A Vintage Voice on CNN
Laura Skidmore is the proprietress of the Vintage Fashion Library on the internet, where she sells vintage patterns as well as making reproductions that are geared towards professional and home sewer alike. For some people, they choose to make clothing from vintage patterns in order to not damage their authentic vintage clothing, they proportions are better for them, or they may be even staging a play of a film shoot set back in time.
Recently. Laura left ebay to concentrate on her website, and was interviewed by CNN on the matter. Due to recent changes at ebay in their feedback system and fees, it is very timely.
Read Laura’s thoughts here:
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fsb/0802/gallery.ex_ebay_sellers.fsb/2.html
You can visit her at VintageFashionLibrary.com. Get your shopping shoes on, and your wallet out and give her some business. There are usually patterns there for all the demographics (ladies, men kids), so no excuse for anyone not to start twelve projects. (And tell her I said hello!)
the business of vintage | Comment (0)Paging Rosie Jetson
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Join the RUG Community, then let me know how you are coming with my butler!
Furniture Online – What is New is Old
I’ll admit it. I am not into decorative pillows, or strategically placed throw blankets, but I am a self admitted furniture junkie. Mainly, I tend to rescue chests of drawers and occasional tables. A few years back, there were more side tables in my house than the seating called for, and the home office was a gallery of smiall pieces waiting for the day when they would be rotated in. I realized a year ago that without a sofa or a bed, all of the rest just wouldn’t come together.
I found a site where you can actually order a few suitable pieces that may blend your eras together at http://furniturefromhome.com. Modern furniture is very eclectic, but I find there are a lot of styles that are 1960s and inspired if that is your taste. You can get a captains bed that hasn’t changed much since the 1970s, and in fact may have more storage. I have also found some beds that have similar low profiles to those that I was just looking at in a 1960s design book. And in the living room department, several sectionals can be ordered that have a striking resemblance to what was in the 1970s and early 1980s design books.
For me, although I can really imagine some of these pieces being able to marry the elements of an eclectic home, I am still not 100% sold that I would be comfortable buying all my seating online.
In the next few weeks, I will be getting out my design books and sharing them with you as well.
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