Finding my style helped my writing career...what I learned.
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I’m a sucker for a vintage button, I’ve been known to sew them onto modern clothes to make them feel more fancy 😂
Ooh, I know, I need a use for mine. Once I bought a huge lot of Victorian-through-40s? probably? buttons at the auction house but I was dead broke at the time and had to resell them. It was so fun looking through them though. I should have kept a few...!
If you have an Aldi nearby, they are selling various holiday treats(pickles, spiced peaches, etc) in beautifully shaped glass jars. One of those might be just right for your labels after you enjoy the food.
I do have an Aldi! That sounds yummy as well!
@@lidiyafoxgloveauthor Cool! I hope you find something that works.
Oooo thanks for this!! I collect cute glass jars and tins!
was a lovely watch, made even lovelier by being able to catch the premiere!
seeing your libraries and interest in fashion kind of rekindled an artistic love of clothes for me. been considering gathering physical books about stuff that are adjacent to my writing, like herbalism and dreams and whatnot, and fashion through ages may be on that list now!
you get so lucky finding things that look great on you! cant wait to see another video. take it easy
Nice to have you in the premiere chat! It is so nice to have a shelf of various inspirations like that! And I do thank the thrift gods every day for my finds. It's my best witch power...once I had 5 minutes in a thrift store before it closed and for some reason I went straight to men's neckties...a section I NEVER look at first! I pulled out a beautiful 1960s Emilio Pucci psychedelic tie and was like, wellp, that's it, that's why I looked here!
This was such a great video. And totally convinced me to find quality items like this. So lovely to showcase your gorgeous collection.
I honestly could listen to you talk all day!
What a fun video! Our thrift stores here are awful, but I SO want to go shop for vintage dresses now!
Some places are for sure better than others. The thrift stores around here are excellent, best I've ever had near me. When I lived in western Maryland there was basically only two thrift stores in the whole county, and they were both very ehhh. I don't think I bought a single piece of clothing at either of them. I did get some good stuff at auctions but a lot of auction houses just don't bother with clothes.
modcloth used to be the place for cute vintage outfits, but they've now gotten SO expensive 😩
And YES! the moment of "huh. i can wear whatever i want." felt like a wave of freedom. Giving myself permission to be weird and explore style. But i'm also the same way where i just hang onto my clothes and outfits and mend them the best i can until they're just too worn out.
Also i'm here just being the MOST giddy over how friggin cute your vintage dresses are! AHHHHH, i want one! 🤩
Oh yes, ModCloth, they did used to have cute stuff! But by the time I heard about them they usually sold their actual vintage instantly! I was still finding it at thrift stores for $6 at that point, anyway. Now it's getting harder to find but I've had a few very lucky scores in the past year. Not $6 lucky though...
Jnco jeans with the bottoms cut off so you can have muppet feet, in da house! *writes poems with The Cure playing in the background*
I couldn't stop smiling. 😍You have such an array of stunning vintage dresses!
This was such a fun video. Thank you!!
Loved this video! 😍 SO much work but it came out great 😂🙏🏼 lots of good points.
Developing a signature style really does see like a great investment of time. Like with this channel, a lot of "branding" work was done because you had already been cultivating your style for so long.
You sitting at your 50s table in your vintage dresses and your signature hair 👌🏽✨ or sitting in front of your curated manga collection 🌸
It all communicates so much and I think does a lot to attract an audience of kindred spirits 🧚🏻♂️
That is very true. Branding wasn't even a consideration when I started collecting these clothes, but it has for sure helped in the modern world!
Your collection is incredible! Thanks for giving us a sneak peek into your wardrobe 💃👗✨
I loved that Fruits book❤
This video is really making me want to start dressing up more! Since middle school ive always worn more eccentric stuff like 80s/90s colorful sweaters (my favorite has buttons that look like lemonade, lemonade shaped pockets and a fully embroidered lemonade stand scene on the back!), a toad purse, an apron from a disney world cast member costume etc. I havent been feeling like myself recently or putting outfits together, so its becoming a bit depressing to go in my crazy closet just to grab a T-shirt. This video came up and kick started me looking up a bunch of fashion inspo and how to sew my own clothes so I can feel like myself again ❤
❤️ Oh I love this! And it sounds like you have some amazing stuff...that lemonade stand sweater, what!? Those crazy vintage sweaters aren't my style but I LOVE them. It's so fun to find one while out thrifting. And a toad purse! I'm glad this inspired you to have a little fun with it again!
