Retro Vintage Quotes

I think the Olsen twins' line, The Row, has some cool stuff. And I'm kind of obsessed with a clothing line called Stop Staring. It has a lot of vintage-type dresses that are retro '40s and '50s inspired. ~ Heather Graham

There's a lot of really inspiring music coming around the bend - we tend to believe that to sound classic or timeless is to sound vintage or retro. It's a little bit dangerous, because you'll really miss a chance to make your mark as a generation. ~ Brandi Carlile

I like styling girls that don't normally dress in vintage clothes and don't normally wear red lipstick; I like seeing those kind of girls restyled in a retro way. ~ Dita Von Teese

Oftentimes she wondered what had happened to super 8. Sure, it made perfect sense that nobody wanted the hassle of spending money on a three-minute cartridge of film and threading it through a projector, but though digital cameras were convenient and cheap, Mandy didn't care. Super 8 had integrity, it wasn't just nostalgia, it was art, it was history, it was a little recording medium that somehow possessed the power to evoke lost memories, to turn back time, and there was something dazzling about waiting excitedly for a reel of film to come back in its yellow and red Kodak envelope, eating buttered popcorn while the projector paraded life's best moments, and capturing something beautiful in only three minutes. ~ Rebecca McNutt

His eyesight was possessed by the colours of trauma, cracking and bubbling like an old Super Eight film to remind him of his near-death drowning some two months ago in that very moment when he needed to act. ~ Luke Taylor

There's a difference between music that's original and music that's retro. A lot of bands now are kind of retro 70s whether it's Kraut-rock or ... I've heard people suggest that we're kind of retro 80s. ~ Bill Orcutt

I don't think they'll ever make a retro Bond. ~ William Boyd

VH1 does its little '80s retro thing once in a while, all of us in our bad hairdos and unfortunate clothes. ~ Debbi Peterson

Retro is a symptom of a generation that is too lazy to innovate. ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I don't want to be a reality retro star. ~ Bret Michaels

I like vintage a lot. ~ Kesha

In the fashion industry, everything goes retro except the prices. ~ Criss Jami

I like vintage stuff. I go through a vintage store and find things that I feel like I fit right into them because of all the years that they've been used. ~ Channing Tatum

I do a lot of vintage shopping. I love going to second-hand stores. ~ Victoria Justice

Skating is now retro and hip. ~ Robin Cousins

My old vintage designs are so popular now. I must have been on to something. ~ Pierre Cardin

I've always loved vintage and I never like to have something someone else has. ~ Jillian Hervey

There's nothing like a string of Xmas lights inside the house to make the whole family feel like they live in a vintage clothing store. ~ Dana Gould

Chanel lambskin, vintage Vanson I'm on the bike doing wheelies in a mansion ~ Nicki Minaj

I'm a big Ralph Lauren girl, but I love vintage clothing. I like the whole western jeans and boots style. I love vintage T-shirts and flannels, and there's nothing like a great vintage sweatshirt. ~ Lecy Goranson

When I look at asset prices; real estate, bonds, equities, vintage cars ... I think that gold is actually one of the few assets that is relatively cheap, relatively inexpensive. ~ Marc Faber

I like very girly, retro inspired, feminine, floral things. I'm not very edgy. ~ Ariana Grande

No amount of vintage dresses gives you dignity ~ Taylor Swift

Nothing is more vintage than dying of Rubella. ~ Stephen Colbert

To do then now would be retro. To do then then was very now-tro, if you will. ~ Harry Shearer

I use Dr.Ducks Ax Wax on my entire collection of vintage guitars ... it's the best polish I've ever used ... ~ Bob Daisley

I like to mix it up with vintage '70s stuff and I like to wear a lot of guys' clothes. As far as night stuff, I have my stylist direct me in the right way. We have a vintage glamour, age-appropriate, pretty thing going. ~ Brittany Snow

I always recommend rewiring vintage lighting. It's not a bargain if your house burns down. ~ Lara Spencer

I like the old, vintage Hollywood look. ~ Gwen Stefani

Guitars are kind of just, you know, sexy, especially old vintage ones. ~ Andrew Bird

It's not about retro or modern, it's about this note or that note, which sounds better? ~ Dan Hicks

