Comments on: 15 June 2009

By: 6 October 2009 – From München, With Love : academichic

6 October 2009 – From München, With Love : academichic — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:21:55 +0000

[...] while ago, when I acquired this yellow bag, I asked readers how one knows when something is truly vintage. Well, this time, I know. This [...]

By: 20 June 2009 - Garage Sale Saturday : academichic

20 June 2009 - Garage Sale Saturday : academichic — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:22:05 +0000

[...] As I mentioned last Saturday, one of my favorite Summer activities is going to garage sales on weekend mornings. Fortunately, my fiance T. share this same passion and that’s how I know we’re a match made in heaven. We have the same stamina and persistence when it comes to digging through other people’s trash in order to find what we’ll deem treasures. [...]

By: admin

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:04:50 +0000

Thanks, Helen!

This makes me think that my yellow bag is definitely on the older than 30 side, because there is no care label (only the embossed “sears” on the outside) and I checked and it doesn’t look like one was removed at any point either.

Great tip about the care label, this is the first I’ve heard of that, thank you!

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:57:31 +0000

My “Viva Vintage” book defines vintage as anything 30 or more years old. I believe that items that are younger than that, but which strongly exemplify the fashions of the time, can also be considered vintage.

One tip: care labels first started to appear in the 1970s, so anything with a care label is not going to be older than that. Some vintage dealers will try to remove or alter labels to pass items off as older than they are.

By: With the gales my little boat was tossed « Let’s Go Ride a Bike

With the gales my little boat was tossed « Let’s Go Ride a Bike — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:43:00 +0000

[...] and sensible everyday outfits. Where else can I get my fashion with a side of feminist theory and a bike who “doesn’t believe in gender-normative appearances and refuses to be bullied into looking [...]

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:35:23 +0000

I think the only difference between “vintage” and “used” is that “vintage” stuff is marked up to 10 times what it ought to cost and sold in a fancy shop. ;)

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:22:07 +0000

I ADORE that bag! It’s such a great size and color! Vintage or not, what a find!

By: milly

milly — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:28:36 +0000

great find…love the bag

By: elyse Holladay

elyse Holladay — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:10:27 +0000

i adore this bag! yellow bags are the best.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:43:56 +0000

Great find, that bag – LOVE it! As for NERP your post inspired me to use my own bike more – her name is Dagmar :-D What is better on a warm summers day than wind in your hair and sun on your cheeks while you sweep through the landscape. :-)