For someone who loves vintage clothing and jewellery, especially the 1950s, I have not embraced the hairstyle of this era. Don’t get me wrong it looks great on other people…victory rolls,...
Mr YVL went on a great buying trip earlier this week. Amongst Panton style lamps, teak sideboards, industrial filing cabinets and vintage leather cases he bought 2 1960s Picasso prints. I absolutely ...
Here is our latest article for Vintage Life magazine with ideas of how to create a 1950s home with the must have items from the day. Homes in the 1950′s were evolving fast. The Festival ...
We are back from a child free weekend away in Barcelona. It was lovely to have a rest, to spend time together and discover a few vintage finds on the way. We both have been a few times before so the ...
Being a collector is a wonderful thing. Finding that valuable item that when purchased was just an anonymous yet interesting piece. Being a seller of collectables is even more wonderful. Emersing yo...
Today, Your Vintage Life is celebrating our 2nd birthday. Amazing to think we have crammed all this into just 2 short years! Thanks for all your support, feedback, comments on the blog, likes on Face...
Here is our latest article for Vintage Life magazine called “Have a Cracking Easter”. As Easter is this month, we have turned our heads to thoughts of eggs……chocolate ones, dippy s...
went to market? Well, now I’m not too sure. About a year ago we were building our stock package for a new shop category on the website. Your Vintage Playroom was to be full of vintage toys, old...
Todays blog is just a quick reminder that being skinny isnt all it’s cracked up to be. In the past it was actually seen as unattractive. I shared (via The Affordable Vintage Fair) this advert ...
For those who regularly follow the blog , you will know we are renovating a 1920s house. It will become our family forever home and it is definitely proving to be a mammoth job! For anyone new to us ...
We have been very quiet here on the blog recently. To be honest, it has been a struggle to fit everything into our busy lives and the blog has been the thing to drop. We try to write every day in the...
Today we will start to add our new spring range of vintage accessories to our ASOS boutique. We have lots of handbags in best selling styles: the boho saddle bag and the ladylike kelly in particular....
Well there are loads of doctors here…by doctors I, of course, mean Dr Martens. They are totally on trend this year and we can’t get our greedy little mits on them fast enough. I first not...
We have a beautiful rare item for sale this week. We bought this Hermes silk scarf last week and it arrived on the website last Monday. It is silk and has hand rolled edges. The design is a cl...
Now, I realise that vintage fur is a heavily debated subject. My view is I don’t agree with the killing of animals for their fur. However, when this was done over 60 years ago…I feel it ...
Over the last 2 years there has been a lot of debate as to whether the 1980s is vintage. Last year, vintage fans recoiled in horror at the thought that the early 90s is beginning to be also classed a...
Welcome to episode 2 of a new series of blogs from some of my fellow friends and colleagues within the vintage business. The topic of conversation is “My favourite vintage era”. Today we...
Thank you for following Your Vintage Blog…but as of today we have moved! We are still with wordpress but have upgraded to another of their platforms. Please come see at http://www.yourvintageli...
Beat the Monday blues by checking out something or someone we love. Here at Your Vintage Life, we feel it is important to share great finds with you all as well as support local business. So this Mon...
Now I don’t usually write mega personal blogs so bare with me here…… For years I have felt rubbish, truly rubbish. My health has always been a bit hazy like the feeling in my head. ...
The perfect gift for your loved one this Valentines is some vintage nightwear. Did you know that negligees only account for 4% of nightwear sales? Are we really all sleeping in shorts and a T or an o...
My weakness is shopping. Actually, not just shopping. My weakness is shopping, thrifting, collecting….I can’t drive past a car boot sale without dropping in, I can’t visit a new town without thriftin...
Remember 2 weeks ago I decided to start the 30 day de-clutter? (Read all about it here). Well, I havent done too well even though I have already cleared out/given away/sold 79 items. Today I decided...
One of the big trends for Spring/Summer 2012 is the Peplum. What’s a peplum I hear you cry! Well the dictionary describes it as: a short full flounce or an extension of a garment below the wais...
Today sees the launch of a new series of blogs from some of my fellow friends and colleagues within the vintage business. The topic of conversation is ”My favourite vintage era“. Today w...
The best thing about the new year is promise of better weather, spring flowers and more importantly NEW CLOTHES! Well, not exactly new of course…..NEW VINTAGE CLOTHES! There are some great new ...
Firstly, let me recap. We bought a huge renovation project back in February, in a lovely village called Cranfield. It took an age to find the right house as our demanding list exasperated all the est...
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