vintage

Originally a term denoting a wine of a particular year or special quality,"vintage" is commonly used to describe older fashions in clothes, jewelry and household goods such as kitchenware and furnishings. Art forms such as film may also be designated as vintage, evoking a sense of well-aged (yet timeless) quality.

Vintage items tends to date from the 1920s-1980s. The term also denotes elegance, style and craftsmanship. Vintage differs from "retro" in that there is no undertone of self-parody and humor; vintage is admired without irony. Items that predate the 1920s are generally considered to be antique rather than vintage. Antiques, often fragile, are usually conserved rather than reused, unlike vintage and retro clothing and housewares.

Vintage clothing is often designer wear and not mass-produced; in this way it also differs from retro fashion. There are many blogs devoted to online vintage shopping. It is possible to find vintage fashions and jewelry as well as vintage cookware, furnishings and kitchen items. There are also blogs devoted specifically to women's or to men's vintage wear as well.

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• 10 Minute Warm Up Monday....SOC theme week II.....Orange and Hot Pink.....

  
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  Hi Everyone....I am working on some super cute things and I took 10 Minutes today to create this fun piece using a painting I did of a Vintage Lady.....I am assuming this weeks theme is Orange and Hot Pink for SOC 2013 .....and have to say I love this combo!!!! Hope you Join me in this super fun blog challenge!!! ...
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• Mohawks, robots, suits, hairy dogs and country roads.

  
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  Thought I’d do an update post as I’ve done lots in the last few weeks. Firstly – I shaved myself a Mohawk  Why? Because I can. It’s hair, it grows back – and mine grows like a weed Plus I thought it would look cool with the blond ends and dark roots… Here’s the process: Did it all myself with no ...
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• On Your Mark

  
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  Image: Marilyn Stemp Posted by Sam Kanish The post On Your Mark appeared first on IronWorks Magazine .
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• Buying charity, second hand and Vintage, it’s a win win – the change in Op Shopping

  
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  I love Op shops. I think if I go a week without wandering into one something is missing in my life. I remember when I was a kid my parents would take me around second hand shops. I used to wander deep into the depths of the store, my eyes wide open looking for treasures I could afford with the spending money thrust ...
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  The Power of Nightmares, subtitled The Rise of the Politics of Fear, is a BBC documentary film series, written and produced by Adam Curtis. Its three one-hour parts consist mostly of a montage of archive footage with Curtis narration. The series was first broadcast in the United Kingdom in late 2004 and has ...
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  Mara Lane (by Truus, Bob & Jan too! )
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• 1956 Anita Ekberg Picturegoer cover (by totallymystified)

  
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  1956 Anita Ekberg Picturegoer cover (by totallymystified )
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  She Drank The Bitter Tea (by paul.malon )
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• 1962 christmas catalog (by CapricornOneVintage)

  
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  1962 christmas catalog (by CapricornOneVintage )
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• Acoustica – Acoustic Unplugged Flyer Template (Concerts)

  
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• Sundown – Summer Flyer Template (Clubs & Parties)

  
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• Independence – Fourth of July Flyer Template (Holidays)

  
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• Summer Hype – Summer Flyer Template (Clubs & Parties)

  
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• Clean Retro Business Card (Retro/Vintage)

  
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• Indie Rock Festival / Concert / Flyer / Poster (Concerts)

  
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• 20 Year old graffiti on 7 train platform (@Freshpaintnyc)

  
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  20 Year old graffiti on 7 train platform via @Freshpaintnyc Filed under: Artist, vintage, writing Tagged: 7 trains, bruz, CHAZE, Ket, nyc
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• 73 Deluxe Tele needs new pots.

  
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  Those pickups should not sound "singlecoil-ish" whatsoever. You are, after all talking about a 40 year old guitar that could have more problems that the pots. I picked up a 73 Custom a few years back with the "Wide Range Humbucker". I like the guitars arrangement, but the pickup had some noise issues. Also, I prefer ...
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• Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) (Episode 11) (720p – 90MB) English Subbed Mediafire Download!

  
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  Genres: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Super Power Type: TV Series, Ongoing, Episode 1/? Vintage: 07.04.2013 till Ongoing Language: Japanese audio with English subtitles DOWNLOAD HERE!
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