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Step 1
The first place to look is an online store dedicated to vintage lingerie. As it was mentioned earlier, these types of stores aren't all over the place. Dollhousebettie is one of many different vintage lingerie and underwear stores online. These stores will have brand new or like new vintage lingerie.
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Step 2
Another resource for finding vintage lingerie or stockings is eBay. eBay is a great place to find old vintage items. This might be harder to do unless you know that these items are new in the package. Of course if you are just a collector, then this would be a great, authentic alternative.
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Step 3
The last place you can look for vintage underwear and lingerie are the places in your neighborhood. Flea markets, garage sales and Goodwill have vintage clothing items. Again, these items are probably used but are as authentic as you can get.
Comments
vintagestocking said
on 11/5/2009 eBay is a wonderful place to find Authentic & Genuine "VINTAGE" Full Fashioned Seamed Nylon Stockings but you need to be very careful! Some sellers post vintage reproductions as being 50 year + old vintage stockings when the truth is that they're 20 or less years old! Vintage reproductions can be found all over the web! Watch out for colors that didn't exist back in the 1950's such as Turquoise, Pink or Violet! Colors like these are reproductions and not vintage! They are vintage reproductions that are made to the old specifications on some of the old reading machines and unfortunately, there are some sellers who will say anything to suggest that they are the real McCoy! Look for different stages of yellowing in the packaging is also a good indicator of age! Ask the seller questions that are directly answered and of course do your own research! The NY Times allows you to search for f...