GOK
Thank you so much for the suggestions, I have been finding all of these great stores to look at and I am really considering buying a few things, but it will have to wait for some money to be available first. I really appreciate all of the great ideas. Thanks again!!:)
Welcome from a Canadian member, I am new as well and have found that eveyone here is very friendly and most helpful. Can't wait to see the pictures of the corsets. Have a great day and Happy Hallowe'en:)
Olive Bleu
Hi nice to meet you. I usually never really looked at vintage stores because I figured that what was the point, they probably only carry tiny stuff, but now I am going to give it a try. I will try to buy something online eventually, I just hate the unknown factor! It's hard enough...
My problem even when I am buying plus sized patterns is that they don't seem to be consistent with sizing, so how in the heck do you know if it will fit until you actually try it out? Oh well, I am trying to lose weight and hopefully that will make it easier to find patterns that will fit.
Rosie
I know, I need to go into Vancouver and browse through all of the vintage stores when I have a day to really go and look through everything. My plan is to work hard on my sewing skills and whip out some beautiful stuff. :)
Welcome.
Im a 16/18, so i feel your pain in finding vintage wear
The truth is, most of the stuff that is a round survived cause no one wore it. So to compensate for my lack of true vintage garb, I make a lot of my stuff.
Another good got by are the 'old lady' clothing stores, like...
Miss Dottie
Thank you for the suggestion. The only problem is that I live in Canada and the Torrid stores are located in the USA. They have online ordering, but I am very leery of spending all of that money when I have never tried on any of their items. I find particularly when you are a...
Hi, there. I am new to this community. I like many others that I have been reading in here, stumbled across this site in search of make up and hair tips for the 40's. I am so ecstatic to finally find a bunch of people who like the same things that I do.
Here is my problem, I am in love with...
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