IF
IF YOU'RE
IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO SPRUCE UP YOUR STYLE, WHY NOT TAKE IT BACK TO THE CLASSICS AND SHOP
VINTAGE?
JOINING US NOW WITH HER
FASHIONABLE TIPS TO HAVE US
LOOKING STYLISH IN NO TIME IS
VINTAGE SHOPPING EXPERT ADAM
ANELLO.
WELCOME.
ANELLO. WELCOME. HI.
WELCOME. HI. HI.
HI. HI.
HI. HI. HI.
HI. HI.
HI. HI. SO YOU'RE WE'RE CONSIDERING YOU
ARE VINTAGE GURU.
SO JUST TO KIND OF HELP US GET
STARTED WITH THE PROCESS.
WHAT'S YOUR PROCESS FOR
SELECTING PIECES OF VINTAGE
CLOTHING FOR YOUR SHOP?
SO I BASE ALL OF MY BUYING OFF
OF THE FEELING IF I LOVE IT I
TAKE IT IF I HAVE ANY
HESITATION AT ALL.
I PASS ON IT AND I TELL MY
CUSTOMERS THE SAME THING WHEN
SHOPPING VINTAGE FOR THEMSELVES
.
>> YOU CAN KIND OF TELL WHEN
SOMEONE PUT SOMETHING ON AND
THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE
WITH IT.
>> THE GOOD THING ABOUT VINTAGE
IS THERE'S ONLY ONE OF IT.
THERE'S NO OTHER SIZES.
THERE ARE NO OTHER COLORS.
SO IF IT DOESN'T WORK IT
DOESN'T WORK.
AND YOU COULD KIND OF JUST PASS
ON IT.
BUT WHEN THAT PIECE FIT YOU
HAVE TO GO FOR IT.
>> I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
I LOVE FINDING UNIQUE VINTAGE
PIECE BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID,
IT'S ONE OF A KIND.
NOBODY ELSE IS GOING TO HAVE IT
WHICH JUST MAKES IT THAT MUCH
MORE SPECIAL.
SPECIAL.
SO HOW CAN WE BETTER IDENTIFY A
GREAT VINTAGE PIECE?
WHAT DO WE LOOK FOR?
WHAT KEY TRICKS?
>> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT
QUALIFIES SOMETHING AS A
VINTAGE PIECE.
>> SO ANYTHING FROM THE 1930S
ALL THE WAY UP TO NOW SADLY THE
1990S IS CONSIDERED VINTAGE AND
THE 2000S ARE CREEPING UP ON US
.
BUT ANY SO AND ANYTHING BELOW
THE 1930S IS CONSIDERED AN
ANTIQUE WHICH MAKES SENSE
BECAUSE THAT WOULD DATE PIECE
AROUND A CENTURY.
>> SO 100 YEARS OLD THAT'S IT.
AND IN AN ANTIQUE.
SO BUT WHEN SHOPPING FOR
VINTAGE IN PERSON IT'S PROBABLY
ONE THE BEST WAYS TO SHOP
BECAUSE YOU COULD ACTUALLY PICK
UP THE PIECE.
>> YOU CAN FEEL THE PIECE.
YOU CAN SMELL IT.
IS THERE A SMELL?
I MEAN THESE THINGS ARE OLD.
SO YOU WANT TO CHECK FOR
FLOORS.
AND THEN WHEN SHOPPING ONLINE
YOU REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND
YOUR MEASUREMENTS.
SO THERE'S A YOU KNOW, THERE'S
DIFFERENT WAYS OF SHOPPING
WHETHER YOU'RE IN PERSON OR
SHOPPING ONLINE.
>> SO FOR WHEN WE'RE IN PERSON
,WHAT ARE SOME OTHER KEY TIPS
YOU CAN GIVE US TO KNOW IF IT'S
REALLY A VINTAGE PIECE?
>> I KNOW YOU SAID KIND OF THE
TIMEFRAME WHICH YOU DID BREAK
MY HEART WHEN YOU SAID BY 19
90S NOW IT'S CONSIDERED
VINTAGE.
BUT WHAT ARE SOME OTHER STEPS
WE CAN LOOK AT?
THE FIRST THING I LIKE TO LOOK
FOR IS A LABEL.
LABELS ARE A GREAT WAY
OF IDENTIFYING THE ERA BECAUSE
THANKS TO GOOGLE WE CAN JUST
LOOK THEM UP IF THEY DO NOT
HAVE LABELS.
>> THERE ARE OTHER WAYS
OF LOOKING UP THE ERA.
SO WE LIKE TO LOOK AT THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A PIECE.
>> SO LOOKING ACTUALLY HOW YOU
KNOW WHAT STITCHES WERE USED,
WHAT MATERIAL THE ZIPPERS ARE
WHERE THE ZIPPER PLACEMENT IS.
IN THE 1930S TO THE 1960S SIDE
ZIPS WERE REALLY COMMON.
>> SO THERE'S A LOT
OF DIFFERENT LITTLE TRICKS TO
IDENTIFY WHAT ERA THE PIECE
MIGHT BE WITHOUT ACTUALLY
HAVING A LABEL OR MAYBE LIKE
THE FABRICS LISTED.
