There is definitely something special about owning vintage items of clothes and jewellery. It isn’t just because vintage styles are very much back in fashion this year, or that more often than not the clothes are of a better quality and fit than those you can buy in high street stores today despite not being new. What makes old things so lovely are the personal stories behind them compared to modern silver jewellery, the fact that it’s not just an old dress or a pair of pearl earrings, but that once upon a time it really meant something to someone.

It’s why people are willing to pay such large amounts for things that have been owned by celebrities or important people, even when the actual item might not be worth much itself.

Often jewellery is one of the most personal things people own, and will usually have a story surrounding it, if you knew where to look. A brooch might not look like it’s worth much, but if it’s one of my grandma’s pearl silver pendants, given to her during the war by my granddad who I never met, then to me it’s priceless. Even when you have no idea what the history of a piece is, it’s nice to imagine what sort of person might have once owned it and what part it might have played in their lives – was it a birthday or engagement present, or did it symbolise to them an important moment in their life? It’s like the feeling you get moving in to an old house, when you wish that you could find out who else has lived there through the years and the sort of life they had there. It’s my opinion that whether the vintage look continues to be fashionable or whether it doesn’t, people will never stop loving old things.

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