What's the Point?

of this new blog, that is.... Well, we here at the marche' du filth have decided that we need to educate folks on what exactly Our type of 'vintage' is all about. When Filth Mart opened, the term vintage was fairly new and meant something completely different. Vintage was a way to dress in antiques, if you will...bowling shirts and wingtips, pencil skirts and cardigan sweaters, gunnie sax dresses....it was costumish. If you were wearing vintage, chances are you might have had a hairstyle to match. We would like to think that we had a hand in changing that. By offering 'pieces' like t shirts and jeans and perfectly worn in denim jackets, we helped create a more accessible everyday kind of style. Our particular aesthetic is on the rock n roll tip because that is our main influence,,,but that doesn't mean that vintage isn't for everyone. A vintage tailored blazer and jeans might be worn by a chic grown up lady....or hip hop guys will wear a nice levi's two pocket denim jacket with their brand spanking new kicks...every dude wants to look more rugged because someone else made their perfect leather cafe racer look that way for them...What we're getting at here is that vintage is cool and unique, and when done the right way,,,,super good looking. So that's the point. We want to show cool pieces and the history behind some things...and the influence this stuff has on current trends. Who is wearing it and more! That is all.