Vintage style is more smart and less casual looking. Vintage is the type of fashion you'd wear to a meeting, or if you're part of the younger generation like me, then it's a casual look for you to share with your local area.
Vintage for men consists of slick black hair, kind of a Joey Essex lookalike, a plain dark shirt to start the torso, generally a sweater (in American terms), a parka coat is common with the mane on the hood. As for below the waist, skinny trousers of any sort with rolled up end nets (trousers are either chinos or jeans - every impression counts). For the shoes, desert boots and low-ankle Vans are a big thing at the moment, also Bertie Aston and Ted Baker workmen shoes are common too. And too finish of the male section, other accessories such as bracelets and sunglasses are common, snapbacks from big brands are big aswell, especially the dark leather ones.

Vintage for woman varies depending on what type of patterns you like and if you prefer to wear dresses or trousers. Starting from the torso like before, woman either wear a shirt or a dress (coming from a makes perspective), the dress usually has a pattern or a whole colour dark/light, for the shirt it has the same but acid wash is common for woman as I've seen. Leggings are popular below the waist wear and so are short denim skirts/leather skirts. As for footwear, desert boots and dolly shoes are common in the colours of chrimson red, camo green, bark brown and black. Again, Vans are big and so are converse. More or so for woman, but Doc Martins are particularly common aswell. Other accessories such as bowl hats and snap backs (specifically leather or dark), sunglasses and roped bracelets/Pandora bracelets are big at the moment.
Vintage is a fashion style for anyone to wear; wear whatever you feel comfortable in. This post comes from someone who wears this fashion and I have told that I look good in it, become active/common reader for a fashion shoot in the future.