Vintage chic

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I don't know if it's just me but I think that vintage clothing is fantabulous. Many people knew what they were doing forty, fifty,sixty etc...years ago and how lucky are we that we get another chance to rock their styles! Buying vintage can be tricky because not everything is the kind of old clothing that you would want to wear. Some of it is just used and sort of icky. Most people think that the only places you can buy vintage are at thrift stores for pennies or at high-end vintage shops like Resurections in L.A (Rachel Zoe's lover), THIS IS FALSE. There are many great resources online that offer a wide variety of things for not so much money!
Some things to know before you start shopping:

1. sizes have changed ALOT over the years. It may be helpful to take your own measurements (either on yourself or on a garmet that fits well) and keep them on file so that you can compare your measurements to those of the whatever it is you are looking to buy

2. The cuts of the clothes may be slightly different. Think about how boxy everything was in the 80's and how poofy skirts were in the 50's- DO NOT LET THIS DETER YOU FROM BUYING VINTAGE It is totally possible to get things altered ( BUT that doesn't mean that you can take something that wouldn't fit you at all and make it completely different)

3. Some vintage clothing is actually new. Some places call this "old new stock". It basically just means that it was never sold the first time around.

My favorite vintage sights:

Etsy has a million things, not just vintage. They do, however, have a great selection of vintage jewelry and clothing. It helps to know what you're looking for though because otherwise it would take you years and years to go through everything! Picture from here

Ebay is a pretty obvious choice for vintage shopping but you'd be surprised how many people don't ever think of using it!

Vintagevixen.com has great jewelry. Be patient while browsing it may take some time before you find something that you love.
TIP: most vintage earrings are clipons, which is incredibly annoying but what can you do? This dude on e-bay created an "earringbuddy" which converts clip-ons to pierced. GENIUS

Nelda's vintage also has some adorable things. The way their sight is set up makes it pretty easy to use too! (picture from here)