Few people can afford vintage things, because they are a real rarity.
What distinguishes such things from retrocopies?
Find out what true vintage style looks like in clothing for women and men.
Vintage style in clothes: how it manifests itself
Vintage as a clothing style appeared in the 90s. last century. At first, it was understood that vintage style meant things that were 20–30 years old and well preserved. At the same time, there was a restriction that things should not be older than 50 years.
Over time, adjustments were made. Now the vintage style is clothing aged from 30 to 90 years (those that are older are antiques, and those younger are slightly outdated modern things).
Vintage in a broader sense is a retro style, although this definition is completely inaccurate. Vintage items are original, while retro-style clothing can simply be reproduced from modern materials.
Translated from English, the term vintage refers to high-quality wines or a vintage of a certain year, which is associated with its aging. In fashion, by analogy, the term “vintage” refers to an old item that was popular in the 20th century.
People who are passionate about vintage constantly turn to the history of fashion of the last century to find out whether the item in front of them is genuine or artificially aged. True value represent haute couture items from past times. These are, as a rule, real works of art.
In clothing, vintage style manifests itself as an accurate reflection of the fashion of past times. It is customary to divide such things by decades (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s of the twentieth century). At the same time, some designers consider only things that were created before the 60s to be vintage. XIX century.
Vintage women's clothing style
Vintage dresses are worn by those who have refined taste and charisma. When sewing them, designers, as a rule, pay attention to detail and reflect the fashion trends of their time.
Let's highlight the main vintage background by decade:
- Things from the 20s and 30s. The 20th century was characterized by glamorous Hollywood chic. The following were fashionable in those days:
Tunic dresses. They were made from different materials depending on the occasion: velvet and silk - for evening outings, knitted - for every day. Sometimes they were decorated with a narrow belt, which was located on the hips. Dresses with a low cut-off waist and wing sleeves. Hats with curved brims. They were made plain and decorated large flower or a mesh veil. Strings of pearls, which were usually wrapped around the neck twice and tied with a knot in the chest area. Accessories include boas and boas. Blouses with a closed collar, which was sometimes decorated with a bow. For such a blouse they chose a narrow skirt - an analogue of a modern pencil skirt. Shoes with round toes, mesh stockings.
- Clothing from the 1940s has a rough edge to it. It was often possible to see military paraphernalia. At that time the following were considered popular:
Blazers tapered to the waist with sharp shoulders. Shoulder pads were definitely used to make the shoulder line heavier. Blouses with white collars and wide cuffs. Flared skirts reaching to the middle of the calf. The waistline was emphasized with a wide belt. Current colors are check and polka dot.
- The style of the 1950s is characterized by a certain swagger. Corsets, stiletto heels, and bright makeup were popular then. Significant things of those times:
A printed (plaid or polka dot) tank top or strapless crop top. High-waisted trousers and skirts. A bright headband or a neckerchief tied in the front with a knot. Full skirts below the knee.
- In the 1960s were relevant:
Knee-length dresses, tailored in the shape of a trapezoid, bright solid color or into large peas.
Evening low-cut straight dresses. Mini style made of nylon and lycra. Moccasins, which were worn under trousers tailored in a masculine manner with arrows. An untucked shirt, which was worn with a belt.
- The 1970s were characterized by the flourishing of the hippie subculture. This was reflected in the clothes. Very popular:
flared trousers; men's jackets; clogs; fitted sweaters and blazers; Indian-style headbands.
Vintage style in men's clothing
Vintage men's clothing style implies the presence in the wardrobe of perfectly ironed shirts with a wide collar, trousers with arrows, and hats. Unlike women's vintage style, men's is characterized by conservatism.
There are different style directions:
Polo. These are specially tailored racing shirts and t-shirts with raglan sleeves. The costumes are characterized by strict outlines and soft colors. Suitable shoes are loafers, oxfords or brogues. The look of a dude is the most striking embodiment of vintage in men's fashion. This trend is characterized by contrasting colors in clothing, interesting hairstyles and accessories in the form of a cane, an elaborate tie, and cufflinks. The best expression of vintage is a tailored suit in black and red checkered patterns. Disco and hippies mean having flared jeans, loose shirts in bright colors, and simple shoes like moccasins in your wardrobe.
