a very inspiring documentary about older women in the UK

fabulous fashionistas

what is vintage?

Here is somebody who wrote a nice piece on that very question. Well worth a read...

http://sociallifeof2ndhandclothes.com/2013/05/27/is-it-vintage-retro-or-secondhand-identify-that-retrorama-dress/

Guys like used clothes too

I have not deliberately excluded men from this blog. Men who take their time shopping for clothes have only just recently surfaced into my life. One is my office neighbor Scott who one day was wearing this lovely tweed jacket.

The lining on the jacket is a wonderful golden silk, and the pink tie goes beautifully well with the sylvan green.
Another male friend who enjoys shopping for clothes in second hand shops is Davide from Italy. On a recent trip to Montreal, he ended up in the exact same shop as I had, in Outremont, where he purchased this coat, made at the Woonsocket woolen mills in  Rhode Island.

On his final day of his visit to New Hampshire, I asked him if he would be interested in my old Barbour raincoat. I loved that raincoat, but because it was a man's size, the arms were too long and I always had to roll up the sleeves.  He tried it on, and it fit him to a tee. I was so pleased to pass that Barbour on to somebody who clearly was very excited to become its next owner!

People travel, clothes travel too. I wish people would place a map inside the pocket of a coat that they have traveled with and are leaving at a consignment shop, just to keep the story going. Woonsocket to Montreal to Italy. England to New Hampshire to Italy. To...….?

 Finally, there is my new "coinquilino" and colleague Jonathan, in a Filson jacket he found on sale in Italy. Not used, but still a classic find that he will likely wear for a long time.