vintage clothing
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- noun
- /ˈvɪn.tɪdʒ ˈkloʊ.ðɪŋ/
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- Shimokitazawa has big brands (such as the French chain Petit Bateau), but is known more for its local boutiques, which sell everything from vintage clothing to vinyl.
- a vintage clothing store
- a vintage clothing shop
- vintage clothing and jewelry
And I meet this one woman and she has a vintage clothing store.
- And I meet this one woman and she has a vintage clothing store.
- I have a friend that owns a thrift store that owns like kind of a vintage clothing store.
- Like art pieces, like art, vintage clothes, stuff like that.
Examples
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American culture and vintage clothing quickly became a fascination among Japanese youth, with the most entrepreneurially minded importing classic American jeans to sell for top dollar.
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I decided to ask a vintage clothing expert, Nancy Zurcher, collector and owner of a vintage clothing shop called In Retrospect, to answer some of my questions about vintage shopping.
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The shop also features a second floor with a vintage clothing department that changes daily.
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Interested in adding more vintage clothing to your wardrobe?
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I draw inspiration from vintage clothing, movies, and art... with an emphasis on B movies and horror movies.
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A blog for lovers of vintage clothing and fashion, where you can learn about vintage styles, designers, and design concepts through photos from the past.
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Research niches, such as vintage clothing, budget fashion, accessories, or hairstyles, by reading fashion magazines.
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Even then, my wardrobe had been better suited to black and white photography, so we'd gone to a vintage clothing store near campus and bought a big red satin shirt the color of Technicolor lipstick.
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I love wearing vintage clothing because it has a unique style that you can't find in modern shops.
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The store specializes in vintage clothing from the 1970s, attracting many fashion enthusiasts.
How Bohemian
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'vintage' means from an earlier period and 'clothing' means garments, so a learner who knows both words can infer 'clothing from a previous era.' Any evaluative nuance (collectible or fashionable) is an easy extension of 'vintage' and does not block basic understanding, and similar constructions exist cross-linguistically.
Etymology
Vintage clothing comes from the word vintage, which was first used for wine that showed the year it was made on the bottle. People then used vintage for other old things that were high quality, so vintage clothing means clothes 'from a previous era' that are seen as 'valuable or stylish' today.