>> ANOTHER WAY OF IDENTIFYING
AN ERA IS BY UNDERSTANDING WHAT
FABRICS WERE ACTUALLY USED.
CERTAIN FABRICS WERE MORE
COMMONLY USED DURING DIFFERENT
TIME PERIODS.
>> SO IN THE 60S 70S A LOT
OF THINGS WERE MADE
OF POLYESTER.
>> GOING BACK TO THE 1920S WE
STARTED TO USE A LOT OF RAYON.
SO THERE ARE DEFINITELY A LOT
OF LITTLE TRICKS TO IDENTIFY
THE AREAS.
>> AND IS THERE OTHER TRICKS WE
CAN USE WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO
FIND THOSE VINTAGE PIECES
ONLINE WHICH SEEMS LIKE IT
COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
DIFFICULT?
OBVIOUSLY TOUCHING THEM AND
FILLING THEM IN PERSON HELPS.
BUT WHAT TIPS COULD YOU GIVE US
FOR WANTING TO LOOK FOR THOSE
ONLINE?
>> SO WHEN YOU'RE SHOPPING
ONLINE YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD
WITH YOUR MEASUREMENTS, YOU
WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR
MEASUREMENTS ARE AND COMPARE
THOSE MEASUREMENTS TO WHAT IS
LISTED ONLINE.
ANOTHER TRICK WHEN SHOPPING
VINTAGE ONLINE IS ASKING
QUESTIONS TO THE SELLER OR
REPUTABLE SELLER WILL LIST ANY
FLAWS OR ANY DAMAGES TO THE
ITEM BUT SOMETIMES THEY WILL
PUT PHOTOS UP AND THAT WILL BE
KIND OF THE TOOL TO LOOK AT IF
THERE IS NO PHOTOS OF ANY FLAWS
YOU MAY WANT TO ASK.
DOES THIS PIECE HAVE ANY HOLES
OR RIPS OR STAINS IF IT'S A
LEATHER PIECE SOMETIMES WE WANT
TO KNOW IS THERE A SMELL TO IT?
>> IS THE LEATHER HARD?
>> YOU KNOW, THERE'S QUESTIONS
THAT YOU WANT ASK THAT YOU
MIGHT BE THINKING ABOUT WHEN
YOU'RE HOLDING THE PIECE BUT
HAVE
HAVE THAT
HAVE THAT ACCESSIBILITY TO IT WHEN YOU'RE SHOPPING ONLINE. OK, AND THEN IF WE'RE LOOKING
SAY IF THE TAGS HAVE BEEN
WASHED AWAY OR HAVE FALLEN OFF,
WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST WE DO TO
KIND OF REALLY ENSURE THAT THE
PIECE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS
VINTAGE?
>> WELL, AGAIN, YOU WANT TO
LOOK INSIDE THE GARMENT.
>> YOU WANT TO LOOK A LOT
OF THINGS BACK THEN WERE MADE
BY HAND SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT
KIND OF STITCH WAS USED IN
STITCHES FOR THE SEWING
MACHINES WERE INVENTED LATER.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY IDENTIFY
BASED ON WHAT THAT STITCH
ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE AND THEN
AGAIN LOOKING AT WHETHER IT'S A
MEDAL'S OR VERSUS A PLASTIC
ZIPPER.
>> THE GOOD THING ABOUT WHERE
WE'RE AT NOW I MEAN WE DO HAVE
GOOGLE YOU CAN LOOK UP WHEN WAS
THIS ZIP USED?
DO YOU KNOW?
SO THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE
TOOLS THAT YOU CAN LOOK FOR
WHEN YOU'RE EXAMINING THE
GARMENT WHEN IT'S IN YOUR HANDS
IT'S MUCH EASIER TO IDENTIFY AN
ERA FOR THE PIECE WHEN YOU HAVE
IT PERFECT.
>> AND YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE
BELIEVE JUST TOO UNIQUE TO BE
VERSATILE.
WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR STYLING
TIPS FOR WEARING VINTAGE PIECES
ALL YEAR ROUND?
IF YOU COULD GIVE US JUST ONE?
YEAH.
I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD BUILD A
WARDROBE OF STAPLES AND BACK IN
THE DAY THEY VALUED QUALITY
OVER QUANTITY WHICH IS WHY
THEIR WARDROBES LASTED SO LONG.
SO I WOULD SAY DEFINITELY TRY
TO USE BUY THINGS THAT ARE KEY
PIECES IN YOUR WARDROBE LIKE A
GOOD BLAZER, A GOOD PAIR
OF DATA AND A NICE FLOWING MAXI
DRESS.
>> I LOVE IT.
IS THAT IS YOUR HAT ONE YOUR
VINTAGE PIECES?
NO, BUT THIS IS A WAY OF MIXING
IT WITH THE VINTAGE TOP.
>> SO I LIKE TO INCORPORATE NEW
PIECES WITH MY OWN PIECES.
>> I LOVE IT.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
I LOVE YOUR OUTFIT.
THANK YOU