Fran,
I think what is being asked is are there antique items of any kind that you
won't mess with. For example, my mom's antique cups and saucers that she
collected were never used. However, we did use the antique depression glass
that she collected on a daily basis.
Personally, I won't take apart a textile to use its components. However I will
use vintage ribbon and trims on reproduction items that won't get heavy use. I
don't wear vintage clothing at all which is fine since I'm a little fluffy for
it.
Maggie Koenig.
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On Mar 29, 2013, at 9:49 PM, Lavolta Press <f...@lavoltapress.com> wrote:
> Absolutely no item that belongs to anyone else is sacred to me. It's not my
> business to decide that for other people.
>
> My collection and my wardrobe freely overlap. I bought everything I own with
> the possibility of wearing it someday, even if only on rare occasions.
> Otherwise I would not enjoy it. I don't have room to display clothes and for
> me there's no point in acquiring things that just sit around in a closet or
> chest for decades. What I wear and don't wear changes over time, depending on
> the occasions I have to wear things and on whatever vintage styles may
> currently be in fashion. I have pulled out garments I wasn't wearing to dye
> or to cut up. I've put away other garments, most merely because I currently
> have no occasion to wear them. It's whatever I need and want at the moment.
> I don't make a permanent decision never to wear or alter anything.
>
> Fran
> Lavolta Press
> www.lavoltapress.com
>
>
> On 3/29/2013 6:36 PM, Sybella wrote:
>> Oh no...please don't feel I'm putting you in the place to defend yourself.
>> I'm not judging you, Fran. I agree that people can do what they want with
>> what they own but there are a few things that I wish people would leave
>> alone.
>>
>> (The Wittelsbach Diamond, for example -- 400 years went down the toilet in
>> 2011.)
>>
>> However, those that have responded to this thread seem to fall in different
>> areas of a save or reuse spectrum. I find that interesting! Compared to
>> Isabella's outrage, you're on the other extreme.
>>
>> I'm just curious if there is anything "sacred" to you, any certain item
>> that should be saved, not reused or recycled. If so, what is it?? ;)
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