Volunteer/Vintage Fashion Enthusiast
I’ve always been really interested in history. I’ve always lived in old homes, in old areas — I live in a 120 year old house now, which my husband and I renovated. I’ve always had a connection with older things, which I think comes from the fact that I spent a large part of my childhood at my grandmother’s, which really stuck with me.
I learned a large part of my passion for vintage and for recycling from my grandmother who held strongly to that ethos of never throwing out. So many garments and curios evoke memories of my grandmother, from her crocheting and her handmaking, to her drive to repurpose things, like tablecloths into clothes, and doilies to embellish things… In the modern world many people would just discard these things today, but there’s hidden value there.