Vintage trends for Fall/Winter 2011-12....Fur.

Fur is definitely one of the hottest trends for Fall/Winter 2011-2012, and has been heavily used in designers collections over the past few years. In no way do we condone the use of fur in fashion today, but if you must buy into the trend, we encourage you to go vintage! There are tons of amazing vintage fur garments out there in the world, so recycle and give them a new lease on life.

Fur get about it... designers were putting a lot of fur down the runways this past year

Here are some great vintage fur pieces we'll be taking to this month's Manhattan Vintage Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion - the theme of which just happens to be....you guessed it, fur!

Amazing Raccoon tail & wool wrap

Elegant 1920's Deco coat with fur collar & cuffs

Stunning vintage Mink & Beaver Deco fur wrap with zip-off scarf

Striped band zips off to make smaller wrap & scarf!

Classic 1950's faux Leopard coat with fur trim

Adorable little 1930's/40's Mink bolero

Fabulous 1960's tweed sheath dress & jacket set with fur trim

Super cool 1960's/70's fur and leather jacket

Beautiful vintage gray 1960's Rabbit fur jacket

Vintage Trends for Fall...Varsity/Letterman Jackets & Sweaters

Like it or not Summer is all but a memory! Goodbye linen, seersucker, cotton & chiffon, we'll see you again in the spring....But fear not, a new season also means new clothes, yay!...So say hello to your old friends cashmere, leather & tweed! It also means a big change at the shop, and after some late-night re-stocking and merchandising we're just about ready for Fall. Stay tuned over the coming weeks as we'll be sharing with you some of the great vintage Fall/Winter finds we've collected over the past year....

1940's Letterman cardigan at Another Man's Treasure Fall 2011

We blogged about Varsity jackets & Letterman cardigans a couple of years back, but the American prep look is more popular than ever for Fall/Winter 2011 into Spring 2012, so we are re-visiting the subject for the first of our Fall trend posts. Take a look through any fashion magazines right now, or around shops as diverse as Bergdorf Goodman, Topshop & Target, and you'll see their racks are brimming with retro American sportswear themed clothing. Of course nothing beats owning an authentic Vintage varsity jacket or Letterman sweater....

1960's 'Maryland State Rifle Champs' Varsity jacket at AMT

Varsity looks on the runways over the past few years

The trend was big on the streets of NYC for Fashion Week February 2011

Celebrity fans...Kanye West, Elle Fanning....and MJ back in the day

1950's 'Paramus High' wool Varsity jacket at AMT

Vintage Letterman cardigans at AMT

Shop Re-fit at Another Man's Treasure....

This is something we've been wanting to do for a long time.....

...and thanks to the amazing team at Spoke Visuals, our shop fixture designs (and dreams) have been realized! They built us these fantastic Maple wood units off-site at their workshop in Brooklyn, then installed them in about 5 hours, meaning we only had to be closed for one day!!!

The Spoke Visuals team installing the new fixtures at AMT - thanks for all the hard work guys!

After a few hours of moving things around before and during the install, and many more re-organizing and merchandising after they had left, we had our new-look shop looking sharp and ready for business the next day! The new shop design has given us more display and rack space, not to mention tons more floor space...

The new (be)spoke fixtures at Another Man's Treasure Vintage Store...Stop by and check 'em out!

Amazing Swimsuit Collection - AMT high-end online showroom/shop OPEN!

We haven't been blogging much over the past few weeks, but we've been working hard trying to get our online showroom/high-end store up and running...and we're excited to announce that we are finally ready to launch it! The first items we have uploaded to the site are an unbelievable collection of mid-century bombshell bathing suits. We wanted to get them up before the Summer was out, and we've just about made it! To get you in the mood....

Marilyn Monroe in a sexy all-white 50's swimsuit

Jayne Mansfield posing in polka-dots

Bettie Page in her iconic Leopard print swimsuit

Shop the AMT SHOWROOM vintage swimsuit collection now!

We will be adding hundreds of interesting & iconic vintage treasures to our online boutique from our showroom collection over the next weeks and months, so check back often!

Time for the US to start saving their pennies...

We usually stay clear of most political issues, but with the US Government running out of time and money, and a potential economic disaster looming large on the horizon, we thought we'd show you a vintage solution to the problem that we just picked up...

Vintage tin 'US Budget Bank' penny bank

Sexy 70's for the Vintage Playgirls & Playboys...

Just when you thought it couldn't get any hotter... we only go and find this outrageously sexy 1970's Playboy (of course) monokini swimsuit! Check it out...

The swimsuit brings to mind Rudi Gernreich's famous 1960's topless monokini, modeled by the fabulous Peggy Moffitt below, and the classic Bunny shaped swimsuit on the cover of the August 1968 issue of Playboy magazine we sold in the store a while back.

Iconic 1960's swimsuits from Rudi Gernreich and Playboy

We also picked up a whole slew of vintage Playboy magazines and the much harder to find Playgirl while we were on our travels....

1970's Celebrity heartthrob covers - Robert Redford & John Travolta

Couples Covers!

Sexy men of the day - fan-tash-tic!

Along with the Playgirls and Playboys we also bought these more obscure magazine titles, Foxylady -'Entertainment For Women', Venus - 'Entertainment For The Contemporary Woman', Blueboy - 'The National Magazine About Men', & VIVA -'The International Magazine For Women', along with a few vintage Oui, Hustler & Penthouse mags!

Stop by the store to see all the great covers and the amazing fashion spreads, photo shoots, adds and articles inside...

The Fantasy and Mystery Behind Vintage Clothing..

If you're anything like us, you probably find the mystery and history behind vintage clothing both intriguing and fascinating. There's an undeniable romantic quality about the clothes that people who wear and collect vintage love to embrace. The idea of wearing something that someone once lovingly made by hand, or that was cherished by someone else has endless possibilities in the fantasy of our imagination.

As vintage dealers we hand pick every item for our store and showroom, and we often meet the original owners in the process. It's always great to hear a few stories about the items we purchase first hand. Other times we learn stories from friends and relatives who knew them, and often we are left with only a few clues and our imagination has to do the rest. It is especially exciting to discover actual photographs of people wearing the garments.

On one particular occasion we acquired a collection of beautiful 1930's & 40's dresses from a neighbor that had belonged to his Grandmother. His Mother had lovingly kept the dresses with photographs of his Grandmother wearing them pinned to each dress, along with a little note explaining when and where each picture was taken. It was a wonderful discovery and piece of family history, and something we enjoyed sharing with the customers who bought the dresses!

We made a similar discovery at a recent estate sale where we had purchased a number of things. On returning home we found 2 small plastic viewfinders hanging from one of the garments. Curiously peering through revealed an image of the owner wearing the outfit on a vacation to the U.S. Virgin Islands, probably in the late 1960's! We don't know much about this mystery lady, but she wore it well! Take a look...

Late 1960's black & white dress & hot pants outfit!

The U.S. Virgin Islands slide viewers....

Inside the green viewer...

...and the pink one, fabulous!

We never tire of the serendipitous nature of what we do. With vintage you just never know what you'll discover next!...Stay tuned :)