Nerisa Kalošin, ID: 05218349
Nové sady 988/2, 602 00, Brno, Czechia
Single entrepreneur operating under a business licence.
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Vintage style
It can be said that vintage has a lot in common with the aristocratic or classic and historical style. Sometimes it is also confused with retro. The difference between vintage and retro is in the era it is inspired by, but also in the overall feel. Retro is modern, cheerful, colorful and “masculine” – yang. Wild colors, short skirts, pants, … Vintage is supremely feminine, yin. It is a style for elegant ladies who admire and wear fashion from around 1900 – 1955. The sixties already represent the beginning of the retro era. Vintage is all about skirts and dresses, typical hairstyles and antique jewellery.
Personality
The admiration of the past, the belief that a woman should be a woman (lady) and a man a gentleman, the fondness for keeping a beautiful and tidy home, … A vintage woman usually fits the picture of a typical lady of the time.
She can work, of course – usually the ideal job for her would be one in which she can pursue her hobby (history, especially the 20th century kind), so she could be a librarian, a historian, but also a seamstress, a jewellery designer, maybe a hairdresser or a bank clerk, and she doesn’t mind being a shop assistant – but more likely in a small village shop than in a hypermarket somewhere. She is also no stranger to artistic careers – theatre, film, music. Or she’ll be happy to be at home with the children, tending the home and garden, baking and doing all the things she thinks are appropriate for women.
Or not? After all, it was also a time of increasing female independence. I would say that a true vintage lover knows very well what “role” from that era appeals to her and if she sees herself in the image of the woman of that time. And if she does – why not be her?
Appearance
A vintage outfit can be narrowly focused on one period and fashion trends, or it can be very eclectic, made up of elements from multiple periods. Sources for a vintage woman’s wardrobe are both thrift stores and specialty shops with preserved vintage clothing, and then the actual sewing skills and brands directly focused on sewing vintage-style clothing (often 1950s dresses).
So whether a vintage woman wears a wide skirt or a tight modest dress, one thing is clear – she will look like she is from another era, some might say “outdated”. But it suits her. Or she can combine more modern clothes with clothes with older elements – a modern T-shirt and a circle skirt with a petticoat, a vintage blouse with a modern skirt, etc.
There are many women on the internet today who are into vintage fashion and bring inspiration to other vintage women (and us who have other styles), like Fanny Rosie or Katarina Zebrowska.
Vintage wardrobe and outfits example
