, the thrift store that Vogue calls “the highest quality thrift shop in New York”, hosts their bi-annual fall event called Viva Vintage. Find vintage fashion treasures from the 1950′s-90′s at incredibly low prices.

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eBay Find: Colorful Cocktail Ring

Rachel / February 17, 2010/0 Comment

February 17, 2010 by Rachel on February 17, 2010

eBay Find: Huge 70′s Orange Egg Dome Lucite Cocktail Ring

Spice up your winter wardrobe with a pop of color. Ebay seller moxie-doxie is selling a treasure trove of vintage Lucite cocktail rings for

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Second-Hand Stores Go Up in Popularity

Stephanie.Miles / October 12, 2009/1 Comment

October 12, 2009 by Stephanie.Miles on October 12, 2009

What: It’s a good time to like vintage. Even as many fashion-forward retailers—including Macy’s and Zales Jewelry—are struggling to stay afloat, the owners of second-hand stores selling everything fro

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