I adore Hawaiian shirts. Ever wondered who started the trend of the fabulous exotic print shirts? No it wasn’t Dog the bounty hunter. I discovered the first Aloha shirts were sold in the 1930s in Waikiki, and were made from kimono fabrics. The first tropical-print styles that we recognise today as the iconic Hawaiian…
Tweed is a medium-to-heavy weight fabric, usually rough in surface texture, and produced in a great variety of colour and weave effects. The names of these weaves are largely determined by the place they were manufactured. The descriptions “Scottish,” “Welsh ,” “Cheviot,” “Saxony,” “Harris,” “Yorkshire,” “Donegal,” and “West of England,” for example, cover an…
“Strictly speaking, vintage fashion is clothing that is at least 25 years old. Just a few years ago, this wasn’t a fashion slant you leant towards unless preparing for a fancy dress party. ‘Vintage’ was simply another word for second hand. Today the ‘sartorial ethos couldn’t be more different as vintage fashion is coveted the…
Get more tips every month by subscribing to our vintage members club An early device known as ‘an automatic continuous clothing closure’ similar to the zipper was patented in 1851 by Elias Howe. It was a series of ‘hook like’ clasps with no slider, instead the two sides were joined together with string. Pulling the…