Vintage style in clothing is the obligatory compliance of all elements with one trend. The image should not contain unnecessary, random details. Vintage are things that were fashionable earlier, but are well preserved and look great on the figure.
A real rarity in this direction are rare items released by legendary designers such as Coco Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld. Fashion is immortal, and this is evidenced by the particular popularity of vintage these days.
Many of us don't want to part with some of our old things. Some of them keep the memory of our loved ones. The memory of significant events is associated with others, which is why sometimes it accumulates in a house or apartment. old junk, which it’s a pity to throw away, and you don’t want to live with it. If you want to do high-quality repairs, but leave some things that are inherited, suggest how the vintage style can find a compromise. Translated from French this strange word means wine that has been stored in a cellar for a long time. The things of our great-grandfathers are so strong grape drinks, become especially valuable over time, so rooms decorated with them easily become original and interesting from a design point of view.
Antiques and vintage are not the same thing, antiques are cultural value, vintage is something very simple, native, something that helps to improve your home without much investment. So, the vintage style popular today has character traits. These are the ones you should navigate if you want to do the repairs yourself.
Main features of an interior made in vintage style
So, how can you recreate the atmosphere of a warm, cozy vintage in your interior? It is important to follow certain principles:
- Firstly, the interior must contain shabby furniture or original furniture made in the era of the 20-30s of the last century or stylized as it.
- Secondly, you need to use items from the last century as accessories (vases, candlesticks, boxes, ceremonial dishes). It is important that all this is in good condition.
- Thirdly, the vintage style is recreated against the backdrop of certain colors. Therefore, when painting walls or wallpapering, you should give preference to pastel shades, floral prints with small delicate patterns. Many manufacturers produce entire collections that are ideal for creating the described interiors.
If everything is in order with the wallpaper, what to do with other surfaces? When finishing the ceiling or floor, synthetic materials and plastic should not be used. In this case, you can choose laminate for floors; vintage allows the use of modern textures in the interior, provided that they are artificially aged. In addition, the described style in the interior can be read from small details. So, for example, it may be indicated by a soft blanket carelessly thrown on the back or photographs in aged frames placed on the chest of drawers, floor vases large sizes.
If you want to get more detailed instructions on creating interiors in a vintage style, you should read the article to the end and find out which wallpaper is best to choose for decorating the walls of a new interior, how to decorate the ceiling, what material to put on the floor.
The right wallpaper for a vintage-style interior
As mentioned above, the basis of a vintage-style interior is a correctly selected background. The walls can be painted in pleasant pastel colors, but it is better to hang wallpaper, which allows you to solve problems in more decorative ways.
To recreate the vintage style, three types of wallpaper are suitable for urban interiors:
- Canvases with contrasting patterns and paired with striped wallpaper.
- Wallpaper with characteristic Japanese motifs, rich colors with birds of paradise or pink flowers.
- Wallpaper that features patterned designs (can be flowers or intertwining branches) that look on the walls as if they have been slightly faded by the sun.
Note! The modern vintage style in the interior is created so that the walls or wallpaper do not catch the eye, and all attention is focused on the furniture and accessories characteristic of the style described.
Features of the design of the ceiling and floor
Experienced designers choosing vintage style to create beautiful interiors, pay attention to the integrity of the overall picture, therefore Special attention is given not only correct design walls, but also the ceiling. It is covered with whitewash or painted, decorated with wallpaper, and framed with stucco. But they take in the one that is covered with small cracks, unevenness or small chips.
Ordinary boards are best suited for flooring; plank flooring has a number of advantages, but when creating high-status interiors, preference is given to classic parquet. It is important that these two materials look aged and used, but at the same time they can be completely new. Modern manufacturers We are ready to offer a variety of collections of parquet, laminate, solid boards, artificially aged, which can be used to create a vintage style.
What furniture to choose
Repairs come to an end someday, so the need comes to equip the interior and fill it with furniture. What can and should be put in a room decorated in vintage style?
