Vtg Fashion Guild

The Vintage Fashion Guild (VFG) is an international organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of vintage fashion.

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Sicilian-born designer Fulco di Verdura (1898–1978) had a gift for transforming familiar objects into extraordinary works of art.
Photo from: "Verdura: The Life And Work Of A Master Jeweler" 2002 by Patricia Corbett

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Recently sold by a Vintage Fashion Guild member.
Spectacular 1970s Josefa dress with dramatic fringe sleeves and vivid striped cotton.
Look for Vintage Dress Closet's shops: https://t.co/sKeULIZ4SC
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This Duvelleroy fan, made around 1910, transforms silk, sequins, and dyed mother-of-pearl into a study in shimmer.

In the world of luxury fans, Duvelleroy occupied a position comparable to that of the great Paris couture houses.

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1930 evening gown belonged to Olive Allen, who traveled between Sydney, London, Paris, and Switzerland. The gown gathers at a single jeweled point and cascades into a sweep of pink silk.

Powerhouse Collection

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First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy attended a luncheon with President and Madame de Gaulle at the Elysee Palace in Paris #OnThisDay in 1961. She wore a natural coloured straw hat, designed by Halston, with a yellow Oleg Cassini suit. @JFKLibraryFdn collection. #fashionhistory

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Sheer Genius: Chiffon | The VFG Fashion Parade for the week of May 25, 2026
From scarves and lingerie to blouses and eveningwear, chiffon—and its sheer cousins—remind us that sometimes the lightest touch makes the strongest impression...
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The Vintage Fashion Guild is gathering community perspectives on AI usage in the vintage world, your voice matters.
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Queen Maud's 1913–14 evening gown layers silk satin, metallic threads, lace, embroidery, beads, and a dramatic tassel into one shimmering composition.

National Museum of Norway

Explore fashions of the 1910s in the VFG's Fashion Timeline https://t.co/doPg866RwQ

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Halston, around 1980: lavender silk, bugle beads, sequins, and enough fringe to leave a trail of light.
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

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Offered by Vintage Fashion Guild Member Once Upon an Era in her etsy shop. 1930s 40s Art Silk Shirtwaist Day Dress, Vintage Dusky Peach Blue Floral Print Pleated Belted, A P.E.T. FROCK label. It can be found here: https://t.co/ulCiAfi7DV

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A tall drink of black satin.

Travis Banton designed this bias-cut evening gown for Anna May Wong in 1934, concentrating embroidered peonies at the shoulders while letting the silhouette do the rest.

MFA Boston

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@TheVFG Those cascading rhinestones! Eunice Johnson understood fashion builds community. The Ebony Fashion Fair proved it. Visionary work.

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@TheVFG Léger on a shirtwaist? McCardell understood the assignment. This is why I love vintage.

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@TheVFG Texture contrast never goes out of style. 1959 Balmain knew this.

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@TheVFG Mugler and subtlety were clearly strangers. This '87 piece still feels futuristic; when you design galaxies instead of clothes, decades don't matter.

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@sammy_rufared So glad!

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These shoes, associated with Empress Eugénie (c.1854–1870), reflect a now-unfamiliar approach to footwear.
The Bowes Museum
Read the VFG's concise history of women's footwear from the 19th century through the 1990s: https://t.co/fbbYmboYT2

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@greenbella_ Perfectly stated

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Modern Botanicals

Designed around 1938, this dress reflects Elsa Schiaparelli’s ability to combine artistic surface with sharply modern construction.

The flowers feel spontaneous. The silhouette does not.

Victoria & Albert

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Shop with the Vintage Fashion Guild members! 1950s white peignoir bridal set With lace bodice and sleeves by Amourelle Size M. Offered by VFG member Vintage Runway. View her many listings here: https://t.co/pM3SB5RP7a

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The VFG celebrates Cher's fearless fashion. Happy 80th Birthday Cher: A VFG Fashion Parade. Find more in our forum: https://t.co/Hsy0gZH3uo

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1920s beaded cloche

The movement is the magic. As the wearer turned her head, the beaded fringe would shift and catch the light.

Fashion keeps having the same wonderful ideas: mystery, sparkle, movement, a little theatricality.

Kent State University Museum