THE ADVANTAGES OF VINTAGE
this was a really interesting piece to me because as a fashion student without a lot of money, i normally try to thrift any kind of clothing i want to buy. I also am not too big a fan of most of what is going on right now in fashion. Hence, vintage clothes are my salvation, not to mention, a perfectly sustainable way of buying clothing.
The word vintage to me, with regard to fashion means old enough to be considered a part of fashion history. A marker of what was going on at the time. I thrifted a 2001 helmut lang dress that was sheer, slinky yet very covering in an interesting way.
This told me that this brand, at the time, was geared towards a subversive yet still somehow overt sexuality, with less focus on bearing skin and more on showing the body in a teasing, seductive way.
The term vintage has been abused by popular culture, anything resembling something from the 70s or 80s being labeled vintage by fast fashion labels who want to sell a false, almost appropriated version of vintage, and the cool factor that comes with it.
vintage shopping is also as i said a very sustainable and responsible way of shopping for clothes that do not add to the growing waste that fashion creates.
