1.
Taking a sweater home and finding eight holes of various sizes.
2.
That mothball smell that doesn't go away. After hand washing it. Ten times.
3.
Being unable to match a missing button.
5.
Store owners who demand that you pay cash.
6.
Unzipping a purse pocket for the first time and finding wadded up, USED, Kleenex.
7.
Accidentally busting a 30-year-old zipper in the dressing room.
9.
The weird green marks cheap old jewelry leaves behind on your fingers and neck.
10.
Clothes that literally disintegrate when you put them on.
11.
And having to pull a Cinderella's stepsister to fit into the shoes.
12.
Not being sure if something is actually vintage or just a vintage lookalike.
13.
New sweater? New sneezes.
14.
Shops that operate in near darkness.
15.
Having to remove enormous shoulder pads.
16.
Freezing at outdoor flea markets in the winter.
17.
And sweating at them in the summer.
18.
Desperately waiting for an occasion to wear a vintage hat.
19.
The unachievable boob-to-waist ratio.
But despite the difficulties, when you find the perfect piece...
