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Fendi Vintage – How To Spot 1980's Garments

A boutique in Lucca, now closed, that sold unworn 1980s and 1990s clothes: wool skirts priced in lira, Fendi Jeans with their tags and a Fendi mink coat.

31 March 2022

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How Your Unique Vintage Clothing Purchases Are Sustainable

Why I stopped buying at Zara and buy vintage and thrift instead: one-off pieces, wool that feels like wool, and clothes that still look good 15 years on.

9 December 2021

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Channel Your Inner Classic Diva

Jackie Kennedy, Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn: how each one set the fashion of her time, and what each of them wore.

19 October 2021

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Swimwear Through a Vintage Lens

A history of women’s swimwear, from Roman mosaics and Victorian bathing machines to the 1946 bikini, Lycra and the red Baywatch swimsuit.

31 May 2021

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Women’s Trousers History – 1900s High Waisted Style Tips

How women’s trousers went from scandal in the early 1900s to office wear: Chanel, Dietrich, Hepburn, Le Smoking, and the high waist that has lasted.

20 January 2021