What is vintage clothing?
I remember a few years ago after a trip to my local vintage store being excited with my vintage 1980s track top. Friends mocked me "vintage 80's indeed you're having a laugh" they said. you look like a cross between Bjorn Borg and Wham.
To a lot of people vintage is commonly associated with really old things vintage cars, vintage wines or clothing from the Victorian era though to the 1940's and these days they would safely add to the list add the 1950's and 1960's and perhaps the 1970s. But the 1980's or 1990's no chance they would consider any clothing from these decades as vintage.
Vintage or Retro?
In my mind vintage clothing refers to an original garment / item from a given period in time be it pre1940's,50s,60.70's or 80's. At the time of writing this blog there were 6036 items under clothing on the UK ebay that are listed as vintage 1990's!!! (to be honest not a term I've ever used).
Retro on the other hand refers to an item produced in the modern day that is inspired or a direct copy from another era. Many companies such as adidas, fila, ben sherman ,levis to name a few reissue previous classics to meet the demand.
In recent years there has been a shift with designers and the high street. No longer content with reissuing classic lines. "New Vintage look clothes" have filled the shelves and rails with faded and frayed items becoming popular.and the student / indie vintage look becoming high fashion.
But to the vintage clothing lover out there the appeal is with an original vintage item. This is true of collectors and wearers alike. As for the trackie top my friends mocked I did look like a Swedish 80's pop star in it as it was a BJ Fila original with routinely sell for upwards of £200+ these days. Very funny indeed!!
To check out our vintage clothing offerings visit our shop http://stores.ebay.co.uk/dig-our-scene
Until the the next time...
for the best in vintage clothing.
Friday, 13 January 2012
Friday, 6 January 2012
dig our first blog
Hi welcome to digourscene vintage clothing blog. We hope 2012 is a vintage year for you.
Check out our blog for our latest vintage arrivals and general vintage clothing chat.
Who are we? Dig_our_scene have been selling on ebay since 2007 and have been interested in vintage clothes since 1980's first through vintage 60's Mod gear and in later years vintage casual and indie threads.
In the initial excitement Martin, Lana & Helen were all involved in dig_our_scene. These days Martin does most of the graft while the others watch daytime TV!!!!! With the exception of young Owen who helps with IT issues.
We pride ourselves on being up front with honest detailed listings
We sell mainly on ebay offering detailed listings. We grade as follows
Dead stock: likely to be unworn no real signs of wear.
Excellent condition, used but light signs of wear.
Excellent vintage condition, excellent for age may have tiny mark or repair
Great vintage condition, may well have some marks or repairs all of which will be highlighted in listing.
We like to show and highlight any repairs or marks to garments. We believe in honestly no point telling porkies, misleading a buyer and shipping an item halfway round the world.
It's same with measurements we mention size on garment but in many cases we tend to ignore them and give detailed measurements and then size the garment. As some vintage brands are more fitted and some garments have more roomy than the size label suggests.
What do we offer? Hand picked Vintage classics in a range of sizes we don't just focus on the XS skinny fit and often have clothes in larger 2xl and above sizes.
1980's sportswear Chemise Lacoste, trefoil Adidas, Puma, etc with loads of casual/mod/indie appeal. Skinny ties and scarfs, caps and pork pipe trilby hats, Harris Tweed and tweed blazers, jackets, coats, paisley & college scarves, winter sweaters, cagoules, sweatshirts, shorts, american t-shirts, trainers, western shirts........
This and more can be found in our ebay shop http://stores.ebay.co.uk/dig-our-scene
Check out our vintage clothing, chat, guides and articles which in appear throughout the year.
Until then stay cool and be safe and Dig_our_scene cos we dig you.
Cheers Martin
Check out our blog for our latest vintage arrivals and general vintage clothing chat.
Who are we? Dig_our_scene have been selling on ebay since 2007 and have been interested in vintage clothes since 1980's first through vintage 60's Mod gear and in later years vintage casual and indie threads.
In the initial excitement Martin, Lana & Helen were all involved in dig_our_scene. These days Martin does most of the graft while the others watch daytime TV!!!!! With the exception of young Owen who helps with IT issues.
We pride ourselves on being up front with honest detailed listings
We sell mainly on ebay offering detailed listings. We grade as follows
Dead stock: likely to be unworn no real signs of wear.
Excellent condition, used but light signs of wear.
Excellent vintage condition, excellent for age may have tiny mark or repair
Great vintage condition, may well have some marks or repairs all of which will be highlighted in listing.
We like to show and highlight any repairs or marks to garments. We believe in honestly no point telling porkies, misleading a buyer and shipping an item halfway round the world.
It's same with measurements we mention size on garment but in many cases we tend to ignore them and give detailed measurements and then size the garment. As some vintage brands are more fitted and some garments have more roomy than the size label suggests.
What do we offer? Hand picked Vintage classics in a range of sizes we don't just focus on the XS skinny fit and often have clothes in larger 2xl and above sizes.
1980's sportswear Chemise Lacoste, trefoil Adidas, Puma, etc with loads of casual/mod/indie appeal. Skinny ties and scarfs, caps and pork pipe trilby hats, Harris Tweed and tweed blazers, jackets, coats, paisley & college scarves, winter sweaters, cagoules, sweatshirts, shorts, american t-shirts, trainers, western shirts........
This and more can be found in our ebay shop http://stores.ebay.co.uk/dig-our-scene
Check out our vintage clothing, chat, guides and articles which in appear throughout the year.
Until then stay cool and be safe and Dig_our_scene cos we dig you.
Cheers Martin
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