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Vintage Denim Jackets Wholesale

The Dust Factory vintage wholesale clothing denim jacket collection is one of a kind. The vintage jean jacket has always been a fashion luminary. Denim continues to attract a multitude of consumers from actors, to rockers, from hipsters to western wearers and from greasers to regular folks on the street. From its strong presence in the Italian military to its identity changing debut in 1950′s cinema, the Jean Jacket embodies the attitudes most people want to project; athlete, hipster, motorcycle rider, outdoorsman, rock star or the casual everyman.

With brands like Lee, Levi and Wrangler offered this line allows a perfect fit, style and wash for every individual from the past and present.

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60′s PSYCHEDELIA & THE BIRTH OF SURF ART | THE LEGEND OF ARTIST RICK GRIFFIN

Rick Griffin is known as a surfer, cartoonist, psychedelic poster artist, legend. Griffin was born near Palos Verdes in 1944, where he took-up surfing at age 14. While he was still in high school in the 50′s he was heavily influenced by Mad magazines comic styling but he soon found his own voice, creating his own surf style that would become iconic. Through his undeniable artistic talent and connections through surfing, Griffin was soon working for surf legend, Greg Noll, among others. After graduating from high school he joined Surfer Magazine as a staff artist– creating the legendary California surf scene character Murphy, and working his way up to Art Director by the time he was of 20. But by 1964, Griffin decided it was time to move on and see what the world outside of So Cal’s tight-knit surfer scene had for him.

View the original article SURF, 60′s PSYCHEDELIA & BORN AGAIN | THE TRINITY OF ARTIST RICK GRIFFIN at The Selvedge Yard

Griffin attended Chouinard Art Institute which would set the course for this next stage of his life.  As an art school student Griffin met fellow artist and future wife, Ida Pfefferle, and started hanging with the Jook Savages– a group of musicians / artists.  In ’66, with the Psychedelic movement tugging at them, Rick & Ida headed to San Francisco, living out of their van for a while, and regrouped with the Jooks– for who Griffin would create his first poster.  His work was soon in high demand for its trademark creative blend of Native American, surf & psychedelic influences.  Everyone wanted Griffin to do their posters– from Jimi Hendrix, to the band his work is most popularly associated with– The Grateful Dead.  Now among the leaders in the poster art industry, Griffin teamed-up with fellow artists Alton Kelley, Stanley “Mouse” Miller, Victor Moscoso, and Wes Wilson to form the Berkeley-Bonaparte distribution agency in ’67– the ultimate poster art producers of that time.

In ’69, Rick Griffin decided it was time to head back home to So Cal– settling with his wife in San Clemente.  John Severson, founder of Surfer magazine, was working on his latest project– a surf film called Pacific Vibrations, and approached Griffin about doing the poster.  What was supposed to take one month turned into an epic six-month drama, well told by Severson himself in the video below.

It was artists like Rick Griffin that helped start the whole t-shirt generation by putting one of a kind artwork on t-shirt blanks. Without talented and original artists like Rick Griffin we would not have the great vintage t-shirts that we have today.

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Vintage Clothing Store Marketing Ideas- Clothing Swap

Clothing swaps are a great way to attract the attention of all of your towns stylish scavengers plus get them to gather in one place.  If you are looking for  a way to increase your sales and start a word of mouth marketing campaign at the same time why not plan a used and vintage clothing exchange.

What you do is:

1. first plan a date that will work
2. set up place where people can bring in clothes and exchange out clothes.

You can have it either at your shop or you could hold the even somewhere else. There are benefits for having it at your shop, but it also takes a little more work making sure that your merchandise does not get mixed into the exchange. You see the basic premise is this.

Expect to plan a swapshop-style exchange with a unique collection of gently used, vintage & even some modern clothing, accessories & footwear.

Have everyone bring a bag and take a bag!

NOTE: The main focus is on women’s fashions, but men’s items should also be welcome (no kid’s clothing or toys).

Save-the-date &  spread the word re: this eco-fab & economical event!

How the Clothing Exchange/Swap Works

ADMISSION:

Charge $6 for Advance/Early-Bird tickets + your swap loot (limited number avail.) & Charge $10 at the door
(+ a  bag of gently used/vintage clothing)

Have everyone drop their clothing stash by a earlier date so that the items can be sorted.
Note: Tell those who contribute their loot in advance will be entered into a draw for a $50 store credit to get them motivated!

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RAG-SWAP RULES:

The following rules should be posted so that everyone is on the same page.

1. Participants are expected to contribute a minimum of 1 bag of decent cast-offs (8 to 10 items). Swap loot must be dropped off chosen date, in order to purchase a $6 advance ticket (vs. $10 at the door day-of).

2. No damaged or dirty items, only bring clean/decent quality clothing & accessories to the SWAP

3. Each participant can leave with 1 large tote or 2 grocery bags of wearables (a significant haul per person!). Bags will be provided.

DONATIONS/CHARITY:
1. All leftover items will be donated to chosen charity, which raises money for various social service programs.
2. A portion of the admission fee will benefit our chosen charity

Key Items to Swap:

• Tons of clothing, shoes, bags & accessories (incl. some vintage & maternity items)
• A table of fabric & craft supplies
• A few *new* indie designer gems hidden in the piles from our shop

What You Can Expect:

• clothing & accessories divided into categories (eg. tops, shoes, coats, etc.)
• a bit of chaos, but lots of fun too
• mirrors on-site, but no private change rooms, so please dress accordingly (wear leggings or layers)

DO BRING this kind of stuff:
~jackets ~ tops ~ sweaters ~ skirts ~ jeans ~ dresses ~ hats ~ scarves ~ bags ~ PJs ~ shoes & boots ~ belts ~ active wear ~ purses ~ pants
~costume jewellery

PLEASE DO NOT BRING:
~ home decor ~ books & mags ~ baby or kid stuff ~ furniture ~ toys

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Plan for a good turn out. Get some snacks and even a few beverages for the event. Be sure to promote your shop and have fun!

Vintage Nylon Baseball Jackets

Dust Factory Vintage Wholesale Clothing Vintage 1980′s Nylon Sports jackets

“Beat Street is the King of the beat, start rocking those feet from across the street…” Do you remember when break dancing first came out in the late 1970′s and early 1980′s? Along with this new style of dancing came a new style of fashion that followed close behind. The nylon baseball jacket was no longer just worn at little league baseball practice or high school games but as a fashion icon representing a street culture. Brands like Adidas and Puma became to gain recognition outside of the sport culture and became fashionable pieces for Hip-Hop artists and Rock Bands that began to change the way we viewed fashion.

 

 

The Dust Factory Collection of Nylon Sport Jackets is a collection of vintage 1980′s Nylon Jackets. The collection consists of sports teams, vintage recreation sports and more.

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