Items made from natural wood. It’s good if they are made with forging elements or metal parts made of brass and copper. Each object should have its own story; scratches, chips and abrasions tell a lot about it.
Note! Interior content in vintage style is arranged according to the principle of symmetry, so initially you need to purchase paired pieces of furniture. They are arranged around one large object (a bed and two nightstands, a chest of drawers and two display cases on the sides, a long table between two identical sofas).
Stylish tall cabinets with carved decor, patinated chests of drawers, forged metal couches, will look good in a vintage-style interior, coffee tables, made of copper frame. Viennese chairs with peeling paint, massive wooden tables, the tabletop of which is covered with a network of small cracks - it will not be possible to find similar pieces of furniture in your old interiors special labor. They definitely need to be used in a new interior, they just have to be played out a little differently.
In the interior, decorated in vintage style, you can see many photo frames, ceramic figurines, open shelves, large and small mirrors, and classically shaped candlesticks. Look at the photo, all this together looks quite cozy.
Successful color combinations in the interior
When creating textile design, you need to remember that vintage, as an interior style, does not like dark or too bright colors. Everything around is subject to one principle - the formation of light airspace. Therefore, textiles are chosen to match the walls and wallpaper. And in order to prevent both components from merging with each other, close combinations of semi-shades or colors close to each other “in spirit” are allowed.
The most advantageous options in vintage interiors: pink wallpaper and upholstery upholstered furniture, made in the color of young grass, or blue wallpaper and curtains the color of ash rose. Look at the photo how well similar combinations made in vintage style work.
As you can see, the textiles do not merge with the overall palette, so the entire interior as a whole does not look like one merged spot.
Additional accessories
After the wallpaper on the walls is pasted, the renovation is completed, and the furniture is arranged, the final touch when creating interiors made in a vintage style will be the installation of correctly selected accessories. The more of them, the better, the main thing is not to overdo it and not turn the room into a junk shop. What accents will look best in a vintage-style interior?
- An antique cuckoo clock hung on a decorated wall always works well to create a complete image. beautiful wallpaper, or massive chimes placed near a soft corner sofa.
- Vintage interiors are almost always decorated with dried flowers and prickly inflorescences placed in large round vases. Similar objects can appear on a chest of drawers in the bedroom, in long vases on the floor in the hallway or in the living room.
- We have already mentioned photographs in frames above, but let us once again say that it is best to place the faces of relatives and close people belonging to different generations in them. It will be good if among them there are black and white photographs.
- Vintage-style interior decor often uses retro posters depicting movie characters from the 20s of the last century, as well as old theater posters, pasted directly onto the wallpaper.
- The final touch is openwork woolen bedspreads carelessly thrown on the back of the sofa, pillows of different textures, a carpet on the floor with geometric ornament(previously these were hung on the walls). Look at next photo, This best example how the main accents of the described style are placed using the listed accessories.
To sum up, we can safely say that the vintage style of interior design is more relevant today than ever. Many people like the idea of combining the spirit of modernity and old times, continuity of generations, implemented in decoration own apartment or at home. And wallpaper, and any other modern Decoration Materials make it easy to create an interior made in vintage style.
What is real vintage?
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Originally coming to us, as always, from French wine terminology (to denote the class of wines), vintage has firmly established itself not only as a newfangled word in the fashion industry (touchingly hinting at “glamour”), but also as a separate trend in collecting.
And here, of course, you need to understand the difference. What is vintage? What is vintage style? – Let’s look at it in detail, of course, just as not all old things are Antiques, and not all old rags and accessories are Vintage.
Vintage is, first of all, a style within a style! This is a strict strict adherence to time and brand boundaries within one composition - be it a beauty’s outfit, the interior of a house (room) or a decoupage booklet.
