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Happy Tuesday, vintage lovers!<\/p>\n

After the success of\u00a011 ways to identify vintage in a thrift store by looking at labels at tags<\/a>, I recognized that there’s a need for more vintage know-how on Sammy Davis Vintage — so that you can thrift, shop for vintage online or at your brick-and-mortar store with an well-armed arsenal of helpful information and tips.<\/p>\n

The Vintage Fashion Guild<\/a> is one of the best resources on the web for vintage sellers, buyers, thrifters & enthusiasts. One of my favorite parts of the site is the Label Resource Guide<\/a>, where well-versed vintage experts have contributed profiles of famed designers and curated a variety of tags to help identify the year a piece of that designer’s vintage was produced.<\/p>\n

Identifying vintage fashion is a lot like identifying a vintage car — there are some no-brainer indicators that when realized, are the cold-hard facts needed to know it’s year of production.<\/p>\n

True vintage fashion experts have a well-trained eye to note the differences between a designer’s tag and labels over the years. One tag’s design might identify the decade a piece was produced, or be as specific to identify the year.<\/p>\n

A designer may have released one type of tag with a new collection that only lasted a season, or the designer may have undergone an entirely fresh branding\u00a0initiative\u00a0which changed all tag designs from a certain year forward.<\/p>\n

It takes research and passion to be as\u00a0knowledgeable\u00a0as some of the members of the Vintage Fashion Guild<\/a> — but because I believe in your love of vintage fashion, I wanted to give you a glimpse into the history of some of your favorite brands recognizable today.<\/p>\n

Keep reading after the jump to see see how the tags of Levi’s, Banana Republic, Betsey Johnson, Abercrombie & Fitch and MORE! have changed as the companies have evolved over the years, and some tips on how you can identify the year\/decade a “vintage” tag<\/a> originates from when vintage-shopping on your own.<\/p>\n

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I’ll be posting part II on vintage tag<\/a> history sometime next week — too much to share in one post! Look for Lilly Pultizer, Izod, Diane Von Furstenberg, Wrangler and more, especially if you make a special request!<\/p>\n

Huge thanks to writer & vintage advocate\u00a0The Vintage Traveler<\/a> for contributing information to the Vintage Fashion Guild, which made this post possible!<\/p>\n

I’m always looking for your feedback and questions on what vintage trends & know-how you want to learn about! Please make a special request for a future blog post by saying hello on Facebook<\/a>, sending a Tweet<\/a> or a friendly message via email.<\/a> I’d love to hear from you!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks all for checking in — and happy vintage fashion identifying! ;-) <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

xx, SD<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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<\/span>JESSICA McCLINTOCK<\/span><\/h2>
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