Lost Eras: A treasure trove of vintage history on Howard

Lost Eras: A treasure trove of vintage history on Howard

Hidden inside a corner building at 1511 W. Howard St., just blocks west of Sheridan Road on the Evanston-Chicago border, is a vintage lover’s paradise. With outfits from rare and authentic 1920s flapper dresses to 1970s leisure suits, Lost Eras Antiques boasts it has 50,000 vintage clothing pieces in stock at all times. Lost Eras store owner Charlotte Walters. “This is like everybody’s dress-up closet,” owner Charlotte Walters (aka “Charlotte …