Vintage Vs Antique clothing

The difference between Antique and Vintage Clothing 

An antique item is anything that is over 100 years old. Today that would be anything that is Victorian or older; anything from the turn of the century or the early teens, actually. We are coming up to an era where anything that is twenties could be considered an antique.

For an item to be considered vintage it has to be less than 100 years old, but older than ten years old. So now, today, anything from the nineties can be vintage, anything that was a grunge fashion is considered vintage, that is vintage items. And that is anything that is under 100 years old; anything from the thirties, forties, fifties, or sixties clothing is considered vintage. Eighties clothing is also considered vintage.

Genuine Vs. Fake Vintage Clothing - A good way to identify and tell the difference between a fake vintage item and a real vintage item is to look at the tag. The tag will tell you everything. The tag will tell you the era, where it was made, and who made it. If you are looking at a tag with a union label, you can be assured that it was vintage and that it was made in the U.S. When you are looking at

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