Vintage In America
Heading west, TVG catches up with vintage in America and
Sarah and Steven from the Cat's Meow in Midland, Texas
Thank you so much for talking to us this week, so let me ask you both, how did
The Cat's Meow begin?
The Cats Meow was a group effort of three people. It was Carol Anderson's idea
and she asked Maxine Huggins to join her because she needed someone with
vintage clothing experience to run the store while she traveled and she ask me
(Steven Porterfield) to help because she needed someone to restore, repair, and
alter garments. Both Maxine and I were vintage clothing collectors.
I see you stock a whole range of items from antiques to vintage clothing, who
decides what goes in to the store and where do you find your stock from?
I pick out everything, one piece at a time. I travel all over America to buy. This
summer I drove more than 17,000 miles across country buying. I purchase
itemsfrom vintage stores, antique shops & malls, online, antique fairs, estate sales,
individuals, auctions, thrift stores and museums.
Vintage is a growing industry in the UK focusing mostly on how we used to live
during the 1st and 2nd World War, the clothes we wore, how we managed, things
we ate etc. Tell us how vintage is reflected in the U.S and does vintage have the
same meaning in America?
Ameri