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Past Perfect Vintage Clothing features quality Antique and Vintage clothing from the Victorian and Edwardian eras as well as the 1920s through the 1960s, including designer pieces, while focusing on wonderful design lines, textures and treatments. Come see us for vintage hats, vintage dresses and suit, shoes, accessories and even the occasional men's clothing!
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Sweet 1950s Black Tissue Faille and Lace Dress by Mr. Mort

Here we have a very sweet and timeless party dress by Mr. Mort, a company that produced fashionable but affordable dresses through the 1950s - 1980s. The line on this is quite attractive with the darted and fitted bodice, slim long sleeves, wide. almost off shoulder neckline and long, full skirt. The neckline is edges with a wide machine made embroidered net. Add a narrow or wide belt in black velvet or patent and you are ready to go. Or , if you have a trim waist, go for the wide contrast belt. Dress closes with CB metal zipper and metal wrist zippers.
Label: Mr. Mort
Vibrant 1960s Red Wool Tweed Davidow Suit

Davidow suits had a loyal following in their time, and with good reason. They were beautifully made out of top fabrics in classic lines. This is one of their better quality 1960s suits, with red crepe lining, bound buttonholes, and chain weight hem in the jacket. The jacket is well thought out, from the figure skimming cut to the working pocket with flap exterior and matching toned buttons. Both pieces are fully lined. The skirt closes with a side metal zipper. This suit also carries the Pogue's label from the Cincinnati department store which was in business from 1863 - 1983, when it was purchased and merged with Stewart Dry Goods and L.S. Ayres.
Label: Davidow London Paris New York, ILGWU and Pogue's
Rich 1960s Black Chantilly Lace & Chiffon Cocktail Dress

This verstile 1960s dress can go to cocktails, parties or dinners. And it would dance well, too. And the texture is rich: black chantilly lace over bodice with black silk chiffon over nude lining, plus a gathered chiffon silk skirt over black silk crepe lining. And it's all finished at the waist with a black velvet ribbon and bow. The bateau neckline is flattering combined with the scoop of the under bodice. The waist line is just slightly raised. A lovely dress with good texture and flow. Center back metal zipper on dress and hook closure on lace at the slit.
Black and White 1990s Bergdorf Custom Valentino Dress

That Valentino. He knows what he is about. This 1994 dated silk dress from Bergdorf Goodman's Custom Salon is a Valentino Boutique summer dress in black and white. It's a tour de force of contrast panels and piping. Each and every panel is pipe din black as are the saw tooth neckline and straps. The curved panels mold the bodice to the figure and eliminate the need for bust darting. The dress is fully lined in white crepe de chine and has a side coil zipper.
Labels: Valentino Boutique, Bergdorf Goodman On the Plaza New York, Made in Italy Dry Clean only
Fabulous Fuchsia Felt 1940s WWII Hat

This 1940s fuchsia hat is fabulous! The felt crown has soft yet telescoped definition with a rolled tiny brim. A felt bow on each side visually anchors the matching felt halo clamp. This has a felt fuchsia and black gingko(!) leaves cascade that forms a halo from the front. A wonderful detail. Another perfect hat for a 1940s suit or winter dress.
A Short History of Louisville Department Stores
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They were unique. They were of their time. And they were ours. And now, they are all but gone. Like so many other American cities, Louisville once had scores of local clothing stores that were institutions. One grew up and learned to shop were one's mother and aunts shopped, not unlike following family traditions regarding one's choice of church, doctor and attorney. Ladies went downtown to shop to the flagship buildings of Stewart's, Selman's or Kaufman - Straus or a bit later to the Art Deco Byck's. If you went to Stewart's, you wore a hat and gloves and went to lunch on the Orchid Tea Room. If you were a doctor, you shopped at Martin's; a banker at Rodes-Rapier.Shopping downtown was an all day experience, walking from store to store along 4th St. complete with lunch at Stewart's or Kaufman's and even a movie afterward. The corner of 4th and Walnut ( now Muhammad Ali Blvd.) was known as the 4 S's Corner for the Seelbach Hotel, Selman's, the Stark's Bldg. and Stewart's. Of the stores profiled below, only 3 are still in existence - and neither have venues downtown. The buildings of many remain, incorporated into new uses, while the clothing and hats continue to come out of estates and turn up in vintage clothing shops.
For photos and individual store histories, see
pastperfectvintage.com/louisvillestores.htm
Links we reccommend heartily
- Past Perfect Vintage
- We have to list our own site first, don't we?
- Past Perfect Vintage Blog
- Where we ramble on about vintage clothing I have known
- Ann Jenkins Jewelry
- Some of the best modern art jewelry you will ever see. Natural objects treated as jewels.
- eCouture by Jenkins & Evans
- Wonderful wearable recycled clothing with an eye to fashion
- Past Perfect Vintage - the etsy division
- A small selection from Past Perfect Vintage now available on etsy.com
- The Vintage Fashion Guild
- A great source of Vintage Fashion information
- Fuzzy Lizzie
- A delightful Vintage Clothing site: part blog, part sales, part education
- CoStar Vintage Clothing Resource
- wonderful resource with photos of period garments
- Vintage Fashion Guild Members
- Check it out - loads of vintage clothing sites
- Biddington's US Patent Numbers
- How very handy when you have a patent number laying around
- The Lace Fairy Lace Identification
- the name says it all.
- The Louisville Civil War Round Table
- Because there is more in life to get excited about than Vintage Fashion, and history is one of those things.
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