I used to collect vintage clothing - exquisite lace dresses, embroidered shawls and ornate jewelry - but that's just not me any more. ~ Britt Ekland

I love clothing and still shop a lot of vintage. ~ Sophia Amoruso

I don't like new cars; I'm into vintage cars - there's a Jaguar E-Type in the 'Goldie' video. ~ ASAP Rocky

I always carry a good lipstick with me, like MAC in Ruby Woo. It has a matt finish, the essence of that vintage glamour look. ~ Paloma Faith

I love playing around with vintage fabrics and lace. ~ Helena Christensen

I love vintage, but it's so expensive now. ~ Alexandra Roach

I wore the Marc Jacobs dress, so I love Marc Jacobs. He has a vintage flair. But I've always worn a lot of vintage stuff, so it hasn't been a lot of designers. If I see something that I like, I just buy it. ~ Elle Fanning

My personal style is a mixture of, like, girly, throwback, like retro '50s pin-ups, floral, like hippies, like anything feminine, and like flirty. ~ Ariana Grande

When in doubt, I always go vintage! Get a ruffled dress and throw a t-shirt over it. ~ Corin Tucker

I always had a sense that clothes, be it uniform or vintage, could help to create a character. ~ Collier Schorr

Most of my wardrobe is vintage, and I've worn dresses to the Oscars that I got for $10, ~ Winona Ryder

I love Ali MacGraw and her style - I'm into vintage '70s outfits at the moment. ~ Kim Kardashian

I buy vintage - mainly Alaia and some Westwood - but 90 per cent of the time, I wear my own designs. ~ Alice Temperley

In L.A., I did a lot of vintage flea market dresses and Doc Martens. ~ Bella Hadid

Just as you can identify eras of fashion by glancing at a piece of vintage clothing, logos create and follow trends over time. ~ Peleg Top

Some people collect vintage cars, I collect Birkins. The leather ones are £20,000. ~ Tamara Ecclestone

I've been enjoying a couple of post-Oscar burgers. So I didn't fit into a lot of the vintage stuff. I wanted to wear something that was a little bit more forgiving. ~ Anne Hathaway

I love a vintage look that's also a bit rock n' roll. ~ Cara Delevingne

If I find anything vintage, I'll have it tailored for my body. ~ Michelle Monaghan

What I think happens today is that a lot of filmmakers look at other films that are retro pieces, like L.A. Confidential, and say, oh, that's period. We didn't want to do the stereotypical stuff. ~ Ted Demme

I never pass up the chance to shop at vintage stores. ~ Fei Fei Sun

I'm not the kind of guy who deserves to play a vintage guitar because I'm too rough on instruments. ~ Tommy Shaw

My most cherished possessions are my grandma's letters and my vintage Martha Washington cookbook. ~ Sandra Lee

They're dressing like in the 50's when they come out to the shows, and many of them have vintage cars. ~ Wanda Jackson

I get verklempt if I see a vintage TI-30 or TI-54 calculator. But I don't think I'd want to use one. ~ Douglas Coupland

I spend a lot of time on eBay buying vintage. I also really like Alexander Wang, Miu Miu, Vivienne Westwood, McQueen and Balmain. ~ Katie McGrath

Your birthday is the vintage of your wine; the mark that warns you of your future. ~ Aesop

On a casual day, I'd usually pull out my vintage Levi's, a pair of loafers or beat-up Converse, a bomber jacket, and a button-down shirt. ~ Bella Hadid

I love history ... everything is inspired by history, so that's why I love vintage and antiques. ~ Kelly Wearstler

There are so many great, great vintage clothes to find; there's a whole territory unexplored there. ~ Lily Cole

I like vintage dresses that I can just slip on. ~ Kelsey Chow

No more rules, the freedom of dressing. The beauty of mixing vintage clothes with a pair of jeans that I love. ~ Yves Saint-Laurent

I was in a vintage pub rock band called Clover in the 1970s. ~ Huey Lewis

When the choice is between a demanding relationship and a vintage pickup truck, I'll choose the truck every time. ~ Amy Dickinson

There's something retro about the pop culture references in the paintings, so I'd imagine it's not as much a pop culture reference as a pop art reference. ~ Joe Bradley

