ANTIQUE vs VINTAGE

ANTIQUE /VINTAGE clothing is terms for new and secondhand garments. Items are usually of good quality in materials, style and construction and exhibit many unusual detailing, buttons and closures.
 
ANTIQUE CLOTHING ---clothes that were produced prior to l920, we will focus mainly on items from 1850’s to 1920.   

VICTORIAN---a name given to an era (1860 -1901) when Queen Victoria reigned. She was mourning her husband for many years, thus the styles in furniture, and clothing and social morals were very conservative, at least in public.     

EDWARDIAN /GIBSON ERA--- (1900-1909)    King Edward VII reigned in England from 1901-1910.  Edwardian is the name of that era although his influence took a back seat to the “GIBSON LOOK”.  Charles Gibson, a writer and illustrator of stories defining his “ideal Gibson girl look”; youthful girl, tall, slender, busty with S-curve torso and hair piled on top of her head.                       

TITANIC ERA--- (1910-1919) Era remembered due to the devastating sinking of the renouned ship the Titanic.  Styles emerging with a more feminine silhouette, less corseting, simpler undergarments, shorter skirts, and more emphasis on sport attire. This era introduced the “20’s”. 

                              
VINTAGE CLOTHING---garments originating from eras 1920-1980.  To aid in understanding our PRODUCT SHOWCASE keywords and decades will be given, along with information that reflected the changes in styles.                                                   

1920’s--- A decade in which fashion entered a modern era. WW I was over and now there was a new feeling of freedom. Women liberated themselves from constricting fashions and wore more comfortable clothes. Everything was changing.   

1930’s---Major influences in fashion were evident with the use of new synthetic fibers  in clothing also with the use of the bias cut in day and evening wear which emphasized  a very feminine silhouette.   

1940’s---WWII the roles men and women were drastically changing and so did styles in clothing. Women were joining the war effort in many different ways, either here in the states or abroad. For the first time, women were working outside the home in jobs previously done by men. Designer houses in Paris were closed down and home sewing became a necessity.  The basic black dress came into vogue.   

1950’s---War is over; this is now the time of innocent fun and femininity. Christian Dior’s look was very powerful in haute couture, with the emphasis of a cinched waist, soft shoulder lines, full skirts with petticoats, matching shoes and purses and small hats. Young and old enjoyed all the new inventions, especially the TV and the influence the stars had on clothing.

1960’s---A radical shakeup occurred in fashion.  There was no one single trend but a statement of personal freedom. New and innovative designers came on the scene.