In a couple of the more upscale Goodwill stores (anybody unfamiliar?
you donate used clothing etc.; Goodwill employees--many of whom are
marginally impaired physically or mentally--sort them, clean them,
etc.; Goodwill stores staffed by more Goodwill employees sell them at
bargain prices that are slowly rising as shopping at Goodwill becomes
chic; the proceeds go back into the Goodwill organization), I'm seeing
clothes from the 'nineties on racks marked "Vintage." Time is flying
faster than we know!
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
On May 8, 2006, at 7:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 5/8/2006 7:33:44 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
For those of us who believe that historic clothing does actually bleed
into the 20th Century,
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Why would anyone think other than this? It was LAST century, after
all.
Those styles worn in 1906 [the year Cokacola stopped putting cocaine
in the soft
drink and the year of "rural free delivery"...which made Sears a major
company] they're 100 years old! Most would consider them a "period".
Even in the
1970s when I was studying costume in school, the 1920s , 30s, 40s and
even the
50s were considered "period". Now the 70s are period! Even the 80's
with those
dropped waist, shoulder padded dresses worn with big hair, or the
"Dynasty"
look would be considered more than just old fashioned.
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