Is it Vintage? How to Identify Vintage Clothes

The phone rings it is a typical day in the office, the caller on the other end, "Mam, can you please tell me if this is vintage or not?"  Another scenario, checking incoming emails, yet another person wanting to know if "Grandma's stuff in her closet is vintage or not and what is it worth?"  Then there is the locals that come into our store, well "I found this and can you tell me is this vintage?"  Seems to be the never ending question for my business and that is okay!

So let's have a vintage clothes 101 lesson on how to identify vintage clothing.

First let me be honest, just because it is old,simply doesn't mean that it is a desirable garment!  Sorry hate to be the one to break the bad news but we have all had to learn that truthful statement.

Here is a guideline to help you on how to identify vintage clothing