March 19th, 2012 
UAA Team 
Nearly 1,000 people came out to explore and engage with the vintage fashion world March 16 and 17 during the first ever Dallas Vintage Clothing and Jewelry Show. The event, which drew visitors from as far away as Japan and Italy, was held at the Grapevine Convention Center near DFW airport. “It really was heart-warming [...]
February 19th, 2012 Hui 
The Antique Elegance Show, formerly the Victorian Elegance Show in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, is a show of a different breed. Changing the name from Victorian to antique does not change the dandy nature of the show. If vintage clothing and jewelry have traditionally distanced some antiques dealers who strictly follow a thumb rule [...]
Posted in Antiques, Show & Gallery, Vintage 
Tags: Antique Elegance, Antiques, Austin, Clothing, Ephemera, flatware, Jewelry, Richardson, Vintage 
No Comments » February 8th, 2012 ewmiller 
You may have noticed something new at the end of each post on urban Art and Antiques. Among the social media tags there is a little button called Pin It. It’s for the social media site Pinterest. The name had come across my screen several times, then this morning on a Spree webcast with Gary [...]
January 3rd, 2012 ewmiller 
It may just be the vintage capital of the U.S. As you can see from the chart, Austin, Texas is a young city- and its one where while the larger antiques world may be in doldrums, people in Austin are living, eating and breathing vintage. It’s not just clothing either. Walking into a store called [...]
Posted in Antiques Business, Fashion, Jewelry, Vintage Tags: Austin, Austin Vintage, New Bohemia, New Brohemia, South Congress, South First, Vintage in Austin No Comments » November 17th, 2011 ewmiller 
If you’ve spent a moment fretting about what is and isn’t vintage or have been aghast to see items in major retail stores labeled as vintage, you’ll want to listen to a new podcast. Eric Miller discusses vintage and authenticity with Massachusetts dealer Jane Hudson, North Shore Flea promoter Melissa Sands and Jon Jenkins of Jenkins Promotions. You can [...]
Posted in Antiques, Antiques Business, Fashion, Vintage Tags: Anthropologie Necklace, Antiques, Jane Hudson, Jars from Hungary, Jenkins Promotions, Jon Jenkins, Melissa Sands, Music Valley, Old or New?, Pottery Barn Jars, Pure Vintage, Retailers, Vintage, Vintage Chicago, What is an antique?, What is Vintage? 1 Comment » November 14th, 2011 UAA Team 
Before Elton John, Madonna or Lady Gaga dominated the world stage with their outrageous costumes and over-the-top performances, there was Liberace – a charismatic showman whose onstage presence combined the glitz of Las Vegas with a dash of quaint but endearing schmaltz. For nearly two decades, Liberace (1919-1987) was the world’s highest-paid entertainer, earning as [...]
