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Fashion History Now #51: How to Shop for Vintage

Dressed: The History of Fashion

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How to Tell if You're a Vintage Thrift Store Member

If you have an unfinished raw edge inside the garment, you are probably looking at vintage. If it is a pink to pinking shears, that's probably more 1950s. And then if it's surged, surging machines became a lot more popular and widely available in the 60s. So again, combine all of these elements and see will really help you in dating that garment.

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