Vintage Accessories

"Vintage Hairstyling: Retro Styles with Step-by-Step Techniques" also includes some great styles that walk you through using hair extensions, accessories, and even hats to really perfect that retro vibe. The final chapter of the book is devoted to some fun Two Langley resident, Devon Okamoto and Cassandra Bucholtz, will be among several dozen aspiring new designers showing off their clothing lines at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s (KPU’s) 2015 fashion shows April 9 (today). Okamoto, a 2011 Langley But the key to buying quality secondhand clothing is to seek out natural fabrics hanging on the racks – like silk or wool – and to have an idea of what you’re looking for, she said. At Ragtime Vintage Clothing in Centretown, there’s “no rhyme or The prevailing image of vintage clothing shops is of fusty places full of sartorially dubious pieces - stores you might enter holding your nose and come out of holding a polyester nightmare fit for a fancy-dress party. No one would have considered a Trendy Treasures Owner Lynn Jenkins opened her store which features all new home accent, gifts, candles and candle accessories on March 11. “It’s new vintage inspired home accents and gifts,” Jenkins said of the items she has in her store. For the next three weeks, vintage clothing like silk slips, 1920s robes and poodle skirts are on sale for up to 40 percent off. The building owners, the Kwon family of Little Neck, could not be reached for comment. A declining appetite for vintage among .

From the iconic three-quarter length sleeved swing coats to sleeveless cocktail dresses with matching coats, Duval said fans of the show who want to dress for the occasion will have an easy time finding apparel and accessories. Unlike vintage clothing from A native of Brampton, England, Robert Walker moved to Toronto in 1829, where he quickly entered the local clothing business. Around 1836, he formed a partnership with Thomas Hutchinson and operated a store on King Street east of Yonge. Around 1847 "We're really just trying to kick this whole thing up a notch," said Maffei. "We have a lot of people doing vintage clothing, some people with antiques and knick-knacks plus some really great artists who do upcycled art." Some of the vendors include Heaven From vintage clothing, jewellery and accessories to plants, art books and old-fashioned Devonshire tea and hot dogs, there is plenty to tempt those who love the style of the 1940s and '50s. The Vintage Bazaar will be held at the Old Courthouse, corner of .