How To: Date Vintage Clothing on The Blind Hem Finding the needle-in-the-haystack is a combination of knowledge and luck – those who do it for a living have honed their eyes to pick out minute details of stitching and construction, silhouette and print. But it’s not a secret, not some key-stone conspiracy hoarded in temples to french-seams. It’s rather basic, really. A good working knowledge of silhouettes of specific eras is the starting point – the internet is a treasure trove for this. Study the cuts and drapes of the time-period you are looking for. Become familiar with hemlines and sleeve lengths. … words & photo © Katy Jones 

How To: Date Vintage Clothing on The Blind Hem

Finding the needle-in-the-haystack is a combination of knowledge and luck – those who do it for a living have honed their eyes to pick out minute details of stitching and construction, silhouette and print. But it’s not a secret, not some key-stone conspiracy hoarded in temples to french-seams. It’s rather basic, really. A good working knowledge of silhouettes of specific eras is the starting point – the internet is a treasure trove for this. Study the cuts and drapes of the time-period you are looking for. Become familiar with hemlines and sleeve lengths.

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words & photo © Katy Jones 

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  1. dutyjoke reblogged this from katylouise and added:
    ladies, get hip to it.
  2. moonshinehill reblogged this from theblindhem and added:
    I wrote a handy how-to guide for dating vintage clothing over at...Hem! Y’all should check
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