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A guide to all resources in Austria about antiques and A guide to all resources in Austria about antiques and collectibles. Wonderful collectibles site covering the 50's, 60's and 70's.


retro clothing The era of petticoats and swing dresses, true glamour. Visit our online shop (click here)  to see our 1950's range of dresses and petticoats. We also stock cincher belts and skirts. To have your 1950's link or event included here email us at . Listed below are links to 50's events (more to come) and we will have links to vintage clothing sites coming soon too.

Our 50's fashion page shows wonderful 50's dresses filled out with petticoats, a look at the styles of the petticoat era.
circle or poodle skirt with petticoat Wonderful fifties look circle skirt in modern stretch fabrics - the best of both worlds! Shown with a 35 yard chiffon petticoat (the 835 petticoat trimmed with fluff) beneath, giving a nice fullness This skirt is available in 15 colours and gets lots of looks, you will be noticed. The circle skirt can be worn with a fuller petticoat, up to 60 yards and of course a cincher belt would complete the look. Three lengths to suit all styles, see it in the 50's fashion section of the online shop.


Events dedicated to the 50's like Americana in Nottinghamshire are great fun, click on the links below for pictures and information on this and other events. There is even a Miss Petticoat competition at one of these events!

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Americana held in June (8th - 11th) in Nottinghanshire above
and the American Show in also in June (18th - 20th) in
Somerset (click image to the right) are huge family events.
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The Golden Oldies festival - in its 15th year in 2004, a huge event in Wettenberg, Germany (includes a Miss Petticoat competition).

Rock&Roll Street  is a R&R weekender in Holland on the island Terschelling. The music is only fifties Rock&Roll, Rockabilly, Hillbilly, Jive, Doo-wop etc. The fifties are back again!


The very best vintage and antique clothes in the UK can be found at Vintage Dress  - specialising in vintage and vintage-inspired made-to-measure wedding dresses. 

Hemlock Vintage Clothing are a good source too (USA) with vintage clothing from the 1920's to the present day.

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Genie's Fab Fabrics
Original Textiles 1950s-1970s
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Email us to have your 50's vintage clothing site included here -

A selection of books depicting fashions of the fifties - "fashionable clothing from the Sears catalogue" - early and mid 1950's. Clicking on the cover pictures will take you to the Amazon page for these books.

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              Fifties vintage advertising - view our fifties adverts page, cilck on the picture below.

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      Adverts for hosiery, petticoats, corsets and corsetry, lingerie.


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         Petticoatdreams - your retro 1950's resource for dresses, petticoats and skirts.

         Petticoatdreams - an amazing range of wonderful petticoats for dance, bridal and fun. Retro fashion heaven - 50's dresses, swing dresses, circle skirts, cincher belts and a petticoat for every style - Chiffon petticoats, organdy petticoats, net petticoats, lame' petticoats, bridal petticoats , costume petticoats, luxury petticoats , fifties petticoat, french maid petticoats , reversible petticoats, square dance detticoats, rock n roll petticoats, crystalline petticoats, can can petticoats, 50s petticoats, dance petticoats, frilly petticoats, goth petticoats , wedding petticoats, tulle petticoats, maids petticoats, retro petticoat. Dancewear and party wear. The petticoat place!

Petticoats are back - View a wonderful article from 1948 on the latest petticoat trends! Or have a look at an article from 1960 on the latest lingerie of the period, Underpinnings , with the new American fabric Lycra just beggining to appear. Girdles and corselettes are still very much the flavour of the day, I am not sure we would apply the term lingerie!

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