Ebay Italian Shoes-So how old was her mother in the '80s?

Over the last year or so, I've really gotten into buying vintage clothes and non-vintage clothes off of Ebay. I'm overwhelmed by the size and claustrophobia of department stores and often outraged by the prices for items that look like they were put together by a young child and which likely might have been. Thrift Stores and second-hand stores in Manhattan and Brooklyn are often completely picked over and I cannot afford the truly vintage stores. I don't even go into consignment stores because even at half the original price it’s still too much. I do like classically designed clothing and I do like designer wear, so Ebay allows me to indulge in my newfound love of Diane Von Furstenberg dresses and beautifully crafted European shoes-soft leather, wooden heels and soles that do not easily fall apart. Italian and Spanish shoes are designed to be worn forever. All you need is a good cobbler who can fix the heels and clean them up for you annually. So today while I was searching around on Ebay I came across this listing for a pair of Italian half boots. The pictures are decent but what struck me was the poster’s description "Inherited-my mother wore these in the 80's!" There is the combined sense of incredulity, like "wow, once ago my mother was cool" and "whoa, what was my mother doing when she wore those shoes!" and "where was she when she got those shoes?" I also wondered how old her mother was in the 80's when she wore those shoes, like 22? Did she have a geometric haircut? Did she pick up the shoes doing study abroad in Italy? Or was it New York? Then my next reaction was, why is their emphasis on the 80's, like it was so long ago; it wasn't that long ago. And then I realized that the 80s did take place over twenty years ago and that is one full generation that has passed. Then the 60s, which is when my parents were in their twenties and seemed to me was eons ago, is really a long time ago. And then I started thinking way too much about non-shoe related things. Anyway, check out the shoes and the buyer's description.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120239949267&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=002