Category: The Softer Side
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Second Hand Shops
Have you visited your local second hand clothing shop lately? If not, you are missing a bet. Oh, I know what you are thinking…. that you wouldn’t want to wear […]
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Shelburne Vintage Fashion Show
Another successful vintage fashion show at Shelburne has come and gone. I would like to thank the judges: Gael Boardman, Sandy Lambert, and Jan Sanders. It was not an easy […]
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Car Show Preparations
Can you believe that we are half way through March, and that in three short months we will be getting our cars out of the winter abode and dusting off […]
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Teaching Children to Drive
I’m sure that many of you have far more wonderful and harrowing experiences teaching your children to drive but I would like to tell you ours. Most families seem to […]
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Model A Ford Winter Driving
All this cold weather that we’ve been having makes me very thankful for the winter clothing that we now have. My grandmother told many stories of her driving adventures in […]
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Aprons
The picture in my mind that speaks volumes of home is my mother working in the kitchen. Her attire consisted of a simple dress, low shoes and of course an […]
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Fashion Quiz
Some fashion questions: In the last half of the nineteenth century, the fashion style was named for what Queen? In the late nineteenth century, what was a skirt made with […]
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VAE 50th Anniversary Book
Have you bought your copy of the VAE 50th Anniversary Book yet? If not, you’re missing out on an extremely interesting book of information on your club and it’s members. […]
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Auto Design & Fashion Design
Fashion design is greatly influenced by the automobile and the automobile has been greatly influenced by fashion design. One of the greatest designers was Raymond Loewy, 1893 – 1987, who […]
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The 50s (Part II)
Near the end of the decade there were two entirely different silhouettes. Dior designed the “Sack” dress, which later became the chemise, a no-waisted dress that was short and narrow […]