Vintage clothing is primarily branded, with characteristic milestones spanning an average of 10 years (ideally, less is better). Those. When choosing a dress in a vintage style, first of all, correlate its relevance with a vintage bag of the same time, be sure to have a hairstyle and vintage jewelry that does not go beyond these same 5-10 years! Oh, how funny 80s dangle earrings go with a 50s dress, be careful! One step, a couple of years in the history of fashion - and you are a clown, not a miss-style!
pearl beads, vintage jewelry
A vintage handbag (suitcase, why not?) and vintage glasses are important accessories. Any little thing, picked up in what is called “the vein”, lifts you to the step of Olympus “Vintage” and the slightest oversight or negligence - crushingly throws you into the abyss of bad taste.
Have you decided to decorate your studio in a vintage style? – Oh please, get at least black and white photographs or, ideally, magazines from those years. Vintage interior- a task for a serious designer; a couple of trips to a building materials store and a trip to a furniture store won’t save you. You'll have to do a lot of searching: vintage lamps, armchairs, stools, chairs, tables, chests of drawers... You can't find all this in one day. Such a room will fill up for years, unless, of course, you again want to be known among your “friends” as “the official representative of the construction yard market.”
vintage furniture armchair chair "Tulip" lamp table SAARINEN, Eero Finland, 1910 – USA, 1961
You can try to make something vintage with your own hands. For example, sew a skirt using a pattern from the 40s. But even here, not everything is so simple: the choice of material texture, accessories and sometimes even threads - all this must correspond to the chosen period of time.
Look at vintage photos, vintage pictures, leaf through magazines and catalogs, visit exhibitions and museums - and you will succeed!
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Adj., number of synonyms: 2 antique (1) retro (3) ASIS Dictionary of Synonyms. V.N. Trishin. 2013… Synonym dictionary
Adj. The kind that looks like it was just pulled out of a forgotten old chest (usually about clothes or shoes). Ephraim's explanatory dictionary. T. F. Efremova. 2000... Modern Dictionary Russian language Efremova
vintage- adj. 1) vintage; seasoned 2) outdated, old-fashioned; vintage 30 classic… Universal additional practical explanatory dictionary by I. Mostitsky
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In life, we often come across the concept “vintage”, and, as it turns out, many people misunderstand its meaning. So what does the word “vintage” really mean? This is what we have to figure out.
Meaning of the concept
The concept of "vintage" comes from the history of French winemaking. Previously, this was the name for exquisite wine, which was very highly valued and incredibly expensive. The term itself can be interpreted in different ways. Firstly, this was the name of the process of selecting grapes for elite wine varieties. Secondly, the elite wine itself.
Subsequently, the concept of “vintage” was assigned to any exquisite and expensive thing, sometimes rare, that is, very, very rare.
The concept appeared in the middle of the 20th century, but became widespread only at the beginning of the 21st century. So, vintage is rare, exquisite, elite. This is the original understanding of the term. We'll meet the other one a little later.
The main characteristic of vintage
In addition to the elements that date back to the fashion of the First World War and until the end of the 90s of the 20th century, the vintage style is distinguished by its particular elegance, restraint, and laconicism. The main characteristic is the age of the thing - at least 20 years. The most valuable copies are considered to be those made not as a streaming version, but in single quantities, unique and inimitable. And better - self made. So, another understanding of the term: vintage is unique, unique, inimitable.
In addition, the basis of the thing, its historical component, must be preserved unchanged. Vintage is not a fake, but a truly designer work of art.
Fashion and vintage
In modern fashion, trends that turn us to the past in history and art are increasingly gaining strength. The "vintage" style in fashion as a trend is associated with the use of modern models clothing stylistic elements, details, materials, even technology that were used to create clothing models in past centuries for different layers population. Moreover, a clear time period is defined: from 1914 to the 1990s.
We can conditionally divide the “vintage” fashion into several directions according to their characteristic features.
Firstly, the fashion style of the 20s: furs, hats with veils, closed collars on blouses, shiny dresses with fringes. Materials for this direction: silk, satin, velvet, soft, plastic, flowing, emphasizing the flexibility and seductiveness of shapes. Type, prototype: Marlene Dietrich.
Secondly, the fashion of the 40s: jackets and dresses with shoulders and an accentuated waist, flared dresses with a mid-calf length, small hats (sometimes with fascinators). The lines are simple and geometric. The rigor and conciseness of the image. Reminds me of a military cut.
