I agree but I also think that designers are now taking that to heart. Have you noticed all the retro inspired designs that are out for fall? Some of the cape coats are beautiful!

I like that designers are going back to vintage style. I usually start with new clothing because I have so many problems with vintage. Even when a vintage dress fits it usually hard to get into because of the weird placement of zippers and snaps. Was there a reason why they didn't put zippers in the back of a garment where they'd be usefull? I assume it was for esthetic reasons.

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Also, if you have curves, some of the vintage items are a little hard to squeeze into.

I guess that&#39;s where I get lucky. I am not busty and I have a smaller wasit. My butt and hips are always what keep me from getting some things. I have just lost hope for ever having a nice wiggle dress or anything fitted on the bottm for that matter.

I am quite curvy, somewhat more so through the rear, but I usually have great luck with 1930s-50s dresses.  Most of my collection consists of a-line or slim a-line dresses and skirts, and I find vintage clothing fits my build 100 times better than modern clothing (which is never cut narrow enough through the waist.)

It&#39;s important to remember that women were heavily girdled in the past, which can have a huge effect on waist and hip size. 

It ain&#39;t just you lovely ladies who have the fitting problem with vintage duds. I have a few vintage suits and I&#39;d love to get more, but it&#39;s very hard to find vintage suits over size 40. I have broad shoulders and I&#39;m a size 44, and there just weren&#39;t a lot of men my size back in the day.

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Very good point-I completely forgot about that.  I had mentioned the tiny waists on vintage clothes to a friend, who suggested that maybe the clothes were inteneded for &#39;juniors.&#39;  On average, about how much can a girdle affect size?

Thanks for your replies, d.d and Mimi.  Wow-that sounds very inviting, yet I can remember hearing my grandmother, and maybe even my mother, discuss the unpleasantness of wearing a girdle.  I don&#39;t mind tight so much, but certain materials make me &#39;itchy.&#39;  I think it might be worht a try, though&#33; [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

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Thanks for your replies, d.d and Mimi.  Wow-that sounds very inviting, yet I can remember hearing my grandmother, and maybe even my mother, discuss the unpleasantness of wearing a girdle.

whatever you do, DON&#39;T get a long line girdle&#33; i bought an original 50&#39;s, mint condition girdle that came below my butt, and had garters on it, sitiing was difficult, peeing impossible&#33; not to mention getting the darn thing off again at the end of the night&#33; i had to wake my mum up at two in the morning for pulling power&#33; however, it gave a FANTASTIC shape, and no &#39;lines&#39; to see either&#33; mine takes about two inches off, and finishes just below the bust.

oh and vintage is always better, for cut, colour and style&#33; but then, i have a classic 50&#39;s shape, so most stuff fits me, as long as i don&#39;t wear a padded bra&#33;

...because in the summer heat, vintage clothes are hold up better...

My vintage stuff fares far better than the new when it comes to wilting, etc...

however, it does wrinkle a little more because the fabric is better quality, but that is a fair trade to me&#33;