Fantastic video. And I love your style.
Loved this video. Keeping old dress tags in a jar as a memory is one of the most wholesome things I've ever heard! 🥺❤
It's a lovely idea. If you take a picture of each dress, along with the tag, to document it, it would add to the "provenance" of each tag and probably make them more valuable, from a collector's perspective. I know Lidiya is collecting them for sentimental reasons, not monetary, but I think it's a fun idea.
I love your dresses ❤
oh! I love your dresses ❤ And you look so natural in them.
I bet those buttons are like that so they could be used on multiple dresses. So interesting!
90's kid here, too. I dressed in cast-off 70's clothes I got from friends' parents until my 20's. Then it was tees with blazers for like 20 years, lol. Now I wear a lot of oversized clothes in mostly black. I've always loved the vintage look, but my body shape never fit them. I wear a lot of vintage jewelry tho.
O.M.G! The grey, beige, and coral/pink striped shirtwaist dress with elbow length sleeves, white buttons, and a notched collar was my Mom's favorite dress. She wore it for decades and only gave it up when it was too transparent to wear any more.
Oh wow, the same dress!? That's so wild!
@@lidiyafoxgloveauthor It just means you have lovely taste!
This was a fun tour of your eclectic wardrobe! I’m impressed at just how many you’ve collected. I like what you said about finding your style, and trying things on till you find things that look on the outside like you feel on the inside. They just feel right when you’re in them.
My own fashion journey went the opposite to yours - I was way more eclectic as a teen, wearing velour and sparkles and flowy-drapey shirts. My personality and fashion mellowed as I age, becoming bright but simple and practical. My entire day-to-day wardrobe these days consists of six fitted t-shirts in varied solid colours, four zip-up fleece indoor jackets for colder weather, and two pairs of blue jeans. I try on some of my old style clothing and it just feels so weird now. 😂
That is what more often seems to happen! I knew more fellow vintage girls when I was in my 20s. But part of the reason why I love vintage dresses is because they're comfortable and fairly mindless, sometimes even plain. While I also like a good blouse and skirt or funky tee, vintage pants and blazer, or whatever...that does start to take more work to think about how it's all going to fit together... But I have just always HATED looking too casual. I still remember having an utter meltdown as a little kid because my mom tried to get me to wear shorts. I must have been 6 and I can still remember the hated shorts perfectly.
I loved this! I wish I had more of an understanding of fashion lol.
Honestly, the good thing about style is that the understanding of it comes from your own intuition. If something grabs your eye, try it. If nothing ever does but you want to look good, simple & quality.
The rosy pink dress looked nice. That color complements your skin tone really well. Loved all the dresses, though. Nice video!
This was a delight!
“So ding-dang cute” is now my favorite 😂
Your style is SO SO GOOD
Hi, Lydia. I was just wondering how you are doing. Look forward to the video.
Yeah, I disappeared for a bit! I had a really busy schedule and then really bad food poisoning! Feeling better now.
@@lidiyafoxgloveauthor Oh no. I’m glad that is behind you. 🤗
@@lidiyafoxgloveauthorI’m glad you’re better 😊
those dresses ...so good
Loved this video so much!! Thank you so much for doing this❤❤
Amazing dresses!! I really love your videos 💖
I wear vintage most of the time. Nice video.
Nice! I rarely meet anyone else who does!
@@lidiyafoxgloveauthor Winter vintage is great, wool skirts and warm wool tops. I found a wool tweed walking skirt yesterday for $6. I cant imagine how much it would be in retail :) Summer cotton dresses and linen everything.
