Created by three Pittsburgh teens in 2017, Visions Attire creates one-of-a-kind clothing pieces with hand-drawn designs of various clothing pieces and accessories. The brand doubles as a record label, VOE The Label.

Steal City Vintage features clothing from all decades, as well as vintage toys, vinyl records and posters. After years of sourcing vintage clothes part-time, owners Rob Schwoegl and DJ Lander finally decided to open a business in November of last year.

Thousands of shoppers crowded the Heinz History Center to explore five floors of local vendors selling clothes, accessories, antiques and kitchenware at Vintage Pittsburgh retro fair on Saturday.

Mike Lang, a South Hills resident and founder of Fifty One Ten Vintage on Penn Avenue, opened his store in East Liberty in 2020. He founded Twisted Vintage in 2022, and their most recent location, Vintage on 51, opened last week

Before we go on to buy the next hot item, we should start asking ourselves, “Do I even really like this? Or do I just want to fit in and be part of the trend?” When consumers are more conscious about where they’re buying their clothes from, they play a big part in reducing the environmental harm caused by fast fashion.

With the pop-up market season coming to a close, vintage resellers are increasingly using social media to spread the word about their handpicked collection of stylish, uncommon pieces.

Elcon Threads is a student-run business that sells vintage Pitt gear. Lucas Connell, a sophomore computer engineering major, founded the business in July 2021 via Instagram.

Dark washed jeans are back in vogue, but getting the right cut is key.