There is definitely something special about owning vintage items of clothes and jewellery. It isn’t just because vintage styles are 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. 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 so much more for things that have been owned by celebrities or important people, even when the item itself isn’t worth much.

Often jewellery is one of the most personal things people own, and there is often an interesting story surrounding it, if you only knew how to discover it. A brooch might not look like it’s worth much, but if it’s one of my grandma’s pearl silver necklaces, 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 who might have 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 can’t help but wonder 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 not, people are never going to stop loving old things.