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How began my journey into the realm of vintage... (part five)

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Finally, I enter the final chapter of the retrospective of my fashion experiments. I was increasingly fascinated by the Middle Ages in four forms - dark, combative, romanticized (inspired by the Pre-Raphaelites) and modernized. And still steampunk, pirates, a modernized version of the Victorian era and the Belle Epoque, until the late 1910s. I managed to get my hands on a few authentic vintage pieces of clothing - a black astrakhan fur muff, a navy blue suede maxi skirt ("Bagutini pour Cygielman" brand, made in Italy, about 1970-1980s) and a homemade velvet black maxi dress from the late 1960s, with gold splashes print, with an imperial waistline and long sleeves. I also bought in secondhand a long coat made of felted wool, several very long sleeveless dresses made of wool (made in Austria and Bavaria), linen and cotton shirts (also made in Austria and Bavaria), leather, silk and woolen corsets, two fitted coats made of wool blend, leather hood and leather bracers - a replica...