Magpie, the most mythical vintage store in Madrid, turns ten years old

Magpie is one of the most famous vintage fashion stores in Spain, located on the central street of Velarde number 3, in the middleThey are housed.

Magpie already promised since her opening in December 2008. He began reaping successes in the area and gradually became popular until people from all corners of Madrid began to buy in it for their huge collection in constant renewal, their exquisite treatment andIts unmatched quality/price ratio.

"We like vintage because it has a different quality from that of current clothing, but the authentic vintage magic," says its owner, Olaia Salgueiro, "is not just clothes;Each garment is a story. ”

What to find in Magpied among the many specialized stores in the area have the largest variety of hats and headdresses, belts, bags, jewelry, glasses, ties, gloves and footwear.Magpie offers the most exclusive and popular garments of the different decades and countries between curiosities and icons such as zip embroidery costumes, orange shirts or even wedding dresses.And a detail worth mentioning: they have old brand items, "luxury vintage": CHURATORS CH, Valentino swimsuits, Louis Vuitton sometimes, and sometimes authentic Moschino or Balenciaga dresses.

Decade of the sixties: In this decade women begin to feel the need for a radical change with respect to the ideals of beauty of the previous decades.This thought is reflected in the sensuality aniñada and without curves.The miniskirt makes its stellar appearance and the furor by spatial drives white and silver.

The 70`s: the hippie movement was the predominant style during this decade.The bell pants, brightness and platforms were the must of the moment.In London, however, the pants narrowed and accompanied by studs, broken, spikes and Scottish tartan.It was also the decade when, for the first time, haute couture looked to the street to find inspiration.

Flashback at 80's: Without a doubt, a few years that marked a fashion turning point;Color, exaggeration and experimentation that may be remembered with love or take your hands to your head.Unisex tendencies that return or have remained latent such as fannyas, ray ban glasses, chokers or those mythical shoulder pads that looked accompanying, how much less exaggerated, hair card.Lunar, prints, vibrant colors, large and colorful accessories etc.Everything was worth in the 80s. A time when the commitment to the original left looks of the most fun and transgressors.

Decade of the 90s, pop culture: after extravagant and crazy 80, fashion relaxed, became casual, based on variety and not a concrete and lasting trend.Fluorescent colors and exaggerated sizes were left behind to bet on simplicity and minimalism.Cowboy style, fitted and lingerie dresses, pictures of paintings, bombers that have returned to the cabinets twenty years later etc.The comfort and versatility in the garments were the keys to this expression of fashion influenced by musical styles such as grunge.Pearcings, Choker necklaces and tied and top blouses dressed in the influential Spice Girls or supermodels such as Cindy Crawford are popularized.

What is the vintage vintage fashion comes from the French voice selling, or harvesting: just like a great reserve, there are garments whose value increases over the years because they are garments of the times that would have wanted to live and.Now you can through Magpie.

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It is considered that a garment is vintage when it is a certain age, but it is not yet an antiquity, although the course of the years has been granting more value.

At present, the return to the past in the fashion world has become a thirst and the number of street stylers that incorporate vintage garments and accessories is increasing.A curiosity: the sport look that predominated in Spain in the 90s will be this spring-summer 2018 the most “in” vintage trend.

Magpie is reduction, reuse and recyclajela fashion vintage is closely related to responsible and sustainable consumption.Being Consumers of Magpie clothing and accessories, meets the 3 R’s: reduction, reuse and recycling.

Reduction of raw materials and carbon footprint, which means the manufacture of new clothing and their marketing and distribution.

Reuse and recycling, because it is a second chance to those garments and avoid throwing them just because once they went out of style.

Magpie contributes to maintaining a healthy planet, since in the world of vintage fashion the production costs, waste and pollution that large clothing manufacturers use in each of the steps until the product itself until the product itself does not come into play until the product itselfIt reaches the final consumer (production chain).

Famous who wear Magpiemagpie garments is a reference of the vintage, inside and outside Spain, so some known faces choose to wear retro garments that most adapt to them.The famous game actress of Thrones, Sophie Turner and her boyfriend Joe Jonas, among others, are Magpie clients, as is the case with the popular national stylist Natalia Ferviú or Mario Vaquerizo.

Magpie Vintage www.magpie.escalle Velarde, 3, 28004 Madrid/ Close at 9:00 p.m.: 914 48 31 04

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