Vintage Fashion Expo
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
October 17th and 18th, 2009
Expo Hours Saturday 10:30-6 Sunday 11-5
Tickets are $10, or follow this link
to go to their coupon page and save $5.

Click on the banner to visit their website for more details.

They have an average of 90 vendors at the expo selling clothes, shoes, jewelry, patterns, purses…you name it! Here is a short list from the website:

Vintage Blue Moon
Luxe
Rare Finds
Sentiments By Katherine
Atelier Suzanne
Decades of Fashion
Papillon Antiques
Snappy Gabs
Mr. Toads
Lapin Vintage
Scout LA
Foxy Couture
Flaun’s Vintage Clothing
Barbara & Kent Grigg
Gail Gum Antiques
Hot Couture
A La Mode Vintage
Jean Langford
The Mad Hatters Tea Party
Re-Vamp Vintage
Vintage@1860-1960.com
Little Treasures
Vintage Apparel by Ardis
King Vintage
Connie Parente Accessories
Donnaland
Feather Vintage
Chris Enebo Antiques
Now ‘N’ Then
Marche aux Puces
BuyVintageClothing.com
Discover Yesterday
Bobbie Boutique
Two Sisters
Ellen’s Elegants
Vu
Vintage Vanities
Allyn Scura Eyewear
Meow
Cherry, Inc.
Edith’s Daughter
The Nostalgic Lady
The Bakelite Lady
Trappings of Time
Mercer International
Unforgettable
Time Slot Antiques
The Cat’s Meow
Woodland Farms Vintage
Frock You Vintage
The Paper Bag Princess
Timeless Vixen
The Other Shop
Raw Vintage
Retro Diva
Faultline Collectables
Honeymoon Antiques
TaTa Lane
Pamela Heiman Vintage
Eclectibles
Daddyo’s
Avenue Antiques
Charles Nero Art & Antiques
Paris Vintage
Bertz Antiques
Mermaid’s Haven
Licia Kuhn Antiques
G.S. Antiques LLC
Cathy Githens Antiques
Anna Newman Vintage
Dress
The Butlers Cottage
Red Headed Rachel
The Tie Merchant
Mary’s Exchange
Aubergine
Unbuttons
Soiree Vintage
Erzsebet Bathory
Bloomers
Ms. Matcher’s Matchless Jewelry
Kathy Judkins
Eva Linowski
Dena McCarthy
Octavia’s Scrapbook
Gail Pierson
LA Vintage Boudoir
Offerings
Cheetah Girl
Clever Vintage Clothing
Somewhere In Time
Juliana Goitein
Linda Goldberg
Kerry Holden
Mary Scates Antiques

I won’t be in town otherwise I would definitely be there. I went a few years ago and had such an amazing time…

Above: The Ray Rand Dancers

Above: Venna Archer & Gil Brady

Thanks to Starlet Showcase for posting these great photos from a 1944 issue of Life Magazine, a kind of 1940s-Sartorialist look at girls passing the intersection of Hollywood and Vine, in Los Angeles. A nice glimpse of real-life fashion in mid-40′s USA.