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Vintage
Twelve tips for the Arezzo antique market in Tuscany: when to arrive, what to pick up, how to negotiate, and why the best find is rarely the planned one.
Accessories
A printed Italian linen kaftan worn with ceramic jewellery from Naples, yellow crochet from Thailand and a vintage Karen Millen bag, and why I never match.
Accessories
Vintage faux fur and how to wear it: capes, stoles, colours, accessories and second-hand buys, with my hooded black cape on the Ponte Vecchio in Florence.
Clothing
Why vintage and new clothes should be cleaned before you wear them: washing, steaming, and the case for natural fibres such as silk and cashmere.
Vintage
Roy Halston Frowick, from Jackie Kennedy’s pillbox hat to Studio 54, Ultrasuede and JC Penney: the rise, the fall and the legacy of Halston.
Bags
Glomesh vintage metal mesh bags from Sydney, Australia: who founded the brand in 1958, how the bags are made and what to look for inside one.
Bags
Les Must de Cartier, the line Cartier introduced in 1973, and my burgundy 1980s travel case with brass combination locks from a vintage market in Lucca.
Vintage
I found a pair of new but vintage Levi’s in Italy the same week a 19th-century pair sold for $87,000. Why vintage Levi’s hold their value.
Vintage
How to wear vintage to the office: the wiggle dress, the pencil skirt, 1950s suits and blouses, and eight tips for keeping it smart at work.
Vintage
A history of women’s swimwear, from Roman mosaics and Victorian bathing machines to the 1946 bikini, Lycra and the red Baywatch swimsuit.
Vintage
How women’s trousers went from scandal in the early 1900s to office wear: Chanel, Dietrich, Hepburn, Le Smoking, and the high waist that has lasted.
Vintage
Coco Chanel’s story, the V&A exhibition Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto in photographs, and Chanel gift ideas for Christmas.
