I see a lot of people confusing the words vintage, antique and second hand. Don't get me wrong, I love second hand, charity shops and thrifting as a whole, but I don't really have actual vintage or antique pieces. Maybe one, but I am not sure I can even count that.
Starting with the most obvious one - second hand is everything, which has been used before. The clothes you got from your mother or grandmother, the ones you exchanged with a friend, or ones from Depop, Facebook groups and charity shops. A lot of people think that every second hand thing is vintage, but that's very much not the case.
Yes, both antique and vintage pieces are old.However, in the trade business you need the year of production in order to be able to classify a piece as vintage or antique. However, this does not mean that every old thing is vintage or antique.
When we talk about the year of when something was produced, we do it with the idea that it has been crafted better, that it is more durable or more interesting. But just because something is old it doesn't mean that it holds value. In most cases that's actually going to lessen its value. For vintage and antique pieces it is important to note the quality we associate with different eras.