Vintage or Retro? 1950's Cropped Jackets

We love vintage cropped jackets with contrast trim. A recent article in the NYTimes compared 'retro' (copies of vintage) to vintage (truely old), as the cheaper alternative. Really? Here at Pintuck Style, we have noticed a distinctly higher priced product at such stores at Anthropologie. Case in point: our cute little 1950's red cropped jacket with grey banding for only $35, compared to the grey banded jacket from Anthropologie at $148. And the retro version isn't even a natural fabric (the red jacket is a lush scarlet wool). So what do you think? Isn't vintage worth the hunt?

You can score this cute bolero style cropped wool jacket at our PintuckStyle shop on Etsy, but be quick about it, this isn't going to last long at that price!