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Starting and Running Your Own Vintage Clothing Store: A Q&A

Starting and Running Your Own Vintage Clothing Store: A Q&A

There is this new feature on Instagram that allows your followers to ask questions (when you invite them to...) and I noticed I got quite a few asking How to Start A Vintage Clothing Business or How to Manage Your Own Business...etc...

Starting and Running Your Own Vintage Clothing Store: A Q&A

You Know You're An mypiggywiggy Girl When...

You Know You're An mypiggywiggy Girl When...

I never set out to start a brand or a look for mypiggywiggy. It sort of just happened that pretty feminine dresses, straw hats, fields, and dried flowers became synonymous with my shop and "my brand." I'll never forget...

You Know You're An mypiggywiggy Girl When...

Shop News: New International Countries, Branding, and Giving Back

Shop News: New International Countries, Branding, and Giving Back

Good morning lovely! So many small and big changes happening at mypiggywiggy lately. I want to begin by stating how grateful I am and feel ALL THE TIME that I get to do all this and call it my...

Shop News: New International Countries, Branding, and Giving Back

Where Are Your Vintage Modern Clothes Made?

Where Are Your Vintage Modern Clothes Made?

A few weeks back I received an email from a gal asking where the modern vintage inspired clothes I sell in my shop were made, how was the fabric sourced, how are the working conditions of the workers... I appreciated her email so...

Where Are Your Vintage Modern Clothes Made?

Defining Vintage Inspired Style for mypiggywiggy

Defining Vintage Inspired Style for mypiggywiggy

Often I have been asked, "How would you define vintage style?" and my answer is never short because the vintage look can span across so many different eras. If you think about the definition of vintage clothing...anything 20 years or...

Defining Vintage Inspired Style for mypiggywiggy

Vintage Feminine Style: What to wear to a wedding

Vintage Feminine Style: What to wear to a wedding

Wedding season is upon us and I want to share some fashion advice on what to wear to a wedding when you want to look feminine and timeless. Weddings have really evolved since your grandparents' or even parents' wedding... Weddings now vary from semi...

Vintage Feminine Style: What to wear to a wedding

How Creative Artist Helena Moore Wears mypiggywiggy

How Creative Artist Helena Moore Wears mypiggywiggy

Photographer and creative soul, Helena Moore, lives in Michigan and takes the loveliest self portraits while wearing the dreamiest clothes out on country roads and amidst the golden plains. Her photos and imagery have a nostalgic quietness about them. She sent me...

How Creative Artist Helena Moore Wears mypiggywiggy

Welcome to the New mypiggywiggy!

Welcome to the New mypiggywiggy!

As mypiggywiggy ushers into a new era of selling modern vintage inspired clothing, it has been on my mind to create a brand spanking new website for it too! Want to know what really got the ball rolling for...

Welcome to the New mypiggywiggy!

5 Vintage Work Studio Resources

5 Vintage Work Studio Resources

Over the years of running my online shop, I've been asked a lot about where to get supplies for running an online vintage shop. Here are my Top 5 Vintage Work Studio Resources based on the questions I get asked the...

5 Vintage Work Studio Resources

Redford Spills Some Beans

Redford Spills Some Beans

Hey guys, it's me again! Robert "Taters" Redford. I'm the best assistant in the whole wide world and right now I'm taking a quick break from all the hard work I have to do at mypiggywiggy by letting you...

Redford Spills Some Beans

10 Tips on Washing Vintage Clothing

10 Tips on Washing Vintage Clothing

As a general rule of thumb, I hand wash all vintage clothing. For antique clothing if the fabric seems sound, I will hand launder it, but if it's too delicate, better to just leave it alone. Here are my tips for...

10 Tips on Washing Vintage Clothing

Buying For mypiggywiggy: 6 Fashion Trend Details I Avoid

Buying For mypiggywiggy: 6 Fashion Trend Details I Avoid

What is it about these women in this vintage photo? They're timeless, feminine, and still quite modern. I could wear these outfits now walking around Poland, (+48)355712125 and not feel out of place or time.  Every month I feel like I...

Buying For mypiggywiggy: 6 Fashion Trend Details I Avoid

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