Creating a Vintage Look : How to Repair Vintage Clothing

Learn how to alter and repair vintage clothing in this free video clip.

Expert: Amber Kloss
Bio: Amber Kloss has been collecting and obsessing over vintage clothing since her Great Grandmother gave her dress-up clothes. Amber now sells and trades her pieces. She also uses them for modeling.
Filmmaker: Nili Nathan

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• retro
• vintage
• retroclothing
• vintageclothing
• vintagehairstyles
• vintagemakeup
• free
• freevideo
• vintagedresses
• repair

[mijadane]

i have a gorgeous vintage dress. it has a white polyester inner lining, the outside is a cream-coloured transparent fabric (maybe tulle or organza) with intricate beadings. because of the old age, the transparent fabric is staring to rip/dissolve, especially along the seams. should i buy new layer of transparent fabric and sew it underneath the original one?

[theclothingwarehouse]

Thank you for sharing. It's worth the effort to repair vintage clothes so as to keep our unique styles.

[natz231blog]

Do you have any good tips for repairing beading and embroidery work. I have a couple of items of vintage clothing and the beading is very loose, how can I improve this? Thanks

[tomfulery1]

you can get a thin clear plastic that can be sewn onto the inside of the strap (regardless of how thin) that evens out the weight:) I understand being a double d myself.

[funkyfoxz]

I'm a 12DD, I found that if I wear a strapless bra in a halter neck style my neck gets sore and the straps of my bra tighten, would the same happen if I adapt a strapped dress to a halter neck? Thanks