VINTAGE55 IS MORE A TRIBUTE TO THE EXPERIENCE OF CLOTHING THAT TENDS TO GET LOST IN THE ACCUMULATION OF EVENTS; IN THE PASSING OF DAYS, YEARS AND CENTURIES THAT LEAVE THEIR THREADS BEHIND. A TRIBUTE TO THE GLORY DAYS OF YOUTHFUL ASPIRATIONS, PERHAPS FADED OR SIMPLY WASHED OUT OR WORN OUT BY OVERUSE; YARNS SPUN IN THE BALLADS OF MODERN-DAY MENSTRELS; DREAMS WATERED DOWN BY THE ENSUING WAVES OF FASHION. WE’VE BORROWED A TERM (VINTAGE) AND REPOSITIONED IT ON THE RACK FOR PEOPLE WISHING TO PRESERVE THE COMMON SENSE OF WHATEVER IS WELL MADE; THE SIMPLICITY OF WHATEVER IS USEFUL AND NECESSARY.VINTAGE55 (BRAND) SURFS ON THE TIDE OF STORIES THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN WRITTEN. T-SHIRTS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HAVE PASSED THROUGH HUNDREDS OF HANDS AND A HANDFUL OF CONTINENTS, OR THE T-SHIRTS DESIGNED BY CLEVER TAILORS CAPABLE OF SOLUTIONS IN NEW CULTS OR NOVEL CLOSURES. CLOTHES THAT HAVE BECOME ANONYMOUS, SIMPLE RAGS PILED UP IN THE CLOSETS FOR CAST-OFFS. REDISCOVERED.

TO LOVE THINGS THAT MAKE SENSE. TO FOLLOW THE TRACES OF WHOEVER IT WAS THAT USED A SNAP FASTENER TO JOIN THE EDGES OF TWO PIECES OF FABRIC.

TO RETRACE THEIR STEPS IN A DIALOGUE WITH THE PAST: YOU KNOW, TODAY WE HAVE MICROFIBRES – DEAR SIR, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING WHEN YOU CUT THAT SLEEVE? PERHAPS A BAND OF COLOR INSIDE WOULD GIVE THE ITEM A CLASSY TOUCH… TO FEEL LIKE WE’RE PART OF A STORY MADE UP OF PEOPLE WHO STAYED IN THE BACKGROUND. TO SEEK OUT, TRY ON AND SHARPEN UP AN ARTICLE OF CLOTHING.TO INSPIRE INNOVATION EXPLOITING THE IRRESISTIBILE CHARM OF SIMPLICITY.
VINTAGE55 CLOTHES, CARRIED BY THE BREEZE COMING FROM THE DISTANT, OR THE RECENT PAST, SHOULD BE FULL OF ENERGY, FUN AND POSSIBILITIES. CLOTHES TO FORGET YOU HAVE THEM ON. WORK SUITS OR TRACKSUITS, T-SHIRTS, SHIRTSOR SWEATSHIRTS, TENNIS SHOES, SLACKS, SKIRTS OR DRESSES: CLOTHES TO PUT ON, TAKE OFF, LEAVE BEHIND, LEND AND SWAP; TO WRAP YOUR SCENT ON. VINTAGE55 CLOTHES THAT RESPECT THE PAST, RECALLING THE YEARS WHEN TEENAGERS FIRST EXPLODED ONTO THE SCENE WITH THEIR MUSIC, THEIR DESIRE FOR ADVENTURES; PASSION FOR MOVIES; ATTACHEMENT TO THEIR CAMPUS UNIFORM AND TEAM COLOURS. THE YEARS OF REBEL POETS, WOMEN ON THE WAY TO LIBERATION, IRREVERENT ARTISTS AND EXTREME CLOTHING.

A TRIBUTE NOT ONLY TO ANGLO-AMERICAN VINTAGE CLOTHING, BUT ALSO TO ERAS WHOSE INFLUENCE CAN BE SEEN BY ANYONE WHO PICKS UP THE TRAIL OF MAN’S JOURNEY THROUGH TIME.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE TRAIL LEFT IN WORKING CLOTHES OR THOSE FOR HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS. CLOTHES FOR MOVING IN FREEDOM, FOR MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, FOR RUNNING, LAUGHING, JOKING, TALKING. TALKING TO EACH OTHER. VINTAGE55 SEWS STICHES THAT CARRY THE SOUND OF TIMELESS MUSIC (IS MOZART REALLY OLD AND PAST? OTIS REDDING IS STILL ALIVE FOR THOSE WHO LISTEN TO HIS MUSIC). CLOTHES MADE TO HIGH STANDARDS OUT OF RESPECTS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO BUY THEM. CLOTHES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TIME FOR DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS, AND NO TIME FOR JUST FRILLS AND FRIPPERIES