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Grain Edit: Your New Favorite Design Blog

If you’ve ever wanted to dive into ModCloth’s Apartment section and never come out, you will love retro design blog Grain Edit. (We certainly do!) The arty site splits its focus between classic design...

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Dresses Through the Decades

With another decade drawing to a close, and our expansive selection of vintage-inspired frocks right at my fingertips, I started to think about all the iconic silhouettes that each era brought. But...

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Page Turners: A Charming Summer Editorial

All images via Flickr user Millie Motts. Ah, April — the month when the suns finally rolls out of bed, and one can practically taste the summer on their lips. Soon, we’ll all be gallivanting around in...

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Fave Finds: Rebecca’s Retro Dress

Who: Rebecca of Rebecca Anne Photography What: A blue 1950′s handmade dress Where: At a Goodwill in Athens, Georgia How Much: Less than $6 When I Use It: ”I just bought it yesterday, so I have yet to...

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Fashion in Film: The Blob

Get ready for company, because this is the summer of alien invasions. Hollywood headliners such as Prometheus, Battleship, and Men in Black 3 are ushering extraterrestrials earthward in droves,...

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Fave Finds: October’s Carolyn Schnurer Sundress

Who: October of October Rebel What: 1950′s Carolyn Schnurer sundress Where: Theatre rummage sale How much: $5 When I use it: ”I love wearing it outdoors — it has a sort of tea party-on-the-lawn...

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Fave Finds: Diana’s Fabulous Fifties Frock!

Who: Diana of Retro Glam Girl What: A 1950′s vintage dress Where: Salvation Army How much: $1.50 When I use it: “On dates with my husband.” Shopping tips: “Be patient and look through every single...

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Tough Threads: Taking Tips from Teddy Girls

A scan from a 2006 issue of BUST Magazine via À L’allure Garçonnière. Forever haunted by those striking vintage photographs of Teddy Girls by Ken Russell in 1950′s London, we went out in search of...

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Vintage View: I Love Paris in the ’50s

All photos by Janice Niepce, courtesy of Arts et Métiers, Paris, 1957. Ah, Paris. As springtime — the city’s most storied season — approaches, we’ve been pining for a Parisian holiday. Well, since we...

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The Diner Things in Life

Truly, we couldn’t have found a more apt location for the second chapter of our Summer in Focus stylebook than Los Angeles’ Cafe 50′s. This classic diner was the site of some of our most stunning...

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Lora Lamm’s Lovely Illustrations

Image via Vogue Italia Looking for a new illustration crush? Look no further than the lovely work of artist Lora Lamm. Born in Switzerland in 1928, Lamm was a key contributor to the Milanese design...

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Fashion in Film: Clue

Was it Miss Scarlet with the wrench in the drawing room? Or, Colonel Mustard in the billiards room with the rope? The plot is a thick web of mystery and lies in Clue, the 1985 film adaptation of the...

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Page Turners: A Charming Summer Editorial

All images via Flickr user Millie Motts. Ah, April – the month when the suns finally rolls out of bed, and one can practically taste the summer on their lips. Soon, we’ll all be gallivanting around in...

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Fave Finds: Rebecca’s Retro Dress

Who: Rebecca of Rebecca Anne Photography What: A blue 1950′s handmade dress Where: At a Goodwill in Athens, Georgia How Much: Less than $6 When I Use It: “I just bought it yesterday, so I have yet to...

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Fashion in Film: The Blob

Get ready for company, because this is the summer of alien invasions. Hollywood headliners such as Prometheus, Battleship, and Men in Black 3 are ushering extraterrestrials earthward in droves,...

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Fave Finds: October’s Carolyn Schnurer Sundress

Who: October of October Rebel What: 1950′s Carolyn Schnurer sundress Where: Theatre rummage sale How much: $5 When I use it: “I love wearing it outdoors — it has a sort of tea party-on-the-lawn...

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Fave Finds: Diana’s Fabulous Fifties Frock!

Who: Diana of Retro Glam Girl What: A 1950′s vintage dress Where: Salvation Army How much: $1.50 When I use it: “On dates with my husband.” Shopping tips: “Be patient and look through every single...

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Tough Threads: Taking Tips from Teddy Girls

A scan from a 2006 issue of BUST Magazine via À L’allure Garçonnière. Forever haunted by those striking vintage photographs of Teddy Girls by Ken Russell in 1950′s London, we went out in search of...

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Vintage View: I Love Paris in the ’50s

All photos by Janice Niepce, courtesy of Arts et Métiers, Paris, 1957. Ah, Paris. As springtime – the city’s most storied season – approaches, we’ve been pining for a Parisian holiday. Well, since we...

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The Diner Things in Life

Truly, we couldn’t have found a more apt location for the second chapter of our Summer in Focus stylebook than Los Angeles’ Cafe 50′s. This classic diner was the site of some of our most stunning...

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