Fashion History Now #51: How to Shop for Vintage

07/13/23 • 48 min

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By popular demand, we bring you our tips and tricks for shopping for vintage clothing. We discuss natural vs. synthetic fibers, how to date garments based on zippers, labels and provide some online resources to help you identify and date the vintage in your closet.

LINKS: FIT Fashion History Timeline

Vintage Fashion Guild

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Vintage Fashion Guild

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Rébé: Haute Couture Embroidery, an interview with Nadia Albertini

Today we are podcasting LIVE from Paris!

Haute couture embroidery designer, archivist and author Nadia Albertini joins us to discuss her 3-year project (and book!) uncovering the forgotten history of the French embroidery house of Rébé, who created some of the most spectacular embroideries used by Christian Dior, Hubert de Givenchy and Cristóbal Balenciaga.

RECOMMENDED READING: Albertini, Nadia. Rébé: broderies haute couture. Montreuil, France: Gourcuff Graden, 2021.

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