Care and feeding of clothes from www.old-clothes.com
and general answers to questions you might have

Notes on my vintage clothing:
Every item on this site -- EVERY ITEM -- is hand picked by me.
That means I travel around the East and Midwest looking for items to sell on the site. I do not buy wholesale and I no longer accept consignments for the reason that I am not the one hand picking the garments. What a consignee might think is great and will sell is usually not the case. This is why old-clothes works, it is an extension of my style and taste, and I work hard by going to cities in this region to find these clothes.
Which leads me to my number one pet peeve:

Will you give me a discount because I am buying so many items from you?
Hmmmmmmmmm...Nope!
Do you ask the clerk at the grocery store, gee, since I am buying six cans of corn instead of one, can you give me a discount?
Watch "American Splendor" and pay attension to the grocery store scene, I have the same attitude as Harvey Pekar.
The same theory applies here.
If it is on sale, it is on sale because I want it to be on sale, and no, you don't get to pick and choose items and ask, "does the sweet sixteen rule apply to this one?" well if it did, the item would be in that catagory.
So, please do me a favor, you want discounts, visit the local flea market and dicker with with them, if you want quality vintage clothing of which I travel across the United States to find for you, then shop here, and accept the prices I charge. I am a reasonable seller, and I have been in business long enough to know what I am doing and why I price things the way I do.

Thank you.

So you are thinking about buying vintage clothing?
Afraid of the cost of taking your garments to the dry cleaner all the time?
Well, I do recommend dry cleaning for dresses which are made of silk, rayon, taffeta, acetate, wool and gaberdine -- because these fabrics DO NOT LIKE WATER -- you will shrink garments made of these fabrics, thus ruining your investment.

We do use the "home dry cleaning" process, you may be familiar with the two products out on the market right now which let you "dry clean" at home in your dryer. We'd like to say this works pretty well for most situations, but there are some fabrics which are sensitive to any sort of liquid (silk, acetate and taffeta) which then I wholeheartedly suggest taking these items to a professional dry cleaner.

As for cottons, nylon, and cotton/dacron blends -- these items can go right in your washer! Never had an enormous problem cleaning these at home -- ALWAYS wash in cold water, and if your washing machine has a gentle cycle, USE IT -- because we are of the opinion -- better safe than sorry, the slower the agitation (or hand washing w/out agitation), the better.

If in any doubt about cleaning your vintage frock -- call a professional clothing cleaner!

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