As a collective, Saddleworth Vintage and Handmade, we held an exhibit at the MOSI Mini Maker’s Fair this weekend just gone.
We asked the question of a number of visitors to the stall, of which there were many – “What does the word Vintage mean? ‘ as we were struggling to find a definition of the word, and could only find it in relation to Cars and Wine. As it is a word that is used alot nowadays in association with Fashion, Weddings, and arts and crafts, we thought we’d ask the public.
We recorded all of our answers using a typewriter – and allowed smaller visitors and willing adults to type their own answers. The typewriter was kindly lent to us by John O’Shea through the power of twitter.
Another typewriter was lent to us by Carol Oldham of Dormouse and the Teapot but unfortunately we forgot it would need ink!
What is Vintage?
| A make of electric guitar. Quality.Cath Kidson
Something older than one’s self. A drink that is very old, or clogs. Pre age and personal perseption. Old objects that end in the 60′s into retro. Depends on the item. Old stuff, in relation to cars over 100 years old. Good year for the wine, x Distinct from veteran. Appreciation of the past. Evocative of the memories. Old and mature and classic. Anything old but depicting history. It speaks history. Is it over 50 years old? I am Vintage. Something that dead people make. Dependant on the persons view and age, to a person born after that era. A classic item, applied to an object. Older than the person. Stylish. Over 30 yrs. From the past but also now. Remembered by those who want to remember. Made well and made to last. Old. What we used to call secondhand. Old, not made at least for a generation. Something older than me. My youth. Shabby old clothes A twenty year old bottle of wine. Something worth something to someone like an old guitar part. Collection of historical things. |
Something that is old but trendy.Has a value.Old fashioned stylish things.
Old expensive things. Old things like antiques. Anything that isn’t used any more. Oldish stuff, before my time. Representative of it’s age and of quality. An age of car. Modern word for antique. Anything over 25yrs. ZX 81 Heritage older than 1950s We are Vintage Quite old. It is now a label for things that are made in the past. About 1900 to 1990 Anything not contemporary. Anything that is old and not used anymore. Anything that is older than oneself. Authentic. Over 100yrs old. Old fashioned. Older stuff made fashionable nowadays. Antique but useful and timeless. War memorials, old people, my granny. Army tanks and war planes stories from my great granny. Vintage means love. Old Old but special. Yesterday Nice word for old. Inheritance. Old amega computer, childhood memory. Style that doesn’t work for me. Things that are older than me. Something that has the signs of use on it. Something that you would not use but maybe collect. Anything you cannot get now. |
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Some great answers! There is an official dictionary definition here
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/vintage_1
Thanks Carol
there were many more answers that were said throughout the day some good some funny and more besides but it was impossible to record every answer due to the sheer volume of people that came to the stall