I started dressing vintage when I was a teenager because I didn't have money for designer clothes. ~ Dita Von Teese

Like I don't know who I am and I've lost all hope in humanity. ~ Lindsey Leavitt-Going Vintage

A lot of consumers actively enjoy advertising, especially fashion print ads and clever TV commercials. The nostalgic cable channel TVLand features not only vintage shows but also vintage commercials. ~ Virginia Postrel

A company has to be like that person who turns his cuffs up a different way, who smokes a certain brand of cigarette, who wears an obscure vintage watch. ~ Andy Spade

Short boughs, long vintage. ~ George Herbert

I have lots of vintage clothes. ~ Liu Wen

loved you very much. I might say that of Paris; my memories are heaped there. Somehow I was constantly returning - the train gliding through the endless suburbs or in blue air the airplane banking as, face close to the window, I looked down. ~ Vintage

I do have a lot of references coming out of the '60s, '70s, and '80s, but I don't consciously think, "I'm going to put this here and this there." It comes out of my unconscious, and I don't want it to be just retro. ~ Britta Phillips

Old Americana vintage gangster stuff has a fantastical feel; it feels less dirty in a way. It feels like the opera of crime. ~ Shia Labeouf

Better one bite at forty, of truths bitter rind, than the hot wine that gushed from the vintage of twenty. ~ James Russell Lowell

I'm big on reworking vintage. Also, buying one great piece that lasts forever - to me, that is total sustainability. ~ Elizabeth Rogers

It is easily overlooked that what is now called vintage was once brand new. ~ Tony Visconti

When I'm living in L.A., I'm mainly a jeans, vintage T-shirt and Nike high-tops guy. ~ Jamie Bamber

I love anything vintage. And I love Marc Jacobs and shoes by Giuseppe Zanotti. ~ Meagan Good

When I first got signed, I bought a vintage guitar from the 1930s for £1000. I've bought a £400 SLR camera, too, which was quite extravagant. ~ Gabrielle Aplin

After moving to New York, I started to love vintage shopping. ~ Mark Indelicato

When I was 22, I wasn't too proud to do anything. I was taking out trash, buying stinky vintage clothes, and pulling gross Kleenex out of the pockets. ~ Sophia Amoruso

It makes me cross when I hear people say, 'It's so last season.' I always say, 'It's vintage.' ~ Erin O'Connor

When it comes to wine, I tell people to throw away the vintage charts and invest in a corkscrew. The best way to learn about wine is the drinking. ~ Alexis Lichine

I try and borrow my mom's vintage stuff as much as she lets me - she has this amazing vintage Gucci that I love. ~ Jessica Springsteen

Women can explore so much in dressing. But if I was a guy I would wear vintage suits constantly. With crazy ties! ~ Helena Christensen

I was a Knicks fan of the Kenny Sears-Carl Braun-Jim Baechtold vintage. I was even their ball boy when I was a teenager. ~ Marv Albert

I love vintage and prints. ~ Georgina Chapman

I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I'm an old-fashioned gal. ~ Zooey Deschanel

You're drinking vintage Elvis Presley wine. ~ Elvis Costello

If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it. ~ Nate Ruess

I love hats! I collect vintage ones - I find them at antique shops in Kansas. ~ Lindsey Wixson

I jog at the Rose Bowl, and I collect antique and vintage furniture, so I'm there every few weeks for the flea market. ~ Theo Rossi

He looked straight at me and winked. On anyone else it would have looked ridiculous - 1996 had moved beyond the language of winking at girls. ~ Ruth Ahmed

Vintage was brilliant! ~ Gavin Turk

I love old, vintage cars. I've got a 1936 Dodge Touring Sedan right now and there's only five of them registered in the world, and I absolutely love working on it. It's gorgeous. ~ Danny Trejo

Well, when I was fifteen years old I worked in a lingerie store and that's how I feel in love with vintage lingerie because I wanted to know the history of it. ~ Dita Von Teese

I find some really cool, unique stuff in vintage shops. The good thing about vintage if that it doesn't quite fit you can customise it, like, make it shorter. The shorter the better! ~ Pixie Lott

I like vintage clothes, a lot of '80s band shirts. I wear a lot of my boyfriend's clothes, too. ~ Sarah Hay