SB (Kinda) Loves Vintage

We haven’t broken down vintage, have we? That’s because I don’t really do vintage. Aside from jewelry and clutches, it’s not my thing. But I’ve got nothing but love for those twee girls who can rock a vintage frock.

I adore the idea of wearing a piece with a past – with an old story to tell, maybe even a burning secret to whisper.

I was reading something somewhere that said the trick to nailing a vintage look is to figure out the eras that match your body type.

In other words, if you’re curvy go for the nipped-waisted silhouettes of the 40′s and 50′s – maybe even the body-con dresses from the 80′s. If you have a boyish figure, then drop waisted dresses from the 20′s, mod dresses from the 60′s or hiphuggers from the 70′s will tend to flatter you more.

Find the era when your body shape was the ideal – when you would have been da bomb – and wear those clothes.

Or maybe you just need to do it like this: