It is definitely sweater season now! This week we are taking a look at vintage sweaters, and how to wear them in a more modern way. I recently visited several vintage dealers on the hunt for vintage sweaters myself while at the Manhattan Vintage Clothing Show. What I saw quite often was a ton of rather plain looking sweaters. They weren’t selling for much, and why would they? They were mostly solid, simple, cardigans or pull over sweaters, not much different from what you could buy brand new.

Many vintage sweaters have more boxy looks to them which are not always the most flattering to figures. This is partly due to the fact that sweater machines were not as advanced back then and did not have the ability to  create the “fitted” shapes that we see today. However, that does not mean that these darlings cannot be made more hip and used again today. I found this fabulous article by Sarai Mitnick of Sweet Sassafra blog that gives great step-by-step instructions on how to take a boxy sweater and make it more fitted. It is a quick and simple DIY project. Check it out here.