I remember when I first discovered vintage, at age 16. My mother was disgusted. “You mean … someone wore these?” To me, the fact that those clothes and jewels had a past made them all the more intriguing. Including my eventual wedding gown, from 1918. I think I was more impressed that the first owner found someone to marry in the wake of World War i.

But if you prefer your vintage finds to be more vintage looking than actually preworn, there is something appealingly thrift shoppy about these burnished metal gold leaf earrings by Maccimize. (And hey, their name is cute.)  And at USD $25, they even have a retro price.