{"id":1108,"date":"2011-11-02T13:32:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T20:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=1108"},"modified":"2011-11-04T15:27:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T22:27:58","slug":"fair-celebrates-vintage-fashion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2011\/11\/02\/fair-celebrates-vintage-fashion\/","title":{"rendered":"Fair celebrates vintage fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the past three years, Vintage Fair Victoria has been uniting one-of-a-kind clothes with one-of-a-kind customers. On November 12, over 30 vendors will roll their wares into the Fairfield United Church for the fifth instalment of the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost people that are in this business have done it because they\u2019re collectors, and their collection got out of control,\u201d says Lynn Gratham of Empress Jade Vintage, a vendor at the fair since its inception. \u201cYou have to have a passion for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fair\u2019s organizer, Sarah Rempel, definitely has a passion for vintage. Vintage Fair is more than just a glorified swap meet: it\u2019s a chance to get\u00a0educated about vintage clothing.<\/p>\n

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Vintage Fair organizer Sarah Rempel (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the morning of the event, Heritage Productions will be conducting a roaming fashion show, wearing clothes from the 1880s to 1920s and explaining the history behind each article and accessory.<\/p>\n

In the afternoon, local vintage merchant Sam Medley has a fashion show of her own planned. Last time, Medley organized a pillow fight in vintage lingerie.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully for this one we\u2019re going to have a lot more entertainment. And we have another surprise coming, but I can\u2019t say what. It\u2019s just naughty,\u201d says Medley.<\/p>\n

So what is vintage, exactly? \u201cVintage is any item that\u2019s 20 years old, up to 100 years old. Some people consider something that\u2019s 75 years old an antique; I prefer the 100-year mark for that, that\u2019s just how I\u2019ve always seen an antique,\u201d says Medley.<\/p>\n

While vintage clothes are unique, it\u2019s an unfortunate fact that the average person was smaller 50 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s always a much larger selection in the tiny little sizes, so if you\u2019re a medium-to-large-sized gal, or you\u2019re really tall, it\u2019s a lot harder,\u201d says Gratham. \u201cI find that when I find the larger pieces, especially the really nice ones, they sell fast and they sell for top dollar.\u201d<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s clothes are also less common at vintage retailers, but there are a few vendors who specialize in fashion for gentlemen. \u201cIf you come earlier in the day, the items aren\u2019t as picked over,\u201d says Rempel.<\/p>\n

And wearing vintage isn\u2019t just about being fashion conscious. Rempel says that second-hand clothing is also \u201cthe oldest green business going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Holiday Vintage Fair
\n10am-4pm, Saturday November 12
\nFairfield United Church, $3
\nvintagefairvictoria.com\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the past three years, Vintage Fair Victoria has been uniting one-of-a-kind clothes with one-of-a-kind customers. On November 12, over 30 vendors will roll their wares into the Fairfield United Church for the fifth instalment of the event. \u201cMost people that are in this business have done it because they\u2019re collectors, and their collection got […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life","category-november-2-2011"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1108"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1234,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108\/revisions\/1234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}