I have been good and put some new vintage garments for sale on TradeMe. My favourite is this AMAZING 1970s dress on the left.
I mean, where do i start?! It is too amazing for words!
It has got a tie-dye pattern, which is so in this season. Check out the cool pockets, bodice construction and cute ties. Not to mention the silhouette...
It is dressmaker-made.
It is a size 10 and too small for me :-(
so it is for sale. Auction Number: 195771083.
What really impresses me is that garments like this one are 30+ years old, and they still look perfect. No fading, no weak seams, no bald patches, no pils, nothing...
So now, I cant resist having a little New Years' rant :-) :
Compare this to chain-store garments from today...you are lucky to get one season wear out of them, they are made of inferior fabric, using inferior methods, simplest (cheapest to make) patterns, there is no advanced construction to speak pff (they just use lycra and rely on that for fit) and God only knows what sort of place they were made at,and how much pollution and garbage was created in the process of making them.
Sometimes I go into those stores to see the current trends and what amazes me is that people actually buy this garbage!!!! I mean in Glassons, Supre, Millers (OMG!) , Farmers, even Max and Portmans and any store in St Lukes Mall (shudder!) . I don't know where to start: inferior construction, mass production which makes everybody look the same, polyester everywhere (yuck!), lowest quality which will ensure that after few months or one season MAXIMUM , that garment will end up in trash. And that is exactly what we need, more trash and more stuff in the landfills. And the worst: "Made in China " tags! I have nothing against China as a country, but we all know how things are produced over there: uncontrolled pollution, child labor, unethical workplaces...where do i start? I won't even try. :-(
In case you are wondering, I wear stuff made by NZ designers :WORLD, KILT(amazing designer from Palmerston North) , ZAMBESI (all made in NZ). Apart from this, vintage stuff from 1930s to 1990s (from dresses to coats to vintage furs). Shoes mostly from Marc Jacobs and Costume National and Melissa (recycled rubber), or vintage again :-)
Anyway -enough with the rant! I don't mean to preach and appear all prim and proper, but my God, the retail sales have set the new record this Boxing day sales :-( I would bet anything that at least 50% of everthing bought is chinese made junk :-(