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Past Perfect.(retro fashion)(Brief Article)
Do you love vintage high fashion but hate paying high prices for someone else's hand-me-downs? Luxury fashion houses have started reissuing their classic designs from the 1960s, '70s and '80s so consumers can get them hot off the runway. There was such a demand at vintage shops for Diane von Furstenberg's classic 1970s wrap dress that the New York-based designer decided to start making them again herself. They're available in vintage prints, including the first 1972 black- and-white chain link, for 250 euro. Von Furstenburg even re-used the original 30-year-old ad campaign to sell them.
Sonia Rykiel has come up with a new line called Modern Vintage that includes a half-dozen favorite designs from years past, sometimes reproduced in modern fabrics or different colors. Prices run from 230 euro for a wool-and-cashmere 1980s pencil skirt to 690 euro for a ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Past Perfect.(retro fashion)(Brief Article)