I don't know what you think is interesting . . .
A couple good eBay sellers of "gypsy" skirts are aonneo (the Thai
seller; very cheap and great service) and funtique-23 (in California).
Tons of other people sell them there though. China-usa (actually also
in California) sells lovely Victorianish hand-crocheted things, very
high quality, at good prices. Don't overbid, they are a manufacturer
and have more of almost everything in stock. For embroidered kebayas,
you can search "kebaya" on eBay and sometimes find a couple, but I got
mine from www.kebayas.com, who is not on ebay and says she has no plans
to sell there. She will custom size her ready-to-wear to some extent
(they're not quite RTW, I think she may pre-embroider them but she sews
them after you order), and she will send fabric swatches. Which you will
need because her web pictures have little to do with her fabric colors.
http://www.charitysalesonline.org is a company in Nepal that sells
hand-loomed (knitting machine, I think) cashmere ponchos. They knit
them in white and will dye them any color you want. You can get several
at a lower price and get one color of each. Meaning you can go in with
some friends, or have a bunch of ponchos if you want. They will send
you color swatches too, but they charge for them. Peruvian alpaca ones
are cheaper and there are lots on eBay, you can just do a search. You
can buy embroidered Indian kurtas and other Indian clothes all over the
place, including lots on eBay, but the quality varies from great to
awful. http://www.shalincraft.com, who sells on Amazon apparel but not
eBay as far as I know, has good quality in my experience. A good online
seller of "wearable art" is www.artfulwears.com. Some of their stuff is
RTW but a lot of it appears to be handmade, limited-edition items.
For vintage and antique clothes on eBay, your best bet is to get into
(for example) clothing/vintage/women/1920s, or whatever subcategory
interests you, and browse. Unless you're looking for something really
specific. Then you can get into the category and search on (for example)
"black velvet jacket."
Hope this helps.
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
Hi fran, could you tell me what you search for on ebay to find
interesting stuff? thanks, Kitty
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