The Victorian era may not have much in common with 1970s; yet when an 1835 Victorian corset is paired with a well-worn pair of Levi’s jeans, the unlikely age difference makes the combination for a perfect vintage match.
The advent and rising popularity of vintage clothing, vintage isn’t simply a cheaper alternative to the unused deal – it has transformed into its own genre and style of attire that is lovingly worn and recycled.
The Santa Monica Vintage Fashion Expo, a mecca of vintage shopping, will feature about 100 vendors devoted to decades in time-honored fashion trends this weekend.
The vintage expo will play host to a spectrum of fashion from as far back as 1835 in the Victorian era, to as recently as the 1990s.
The show has been in Santa Monica for the past 22 years and has seen as many as 3,000 people.
“The big question often pops up: ‘What is vintage?’” said John Maxwell, one of three founders of the Vintage Fashion Expo, and the only original founder still involved in the business.
“Vintage means so many different things to so many different people, and that’s part of the strength in the show. … Part of the reason for people being interested in vintage is the history, part of it is economics.”
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