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Accessories
Why I hunt for vintage on Vestiaire Collective, and how I find Ferragamo, YSL bijoux and Fendi in the old listings everybody else has scrolled past.
Jewellery
My 1980s Yves Saint Laurent clip-on earrings pinch, so I wear them as brooches. How to clip earrings on a lapel, a collar or the front of a jacket.
Vintage
Rich grandma style: bouclé blazers, tweed skirts, Hermès scarves and Chanel 2.55 bags, and where to find them second-hand if your grandma can’t help.
Vintage
Gold-plated Yves Saint Laurent jewellery from the 1980s: earrings, brooches and a bracelet, why chunky pieces are back, and where to look for them.
Vintage
Seven ways Yves Saint Laurent changed how women dress: the Rive Gauche boutique, sheer blouses, Le Smoking in 1966, the Mondrian dresses and more.
Vintage
What to wear to the Goodwood Revival in West Sussex: the vintage Dior catwalk, overalls with 1980s Yves Saint Laurent, and hats, dresses and bags in period.
Vintage
The vintage look is here to stay: why pop stars wear vintage-inspired designer, and what Vivienne Westwood, Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent took from the past.
Vintage
Jackie Kennedy, Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn: how each one set the fashion of her time, and what each of them wore.
Vintage
How to get the 1960s mod look: geometric prints, A-line mini dresses, white go-go boots, beehive hair and heavy eyeliner, with Paris Fashion Week 2021.
Vintage
The vintage Iradj Moini brooch I found in Pietrasanta, Tuscany: mother of pearl, lemon quartz and amethyst. What he told me, and how to choose and wear one.
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.
