Ben’s (41) favourite online vintage stores

March 27th 2026

By Ben Chamberlain (above, centre). When it comes to shopping for vintage, it’s hard to beat the in-person experience. The place, the smell, the hunt, that surprise item that grabs your attention - all this builds into the charm and enigma of ...

Ben’s (41) favourite online vintage stores

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Absolutely Simon, though I think you answered it already. At the time this was being put together I think S&S was going through a lot of change for the positive. New shopfront and the new website there wasn’t as mu...

March 27th 2026

Mr Vintage Fayre: Bringing vintage menswear toget...

September 29th 2023

This past Sunday was the second installment of ‘ Mr Vintage Fayre’, a new vintage-shopping event in London. The first one was back in April, and was by all accounts a success (I couldn’t attend unfortunately, weekends being always ...

Mr Vintage Fayre: Bringing vintage menswear toget...

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Worne London perhaps? They only do pop-ups though...

September 29th 2023

Experimenting with the smock, or anorak

January 13th 2023

Fifteen years ago, I wrote a piece called ‘ Enjoy your fashion cycle ’. Ten years later, in 2018, there was one called ‘ How I filter fashions ’. Today, I find myself thinking along the same lines as we explore casual (but of...

Experimenting with the smock, or anorak

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Hard to know as I haven't tried them in the rain, sorry...

Casual clothingJanuary 13th 2023

Why buy ‘modern’ vintage?

February 25th 2022

Rag Parade in Sheffield sells quite a lot of ‘modern’ vintage clothing (let’s call it 1980 onwards, for the sake of argument) as well as more standard militaria and workwear from earlier decades. I was interested to know what the ...

Why buy ‘modern’ vintage?

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100%....

Coats - JacketsFebruary 25th 2022

A day out at Rag Parade, Sheffield

February 11th 2022

When you stare at a shop enough on Instagram - seeing new stock highlighted every day - it can seem bigger than it actually is. That was the case with Jojo’s General Store (or Rag Parade) in Sheffield, which myself, Alex and Lucas visited las...

A day out at Rag Parade, Sheffield

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Cheers Ant...

Casual clothing - CoatsFebruary 11th 2022