The Return of 20s at Past Perfect Vintage!

Oh yes - the 20s are back here at Past Perfect Vintage! Not that the Jazz Age is ever terribly far from our thoughts. It's an era of which I am very fond. Maybe it's the complete break with the Edwardian Era and the Teens. And yet I am a traditionalist. Maybe it's the combination of very simple clothing shapes with intricate beading and embroidery. And yet I am a huge fan of complex tailoring. Maybe it's just the fun and exuberance. Yeah, yeah, I'll go with that.

All these great pieces are just added at www.pastperfectvintage.com/the20sand30s.htm

1920s Peach & Lavender Summer Cloche

1920s Green Velvet & Gold Lame Cape

1920s Black Beaded Chiffon Dress

1920s Wine Velvet & Rabbit Fur Opera Coat

The Vacation Ends = Coming Soon!

Yes, when I post the vacation has ended it means we have new inventory coming very soon to Past Perfect Vintage. We are getting lots of delicious vintage fashion and accessories ready, from 1920s opera coats to 1950s designer dresses and Victorian hair combs. We even have 2 beaded bags.

So without further ado, let's take a sneak peek at what is coming:

1950s Tangerine pique dress and sleeveless coat set

1950s beaded purse , Belgium label

1920s Peach Cloche

Teens Scenic BeadedPurse

In Your Easter Bonnet

Little did I know, but there is still an Easter Parade in Manhattan. Finding that out this morning made my day. Made me want to start getting my 2010 Easter ensemble together and working up a parade here at home. Alright, it would be me strolling down an empty sidewalk, but a girl can dream, can't she?

Now most of the hats that made the newsphotos are of the Truly Silly Hats variety. Not unlike the ones we see here come the first Saturday in May in that place with the Twin Spires. Although there were some lovely ones on the children.

But this lady knows how to bring the vintage:

Kudos from all of us here at Past Perfect Vintage, Madam!

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Vintage Wedding Dresses Wanted!

ca 1912 Wedding Dress in silk and lace from our archives

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London, home to a fabulous costume collection, has a brand new and marvelous Web Project. And they have asked us to help! In the tiny, lonely niche of vintage fashion blogging, this is Big Time.

They have just opened a website on wedding fashion where people can upload wedding photographs from 1840 to the present. The address you impatiently ask?

www.vam.ac.uk/weddings

My delightful contact Gail tell me they "hope to create a very large database of wedding fashions organised by date. People can upload up to three photographs from any wedding or wedding dress". That's my emphasis. You don't have to have a photo of the original bride in the dress.

The criteria? It is a museum after all. They need information. "The only stipulation is that the item or photograph should come from a known wedding. The couple need to be named and the date of the wedding should be included. This will allow us to create a historical record."

Now there will also be additional optional information such as location, designer Yes!, maker Yes again! of the gown, and religion of cremony. And they want handmade dresses! They are very early in this project, so vintage afficionados, it's time to kick in.

I have a couple photos waiting at the scanner. I'll see yours at the V and A.

1830 Wedding dress from Boone County KY, from our archives