Comments on: How to Identify Vintage Clothing Labels in a Thrift Store

By: jan

jan — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:26:45 +0000

hello, I was wondering if you could help me out identifing an item, I found a mens sweater and it has an inside union label in the seam, I cannot make out the top inside tag, if I send you photos I was hoping you could tell me a little about it

best regards

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By: chris

chris — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 03:04:51 +0000

Unfortunately, when garment production went overseas, the quality, for the most part, went way down.

For example I have a few garments from Lands End that were made in the USA, before Lands End outsourced almost everything. The USA made garments from the early 90s, even after many, many washes are heavier and better constructed than the equivalent styles of today. The present day Lands End garments are reasonably well made, but up against their former USA made garments, there is no contest as to which is better.

By: hajar

hajar — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:34:57 +0000

Hi Sammy,

Is there any book that you could recommend to me if i want to refer on vintage tags & labels?

By: Sammy

Sammy — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:08:46 +0000

Magda I will be honest with you, I have yet to figure that out. I think it has something to do with how many styles they made per “collection” per “calendar year” or perhaps the style number for their production schedule in a factory. The RN loop database really isn’t all that accurate either … I’ve found it’s better for accuracy not to even use that tip but rather to go with style and construction instead, or to use the US Patent Website (you can use Google’s Patent website too) to look up the designer itself and learn when the patent was made and when it died to give you a better “window” of time. It’s nailing down that ONE year it was made which is so difficult! I love the tags that literally have a copyright year on them (was popular in ’90s, for some reason)

By: Magda

Magda — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:29:37 +0000

Can you tell me what the Style Number and Vendor numbers on garment tag represent? I see theses on a lot of cloths I am preparing for sale on eBay and was wondering if these numbers are traceable. I was able to find the RN lookup database but no luck on the others. I was hoping the Style# would reveal the color description on the garment.

By: Magda

Magda — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:28:53 +0000

Can you tell me what the Style Number and Vendor numbers on garment tag represent? I see theses on a lot of cloths I am preparing for sale on eBay and was wondering if these numbers are traceable. I was able to find the RN looup database but no luck on the others. I was hoping the Style# would reveal the color description on the garment.