How to Source Vintage Clothing

For many of you, vintage may be a way of life. Formany companies as you can and contact those
others, you may be wondering where to find goodcompanies. Most estate sale companies have email
vintage pieces.lists and they are more than happy to add your
For those who have always worn vintage or studiedname to the list. The more customers they have, the
vintage and know the ins and outs of vintage, youmore money they make. Email lists are great because
are set. For those who are curious about vintage, thisthey come directly to your in box (you don't have to
article may be perfect for you. Have you everhunt them down) and they typically include a
wanted to wear or sell vintage, but just don't knowdescription of items that will be sold at the sale.
where to get the good items? If you are luckyAddress, times and dates are also given. Also, if you
enough to live in a larger metropolitan city, youhave questions about the sale, you can hit reply and
should have no trouble sourcing vintage clothing andask the seller your question.
or accessories.Once you have all of your sales written down, go to
First: I recommend going to Craigslist and finding youryour sales. See what you can find. The first day is
city or the city nearest to you. In the search bar,when you will find the best items and the last day is
enter, "estate sale". See what results pop up. Also dowhen you will get the best deals. If you do find a
a search for, "vintage clothing", "vintage clothes" andsale on the first day and you like the items they are
"vintage dress(es)". Write all of the information down.selling, you must go back on the last day because
Second: If you city/town has a thrifty paper (allthey will most likely have some things left and you
major cities do), either get the hard copy of thewill really get a great deal on those items.
paper or search them online. If you search themIf you don't live in a larger city, you can try thrift
online, you can just type in "estate sale" and seestores. Thrift stores can be a little more difficult
what comes up.because you have to dig and sift through items. You
Third: I would check your local newspaper. Look inmay find some great things, but it might take a little
the classifieds section. If you look online, repeat stepextra work and effort.
two as stated above.Garage sales are also a great place to source vintage
Fourth: Go to Google and perform a search for,items. Again, this may take a little extra effort and
"Estate sale companies in _"city name"__. Find aswork, but the prices are usually very reasonable.