tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post5822861196832283345..comments2024-03-28T13:40:22.969+00:00Comments on Crinoline Robot: Is repro bad for vintage?Mimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-81283149826178317012014-09-17T09:38:38.915+01:002014-09-17T09:38:38.915+01:00Yes, there's nothing like the thrill of a succ...Yes, there's nothing like the thrill of a successful hunt, is there? I'm absolutely buzzing for weeks after a good charity shop find. I am moving more towards buying really good repro or authentic vintage nowadays; shopping on the high street feels extremely strange nowadays.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-26206200789020035212014-09-17T09:37:22.055+01:002014-09-17T09:37:22.055+01:00Ah, but it's your halter dress, and I bet you ...Ah, but it's your halter dress, and I bet you plan on being its last-ever owner. I wouldn't have any qualms about adapting something if I planned to wear it to bits afterwards. Though I don't have the skill to alter clothes, you are clever!Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-37480255610038596052014-09-17T09:36:05.157+01:002014-09-17T09:36:05.157+01:00I like kitsch pin-up, I just don't like it bei...I like kitsch pin-up, I just don't like it being confused with vintage. Which, I suppose, leads on to the horrible question 'WHAT IS VINTAGE?' which always leads to arguments about whether it's the age of actual things, or a subculture, or now a meaningless word... <br /><br />I'm large too, and decent repro is a godsend.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-46143690956526204752014-09-17T09:34:29.727+01:002014-09-17T09:34:29.727+01:00I do love your style! It's always fun looking ...I do love your style! It's always fun looking at your blog to see what you've been wearing. <br /><br />I agree that if you wear enough, it becomes obvious on the rail. One thing about awful modern prints - they do make it easy to pick out genuine vintage. Often you don't need to touch the garment to know they won't be right!Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-52993672755915415582014-09-17T09:32:52.345+01:002014-09-17T09:32:52.345+01:00Yah, being a fat lass I'm always pathetically ...Yah, being a fat lass I'm always pathetically grateful for stuff that fits!Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-71731225502104899802014-09-10T03:33:11.925+01:002014-09-10T03:33:11.925+01:00There's repro and then there's "repro...There's repro and then there's "repro." Like you said, there are some fabulous reproductions out there, but for the most part, for my budget and in my experience, they don't quite measure up. The fabric is always wrong, the bust is never the right shape, and things always seem to be cheaply made despite their price tag. <br />My biggest issue, which you touched on, is that Randihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01194581745497542348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-221962115030529292014-09-08T13:58:09.373+01:002014-09-08T13:58:09.373+01:00I think that repro - when its done properly - has ...I think that repro - when its done properly - has its place, especially if people can't find vintage clothes that they like or in their size. I like it when I see repro clothes that have attention to detail in the style and also the textiles used, but it turns me off when I see repro clothes that are made in order to jump on the 'vintage' bandwagon; not bothering to get the details The Vintage Knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479653990888198151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-42091531163285811252014-09-08T12:57:17.374+01:002014-09-08T12:57:17.374+01:00Ta for that. I looked up the teal dress...just to ...Ta for that. I looked up the teal dress...just to be nosey!...and it certainly is smashing, very elegant. Had a look at their sizing on a jacket, and it does seem to be odd compared to other places, this ran quite big.LollyWilloweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800459266149659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-65545588671821267232014-09-08T08:34:53.204+01:002014-09-08T08:34:53.204+01:00I really enjoyed reading this and everyone's i...I really enjoyed reading this and everyone's interesting comments. I think, as with most things, that there is great repro and meh repro - I'm thinking kitsch pin up here but then if that is your look I guess it is useful. For me, nothing beats the feeling of the hunt and then finding a true vintage piece which you love and which fits. Saying that, I am not small enough to fit many Kate-Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15664293299445754159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-27618401130609033382014-09-08T05:00:34.232+01:002014-09-08T05:00:34.232+01:00I have mixed feelings about repro. The pieces I...I have mixed feelings about repro. The pieces I've picked up secondhand have seemed very cheaply made. When I took a look online to see what they retailed for, I was astounded. For that sort of money, I would expect good fabric, and finished seams. <br /><br />On the other hand, people buying reproductions leaves more original vintage for collectors. So many times I've scored beautiful Goodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-74223214314438939752014-09-07T22:48:29.671+01:002014-09-07T22:48:29.671+01:00You are right there are some very cheap and nasty ...You are right there are some very cheap and nasty reproductions out there but on the other hand at least I know with repro it's going to wash and wear and actually FIT! At 5ft 11" with a long torso I am not vintage shaped and it's near impossible to find vintage that fits me. Personally I don't worry about other people having the same frock I think it's how you wear it and Miss Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899889154015378547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-83126796395732236512014-09-07T20:20:03.355+01:002014-09-07T20:20:03.355+01:00Heh, it's so much more expensive than is used ...Heh, it's so much more expensive than is used to be, that's half the problem! Be dreadful to rip the pits out of a frock and have to buy it when it'd be too small to be wearable anyhow.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-42580054214008007072014-09-07T20:18:59.520+01:002014-09-07T20:18:59.520+01:00I haven't ordered from Top Runway, but I'v...I haven't ordered from Top Runway, but I've got an order for 1920s beach pyjamas in with Time Machine Vintage on Etsy. I'll let you know how it goes.