Christy L Milford
Bio
Alterations specialist and sewing supermom! Lover of all things vintage and retro.
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Retro Reimagined
My love for all things vintage started when I was 10 years old. That was the year that the movie Now and Then came out and I. just. couldn’t. get. enough. I loved everything about the way the movie portrayed the 1960s - the music, the banana seat bicycles, the cheerful decor, and especially...the fashion. My best friend and I spent that summer camped out in my cousin’s old “flower power” sleeping bags, memorizing the lyrics to every Jackson 5 song and riding our bikes around town wearing my mother’s old short shorts and floral tops from her own mid-century childhood. For me, it was an absolute love affair - one that is still ongoing. I still listen to Motown hits daily, I still decorate my house with bright floral prints, and I am still very much in love with vintage fashion. In fact, my love for vintage fashion even propelled me into a degree in Costume Design. What could be better than learning in-depth from experts about the history and development of fashion? As an added bonus, during my time working in the university’s costume shop, I got to spend untold hours sorting through and organizing their vintage costume collection. Ohhhhh, the gorgeous dresses I catalogued! For the last 15 years, I’ve been collecting vintage clothing of my own from thrift stores and estate sales - both to wear and to re-sell. I have found some absolutely amazing items, from homemade hostess coats to designer gowns. My favorite find thus far has been a homemade light pink wool dress complete with an attached photo of the original wearer at her 1958 piano recital. It’s tracking down and saving these little bits of history that thrill me so much.
By Christy L Milford3 years ago in Humans