This question is something that I am still constantly researching and understanding. On Facebook there are heaps of these so called "Vintage" stores and more and more popping up everyday! Don't get me wrong, sometimes they sell great stuff but I find that more often then not it seems that most of their items are just old clothes. You might say the vintage clothes are old clothes. Yes they are but Vintage is mostly defined by being made about 30 years or more in the past.
After doing all this research I have come to my own conclusion:
Clothing pre-1920s is antique (approx 90-100 years into the past).
Clothing 1920s-1975 is vintage.
Clothing 1975- 1990 (approx 20 years into the past) is retro.
Clothing from the last 20-25 years is just second hand, quite common and not particularly interesting (but if you have a great piece, hold onto it! - it needs to get older and scarcer).
Hopefully this helps you to discern what is real vintage and where the name vintage is just thrown onto an item on Ebay.
Happy hunting!
Christine xo
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