right here is the third in our continuing series of “Meet Our Advertisers”: Marge from born as well Late vintage as well as born as well Late vintage Patterns!
How long have you been in business?Since February of 1999.
What inspired you to go into the vintage & vintage pattern business?
I like the fashions of times past. Back then garments was made to last as well as fantastic care was taken in the building of clothing. I likewise take pleasure in stitching with vintage patterns as well as contemporary patterns. stitching enables me to show my innovative side. As a plus size lady I like being able to get precisely what I want when I sew. Why pay a ton of money for a gown I don’t like as well as that doesn’t in shape me right? I can custom-made in shape my own garments as well as pick out precisely the material I want to get the look I want.
What did you do before this?
I helped the phone business for 20 years as well as then retired. I then worked as a medical transcriptionist at house for 6 years after I had my daughters. I started out selling their celebration as well as holiday gowns as well as then fell in like with vintage garments again. I utilized to wear vintage garments when I was in high school.
Where are you based?
My shops, born as well Late vintage as well as born as well Late vintage Patterns are based at http://specialistauctions.com. I’m the vintage as well as antique garments moderator there as well. Physically, I’m in northeastern Pennsylvania.
More fun questions:
What’s the weirdest/best/craziest/most gorgeous thing you’ve everfound?
I absolutely adore this Fred Leighton hand crocheted ecru gown. I have done fine crochet such as this in the past as well as I marvel at the work that went into this:
What do you have in stock that you can’t believe hasn’t sold?
I have a range of mens as well as women fedoras that are in just gorgeous such as this one.
What do you dream about finding?
I’d like to discover a Claire McCardell. My mommy was born as well as increased in Frederick, Maryland, the house of Claire McCardell as well as I absolutely feel a connection with Ms. McCardell.
What do you take pleasure in a lot of about working with vintage patterns?
When I’m working with patterns I’m providing I truly take pleasure in it when there’s a scrap of material in the envelope from the former owner or when the former owner has made some notations on the envelope or a piece of paper inside the envelope about what the pattern was bought for or exactly how the in shape of the gown was. That’s a treasure to me.
What do you desire somebody would ask you about your site?
Why I am selling on expert Auctions rather than one more site.
It’s a great day at work when …
I’ve been able to get my listings done, offered a few things, got some positive comments as well as of program being pointed out on A gown A Day.
If I ran the Web for a day I’d …Get rid of the pornography.
The blogs I checked out (other than ADAD) are …
Always playing gown Up (my blog!), Diary of a mad Fashionista, Zuburbia vintage garments blog, She’s a Betty single woman guide as well as the VFG (Vintage fashion Guild) blog.
You’d laugh if you understood this about me …
I adore Tom Jones as well as Sean Connery. might I have been a Scottish or Welsh lass in my past life?
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