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Eco-Friendly Vintage Clothing Contemporary Women!
It's a place for fashionable, contemporary women who enjoy mixing and matching vintage clothing with their favorite designer (or not-so-designer) pieces.
It's a place for fashionistas who believe in developing their own unique style instead of looking like the cookie-cutter version of a mannequin in a mall window.
And it's a place to to learn about eco-issues in the fashion industry and how you can easily start greening your wardrobe and your life.
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We're looking for hip, happening women to re-think vintage and embrace our vision.Come shop at Zuburbia.com for an outstanding curated collection of designer and non-designer vintage clothing.
We offer use eco-friendly laundering and dry-cleaning and offer FREE Carbon Offset Shipping in the US.
Plus with each order:
**We plant 10 trees in Haiti
**We provide clean drinking water to one person for one year.
**We provide lunch for one hungry child
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No time to page through thousands of eBay listings? Then just sneak a peek at my weekly eBay Roundup of Top Vintage Clothing Finds.
This eclectic mix of designer and non-designer vintage clothing and accessories caught my discerning eye for their uniqueness, their contemporary feel and their highly collectible nature.
As always, buyer beware! Be sure to read the listings closely and contact the sellers with any questions.
This week's finds include pieces by Patricia Smith, Helen Bond Carruthers and Malcolm Starr. Be sure to check out the amazing 1920s wedding dress and the fab Pucci pajamas.

Zuburbia.com Featured Item: Oh So Pretty Cocktail Dress $695
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FIVE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD BE WEARING VINTAGE CLOTHING
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1. Outstanding Quality
Once you've examined a quality piece of vintage clothing you will readily see that it just can't compare to one of today's contemporary garments at a similar price. It's actually possible to wear couture-quality garments for the price of ready-to-wear! Vintage clothing was often lovingly sewed by talented home seamstresses or made by designers who put extra-loving care into each garment--and it shows.
The fabrics, many times, are unbelievable. A similar item in the same fabric today could conceivably put it out of your price range. Outstanding silks, cashmeres, wools, leathers and furs are available at prices that pale in comparison to walking into a boutique and purchasing a similar item today.
2. Unique Details
Hand embroidery, unique buttons (many collectible on their own), outstanding beading (sometimes glass), blazers with printed silk linings. The kind of detail that today is often found in only the high-end designer or couture garments is available on many vintage clothing pieces of yesteryear.
3. Individuality
You can be assured that if you are wearing a vintage clothing item, you will not have to worry about another woman walking in the door with the same dress, blouse, or handbag. The confident vintage fashionista knows that she can wear her beautiful hand-embroidered tulle blouse even when lavish embellishments aren't the "Season's Trend." These vintage clothing pieces turn heads because of their uniqueness. If you aren't a cookie-cutter personality, then vintage clothing is for you. Vintage allows you to have what no one else can have-let them drool over your one-of-a-kind pony skin handbag! You can look fantastic without looking like anyone else.
4. Financial Freedom
Okay, quick quiz question: Which would you choose? A new Chanel suit or Gucci handbag from the current season or 2 Chanel suits or Gucci handbags from a decade ago? Buying vintage clothes, especially non-sought-after labels or individually tailored pieces, makes you clothing budget go a lot further. For the same amount of your hard-earned cash, you can compile an outstanding wardrobe by buying vintage clothing and accessories. Talk to anyone who is a vintage-aholic and you'll hear the stories: an authentic Christian Dior handbag purchased for $1, a fox fur stole for $15, a no-name wool suit with black fur collar for $35. Now these are the extreme vintage bargains that make one jump up and down with glee, yes, but purchasing that handbag for $100, the fur stole for $125 and the suit for $150 is entirely possible using eBay or a quality vintage clothing website or boutique. Or maybe you'd rather blow your entire yearly wardrobe on just one of these trendy pieces? I didn't think so.
5. Environmental Contribution
According to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, over 4 million tons of textiles are sent to landfills each year. Recycling these beautiful pieces of vintage clothing means one less piece of clothing left in our landfills. It also honors the designers who created them, the seamstresses who poured hours into their creation and the women who initially owned and loved them. Also, most of today's textiles requite petroleum in their manufacture, so wearing vintage clothes also helps with our fossil fuel concerns.
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Because Zuburbia Cares About the Environment
Eco-causes and vintage fashionistas walk hand in hand.
According to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, over 4 million tons of textiles are sent to landfills each year.
Recycling these beautiful pieces of vintage clothing means one less piece of clothing left in our landfills. It also honors the designers who created them, the seamstresses who poured hours into their creation and the women who initially owned and loved them.
Also, most of today's textiles requite petroleum in their manufacture, so wearing vintage clothes also helps with our fossil fuel concerns.
Imagine, you can lend a hand to Mother Nature and look good at the same time!
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Because Zuburbia knows it's not just about fashion!
Vintage fashionistas know that this season's latest and greatest handbag or the delight of finding the oh-so-perfect dress for a special occasion pales in comparison to the troubles that many people around the world (and in the US) face on a daily basis.
Burying your head like an ostrich won't make those troubles go away but education and action can.
The journey begins with information and the NYT has a reputation for providing some of the best.
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