Reworked vintage conjures up some fairly mediocre beige (not the colour but the FEELING of beige) things for me. It's all too easy to chop up a fairly decent vintage dress, whack on some ribbone/lace and take up the hem and call it 'reworked' and then price it up accordingly. It's a sub category of vintage that people take great pride in, but there's only so much excitement you can exude for a maxi dress taken up with a bit of elastic sewn into the waist. That said, 'reworked vintage' hasn't completely been struck off yet. Especially when you look at the work of RSVP who caught my eye when I was browsing the haute vintage site Shrimpton Couture. No quickie elastic fix here. With some pieces, I can't even discern what the original garments looked like before RSVP's reworkings and that's because they've taken them far away from their original form. With others, there's been a restoration process where it's much like those scientific paint dabbers, working away at a painting in a painting. I'm particularly drawn to the sheer pieces that look like they can be thrown over anything…
Shrimpton Couture’s RSVP line is stunning. There are other folks doing amazing things with damaged, unusable vintage as well. Ecouture is doing something similar for the more subtle http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7355874
Now THOSE are some daring reworkings. I can totally see you rocking one of the sheer pieces, lady.
It’s absolutely gorgeous!!!
I am totally loving the cape!
I love the sheer pieces!! Especially the lacy cape, very little red riding hood gone bad!! xx
i love the last 2. those are beautiful. so simple too. and true re beige. the battle against beige. ugh.
just reading grazia and your in it this week! you prob know that already but you look very lovely and stylish too!x
Fantastic vintage pieces!!
Love the nº3 and the cape!!
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Absolutely gorgeous, especially the 3rd dress w/ the cameo neckpiece.
I really can’t tell what a lot of those were previously. This is definite reworking of vintage.
Those sheer pieces are plenty ripe for layering…
I’m in love! The lace is gorgeous and the sheer pieces are so delicate and beautiful
You’ll make many killer looks with those sheer pieces, for sure.
I agree, i think you and those sheer pieces belong together susie!
I really like the first one and the one with the cameo. Nice modernization.
These and the cut out feathers in the post above are beautiful.
Ah…these are lovely! Being a great devotee to reconstructing/reworking (though I use army wools, not lovely silks!) I always hate that it often gets associated with lazy hack, slash, and slap some trim on it way of working.
OMG I just saw this – thank you so much for featuring my site!! I can’t believe I missed this somehow LOL
Shrimpton Couture is by far the most impressive I’ve seen when it comes to reworking vintage. The savvy woman behind the shop also plays a role in these reworkings with the talented RSVP duo. They are collectors items in themselves.
Fabulous! Those sheer dresses are amazingly beautiful!
Those outfits caught my attention. this is pretty good one. i love the way you combine all the design.hope to see more clothes in your post!
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My favorite is the black one. It’s absolutely gorgeous, so feminine and dreamy. What a classic look!
-mikee