Quotes About Vintage

I'm not just a fan of the really restored ones, the shiny ones. But I like the working man's cars.

I was once in a long relationship with a man who ran a vintage clothes store but had been a chef, so I'd come home each night to a different three-course meal. I was quite fat, but so happy.

My mom passed on her obsession of all things antique or vintage. I love to go thrift store shopping or explore any sort of garage sale. Treasure hunting is a family passion.

Old photograph: amid the set poses of her family, a young girl smiles and raises her hand a little.

It doesn't take money to have style, it just takes a really good eye. Sometimes you can find amazing culinary antiques that will make it feel like an old French kitchen.

I always had dreams. I knew I wanted to have money to buy things at the flea market. That's worked out well.

I listen to oldies but goodies stations, '60s and '70s music.

I am a huge comic book fan, and I love everything vintage: cars, movies, music, art, and style - especially the 1950s style.

Sign outside a country shop: We buy junk and sell antiques.

I have two vintage typewriters. One just about works and the other hasn't a hope in hell, bless it. But they're both beautiful, and they'll stay with me just as long as there's a roof over my head.

The boat was so old; it must have been launched when Long John Silver had two legs and an egg on his shoulder.

Classic of '43. Don't knock it. A Vintage year.

The best way to look stylish on a budget is to try second-hand, bargain hunting, and vintage.

Old post cards, tin wind-up toys with rusted gears, buttons long out of fashion, ticket stubs found in a shoebox in the attic—these are the things Alice likes, not new stuff that comes sealed in plastic.

I like to think about the life of wine, how it's a living thing. I like to think about what was going on the year the grapes were growing, how the sun was shining, if it rained. I like to think about all the people who tended and picked the grapes. And, if it's an old wine, how many of them must be dead by now.

I bought my first camera in Seattle, Washington. Only paid about seven dollars and fifty cents for it.

I'm not too big on accessories, but I love my basic black quartz watch from American Apparel. It's a simple piece that goes with my vintage, thrift store chic style.

When I was a little girl, I watched old movies maybe shot at Paramount Studios, and the fact that every day I get to drive onto the lot and shoot a show that sometimes takes place in the '40s, it's very interesting.

Real Super 8 is creepy. If you went into your grandmother's attic and found her Super 8 films and watched them, I don't care what was on them, there would be something a little creepy feeling about it.

I like a few vintage Rolexes, and Panerais are good. I'm not into sports watches - I like chronometers.

I was so enthralled watching 'Guys and Dolls' and learning about the Rat Pack.

I play music the way it was played in yesteryear.

I've been collecting some more high-end guitars. I have an old Martin D28 from the '60s, a beautiful, classic Martin that I know I played on 'Mariachi.'

We played in bars and other such establishments and anywhere where people would listen. Sometimes they did, and sometimes not. The outfits we wore were classics of the 50's.