If you're into Vintage clothing, head out to the Vintage Fashion Expo in Santa Monica this weekend, where an extensive array of finery from the past few decades will be on display to excite the senses.
What exactly does Vintage mean?
For a collector - or wardrobe lady (or dude) who toils away on a TV or Movie set - it boils down to fashion periods.
In that event, a silhouette or flourish on the apparel, is generally a give-a-way.
Ensembles that point a finger at a specific time period are quite collectable, too.
Although some hold fast to the idea that an item need only be ten or twenty years old to be designated "Vintage" - discerning connoisseurs not only draw a line in that regard - but are often desirous of a couture label, too.
At the Vintage Fashion expo, browsers with a keen eye may stumble upon items from a wide range of periods.Depending on demand and scarcity of a piece, prices vary accordingly.
Over the weekend in the quaint seaside town of Santa Monica, expect to sort through belle epoque finery to a flower child's bell-bottom jeans.
Remember those hokey old duds?
Those familiar with the style of top classic designers, may even ferret out European classics from the likes of Chanel, Schiaparelli, or even Lavin.
There will probably be a motherlode of quality designs by Bill Blass, Claire McCardell and Halston, too.
The Expo opening this weekend at the Santa Monica Civic Center follows a three-decade-long tradition that beefs up the mainstay vintage collections with accessories like purses, hats, gloves. shoes, and dazzling one-of-a-kind jewellery selections.
Pickers have searched here and abroad - high & low at estate sales, auctions, bazaars, and so forth and so on - to ensure their "digging" not only turns up a bumper-crop of Vintage creme de la creme treasures each year - but also advances their altruistic desire to preserve the treasures ensembles by virtue of state-of-the-art cleaning and restoring skills.
Notwithstanding, the Vintage Fashion Expo is a great shopping opportunity, too.
And, for most, amounts to a charming foray into a past which is culturally and historically rich.
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