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You’re\u00a0thrift store shopping<\/a> \u00a0at your favorite store — like the Salvation Army<\/a>\u00a0I love in my hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania — when a unique looking garment catches your eye from between the racks. You pull the garment toward you, revealing a gorgeous silk dress with lucite buttons in an aquamarine blue color that resembles a shirtwaist style<\/a> popular in the 1950s. 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.<\/p>\n

But 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 show the tag to your thrift shopping partner to see if she’s ever seen anything like it before. She says that “No she has not, but do you think the piece might be vintage?”<\/em> She has a good point, but how are you to know if you don’t know how to identify or date vintage clothing<\/a>. So you toss the dress into your cart for purchase without ever knowing its true vintage identity.<\/p>\n

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. For tips on how to spot vintage in a thrift store, keep reading after the jump for insights on vintage clothing union tags, brand designs and Made in USA labels!\"Vintage<\/p>\n

Deciphering the vintage era of a garment is like putting together a gigantic puzzle. The more missing pieces you uncover, the clearer the picture and the more confident your answer feels. While these three tips won’t tell you the exact year or even the definitive era of a piece, they will point your detective skills in the right direction of where to learn more so that you can decide the true vintage style<\/a> origin of your thrift store find for yourself. What are your tips for spotting vintage in a thrift store? Do you have a special strategy that I missed here?<\/p>\n

Let me know in the comments below the post, or share your advice and insights with me on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> or via email<\/a>. And don’t forget to follow me on Instagram<\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Plus, stay tuned for a future post on thrift store shopping<\/a> vintage labels and tags for the advanced!<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

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

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