Whirlingturban
I discovered Whirlingturban in 2003. The dreamiest dresses can be found at Whirlingturban. In fact I have one very similar to the dress in this photo. It is truly well constructed, the sort of dress you can even heirloom. What I love about my dress is I always feel like I have walked out of a glamorous Hollywood film circa 1946 every time I wear it.
I was the vintage dress queen in the late 1980s early 1990s. My supplier was a warehouse in Del Rio that would somehow procure clothing by the barrels and unload piles of delicious vintage clothing, sometimes with tags still on them, onto a smooth concrete floor that was rarely seen. People would walk all over these mounds and mounds of clothing, find a spot, then proceed to dig for several hours. Everything was sold by the pound and on the weekends that was ten cents, twenty five during the week. My friends and I had a blast finding dead stock sheaths with yellowed Neiman Marcus tags still on them and pristine shirt dresses from the 1950's. We really didn't know how lucky we were to find vintage clothing so cheap, clean and in really great condition.
I came to Austin with a wonderful collection of vintage dresses and accumulated more in town from low priced vintage stores. Dressed to Kill was an awesome store on The Drag that would often hold an attic sale and sell gorgeous things for $1 a piece. I procured gorgeous cocktail dresses in mint condition from these sales.
One day in 1997 I decided to unload my collection and made quite a bit of money. It didn't take long to regret it. I comforted myself with the idea that I'd slowly build a new collection of vintage dresses. However, vintage dresses were not available like they had been and when I happened to find one they were always falling apart. Whirlingturban provides several different vintage styles made from quality fabrics that are so authentic looking you'd think they were dead stock. What really makes a vintage dress is the construction, they had a tailored fit, darts, nice metal zippers and made to make you look great. Whirlingturban is more than impressive in their creations and totally fill my vintage dress void.
I was the vintage dress queen in the late 1980s early 1990s. My supplier was a warehouse in Del Rio that would somehow procure clothing by the barrels and unload piles of delicious vintage clothing, sometimes with tags still on them, onto a smooth concrete floor that was rarely seen. People would walk all over these mounds and mounds of clothing, find a spot, then proceed to dig for several hours. Everything was sold by the pound and on the weekends that was ten cents, twenty five during the week. My friends and I had a blast finding dead stock sheaths with yellowed Neiman Marcus tags still on them and pristine shirt dresses from the 1950's. We really didn't know how lucky we were to find vintage clothing so cheap, clean and in really great condition. I came to Austin with a wonderful collection of vintage dresses and accumulated more in town from low priced vintage stores. Dressed to Kill was an awesome store on The Drag that would often hold an attic sale and sell gorgeous things for $1 a piece. I procured gorgeous cocktail dresses in mint condition from these sales.
One day in 1997 I decided to unload my collection and made quite a bit of money. It didn't take long to regret it. I comforted myself with the idea that I'd slowly build a new collection of vintage dresses. However, vintage dresses were not available like they had been and when I happened to find one they were always falling apart. Whirlingturban provides several different vintage styles made from quality fabrics that are so authentic looking you'd think they were dead stock. What really makes a vintage dress is the construction, they had a tailored fit, darts, nice metal zippers and made to make you look great. Whirlingturban is more than impressive in their creations and totally fill my vintage dress void.
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3 Comments:
That warehouse in Del Rio sounds like an absolute dream come true!
There's a woman who comes to our local flea market and dumps a huge pile of vintage clothing out on a big blue tarp to dig through, I love it, though her collection is quite vast and has some really great pieces, it hasn't been stored well over the years so like you said a lot of it is not in the best condition, unfortunately.
Ah, yes, I got rid of a bunch of incredible dresses from the 1940s upon moving back East, & still get pangs of regret for doing so every now & again. It's so nice to see designers like Whirlingturban keeping the affordable sartorial flag flying – there was a day when well-made clothing with beautiful details that flattered one's body didn't cost an arm & a leg. Gorgeous.
Let's see pics of your dress!
I'll post mine as soon as I can take a proper pic :>
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