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The Ultimate Guide to Shopping & Styling Vintage Clothing

The Ultimate guide to shopping and styling vintage clothing

Do you love vintage clothing? Do you know how to choose vintage clothing? Where to shop for vintage clothing? Or how to get the best deals for vintage clothing?

Everything you need to know is right here in my ultimate guide to shopping and styling vintage.

Yes I love vintage and yes I’m happy to share my obsession with the world. Why be a cookie cutter version of everyone else wearing the same clothing when you can stand out as an original wearing vintage?

Vintage helps save the environment. There are no down sides to wearing vintage. So without further adieu let’s discuss everything you ever needed to know about vintage clothing…

How to dress vintage as a couple.

What is vintage clothing?

Generally speaking, clothing which was produced before the 1920s is referred to as antique clothing and clothing from the 1920s to 20 years before the present day is considered vintage. Retro, short for retrospective, or “vintage style” usually refers to clothing that imitates the style of a previous era but was not actually created at that time.

How to wear vintage clothing for men and women

Where can I buy vintage clothing?

There are many places you can shop for vintage clothing. Ebay, Etsy (shop Vintage By Suzanne here ), estate sales, garage sales, vintage fairs, vintage shops consignment stores and thrift shops.  I go into detail on how to shop at vintage stores, consignment stores, thrift stores and estate sales but many of my same tips can be applied when you are shopping at garage sales, online or at a vintage fair.

Top tips how to choose and shop for vintage at vintage stores.

Shop for treasures I’ve curated for my Etsy store here. 

Everything you wanted to know about shopping and buying vintage clothing

 Top tips for shopping at estate sales.

How to shop at estate sales like a pro

Top tips for shopping at consignment stores.

How to shop at consignment stores like a pro.

Top tips for shopping at thrift stores.

How to shop at thrift stores.

How To Clean Your Thrifted Clothes

Get some of my top cleaning tips for those freshly thrifted items here.

How To Get Rid Of Bad Smells From Leather And Suede

Don’t forget to see the videos on my front page sidebar, “Thrift Shop Fight Club” and “Tip Top Thrift Tips”, they’ll put a smile on your face.

How To Thrift Quality Footwear

Now that you scored some fab vintage clothing are you looking for ideas on how to style it? I’ve got you covered!

How to Style and wear vintage Dresses.

How to style a vintage dress

How to Style a vintage Pencil Skirt .

How to style a vintage pencil skirt

How to Style a vintage Bow Blouse .

How to style a pussy bow blouse

How to Style vintage palazzo and cigarette pants.

How to style vintage trousers

How to Style a vintage maxi skirt.

How to wear bold vintage maxi dresses.

Popular bloggers that wear vintage clothing well.

Additional brilliant blogs resources for all things vintage

Vintage Vixen

Vintage Style Files

Toronto Vintage Society

I wear vintage clothing regularly on my blog and sell vintage in my online Etsy store so be sure to stop by to see the newest treasures I’ve found and how I’m styling them.

Now go forth with your new wisdom and spread the vintage love!

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80s Does 40s Polka Dot Peplum Secretary Day Dress 80s Does 40s Polka Dot Peplum Secretary Day Dress - Vintage 1980s Black White Ombre Pleated Dress - S/M
80s Does 40s Polka Dot Peplum Secretary Day Dress 80s Does 40s Polka Dot Peplum Secretary Day Dress - Vintage 1980s Black White Ombre Pleated Dress - S/M
Me trying to drag myself off the couch. 🤣 ⁣
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When was the last time you played around in your closet? I haven't done it for ages. I used to do it on the regular when I was blogging but now that I focus on my Etsy shop it's a rarity. ⁣
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As I've been slowly cleaning and reorganizing my closets I decided I needed to put some outfits together. ⁣
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This is my, "I'd like to come to your party but I'm literally glued to my couch."⁣
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Scroll through to see when I managed to unstick myself.
70s Geometric Print Maxi Dress - Vintage 1970s Gro 70s Geometric Print Maxi Dress - Vintage 1970s Groovy Boho Orange & Brown Long Dress - S/M
70s Geometric Print Maxi Dress - Vintage 1970s Gro 70s Geometric Print Maxi Dress - Vintage 1970s Groovy Boho Orange & Brown Long Dress - S/M
I've gotten to the age where I need to be concerne I've gotten to the age where I need to be concerned about stuff I would have never worried about in the past. Function beats out fashion nearly every time.⁣
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Are you a jumpsuit fan or not? ⁣
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I love them as they lengthen my body but I'm not super keen on the bathroom situation. My girlfriend wears them with abandon and casually mentioned to me the other day that she simply swears off visiting the toilet all evening. 😱😳😱 ⁣
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Yeah...that ain't happening here. ⁣
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I'd be stressed all night about that little *inconvenience*. ⁣
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Lucky for me this jumpsuit is easy on and off with a side zip. ⁣
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Does fashion trump function for you?
80s Teal Green Plaid Wool Blazer With Leather Coll 80s Teal Green Plaid Wool Blazer With Leather Collar - Vintage 1980s HERITAGE Green Black Check Preppy Jacket - Wear To Work - Medium⁣
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70s Orange Plaid Bell Bottom High Waist Pants - Vi 70s Orange Plaid Bell Bottom High Waist Pants - Vintage 1970s Flair Wide Leg Trousers - Groovy Funky Hipster Palazzo Pants - Medium
Vintage makes me happy. ⁣ ⁣ All pieces vintage Vintage makes me happy. ⁣
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All pieces vintage except that hat which was picked up when I visited Portugal.
80s Teal Green Plaid Wool Blazer With Leather Coll 80s Teal Green Plaid Wool Blazer With Leather Collar - Vintage 1980s HERITAGE Green Black Check Preppy Jacket - Wear To Work - Medium
CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN Black Platform Leather Boots - CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN Black Platform Leather Boots - Designer Tall Black Leather Boots Made In Italy - Sexy Clubbing Stilettos Sz 9
Selling this bandage dress I purchase from Anthrop Selling this bandage dress I purchase from Anthropologie on my Poshmark. ⁣
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https://poshmark.ca/listing/ANTHROPOLOGIE-Body-Con-Bandage-Striped-Stretch-Dress-Size-XSSmall-63cb0c90cfc66e27eb223a61
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