Who decides what is vintage clothing? What are the characteristics of
authentic vintage clothing? What makes clothing from the 1980s vintage?

 Adrienne DeAngelis, whose delusional relative threw out her best     
bellbottoms just because "nobody wears this stuff anymore".
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> In a message dated 12/10/2009 1:05:15 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
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> We have a nice collection of vintage clothing at  our museum and recently
>  we have had some people wanting to donate articles  from the 1980s. Our
> concern is that once we take one piece of clothing from  the 80s, where
> do we stop. I guess the big question is where do we start? I'm  hoping
> someone out there has some good guidelines for taking "vintage"  clothing.
> If you have
> guidelines/policy, I'd love to see it. You can send it  to me off post if
> you like.
>
> Diane
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>
> Diane Hutsell
> Executive Director
> McMinn  County Living Heritage Museum
> 423-745-0329
> _www.livingheritagemuseum.com_ (http://www.livingheritagemuseum.com/)
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