Vintage Resources

Below is a list of sites we recommend that offer interesting and useful vintage and retro related information.  If you know of a really cool site that you think would be appropriate here,  please send us an email to let us know!

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An online consortium of reputable vintage clothing dealers, offering tons of helpful information about vintage fashion. Features a large resource library and a guide to everything you always wanted to know about collectible vintage Vanity Fair lingerie.

Massive fashion history site with a very cool color name database that dates back to 600a.d.! They have a separate research library of over 3000 pages that you can subscribe to for a nominal fee. Totally worth the price for the amount of fashion information you’d have access to.

Iconique Fashion, Art and Lifestyle Magazine

Iconique ezine is your online fashion, lifestyle, beauty, trends and art magazine featuring virtual catwalk shows, news, editorials, beauty, trend blogs and more.

Do you prefer dressing like Katherine Hepburn? Love big band music, martinis and supper clubs?  The Fedora Lounge is dedicated to people who are into the classic style of the Golden Era.  You’ll find a great bunch of friendly individuals chatting about classic cars, clothing, music, and of course, fedoras! Their Powder Room is a ladies only forum where vintage loving fashionistas dish about swing era clothing and beauty tips.  These girls will give you the lowdown on how to attain a perfect period look right down to the appropriate way to wear seamed stockings and garters! They also can point you in the right direction to find everything you need to complete your classic style transformation.

A great index database of 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s nostalgia, vintage and retro related sites.

This is a really fun site celebrating classic and modern Polynesian pop culture.  Tiki and vintage Hawaiiana buffs congregate to discuss everything to do with tikis, exotica music, famous tiki bars and restaurants, and tiki events.  Grab a mai tai and join in!

If you fancy yourself a modern day bombshell, then check out this site.  Their showcase of classic movie vixens will definitely inspire you to new heights of vampishness.

Janette Valentine is a super talented vintage pinup photographer from south Florida. For more information on her services, click on her banner below or visit her Myspace Page

Jitterbuzz
Tons of great information about swing dancing, lindy hop, vintage clothing and other retro lifestyle topics.

RETRO CLIP ART AND GRAPHICS

Andy Nortnik's Retro Clip Art

Retro clip art for you! Instantly download scalable, vector and web-ready retro and vintage clipart and T-shirt art! A classic collection of advertisements, signs, and logos from the thirties, forties and fifties including WWII pinup girls, mascots, pop culture designs and bowling art from the atomic age.

VINTAGE FASHION AND  BEAUTY TIPS

Vintage Hairstyles
How to get that perfect pincurl, fingerwave and learn all about 1940s rats and rolls!

Art Deco Society
Fashion and beauty tips for period correct 20’s and 30’s Gatsby looks

Fifties Web
Makeup tips for the mad, mod 60s look.

The Hair Archives
Website devoted to vintage hair fashions

VINTAGE, RETRO, ANTIQUE and INDIE SHOPPING

Antique ShopPremier antique shop guide dedicated to helping you find dealers that specialize in specific antique fields.

Back in Style   Men and women's vintage and designer clothing and accessories.

Barkcloth Hawaii
Hawaiian fabric, tropical vintage 50’s motifs for retro home décor, sewing and crafting. Upholstery, drapery and apparel fabrics for your fifties fashions.

Bartiki
Custom bars, carved tikis, barstools and mugs and more. Some of the coolest tiki bars on the net.

Collectics The Collectics Collecting & Crafts Collector Directory features only the best web sites about antiques, collectibles, crafts, antique resources, clubs, events, and museums. Later, discover Collectics' eclectic variety of antiques and collectibles for sale, collecting information, collector books and book reviews, monthly quiz to win free gift certificates, decorative arts museum 1890-1935, and more.

Couture Allure
Classic vintage clothing for today’s fashionable woman. This website has a fabulous collection of beautiful, high quality vintage fashions.

Our Dancing Daughters  Beautiful vintage reproduction clothing custom made to order.

Denver Fabrics Folkwear Patterns
Sewing  patterns for period and ethnic apparel. Fabric including silk, wool, velvet and faux fur. Also sewing notions, trims and books.

Flapper Girl Fabrics
Online fabric store carrying a stunning selection of vintage reproduction fabric for craft sewing and home decorating. Featuring vintage style textiles in large scale floral prints and tickings.

Heavenly Vintage Lingerie
Offers fine vintage lingerie for the discerning collector. Specializing in bras, panties, girdles, slips, nightgowns and more from the  1920’s to the 1980’s.

Hooked on Vintage
Offering fund and affordable vintage clothing and accessories from the 1930’s to the 1970’s.

Indie collective
Indie shopping guide for independently-owned businesses. Showcases artists,artisans, designers & many other facets of the creative arts community.

Indie Friendly   The Craft Revolution guide to the best places to shop indie on the web.

Lets Get Vintage Costume Jewelry
Signed and unsigned quality vintage costume jewelry from designers such as Boucher, Caviness, Coro, Hagler, Jomaz, Sherman, Swarovski, Trifari and Vendome. Find rhinestone pieces, brooches, butterflies, Christmas tree pins, parures, necklaces, earrings and more

Mews Jewels  Vintage Collectible Jewelry ~ Artisan Beaded Jewelry Designs
by MEW

Posh Girl Vintage Clothing From couture to Street style. An online boutique specializing in dresses from 70's to the 20's.

Red Pony Vintage
Quality vintage clothing from the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. Urban and retro styles from the 70’s and 80’s.

Retro Kitty Kat
Vintage for the modern bombshell. Find sexy vintage and retro dresses, lingerie, accessories, tops, bottoms, outerwear, swimwear as well as informative articles, galleries and interviews in the lifestyle section.

Retrodress
A stunning selection of fine quality vintage designer clothing.

Sharon' s Antique and Vintage Fabric 
Specializing in vintage fabric from the 19th century to the 1950s. Your source for feedsacks, quilts,  collectible linens and textiles.

Sweet Romance Timeless Jewelry
Beautiful site with gorgeous vintage inspired jewelry.

 

TACE.com Antique and collectibles marketplace

The Vintage Peddler
A huge selection of men’s and women’s vintage fashions and retro home décor items. Specializing in mid-century, atomic era vintage clothes, furniture, patterns, lighting and smoking accessories.  We cater to the vintage fashionista by providing quality wearable vintage clothing from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s.

Vintage Bags
Antique, vintage, collectiible and designer handbags and purses. Beaded and satin evening bags. Alligator, snakeskin and hand tooled leather handbags. Vintage Coach bags.

Vintage Costume Jewelry
Hard to find quality vintage, antique and estate jewelry.

Vintage Fashion Guild Member Sites
Here’s a page where you’ll find links to a great group of professional vintage clothing dealers who are members of the Vintage Fashion Guild.

Vintage Vending
Original and reproduction fifties retro nostalgia, collectibles, memorabilia, diner, gameroom and home theatre décor, furniture, furnishings, housewares, gifts and kitsch.

Vintage Virtuosa    Fine vintage clothing, jewelry & accessories for her plus hand selected vintage housewares, glassware and linens for her home. A complete vintage lifestyle. Come reminisce with us

Vintage Vixen
One of the oldest vintage clothing sites on the net. Huge selection of fab vintage fashions, plus a wealth of information about fashion history and the care and cleaning of vintage clothing.

Excellent Guide
Web directory where you can find articles on fashion, antiques and collectibles and lists of  shopping sites.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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