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Blog - Vintage guides & inspiration

At Mondo Kaos, we have worked with vintage-inspired fashion, fit and feminine silhouettes for many years. Here you can find our guides to dresses, body shapes, decades, styling and the vintage universe – all in one place.

Whether you are looking for the right dress for your figure, want to dive into the 1940s, 1950s or 1960s, or need styling inspiration, you can start here.

Body shape & fit

Guides to silhouettes, fuller busts, fit and dress cuts.

Guides: Fit

Vintage & decades

The 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and vintage history.

Guides: Decades

Dresses & styling

Swing dresses, pencil dresses, cocktail dresses and styling.

Guides: Dresses

Mondo Kaos stories

Customer portraits, shoots, events and brand stories.

Mondo Stories
Ny til vintage stilen - en Mondo Kaos guide
New to the vintage style - a Mondo Kaos guide

A guide for you who are new to the vintage universe. There are many ways to wear vintage clothes, and here at Mondo Kaos we have something for everyone. Today on the blog, however, it will...

Vintage basics til arbejds påklædningen
Vintage basics for work attire

Back to everyday life - back to basics We here at Mondo Kaos have enjoyed the summer and hope that you all had a wonderful summer holiday with lots of relaxation and experiences. It can ...

Hverdag med vintage stil - Mor & Datter fortæller
Everyday life with vintage style - Mother & Daughter tell

Meet Denize & Vivi The customer portraits are an inspiration to all our customers. Today it is Denize and her mother Vivi who talk about how they came up with Mondo Kaos and the vint...

Moden inspireret af den franske Riviera i 1930'erne
Inspired by the French Riviera

Drøm dig tilbage til 1930’ernes Riviera med brede palazzobukser, elegante skjortekjoler, feminine bluser og afslappet sommerglamour. Her dykker vi ned i årtiets strandmode, beach pyjamas og de silh...

Vores guide til Elmegade kvarteret på Nørrebro
Our guide to the Elmegade neighborhood in Nørrebro

Elmegade/ Birkegade in Nørrebro This year, 6 of the year's top 10 best-selling travel guides are travel books about Denmark, and of course many also take the trip to Copenhagen. If you...

Tips til at pakke din ferie kuffert
Tips for packing your holiday suitcase

Pack vintage for the holidays It's holiday time, and in this blog post we will therefore share some ideas for what and how best to pack your suitcase, depending on where the holiday is goi...

Vintage sommer essentials
Vintage summer essentials

Top 5 must have vintage summer favourites The ordinary Danish summer is not as long as we might think. Perhaps you quickly end up with a little too much summer clothing , which is still n...

Betty Grable
Betty Grable

Worth knowing about Hollywood icon Betty Grable "There are two reasons why I became famous, and I stand by them both!" These are Betty Grable's famous words about her 'Million dollar legs'...

Vintage hele vejen? Det bedste fra 'før-i-tiden'
Vintage all the way? The best of 'before-the-time'

'Vintage style - not vintage values' Or said in Danish: vintage style yes please - no thank you to live like in the past. That's the motto from us who love the vintage style. None of us wa...

1960'ernes 'Babydoll mode' & 'Yvonne Kjoler'
1960s 'Babydoll fashion' & 'Yvonne Dresses'

Hvordan så 1960’ernes mode egentlig ud? Fra miniskørter, babydoll kjoler og Swinging London til Yvonne fra Olsen-banden og de farverige A-line kjoler. Her dykker vi ned i årtiets mest ikoniske look...

Novelty print kjoler i 50er stil
Novelty print dresses in 50s style

You have probably seen us refer to novelty in relation to our beautiful vintage and retro clothes, for example. the clothes from Palava which often have prints and embroideries in a novelty des...

Kjoler til den store barm
Dresses for the big bust

Vi har skønne kjoler i vintage stil i størrelser fra small til plussize. Høje og lave- og ALLE kropstyper er velkomne. Der er dog visse spørgsmål vi ofte støder på når det kommer til kjoler, og det...

Stines sommer tips.
Stine's summer tips.

Good tips that just make your everyday life easier! Little things you never thought you could do something about, and which can just make a huge difference. It's such a tip that Stine shares ...

Rockabilly stilen hos Mondo Kaos
The rockabilly style at Mondo Kaos

Har du nogen gange set udtrykket rockabilly anvendt i sammenhæng med noget tøj, fx en swingkjole, som du synes godt om? Hvad er rockabilly, og hvordan har det indflydelse på det vintage stils tøj v...

Retro badetøj og hollywood glamour
Retro swimwear and Hollywood glamour

Summer is just around the corner, soon we will be back at the beach. We may be able to travel, but otherwise we may have actually gotten used to the idea of ​​the Danish summer weather, and...