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Subject: Vintage vs. Retro
Written By: nintieskid999 on 07/11/16 at 11:55 am
What do you consider vintage vs. what you consider retro?
Subject: Re: Vintage vs. Retro
Written By: 80sfan on 07/11/16 at 12:05 pm
I don't know, but the 1960's is vintage to me. The 1970's is getting there.
Subject: Re: Vintage vs. Retro
Written By: violet_shy on 07/11/16 at 12:32 pm
To me, vintage is older and retro is more like modern classics.
Antique: anything before the 1930s.
Vintage: 1940s to 1960s.
Retro: Modern classics, 1970s, 1980s, and in 20 more years the 1990s.
But in many cases anything vintage can be retro as well.
Subject: Re: Vintage vs. Retro
Written By: #Infinity on 07/11/16 at 12:36 pm
Retro spans roughly the period from 1972 to 2003 for me. Vintage is 1971 and earlier. However, 1967 to 1974 is pretty much transitional between the two categories for me.
Subject: Re: Vintage vs. Retro
Written By: nintieskid999 on 07/11/16 at 12:57 pm
Antique is WW2 era and older
For me, vintage is 1962 or 1963 and older.
Transition is 1964-1974
Retro is 1975-1996
Subject: Re: Vintage vs. Retro
Written By: nintieskid999 on 07/11/16 at 12:58 pm
I don't know, but the 1960's is vintage to me. The 1970's is getting there.
What's the latest year you consider retro?
Subject: Re: Vintage vs. Retro
Written By: Howard on 07/11/16 at 3:02 pm
What's the latest year you consider retro?
probably the early 1980's.
Subject: Re: Vintage vs. Retro
Written By: 2001 on 07/11/16 at 3:08 pm
Antique is WW2 era and older
For me, vintage is 1962 or 1963 and older.
Transition is 1964-1974
Retro is 1975-1996
My thoughts as well, although I'd shorten the "transition" to 1964-1967 or so.
Early 1960s is the last era I consider vintage, and the mid-1990s is the last I consider retro, basically.
Subject: Re: Vintage vs. Retro
Written By: yelimsexa on 07/16/16 at 7:28 am
Retro is simply applying the vintage to create a classic look with often a modern twist. Think the Goldbergs, the new Ghostbusters movie, and the ABC Sunday Night game shows (Pyramid/Match Game/Family Feud).
Vintage is actual stuff that is generally accepted after a certain period of time to have a semblance that is unlike the contemporary trends or is simply anything after a certain age. Think the original Ghostbusters movies, '70s/'80s/early '90s episodes of the game shows listed above, and Family Ties.
However, something can be both vintage and retro at the same time, which in tune creates multigenerational nostalgia. Happy Days and Wonder Years are shows about the '50s/'60s that were produced in the '70s/'80s, and Boogie Nights is a 1997 movie (just about vintage now) about the Disco era.
Subject: Re: Vintage vs. Retro
Written By: Looney Toon on 07/16/16 at 8:48 am
1970 - 2003 is retro to me. Vintage is 1969 or before.