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Enter Chronologie Vintage: http://www.chronologievintage.etsy.com

♥ ♥ ♥ WELCOME ♥ ♥ ♥

I want you to be happy. Everything you find at Chronologie Vintage is:

• Stylishly relevant... .....styles that work right now.
• Ready to wear.............freshly cleaned.*
• Repaired......................visible problems are fixed.
• Accurately dated.........using standard dealer methods.
• User friendly................with how-to care instructions.
• RETURNABLE............within 30 days

*I charge extra for professionally cleaning heavy coats and leather before shipping.

♥ ♥ ♥ DATING YOUR VINTAGE CLOTHING ♥ ♥ ♥

It's fun to learn to date your own vintage clothes (no, I don't mean take them out to a movie). Here are a few standard clues vintage dealers look for to determine how old something is:

• Seams........................ that are serged usually mean 1970s and later.
• Zippers.........................that are metal generally indicate 1960s and earlier.
• Labels..........................with full care instructions usually appear after late 70s.
• "Woolmark" labels.....never appear before 1964.
• Shoes...........................with width sizes (N, W, etc) usually mean pre-1970s

Dating clothes is an art and not a science. These are just some very general rules and sometimes they're broken...but they give you somewhere to start.

I got a lot of these ideas from this great little book: The Little Guide to Vintage Shopping, by Melody Fortier. I highly recommend it.

Another fantastic resource is the Vintage Fashion Guild. These wonderful peeps have a database of vintage fashion labels that you can use to help date your clothes. Here's that link (sorry, Etsy doesn't allow this to be clickable): http://bit.ly/nutLJ4

♥ ♥ ♥ ABOUT ME ♥ ♥ ♥

I live in the Rocky Mountain West , USA, with my family. I love to read, travel, and sew.

My background is in design, history, and clothing construction. All these play into my vintage business. You can find my other Etsy shop at:

www.bluekimonostudio.etsy.com