![]() Since so many thrifters aren’t vintage clothing experts but repeatedly experience the scenario above in their thrifting travels, I wanted to share three easy ways to spot vintage clothing in a thrift store so that no matter your experience level, you can have more confidence knowing that a foreign looking label is that of a vintage clothing garment. So you toss the dress into your cart for purchase without ever knowing its true vintage identity. ![]() She says that “No she has not, but do you think the piece might be vintage?” She has a good point, but how are you to know if you don’t know how to identify or date vintage clothing. You show the tag to your thrift shopping partner to see if she’s ever seen anything like it before. ![]() Excitedly, you move in to examine the garment’s designer, expecting to see a high-brow name or at the very least, a boutique label on such an exquisite piece.īut when you peer into the garment to examine the tag, you notice a foreign looking logo with a designer you’ve never seen before. You pull the garment toward you, revealing a gorgeous silk dress with lucite buttons in an aquamarine blue color that resembles a shirtwaist style popular in the 1950s. You’re thrift store shopping at your favorite store - like the Salvation Army I love in my hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania - when a unique looking garment catches your eye from between the racks.
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