About

Vintage Affair, is a little zine about all things vintage.

Ever since I was a little girl, I have been interested in things, events and stories from the past. My father would often say that I was born in the wrong era. It was his love of music from the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, his passion for veteran and vintage cars, old books and antique furniture and my grandmothers’ stories of a bygone era that got me hooked early in life. Noting my enthusiasm for dress-ups, my mother started to take me on shopping expeditions around her old stomping grounds of inner-city Sydney when I was not yet a teenager.

Mum and I would spend our Saturdays in the 1980s walking the streets of her home suburb of Glebe treasure hunting through markets, vintage clothing and opportunity shops. She would also take me up Oxford Street doing the same thing until we arrived at the Paddington Markets where the punks, rude boys and girls would hang out. In the back streets of Kings Cross, Surrey Hills, Darlinghurst and Redfern, we would always find something to try on in the vintage shops we would stumble across. We became locals at our local op shops.

This love of vintage has never faded. As a journalist, I thought why not put my love of writing and vintage together, so others (and I know there are millions of you) can share the passion. We have designed the zine in A5 size so it’s compact enough to read on a bus, or while lazing on an iron day bed in the sunshine, and it’s easy enough to pop into a vintage handbag or the back pocket of a vintage pair of jeans or slacks.

We at Vintage Affair would love to hear from you. If you have something you would like to contribute whether it’s a story or photo, please contact us through our website www.vintageaffair.net. You can also find us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

In this first issue we talk to Rebecca Roe, the beauty and brains behind the hugely successful blog, The Clothes Horse. Bernice Greenacre tells us about her lovely children’s label Vintage Kid, whilst we discover what it is like to be a bowerbird from Joanna Barnett. Red Devotchkin lets us in on what it takes to be a Burlesque babe, whilst vintage shop owner Holly Whitefield opens the door to Brisbane’s it’s Vintage Darling. We also go to the United States, where Frank H Jump takes us to his vintage spaces, the fading ads of New York. Also,find out what you might find at one of Sydney and Melbourne’s Love Vintage Fairs. Plus much more.

Because vintage is a way of life! Hope you enjoy!

Belinda (Bea) Hogan (editor)

...because vintage is a way of life.