The 1940s was a turbulent ... and Norman Norrell pioneered women’s style with their beautifully flattering and feminine ...

By Alexandra Jacobs Vintage-clothing ... of the Kit Vintage, shows a glamorous middle way. At her store on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles, there are just a few racks, but what’s there, to ...

And sizes arrived. In the early 1940s ... offers a clothing subscription service for plus-size women; and Fame & Partners, which allows shoppers to design their own dresses. It’s too early ...

Dresses made by the legendary designer are set apart due to his keen eye for simplicity and languid fabrications ... that helped define the decade’s style—and continue to inspire today.

No fewer than 60 women have been trained in fashion design and given free sewing machines each as part ... and children’s wear. I can also make hats and turbans to match.” ...

1 at Canal St.; A, C, E at Canal St. When you’re ready to leave the ranks of the merely hard-core vintage hounds and join those of the professional vintage fiends (editors, stylists, and film ...

6 at Astor Pl.; L at Third Ave. This hard-core St. Marks punk store is not for the faint of heart; in the small, densely packed space, a plastic bloody pig carcass and a bondage mannequin wearing ...