Vintage Customer Corner
We havent had a vintage customer corner for a while so today we are having a double whammy! First up is the lovely Jane who bought this 1950s green hat from us at Cambridge Guildhall last weekend. She came to help…
Our Vintage Buys
We have had a busy week buying vintage treasures to sell. But, as always we have been buying for ourselves too! This week we have bought 3 exciting vintage things…. Firstly this vintage Tretchikoff print. These were produced for Boots in…
Vintage 1950s kitchen
We were recently asked to create and style a 1950s kitchen for the Festival of Vintage at Epsom. We were pleased to say yes, as we LOVE a 1950s kitchen. I dream of having one myself, and any regular readers will…
Vintage Cosmopolitan
Last week was a bad week for all of us in the Your Vintage Life house. So to cheer me up my beautiful friend Sarah bought me a book, from Poundland. From Poundland I hear you say! Yep…….. It was…
Vintage style shoes
Last week my latest purchase arrived….another gorgeous pair of vintage inspired shoes from Miss L Fire. Since featuring them here on the blog last year in our Beat The Monday Blues series, I have been seriously hooked. I even wore them…
An amazing vintage collection
Recently we bought some amazing vintage clothing all from lady. The clothes range from the 1950s through to the 1980s and all have one thing in common: they are all truly beautiful. Some are vintage designer labels too. We didn’t…
OOTD: Vintage at London Fashion Week
So this weekend it was London Fashion Week’s Vintage show called Retrospective. Its objective was to show the fashions of the past that have influenced the key trends of the future. I will reveal more next week but for now…..the age old…
Vintage mood board
Recently the magazine, Pretty Nostalgic asked people to create a mood board. It should represent and sum up people’s love of things: collections, vintage bits and bobs or things that inspire them. We had a go….and were chosen to appear on their website.…
My Favourite Era: Retro Chick
Our latest interview in the series called “My Favourite Era” is with Gemma, the lady behind the successful blog, Retro Chick. We have been reading this blog for what seems like forever and have long since admired her mix of…
Fashionretrospective Competition
WIN a pair of tickets to London Fashion Weeks’s vintage event!!! This is for entry into the reception including cocktails, seats for the fashion show plus the after show party!!! You must be available to get to London on Sat…
My Favourite Era: Kiera Buckley-Jones
We haven’t run a “Favourite Era” blog interview for a while. We have some great ones lined up and this one starts the new series with a bang! We have an interview with Kiera Buckley-Jones, the stylist behind all the fabulous…
OOTD: MK’s 1940s weekend
Today was a fab day! The whole family downed tools and went out for the day (literally…Mr YVL put down his spade and I closed the laptop). We went to Milton Keynes museum who are hosting a 1940s weekend today…
Customer Corner
Another happy purchase, another happy customer from Twinwood Festival last week. We fell in love with this vintage real mink cape…it is so glossy, well made, beautiful colour…..mmmmm! Alas I didnt keep it and sold it to this lovely lady…
Get the Look: The 1960s home
Here is our latest installment in the series of Get The Looks: all published for Vintage Life magazine. This month it’s the 1960s home. Get the Look: The 1960’s home from Your Vintage Life The 1960s was full of…
Customer Corner
Last week we showed everyone on Facebook a gorgeous 1950s dress and jacket. It is halterneck with a white embroidered pattern all over. It has a tight bodice and wide skirt…very 1950s. The jacket is cropped with cute 3/4 length…
Dating Vintage
We bought an interesting dress last week. Interesting not because it is lovely, but because dating it was more important than I thought. We are often asked how we date things especially clothing. So we thought we would show you…
OOTD: hot, hot, hot!
So what to wear in this incredible heat? How to do vintage in 30 degrees is a toughie when generally you just want to wear an oversized sack! I dream of looking like the Gil Evgren pin up, hair all…
