Venturing into Vintage #1

After my surgery early next year...My wardrobe planning is all 40's and mostly 50's. I love the clothing from those years. I grew up with them and the styles are just perfect for me. The hats, gloves, petticoats and hankies.. all me 100%

I love this! I’ve been wearing 50s inspired fashion for years now and I make my own simple circle skirts out of fun fabric that inspires me. You’re so right that a simple garment can look so sharp (of course a petticoat makes any garnet quite the statement). I was so happy to hear the love and respect you have for seamstresses that make simple garments. I love watching you videos because I wish I had the skills and patience to make what you do (and the time!) and it felt so nice to hear that you admire what others do even if it’s not the same as what you do! Love you so much!!! So happy to help support you and your content

Thank you so very much for sharing your thought processes regarding your perceptions of certain eras of clothing. I've gone through similar "mental gymnastics" (I call them, lol) only to realize that I was mistaken, or being silly, or, surprisingly, finding out that half of my style is of a particular era, anyway....(my case being the 40's). Society has been so engineered by those that would have us buy out their entire fashion line in a heartbeat, yearly, if only they could convince us our money belongs to strictly that! You, on the other hand, inspire the rest of us to forge out our own paths and make what we like to wear, or, at very least, imagine and think about what we would like to make for ourselves that would better suit each of our styles. Thank you! It's also very nice to see more of your fun-loving, humor show through with each new video.

I loved this so much! Please continue!

Loved this! I had a lot of these feelings myself. The Pinup Companion on YouTube has a lot of great tips for shopping vintage on a budget :)

I REALLY enjoyed watching this. Thanks for posting it! Hand washing: Did you know that in China (and I think Japan also) 'hand washing' should be called 'feet washing' because they use their feet to wash them (like stomping grapes) instead of the hands, or at least that is the 'old fashioned' way of hand..err..feet washing. :-)

I'm excited to see more from this series! Thanks for sharing your misconceptions and how you've overcome them. I think it's funny how much the industry modernizes vintage inspired clothing with the pattern choices, like with what you you said about the anchors. Have fun shopping!

Can't wait for more videos of this series! :D

I'm so excited about the new series! I've helped create and alter costumes for our local high school for several years- we've used lots of thrift shop finds, many needing alterations and some out of beautiful fabric that I was always intimidated to work with. Can't wait to watch your progression and hopefully get some tips and ideas!

I'm really looking forward to this series, especially the pieces you've purchased. My style doesn't really lean to vintage, although I occasionally branch out when something looks preppy enough. (I feel weird describing my style as preppy, but that's the best way to do so hahaha.) However, when I've thought of looking into vintage clothing, I always had the idea that it would look really worn and damaged rather than clean and crisp. So I'm looking forward to seeing your purchases prove me wrong.

You've obviously put a lot of thought into this subject. Your preferred style of cosmetics and hair styles seems like your TELL. At least to me. To hear your thoughts about your previous dislike is interesting and I totally understand it. I'm a child of the sixties and saw the remnants of 50's style clothing. Can you say YIKES? This was a lot of fun. Can't wait to see the pieces you've bought. Thanks..

This is a really interesting video, thank you for sharing your thoughts! I'm looking forward to the rest of the series :D

Really looking forward to the future videos in this series. :) And don't worry, even if you bought some of those clothes off the revenue from patreon, if it brings joy and makes you happy, it's absolutely ok (at least for me). And you are putting out content related to it, so we get to see some of it as well.

Looking forward to the rest of the series. Recognized my own thought process regarding vintage clothing.

This was such a fun video. I'm looking forward to the others in the series.

I’m honestly so excited for the rest of this series!!

I relate so much to your feelings about your clothing and I loved listening to you describe your journey toward changing that. I'm looking forward to the rest of this series!

I loved this video and look forward to seeing more of your vintage wardrobe!

Oh, I love this video! I'm slowly changing my own closet to a style that appeals more to me, (while still keeping a few pieces for my 'geek/punkrock' days) so I'm looking forward to tips as to where/how to find more somewhat affordable clothing <3

I very much relate to this. I love vintage but need sleeves and didn't dig the Rockabilly look that you find so easily. I'm now looking at patterns so I can start making my own clothes to feel good in.

I love this video. I relate to your worries about not feeling comfortable in vintage clothing, it has been one of the main reasons I haven’t done more than poke my toe into vintage fashions. This video is inspiring me to try more.

Angela, don't worry one minute about what we think! You are young and have a lifetime of growth and changing ahead of you. I enjoy sharing your journey no matter where it takes you, and if you finally have some discretional income, spend it how you like, my patronage comes with no strings attached at all - go buy a box of chocolates if that is what you want. Life is work and play, and you are entitled to all of it.

I love this video series idea! I love all of your videos actually...they're very fun to watch while hand sewing.

That was actually really helpful. Thanks! I'm still at the transition point from your original state of mind, of knowing I look bad and refusing to care because of not trying. Also, I love that sweater you're wearing here and cannot believe you got it with tags on for $15. That totally blows a major misconception I had. So thank you!

I agree that the main stream ads for vintage-inspired clothes are all fairly similar, and it will be nice to see different things featured in your new series!

I'm already obsessed with this series because I honestly had all of these thoughts whenever someone mentions vintage fashion. Can't wait for more videos!

Love this video, and your sweater! That sweater is absolutely gorgeous!

Will said, will done.

I would love to see what all you have so far, how you pair things together in ensembles.

This is great! I love this video and the idea behind this series. I had/have many of the same misconceptions as you and am also working towards getting over them, so to speak. I also totally understand being hesitant to sew “simple” garments as opposed to complex historical ones. Can’t wait to see more of these vids!

Great video! I’m super excited for more

love this idea

I loved the video! It was very informative and definitely helped me understand vintage clothing better! It was also nice to hear a little bit more about your experience transforming your wardrobe! I look forward to the rest of the videos in this series!

Thanks so much for this! I'd love to have a more vintage styled wardrobe but I have quite a few misconceptions myself, some of which you've helped shed light on. The main issue for me is that I wear work uniform several days a week, and when I get home I just throw on something that's easy to walk the dog in. So it can be hard to justify not dressing lazily for just a few hours. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to more of this series!

I enjoyed this video a lot! I've been wearing vintage and vintage inspired for 3 years and I love seeing other people transitioning into vintage and how they style their new finds 😍