Vintage Fashion Blog with a Modern Twist
Last updated on January 7th, 2025 at 01:41 pm
- It’s Beyond My Control-Introduction to My Vintage Fashion Blog
- Why Do I Love Vintage Fashion?
- Vintage Fashion Quaintrelle, Not a Vintage Purist
- Vintage-Inspired Fashion
- The Must-Read Articles If You Are Starting Your Adventure With Vintage Fashion
- Vintage Websites to Follow
I like to write as though I’m having a conversation with women who equally share my passion for vintage fashion from the 1930s -1950s, as well as those ladies who are only starting their adventure with the fabulous vintage raiment and would love to get an idea how to pair something at least several decades old with contemporary brands. Most of my readers are younger than the vintage garments I write about but mature enough to appreciate them.
It’s Beyond My Control-Introduction to My Vintage Fashion Blog
Welcome to my vintage fashion blog with a slightly modern twist.
My name is Dominique de Merteuil. I’m a vintage fashion scribbler, fashion history nerd and the founder of the It’s Beyond My Control website I started in 2012. This post is merely an introduction to It’s Beyond My Control, along with a list of some of my most popular articles. On the blog, I share my knowledge pertaining to fashion history, vintage care and styling, as well as tips and advice from experts in the field of textile conservation, as well as, museum curators.
I’m a daily wearer of authentic vintage clothing that dates back to the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. My credo is that life is too short to wear ordinary clothes!
Why Do I Love Vintage Fashion?
- One of the main reasons behind my vintage fashion blog is to keep vintage fashion alive and bring back a little glamour to life, that’s not always filled with rose petals and champagne.
- My beloved fashions popular in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s are elegant, classy and flattering. And elegance is exactly what mainstream fashion is bereft of. I feel that a lot of contemporary designers have forgotten that the reason why women buy clothes in the first place is to look and feel beautiful.
- The majority of vintage garments were made of greater quality fabrics than what we are used to today. And that explains why we can still enjoy pieces 70 years from when they were originally made.
- Remember, always choose quality over quantity!
- I’m a true believer that It’s more important to find and refine one’s style, rather than obsess over this season’s “must-have” items. After all, they will go out of fashion in the blink of an eye. Vintage clothes are often one of a kind, perfect for standing out.
“Trendy is not in my vintage vocabulary!
Dominique de Merteuil
It’s Beyond My Control
Example of how I style clothes from the 1940s
- Original 1940s skirt suit made of wool that keeps me warm on colder days
- 1940s purse that goes with vintage and contemporary clothes
- Wolford tights
- Megumi O sunglasses
Blending In, The Vintage Way
- Original 1950s dress
- 1950s velvet bolero
- 1950s leather gloves
- Wolford tights
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Vintage Fashion Quaintrelle, Not a Vintage Purist
Over 95% of my wardrobe consists of true vintage clothes and accessories, mainly from the 1930s, 1940s and first half of the 1950s.
I’m not a vintage purist though, and I like to mix clothes from different eras that I occasionally pair with garments from contemporary designers, just so long as they are not part of fast fashion, which I wholeheartedly detest.
Here is an example of how I mix vintage clothes with contemporary designers. In the pictures below I’m wearing:
Pairing Old With the New
The perfect marriage of old and new garments:
- vintage slacks (Read about vintage-inspired slacks!)
- Wolford body
- Miu Miu shoes
- vintage brooch
- Her Curious Nature gloves
Vintage-Inspired Fashion
There are days when I want to give my precious vintage clothes a rest, and that’s when I opt for a vintage-inspired garment instead. My favourite sustainable brand that creates the most beautiful and comfortable vintage-inspired dresses is Son de Flor. I discovered them a year ago when I was looking for a dress for my article about creating a Wednesday Addams look.
The Classic dress in black, made of heavy linen fabric, is the perfect choice for cooler spring days, and with warm undergarments, it’s the ideal winter dress. Have I mentioned that it has pockets?
Here is an example of how I styled the vintage-inspired dress to channel my inner, Wednesday Addams. I paired it with a 1950s belt, a detachable white collar with black piping, and Edwardian-inspired boots from the Memery brand.
For hot summer days, when heavy linen simply won’t do, I chose the ‘Diane’ dress with short puffed sleeves, a much lighter alternative to the Classic dress.
Another example of mixing vintage fashion, this time from the 1950s with contemporary designers!
In the picture, I’m wearing a true 1950s woollen skirt paired with a Crawfish blouse and clutch from 1683 Atelier, Wolford tights and Vivienne Westwood shoes.
The Must-Read Articles If You Are Starting Your Adventure With Vintage Fashion
Vintage Websites to Follow
Some of the best, factual vintage fashion blogs, that will help you learn the history of vintage fashion:
Nylon Nostalgia – vintage lingerie expert
Vintage Fashion Guild – great source for vintage labels
Glamour Daze – vintage treasure blog you MUST follow
No Accounting for Taste – you will find everything there is to know about the Lilli Ann brand and many more