Prototype: military uniform.
Thirdly, fashionable in the 50s: bodices (often strapless), corsets, stiletto heels. The look is completed with bright red lipstick. main idea- the idea of freedom, looseness, brightness of personality.
Fourthly, the fashion of the 60s, creating diverse and vibrant images reminiscent of dudes: used bright colors, stable heels, simple cut of dresses: flared and a-line, club jackets-blazers. The style of minimalism and conciseness.
Prototype: dudes.
Fifthly, the style of the 70s: flared and loose-fitting trousers and jeans, shirts, stable shoes with high wedges, etc. Fashion that is akin to eclectic style. Fashion for freedom of expression and self-awareness, freedom of the individual from society.
Prototype: hippie.
Styles cannot be mixed: all things in the image, hairstyle, makeup and accessories must belong to the same historical era. What makes an image complete is the internal component, when the person who tried on the image is imbued with the aroma and feeling of the era and becomes in harmony with it. At the same time, a new, fresh spirit brought into the image is welcomed.
Vintage and decoration
It is the sophisticated and sometimes even eccentric details and accessories that make the model and look vintage. Particularly valuable jewelry is what your mothers and grandmothers wore.
But if you want to express yourself as a designer in the vintage style, then it’s not difficult to do, or at least inexpensive.
For example, for the style of the 70s. You can make vintage jewelry yourself: learn how to weave various “baubles” bracelets from garus thread, tie your head over your forehead with a woven braid in the form of a “pigtail” or “flagellum,” decorating it with tassels at the temples, or use a leather strap or plastic cord. You can decorate your neck with the same cord or strap. And attach a stylized “razor blade” to it in the form of a keychain.
You can go to flea markets - sometimes there you can buy a completely unique vintage item for very little money. You can do it yourself using sketches that have survived, and photographs in old magazines from libraries. To create vintage jewelry, modern art stores sell various elements and materials. They can be used in a variety of techniques: patina, crackle, decoupage, which help to artificially “age” a vintage item.
Vintage art and design
A special role is given to vintage items in the design of bags and the everyday life around us.
Bags are an important component of the image we create. The most appropriate models are: handbag, travel bag, Chanel bag, briefcase, pear bag. To create them, various different materials from the past: genuine leather, textiles, velvet, silk and brocade, fur. As materials for decoration: beads, large beads made of plastic and glass, buttons, logos, sometimes simple or complex stitching, metal overlays, etc.
As for vintage in the interior, here, on the contrary, it is supposed to use a combination of things from different eras, among which there must certainly be old things, perhaps not valuable then, but made by them good materials and reflecting the era, as well as attracting attention with their unusualness. Often “reanimated” things can be used for purposes other than their intended purpose. So, in this case, the interior in the concept of “vintage” is an interior where elements and materials of several styles are successfully mixed.
The coloring of such an interior is usually restrained: muted, “dusty” colors, monochrome, lack of contrasts. The choice of materials depends on the idea: the most unimaginable combinations are possible. In general, the “image” of the environment should be a little “shaggy”, but always cozy and calming.
Vintage and art
In this case, vintage is works of decorative and applied art, made in the style of the historical periods indicated above, or created in those times and miraculously preserved. A special place in the decorative and applied arts is given to vintage dolls, which have recently become a common collectible. They are also used for interior decoration.
Various materials are used to make vintage dolls: wood, fabric, porcelain, metal, plastic, celluloid, etc. These dolls have a special “humanity,” childlike naivety and sincerity. Other vintage toys are no less interesting.
Nowadays, quite a lot of exhibitions are devoted to the history of toys and dolls, where you can see what they looked like during different periods of development of the toy industry in different countries. And from their authentic costumes you can learn the peculiarities of fashion history.
Particular attention is drawn to antique clocks, tabletop ink sets and calendars, fireplace figurines, painted dishes and samovars, as well as items in the style of folk crafts: birch bark and bast weaving, wood and stone carving, embroidery and lace making, etc.
How to distinguish vintage from junk? A vintage item is rare, unique, unusual, attracting attention with some zest, and not just an old item created in the 20th century.