80s Fashion

I feel inspired to write about the 80s today. No rhyme or reason just sounded fun! I am a product of the 70s and very much remember all of the awesome things from the 1980s.

I spent some time in college town the other day.  College town being downtown Ann Arbor. The colors and styles really are reminisce of the 1980s. Boy, that didn't make me feel old at all watching youngsters treating it as if it was a NEW thing!

I instantly started having all  these flashbacks of wearing outrageous and colorful clothes! I, as an adult do not know HOW my mother let me go into the public dressed the way I did. Ofcourse, my mother was always good at letting us expressing yourself with clothes. Many of my friends today tell me I am lucky they wished their parents let them wear the things I got to wear.

For me personally I had a few different sides. I recall Madonnas' lucky star look was my personal favorite.

I seem to recall flipping back and forth from Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, to preppy fashion and even yacht club looks in the mix. No one ever really know how I was going to come out of the house the next day!

A friend of mine on facebook said she wanted to bring back the sideways ponytail because it so rocked! Well I'm not exactly sure about that but; lets take a look at those crazy do's I so recall wearing myself as an early teen! HMMM, What do you think?

Well I know my parents definitely had alot of spunk themselves why else would they allow their children to dress so insane. My family definitely wasn't a little 80s we were all up in those 1980s trends!!!

I think this trip down memory lane calls for a little more info on the trend setting fashions of the 1980s! Join me next time we will talk about the totally awesome swatch watches, denim skirts and over sized sweaters so many of us still love and hate to admit!


Photos courtesy of: 1. Chud.com 2. sitemaker.umich.edu 3. planning.org 4. fibers.com 5. refinery29.com 6. shewired.com 7. unkown 8. MSBlueSky on Flickr 9. marbles.com 10. stylehive.com

History of Jeans

Jeans are trousers made from denim. The American blue jean was invented by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss by 1873. The word "jeans" comes from the French phrase bleu de Gênes, literally the blue of Genoa.

Initially, jeans were simply sturdy trousers worn by workers, especially in the factories during World War II. During this period, men's jeans had the zipper down the front, whereas women's jeans had the zipper down the right side. By the 1960s, both men's and women's jeans had the zipper down the front.

Jeans (known as dungarees by then), along with light-blue stenciled cambric shirts, became part of the official working uniform of the United States Navy in the 20th century prior to being replaced by the coveralls, utilities and, more recently, the blue and gray digital-camouflaged navy working uniform. This was to prevent other more traditional uniforms from becoming soiled or torn in the ship's rugged working environment and thus leaving them for wear during ceremonial occasions.

 

After James Dean popularized them in the movie Rebel Without a Cause, wearing jeans by teenagers and young adults became a symbol of youth rebellion during the 1950s. Because of this, they were sometimes banned in theaters, restaurants and schools.

During the sixties the wearing of jeans became more acceptable, and by the seventies it had become general fashion in the United States, at least for casual wear.

Notably, in the mid-seventies the denim and textiles industry was revolutionized by the introduction of the stone-washing technique by GWG (Great Western Garment Co.).  Denim suddenly became an attractive product for all age groups. 

 Acceptance of jeans continued through the eighties and nineties to the point where jeans are now a wardrobe staple, with the average North American owning seven pairs.

Jeans can be worn loosely or snugly. Historic photographs indicate that in the decades before they became a staple of fashion, jeans generally fit quite loosely, much like a pair of bib overalls without the bib. Indeed, until 1960, Levi Strauss denominated its flagship product "waist overalls" rather than "jeans".

Text courtesy of: Wikipedia. Photos courtesy of: 1. jake.umwblogs.org 2.uvm.edu 3. abundancesecrets.com 4. denimology.com 5. jeanfactory.com 6. fashioninmotion.wordpress.com

Stay Tuned

Hello everyone! I just wanted to apologize for not being around the past couple weeks. As most serious collectors know the summer is buying season!!!  I have just been swamped this buying season.

We have some wonderful topics we are going to talk about soon. I have found some amazing estate pieces that will be added to our new shopping cart. Be sure to click to shop!

If your not a shopper stay tuned for some great vintage fashion topics!

New Shopping Cart!

We have a new way to shop!!

Instead of the complicated blogger style we have gone with a sophisticated shopping cart!

If your looking for the MUST have vintage dress or accessory be sure to visit us.

http://www.thevintagelinkstore.com/

Please remember its new so we are working around the clock to add our collection of personal favorites and estate finds!

Vintage Pink Advertisments - Part I

Well probably like most any typical girl my favorite color is pink.  Now and then have some spare time to google search just random ideas in my brain and see what comes up.  So I thought why not vintage pink ads.

Here is what I found!

These are two different Lingerie Ads. The left is Vanity Fair and the right is Rogers.  Yes I know these are not all baby girl pink but; a variation of Pink. Still fun!

I love these two lipstick ads that I came across! DuBarry I know as a dress maker but; I did not realize they produced cosmetics as well. I once owned a 50s pink lace gown by DuBarry and it was an absolute favorite. It's surprising to see what companies are still around today.

I love this Coke Ad! How cute is that! Ok, so I know not much pink in the Dr Williams Ad however; I thought it was humorous they had a pill called the "Pink Pill".

 I love the Ray Ban its a before the times 1950s meets Top Gun!  What girl doesn't love shoes! I just had to post this ad find.

These are some of the later ads I found. They are Gianni Versace so I just had to put them up! I am a native to Florida and only lived a three short hours from South Beach. Not to mention I so very much love Versaces' work!

Pink, Pink, Pink and more pink! There are millions of ads featuring my favorite color! I literally have another 20 or so ads in pink that I could feature here. I guess that means I will have to do a part II!

Versace

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8. vintageframes.tumblr.com 9. completeall.com 10. thecheapgirl.com 11 mariankihogo.com

12. coutureallure.com 13. verabattemarco.com 14. thecheapgirl.com

Davis & Whiting

Whiting & Davis are some of the most highly admired and collectible handbags in the vintage fashion trade.

I was going to write a short article about Whiting and Davis as they are my favorite handbag maker! In the midst of doing my research I found an article pretty much written the same way I would have explained them.

So here is the article that says everything I wanted to say! 

http://bagladyemporium.com/BLU/index.php?n=Main.WhitingDavisCo

Edwardian Lace

There are many gorgeous garments that come from the Edwardian Period. So many we find now a days are usually in yellowed, torn, beat up condition. Edwardian garments are just now hitting the 100 year mark. This making them technical antiques in age. My favorite collection of Edwardian Lace garments comes from http://www.vintagetextile.com/ 

Left: 1910 Lace and tulle Tea Dress.

Right: 1910 Lace Embroidered Tea Dress

Left: 1905 Lace and Silk Dress

Right: 1915 Tambour embroidered net lace tea dress

Left: 1905 Irish Lace Crochet Bolero

Right: 1905 Irish Crochet Lace Knickers

Left & Right: 1900 Belgian mixed princess lace jacket.

This collection is truly amazing! I would have to say as a professional collector and dealer Vintage Textile.com is absolutely a company to be respected for its knowledge and collection alike!

For all of you Titanic junkies (including myself) this is going to be a great week!

We are going to talk about Edwardian Fashion!

I thought it would be fun to start off with an Edwardian lace feature.

*All photos are from http://www.vintagetextile.com/ and most items shown above are available for purchase thru thier website.