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Old is New Again: Vintage fashion brightens up U.K.'s 'Antiques Roadshow'

21 September 2009
Fiona Bruce in Pucci. BBC photo.

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Fiona Bruce in Pucci. BBC photo.

Posing in a brightly-coloured dress, Fiona Bruce could be on any magazine shoot. Except that she is wearing a vintage Pucci dress and claiming that 1970s outfits are now 'antiques'. The Antiques Roadshow presenter has revealed that the BBC show is broadening the idea of antique to include your parents' old clothes.



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Categories: fashion, couture
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