Firstly, I apologies for my lack of posts lately! I’m
currently without a PC at home as mine gets repaired and it’s totally cramping
my blogging big time! But here’s a post for you all today!
So since I got into pinup, I’ve been a repro girl. As a
beginner I started at the ideal time: the exchange rate was good which meant it
was affordable for me to buy direct from brands in the USA and UK, plus I
worked in a store that stocked a lot of brands I love so I had easy access to
them. Well, a lot has changed since then.
In August of this year the Australian Dollar dived and hit a
6 year low as China depreciated their currency. Needless to say, the drop in
value of the Australian dollar has really hurt my pinup repro vibes, especially
for brands like Pin Up Girl Clothing that are only stocked in limited styles in
my country. I did my research and found that they aren’t expecting the Aussie
Dollar to rise above where its sitting ($1.40AU equals $1USD) so that kind of
popped PUG into the “for special occasions only” category in my wardrobe.
With all this in mind, I found myself drifting into the world
of true vintage online and trawling through etsy looking up everything from
clothes to hats and accessories in styles for the 1940’s and 1950’s, which
ideally are my decades I feel most at home in. I know I was always a bit unsure
of vintage with my very alternative red locks as I just didn’t feel I could
pull an authentic look with my hair, especially with how hard it was to style
when it was red, however now as a blonde I’ve been finding myself gravitating
towards it more.
The rise of the cost of repro due to the exchange rate, has lead me to find
that a lot of the true vintage pieces I like in my size are actually cheaper
and have options like Layway available so you can pay it off over a certain
period. For once, for me at least, true vintage is seemingly cheaper than my
much loved repro. And its not just the clothes themselves I’ve found, but a
wealth of vintage patterns in my size for some of the cuts of dress I cannot find
in my size online!
So expect to start seeing some more true vintage in my
wardrobe as well as posts about my sewing adventures! I honestly cannot wait!
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