Vintage Lingerie
Vintage Shapewear – Fifties Fashion Needs a Fifties silhouette
Fifties and sixties shapewear in the news again, partly as a result of the TV series Mad Men actors don the original sixties pull-belt on which enjoyed shapely figures show women reach all through the fifties until the call came for them to burn "their bras' and be set free! now are such fashion are back with a vengeance.
Some people collect vintage shapewear purely for the joy of owning a collection of vintage fashion history now, others to wear and buy another or as an investment. In contrast to the modern retro copies, there are many of pitfalls to negotiate when you are in the area of vintage belts and corsets for the first time. The first question I will often ask why anyone should fifties Lingerie to buy when there is already such a large selection available to modern lingerie. The exquisite detailing and hand finishing fifties satin bullet bra and the Art Deco inspired have seen seams fifties long line you have to belt it to believe it. It would be impossible for modern shapewear to close the mass-produced to this level of processing is to come without costs a small fortune.
The following tips will help you get the background you need if your own vintage lingerie collection.
Sizing: size specification has changed considerably over the years – you should be aware that a modern size 12 is significantly larger than a size 12 fifties from the years, and sizing is different in different countries – a U.S. size 12 could a British his size 16!
Material: It was rubber, vintage gave shapewear its elongation properties. The modern counterparts are Lycra and spandex. Unfortunately, vintage lingerie latex is particularly susceptible to deterioration over time even more if the clothes was not stored in temperature-controlled conditions. If you stretch a belt and it is then stretched it is not acceptable and is certainly not a collector's item, either! By the forties, some manufacturers continue to use as a form of foam padding in their corsets and girdles (effectively connected with a longline bra and belt clip in a single garment). Often such vintage shapewear have not stood the test of time – the foam is often hard, and inflexible, or worse, crumbling to a meal.
All reputable vintage lingerie to check online stores and describes the condition of the fabric, but you must be especially careful if you use an online auction site shapewear to your source. Garter clips from this era used a metal frame with a rubber garter tab. So often a nice fifties belt is made less desirable by curing the rubber tab – the first time you try to clip the garter tab, cracks and crumbles. Of course, if you are handy with needle and Thread, it is possible to replace the garter tabs, the resulting piece of clothing to wear even a pleasure, but less attractive for the purist collectors, for the original condition and design, is very important.
Status: The closer the state of the garment to "brand" the more collectible It is – of course this is difficult to achieve with items from the twenties and thirties, as in the sixties. Currently, there is little demand for underwear to the sixties, since at this point, all but killed the pantyhose stockings, garters and belts. Collectors look for clothes that are clean, show no signs of wear, no crime of substances, rust or storage marks. Collect for Ehrlich said more investment risky because of subtle deterioration can without expert Support is running – it is better to collect for fun to wear, with the bonus, if the terms with caution you treat your expenses are likely to recoup, do if and when you decide to dispose of them. Age: It is obvious that an older item is likely to be valuable in excellent condition as a recent example. Check the label – older labels will have hand washing instructions – if the machine laundry symbols you are looking at modern shapewear to see! A note of the age of the older pieces of clothing are rubber, cotton, have used Rayon … more modern clothes lycra will have. Note that if the labels from the clothes have been removed, it is unlikely to be much interest to a collector. Another indication of the age is that elements from the forties often had the "Utility-label" as a pair of 'Pac men. "The Holy Grail for collectors is to get to find 'old stock ", Often sold with the acronym" NOS "- not only the labels are intact, but the original carton sales day will be on the garment, and perhaps even the original packaging.
The ability of E-commerce has increased the popularity of vintage shapewear, but as with any collectible, it is always a case of "buyer beware" – the more detailed item description for sizing, marking and condition, and the more detailed the photographs, the more confidence you can have when buying. You are now on an auction site, check how long the seller has been a member of the site. Check the user feedback. With all providers whether auction or online store, check the return policy.
About the Author
Debbie Mendoza has studied fifties fashions over many years -she specializes in the history of vintage shapewear & stockings. Ten years ago her love for the fifties led to her founding http://www.sleeknchic.com, firstly in the USA and for the past five years in the UK where she has relocated, having married a Brit! Her leisure interests include reading, theatre, cinema and keeping fit.
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