Loved this... I started buying vintage in the nineties, because it was so fucking cool, unique and hugely affordable, even to a teen! The hunt for those gems is so exciting and I'll never forget the day I found a completely unexpected vintage shop in a tiny Welsh town, in which I got a 1940's cinched-waist coat and a 1940's black crepe dress for £40/£20 respectively. I still treasure them both. I wore a 1960's silver lurex mini-dress and matching jacket to my school prom, which I'd picked up for about £10 and got married in a 1930's wedding dress I'd bought for £40 in my twenties... I bought it for a new Burlesque routine, but it was too nice to add rip-strips to, so I kept it and sure enough... one day I got married in it! Still love second-hand today and spend way too much finding preloved Vivienne Westwood online : )
This was such a fun read! 10 out of 10 would read a book in this vein.
Right?? thank you!
Loved this... I started buying vintage in the nineties, because it was so fucking cool, unique and hugely affordable, even to a teen! The hunt for those gems is so exciting and I'll never forget the day I found a completely unexpected vintage shop in a tiny Welsh town, in which I got a 1940's cinched-waist coat and a 1940's black crepe dress for £40/£20 respectively. I still treasure them both. I wore a 1960's silver lurex mini-dress and matching jacket to my school prom, which I'd picked up for about £10 and got married in a 1930's wedding dress I'd bought for £40 in my twenties... I bought it for a new Burlesque routine, but it was too nice to add rip-strips to, so I kept it and sure enough... one day I got married in it! Still love second-hand today and spend way too much finding preloved Vivienne Westwood online : )
Loved. So authentic, unique & refreshing! Thank you Amy & Liz
Would love a coffee table book of all she’s collected…such interesting pieces with great stories!
FASCINATING. Subscribed to Liz's substack.
Personal, opinionated, well-written, lived, unique perspective. Terrific!