VINTAGE VS. YOU.

Hat: Topshop. Blouse: Urban Outfitters. Necklace: Kirsteen Stewart. Belt: Vintage. Skirt: Cow. Bag: Cow. Brogues: ASOS

There is nothing I enjoy more with fashion than dressingnew with old, loved with pristine. It certainly helps to add dimension to theway you dress and there’s a sweet satisfaction with wearing vintage - knowingyou’re the only person in the world who owns that piece of clothing.Another thing I always seem to find is that clothes just fit so much better; it’slike the more we’ve evolved with fashion the worse we seem to manufacture and goodquality fabric, sewing and structure are so important for pieces you are goingto love and cherish for years to come. Let’s face it, you couldn’t exactly handdown a Primark dress to your granddaughter, so my question is, when it can costthe same to shop vintage as it can high street why aren’t we doing it more?!

Teaming my new brogues and last winter’s Urban Outfittersblouse with a vintage belt, bag and skirt I feel like a new-age 80’s chick. Cow,is a vintage shop I first discovered when I lived in Nottingham, their storesare gorgeous and their collection certainly doesn't disappoint. They seem to have every item of clothing you could ever dream of and at the most affordable prices. This bag is inexcellent condition and the skirt is the comfiest, softest little number I’veowned in years - and don't get me started on the print, I'm just too in love.

Do you shop vintage? And if so...do you too enjoy mixing it up with high street picks?