It makes me smile. I always buy stuff I think my Mother would of loved. She was beautiful and quirky and a quality person. Thanks Mom. What a lovely story. Thanks for sharing it. EvenStephenAnti ques Reader. I've loved antiques passionately since I was a 12 year old child. One Sunday afternoon out of the blue, I asked my mom what an antique was I don't recall her response. Later that day we departed on our usual Sunday afternoon drive common back then and ran upon an open antique shop.
I made my first purchase there and still have that item more than 44 years later. It's almost as if this hobby, trade or passion was always within me and I'm unsure of the source or origins. TheCraftyPicker Post Crafter. I think I'm trying to collect back my childhood one piece at a time. I love the quality and the history.
Things are so mass produced these days. Also vintage items remind me of simpler times. Me too! FiveSproutsStit ching Post Crafter. The craftsmanship is better. I have a Sears catalog from the early 's and everything - from wagons to combs - is designed with style. Wow that's amazing! I can imagine. Lot's of things now are garbage.
Furniture you buy in a box, has a fake wood finish and you have to build yourself They can keep that crap. My grandmother saved just about everything.
She was extremely poor as a child of Irish immigrants in a Pennsylvania mining town and never went to school past 8th grade. She read all the time and was very well educated in spite of that. She also went to work early to help support her family and bought her first piece of fine furniture when she was This was carved oak dresser that she filled with hand embroidered linens, tatted laces and quilts that she hoped to bring to her marriage--so a hope chest of sorts.
Today, I have the dresser and also many of her linens and quilts. I think what I love most about vintage pieces is that they have a history, each and every one of them. Clouds are threatening at 4pm. There's an uncertainty in the air, about whether to stand in the rain to watch Roy Wood songwriter with The Move and Wizzard, the man behind "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day" on the main rock stage, or queue for the shelter of the tea-dance indoors.
Among the ladies making up their minds are a striking pair, Harriet and Jenni. The former is a fatale blonde in a blue satin dress and a fur stole, the latter a Polish-Japanese gamine in a magenta frock and black gloves.
Both in their twenties, they are serious women with a well-developed sense of frivolity. Jenni, from San Diego, recently moved to London, "and I've a whole wardrobe of vintage frocks, so this is heaven for me".
Harriet lectures in human rights law at Brunel University, and habitually arrives at the lectern wearing vintage threads: "My students love it," she coos. By Sunday afternoon, things have become slightly unhinged. At the extremely silly Chap Olympiad, organised by the stolid burghers of The Chap magazine, gentlemen in George V beards and ladies in Duchess of Windsor sunglasses compete to see how far they can throw a plate of cucumber sandwiches. The magazine's resident whiskers expert, Michael "Atters" Attree, presides over a Chaps vs Chapettes tug-of-hair.
This retro-Edwardianism is not strictly vintage, of course, this is more about dressing up as a John Buchan hero eg, Richard Hannay in The 39 Steps and mucking about in a pipe and side-whiskers. Around the field, representatives of The s Society loll about in uniform, like a squadron waiting to scramble. In the Car section, a septet of bathing beauties inspects the Vespas and Lambrettas with their extravagance of headlights.
Beside the funfair, young girls in Pink Ladies sweaters from Grease queue for Pimm's at the window of a London bus while, inside the Dodgem rink, the roller-disco fans progress round and around, their faces set in a mask of imperturbability. Was it all about becoming drenched in nostalgia for a weekend?
You might listen to Goldfrapp and hear how she's inspired by Donna Summer. You can do the same with fashion. Did you see the queues for the Future Vintage show? You can look at future fashion and see how it was inspired by Ossie Clark or Zandra Rhodes. But wasn't it extraordinary, to think how many British girls have been inspired by Oxfam shops? Or should it be 'upcycling'? Young girls taking an old piece of cloth and doing something creative with it. It's not about hugging the past — it's about mixing old and new.
You see that dress over there? With the bag and shoes? They'll look good in years' time. That's the whole point. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today. A retro revolution: Why do we love all things vintage? John Walsh Sunday 23 October Article bookmarked Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile Don't show me this message again.
Already subscribed? So, what exactly is it that excites people about the retro look? In a society that revolves around ever-changing trends it is a relief to own some pieces that you know are going to withstand the test of time.
Vintage and retro clothing is built to last. It can endure the changing tides of fashion trends — making it the perfect long-term addition to your wardrobe. If so, a retro revival is the best way forward. Whether by filling their wardrobes with vintage pieces or just giving a nod to the retro look with the occasional accessory, retro is an easy way to add a unique flare to fashion.
From Sonic to The Smiths, everything retro is having a resurgence and it could be something to do with the whole nostalgic experience. Admit it, there is something novel about pulling a vinyl record out of a dusty sleeve and setting it up on your retro turntable.
The sound quality might be crackly, but somehow this adds to the overall ambience. Over the past year, a total of 4. The same can be said about shopping; there is a certain appeal about rifling through vintage shops to find that perfect piece.
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