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-28801747807178839032014-09-07T20:18:16.059+01:002014-09-07T20:18:16.059+01:00I hear you on the 'too girly' front. I wou...I hear you on the 'too girly' front. I would be careful with Collectif. I own two dresses from them. 'Wilhelmina' is a teal 1940s crepe dress and it's gorgeous. Doesn't wrinkle, washes beautifully, hangs nicely when on. I love it. 'Frances' is a 1920s-style one and it's awful. I don't know if they were worried about making something authentically boxy, but Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-74414955063630578712014-09-07T20:14:43.500+01:002014-09-07T20:14:43.500+01:00I love the way you look! You do always look very m...I love the way you look! You do always look very much yourself, both vintage and not like anyone else.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-70321561597006575082014-09-07T20:14:03.068+01:002014-09-07T20:14:03.068+01:00That's an interesting take on this. I do tend ...That's an interesting take on this. I do tend to order most of my original vintage in from the US as they seem to have a lot more, it's very hard to get hold of in larger sizes here in the UK. I'd imagined Canada would be more like the US.<br /><br />I do find it odd when stuff from the 1990s is described as 'vintage'; I still own stuff from then that I bought new!Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-29204885694726608372014-09-07T20:11:54.257+01:002014-09-07T20:11:54.257+01:00I suppose I'd try to replace with a metal one ...I suppose I'd try to replace with a metal one if I could, but a dress that's wearable is always going to win out for me over an unwearable, unrepaired one.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-39155080672897854312014-09-07T08:05:15.511+01:002014-09-07T08:05:15.511+01:00I aim to buy non child labour items. Otherwise I d...I aim to buy non child labour items. Otherwise I do not care if others also have the same as me, I just like clothes that fit and make me feel happy, yet a often surprise how rare it is for someone to be waring the same thing I am. Being such a klutzes I fear for the life span of original vintage wear, maybe that why I do mostly hats and bags now, that and vintage shopping was so much easier whenLostgothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10937091700509928045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-76772052632051483012014-09-05T17:41:14.816+01:002014-09-05T17:41:14.816+01:00And I'd never heard of Collectif, thanks for t...And I'd never heard of Collectif, thanks for that. I see they do good sale reductions. And there's some things I'd wear. I'm nearly 48 and quite a lot of it is too young and girly for me now. I keep seeing things I'd have loved in my teens and twenties, but would be ridiculous on me now.<br />So I shall bookmark them.LollyWilloweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800459266149659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-68883876948741874032014-09-05T17:29:17.887+01:002014-09-05T17:29:17.887+01:00Ooh, don't talk to me about that ghastly progr...Ooh, don't talk to me about that ghastly programme, my friend and I spent the entire episode sending sweary, sniffy texts to one another!<br />What I don't like is when people destroy old things. Fine if it's so badly damaged to start with that there's no hope. Books included.<br />I even saw 50s/60s handbags, very collectable, which had been cut about to make frames...what?!! LollyWilloweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800459266149659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-18834953917378494602014-09-05T16:44:31.336+01:002014-09-05T16:44:31.336+01:00"Something that looks exactly like the thing ... "Something that looks exactly like the thing lots of other people are wearing. Something that may not actually bear much resemblance to actual vintage, but is seen as 'vintage'.... And sooner or later enough people will be wearing that sort of thing that genuine vintage will be thought of as looking 'wrong'."<br /><br />THIS!!!!!!! You have hit a nail on the head for meLandGirl1980https://www.blogger.com/profile/09549128222449333173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-47818980887716336562014-09-05T14:59:54.227+01:002014-09-05T14:59:54.227+01:00Generally speaking, I don't view them as two o...Generally speaking, I don't view them as two opposing camps, but rather branches of the same larger sartorial tree. As genuine vintage becomes harder and harder to find (in many places at least - here in Canada for example, most thrift stores have had little to no pre-1960s, and often now even pre-1990s, vintage for over a decade at this point), and what is available is often very pricey, Witchcrafted Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992822472797191121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-5347442552771107252014-09-05T14:04:47.173+01:002014-09-05T14:04:47.173+01:00Whatever branch of vintage your into, the danger s...Whatever branch of vintage your into, the danger starts when you become totally anal about detail . I've had to walk away from a conversation where someone said that a dress was just destroyed because the zip had been replaced with a modern non nylon toothed variety that actually would last for years instead of splitting and popping teethkate steeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772776996207438308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-41193052674839480782014-09-05T09:47:34.451+01:002014-09-05T09:47:34.451+01:00Yeah, there's a really wide variation in repro...Yeah, there's a really wide variation in repro brands in terms of fabric quality. I don't mind spending more for repro stuff made in Europe/ the US / Oz and NZ as I feel then it's far less likely to come from a sweatshop. One of the things that puts me off the high street is knowing the awful conditions workers in the third world often have to live in. I think Heyday are my favourite Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01578612522819952936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211353948967221274.post-39647714536577466322014-09-05T09:27:43.823+01:002014-09-05T09:27:43.823+01:00Great post, and this is something I've been th...Great post, and this is something I've been thinking about a lot lately as I'm delving back into the world of vintage clothes since I'm almost finished my dissertation. The woman who is illustrating our wedding reception invitations actually works in a vintage clothing shop, and I used to work in one, so we've had a number of interesting conversations about the suppliers and the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com