You might be surprised what counts as vintage. That 2001 forever 21 top buried in the back of your closet? Vintage! That white cotton t-shirt that came in a 6-pack in 2003? Vintage!

Vintage is just clothing that is 20+ years old. While higher quality clothing is more likely to survive, 20 year old fast fashion still counts as vintage.

I will show some examples of what is and what isn’t vintage below.

And before you say, “This was all made up to sell clothing!” Yeah, it was