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There is something simple yet romantic about Edwardian tops inspired by the fashion of the first decade of the 20th century. The blouses featured lightweight fabric with large puffy shoulders, frilly details puffed bodice, and bell sleeves. Great styles for plus size women with a curvy silhouette. Majorly made from delicate lace or chiffon with intricate embroidery, these stylish vintage-inspired Edwardian tops were made famous by the Gibson Girl image, the epitome of the womanly model of physical attractiveness “as portrayed by the pen-and-ink illustrations of artist Charles Dana Gibson”. During the Edwardian era (1901 to1910), women's fashion took on a stylish opulence with a bit of overindulgence, a trend that was inspired by the pleasure-seeking lifestyle of King Edward VII. It was an era of beautiful clothes and the peak of luxury living for the elites rich and the privileged few. For fashionable plus size women, these stylish Edwardian tops are vintage chic at its best! ...

Victorian bustle skirts are bouncy, flurry and utterly feminine and are a reminder of a fashion era of the 19th Century. Its rustling style makes it move and flow gracefully with the body, indicating a style that's not only bold but also daring. A variation of the vintage bustle skirt Not all body shapes can pull off the bustle skirt successfully but if worn with a body-squeezing, shape enhancing bustier or corset, most women will look wonderful in one. Today's interpretations of the bustle skirt are equally as spectacular as it was over a century ago and is a style that can be worn to any special event - special occasions, weddings, Halloween parties, and costume parties too. Spectacular styles of a vintage-inspired bustle skirt with fancy-tiered ruffles. Typically Victorian fashion, bustle skirts possess fancy tiered ruffle designs and wasn't that easy to put on but today's interpretation of the vintage skirt comes with zipper closures at the waist and are easy to sli...

While fashion of the fifties depicted sweeping elegant gowns and couture dresses worn by mature wealthy elitist women, the sixties style was a total deviation from the past. Fashion was aimed at youthful trendy women with tastes and preferences for simple geometric shapes, shorter lengths, and looser fits, clothing typical of the British pop scene. Seamstresses and tailors were beginning to lose business to the mass production of apparel manufacturers. It was a new era of fashion-on-the-go and as style began to change, using elegance as a symbol of prestige and elitism was no longer ‘fashionable’. As life became more casual than it was in the 50’s there was a change which was also reflected in the fashion industry. There was less of the formal elegant styles of the previous decade and more of semi-formal and casuals, many of which was “mixed and matched to stylishly create different looks for different occasions” Related article: 7 Top Fashion Designers of the 60's Things were stil...

An overcoat is an outerwear that is synonymous with winter and is a must-have because of the cold. While some women are quite content with any old coat as long as it wards off the biting cold, other women take this as a time, not only to feel warm but to flaunt a fashionable coat that's unique and stylish. They know that because it's chilly outside doesn't mean you can't step out in style. For those who love vintage-inspired fashion, you'll agree with me that the designs of overcoats of the 20th century, worn by fashionable women and silver screen goddesses are some of the best styles ever. From the winter coats of the early 19th century to the swing and swagger coats of the 1950s, today's winter outerwear needs to duff their hats to their stylish predecessors. If you like vintage style overcoats and wish to add one to your wardrobe, here are some styles you should see. 1920s Style Winter Coats There is nothing like the women's overcoats of the swinging twen...

The mermaid style dress is classic in many ways. It can be described as a vintage-inspired dress; it is certainly designed for the hourglass (figure 8) silhouette, it's a nice reminder of the chic and elegant gowns of the mid-19th century, and it's a blast from the past . . . of classic movies where all the beautiful and sexy actresses always wore clothes that highlighted and accentuated their body shape.  Trumpet/Mermaid Strapless Sweep/Brush Train Satin Wedding Dress Mermaid dresses, also known as trumpet gowns or fish-tail dresses, are made to fit snugly from the upper arms/shoulder of a woman's body; down the bosom to a tightly cinched waist, closely fitted around the hips all the way down to the knees where it then flares out like a mermaids tail. The dress design is glamorous, to say the least, but can be styled from 'subtle' to 'dramatic' For instance, a subtle look may have a soft flowing tail, made from layers of delicate fabrics like silk, chiffon...

Fashion is meant to be enhancing and flattering to the silhouette of men and women. Being fashionable means being stylish, up-to-the-minute trendy and/or chic. And even though being stylish means all of these and more, it is also meant to be safe and to die for! To die for! But literally? Yes if you’ve ever heard of the muslin disease . This was a terrible and deadly illness that was a result of being fashionable in the late 18 th to early 19 th century.   At the time, it was the rave for ladies to “dampen themselves with water before wearing their muslin gowns”.   Because the skin was wet, the muslin gowns clung to their bodies revealing all their curves, bosom, backside, and all. Talk of being utterly revealing! This was a way to show off their figures and reveal the absence of underwear! And what did this style of wearing wet clothes result in? Disease! Asides being unhygienic, there were severe cases of illnesses such as pneumonia, bronchitis, influenza, and even death!...