@@ellendurkee5444 I love wool so much! I am having a lot of issues with moths and carpet beetles though!
I love your clothes and wish I could wear vintage..
i really enjoyed this video!
That shelf you have your cds on. I've got the exact same shelf set I used them to keep my teacups on. yes, I have teacups. Many, many tea cups. I have no idea why
My style, such as it is, is trying to find stuff that doesn't set my sensory issues off.
That is important!! One thing that drove me to vintage is that I just hate the feel of polyester and soooo many clothes are made of polyester now... When I worked at Sears (my first job) I used to carry a broken pants hanger clip to pick up polyester suede and fleece in the dressing room because I could hardly stand to touch it!
Your vintage wardrobe is a dream! I covet some of the '40s tennis dresses 🥰
The only vintage dress I have is a brown '50s evening dress with one of those sheer tops and it looks so fragile I'm too afraid to wear it. I have yet to find actual vintage dresses at the thrift stores (there's plenty in curated vintage shops). We're currently seeing the Shein Era/fast fashion spillage at thrift stores now😭
I'm just like you: I concentrate on the clothes but don't fuss much with makeup or hair!
Love this video and the tour of your vintage wardrobe! Please do more!
This was such a treat! :) I adore your style!!! This video is so full of great points and tips! I'm saving it to favorites to watch again someday. Thank you for making this, I was one of the folks who asked for a style video! Would you be willing to share how you keep long hair? I am trying to grow mine that long or longer, it's already mid-back at least.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!! My long hair really needs a trim because the ends are getting scraggly, but uhh generally I do nothing. I brush it with a natural brush and rebraid it most mornings. I find it really doesn't need to be washed that much because doing this redistributes the natural oils. (Those Victorians knew what they were doing!) Now and then I shampoo the scalp with a good scrub and then do a little conditioner, nothing special. And sometimes I brush a little essential oil into it. It doesn't seem to want to get any longer than it is now, I will say that, but then, it is long enough!
This was so entertaining, especially because I'm watching while wearing one of my dead mother's muumuus I couldn't bring myself to donate. I wish I could shop in vintage shops but unfortunately I'm Amazonian in height and nothing ever fits.
For your vintage dresses, do you mainly find them at your local thrift stores? Or do you use eBay, and other online retailers you recommend?
Many of them I did find at thrift stores, 15-25 years ago...nowadays that is hard, although once in a while I still get lucky. Even early on, some came from vintage stores too. In the past ten years, I have found the most at antique mall booths, and a few of the recent finds were purchased from a lady with a huge collection who came into the bookstore. Quite a few of them were found in batches...like if you persist and keep poking your nose in antique malls and vintage shops on every trip you take, once in a while you find several dresses that fit and suit you all at once.
I think only one dress was bought online, the little pink and white striped one with the little red flowers on the collar and waist was from Etsy. Personally I reeeeeally like to try them on before I buy them.
While the history of fashion is very interesting to me, I have no style, like... none whatsoever. My clothes are mostly what friends decluttered and fits me and the seams don't drive me crazy. I wear clothing so I won't burn, freeze or get arrested. For Events, I wear appropriate doll-up-clothes like speaking a second language. But 2-3 three Times a year I throw myself into historical costume to go dancing on a historical ball or dance. And that I enjoy.
Also, I am watching the Video while sewing 6 Yards of lace on a ruffle for a regency Petticoat 😅
I forgot to say: i definitely thought this was a talk about writing style 🤦♂️
Oh, the AI audio track in Portuguese is so horrible! Please don't feed AI, especially as a writer 😢
Huh? I have no idea what that is
@@lidiyafoxgloveauthor I opened your video and it didn't play to me in English, as the original, but played it in Portuguese (my native language) with a weird AI dubbing voice. Then I saw your video has multiple audio tracks in the configurations, and I had to set it to English to actually get your original audio. Maybe you activated new creator features in TH-cam? They're trying to push Gemini to everyone. Take a look at your settings. I have to say I was very disappointed to find AI being used in the video of a writer and it sucked out the desire to watch the video