don't be afraid to sort by clothing type. But avoid adjetives cause only resellers tag those LOL. Sort by prize (cheapest first) and avoid both shitty pictures and pictures that look way too pristine.
Using buzzwords slowly trickles down to normie sellers in my country. I saw younger gen x women start to overuse them if they really, really want their things sell as soon as possible. Older women usually write descriptions in two ways. It can be either few words or an entire story about how they bought it in some foreign country, it's really cute in latter case. I skip majority of listings with cut out backgrouds, text overlays, etc. or coordinated outfits. Zoomer resellers often slap aesthetic -core shit on or if they take pics of clothes on themselves they all pose in exact same way. A clear picture of item laid on the floor or on a hanger, sometimes on a person is safest bet. Someone just getting rid of old clothing doesn't have so much of free time to burn.
Sometimes I ended up buying from resellers, but only if 1. I liked the piece so much 2. It was in good condition for low price 3. I couldn't find other listing of it.
also really do your investigating on brands. I bought an american apparel babydoll dress for like five bucks and then found out there's an older local brand that offers babydoll dresses too, and since its "Old lady clothing" brand wise it's all really cheap, really cute and non ironically really good quality wise, because back then it WASNT a cheap brand. Im sure this strategy works with any piece of clothing as well as shoes.
Yes, yes, yes!! Getting info on brands is very important. There are few that I like a lot and I started properly researching them. I found old ads very helpful because they feature pre-rebrand logos, which are very useful to identify if piece is truly vintage. There's one local shoe brand who before mid 00s attached fabric labels in insoles instead embossing the logo, knowing it makes it easier for me to find actual vintage shoes.
Scrolling through results from more broad search terms is a good way to find more niche brands to research. I got one very beautiful 90s suit from such a luxurious wool, cashmere and angora mix. I never heard about brand it was from before, I researched it a bit and I started watching it for more similar pieces.
Btw, I'm curious if liking things on Vinted really does make recommended items better because I think I literally broke the algorithm. I get so many random books just because I liked some old cookbooks or makeup books or some totally random items that don't interest me.
