In theory vintage clothing is cool. But in practice you have to dig thru bins and sift thru racks in hopes of finding a purrfect gem. Only to find your gem is three sizes too small or has a coffee stain across the front or just the lingering smell of 1975.Designers too feel the allure of vintage clothing, and now some of them are opening their archives and re-issuing best-sellers from bygone days.
Thirty five years after introducing her signature wrap dresses, Diane von Furstenberg is re-doing them in the original prints and proportions. This fall Coach will offer a new line based on the Bonnie Cashin bags of the 1960's with double stitching, hangtags, and candy colored striped linings.
Even Nike has a new line of vintage '70s era sneakers factory agaed and distressed to add a vintage look, even down to their yellowed rubber, irregular logos and dirty laces.
What will be next we ask you...
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