Following the irony of fun-loving sixties‘ fashion the theme of trompe l’oeil came up in lots of variations: The masterfull dresses of Roberta di Camerino or the fake buckles in jewelry. The Magazine- or „Newspaper-Bags“ added bags to this playful design-trend. They came in the shape of a rolled magazine, showing real covers of real, […]
Often people say, if you want to invest, buy „real“ jewelry. But you should know that the worth of an ordinary real piece will be only the material costs. So usually you will loose the price you were paying for the crafting and design-job. Jewelry was always the biggest luxury to show off your wealth: […]
I have to admit that I came in my 20’s to buy second hand just because my taste level was inversely proportionate to my financial capacity. So I startet checking second hand-shops, flee-markets and vintage-stores long before the internet or even the expression „vintage-fashion“ was born. As I came from a quality-obsessed family it was […]
So, how to make a difference between „second-hand“, „vintage“ , „used“ or simply „old“? Per definition an item has to be at least 20 Years old to be named „vintage“. As „vintage“ became somehow hip, lots of sellers use this expression delusively to avoid the description „used condition“. Even sellers of new products are not […]