Life through the eyes of a fashion guru
This past summer I discovered one of my true loves vintage. What a novel concept: making something old new again. My mother went through what I termed the-get-rid-of-everything-you-possibly-can phase a few months ago, and my sister and I reaped the benefits. My sister inherited couches, tables and various home items to furnish her first apartment. I was given an assortment of random things. My favorite of which was a pair of aviator-style sunglasses left over from the early 80s.
Maybe the glasses attained such a high level of awesomeness because they weren t brand new and purchased at the sunglass kiosk in the mall. Vintage items have more history (if only they could talk!) and since they are no longer mass-produced, they re unique and somewhat of a rarity. Hollywood has caught on to this trend. Jennifer Aniston rocked the red carpet of the 55th Emmy Awards in a Halston cocktail dress from the 70s.
Besides looking absolutely fabulous, Aniston could be sure that her dress wouldn t be seen on anyone else. Thus, the greatest quality of vintage: besides creating your own pieces, vintage items are the most unique items in the fashion world. For the untalented sewers like myself, vintage clothing is the cr me de la cr me of one-of-a-kind fashion. The store that she purchased her dress from (The Paper Bag Princess) is a hotspot for fashion-lovers with money and Hollywood starlets.
The store boasts a vast array of vintage couture and contemporary collectible clothing which exemplify the fact that vintage doesn t mean out of style it means old but still hot. Vintage clothing is the fashion equivalent of Michelle Pfeiffer. Sadly, the idea of vintage can often times be misconstrued as an excuse to resurrect fashion trends that should never have existed in the first place. I recently saw a man wearing a pair of M.C. Hammer pants. Yes, they re from another decade.