Meet The Traders
We cannot believe that spending a lovely Sunday afternoon in breathtaking York, chatting to the nicest people
ever, is our job. Our team headed to the quaint Hospitium in the Museum Gardens to purchase delightful floral
blouses, have glitter cake and meet the people who bring the magic, the traders.
Words: Johanna Mangel Pictures: Jenessa Williams
What is your best vintage
trader interviews
memory?
The best thing that happened to me
with my vintage clothes was with
this dress that I think I gave 20 quid
It has to be
for. It was all crumpled in a bag and
vintage darling
when I took it out, pressed it and
started to detangle everything, it
turned out to be a floor-length gown
from 1912. It was peach silk with
netting over the top with big, almost
curtain-like tassels on the hips. I
put it on eBay and sold it but the
person I sold it to was the curator of
the