About us

Unlock your attics, throw open your trunks, and dust off your great aunt’s frock collection, QueensOfVintage.com the first daily vintage glossy has landed and we’re sharing all our vintage fashion, beauty, and interior style secrets just with you. Whether you want to find the hottest vintage action By Location or By Decade, if you havea vintage piece ready to be revamped in our exclusive Make and Mend section, or even if you want to steal the style from our 100 Vintage Queens, we’vegot more vintage style advice and gossip than you could wave a Mark Cross overnight bag at! So if you bask in Bakelite and frolic in frills, our dedicated team of vintage-obsessed writers and gurus are making it their mission to bring you all that’s fabulous in the vintage world.

Our Queens…

Lena Weber – Editor
Hi, my name is Lena and I’m a vintage addict. Yes, I admit I spend all day every day browsing the net for the latest vintage gossip, the coolest thrift finds, and the most inspirational style queens. My bank balance suffers heavily from me ‘just having a look around’ every vintage shop I pass, and I never stole those Panton chairs from my parents, I just borrowed them…
I’m excited about:Sharing all the latest gossip and news with you, bringing you the best vintage from around the world, and that 60s Chanel bag I spotted on eBay! Get in touch by emailing lena@queensofvintage.com

Sarah Woodhead, Editor-in-chief & founder

I’m excited about:QueensOfVintage.com of course! I especially love it’s global feel. You’re going to love our Top 100 Queens.

Contributing Homes Editor – Tara Gardner

Hi, I’m Tara Queens’ Home Editor and vintage clutter magnet. If Carrie spent her last dollars on Vogue, I spent my last pennies on vintage teacups. Never happier than when I’m rummaging through ‘junk’ shops, car boot sales and markets, I pride myself on giving the preloved a good home – even if it is getting a bit crowded now. And as Queens’ resident make do and mend expert, if I’m not home styling, I’m knee-deep in restoration and decoration projects not to mention varnish and paint – very glamorous!

 
Junior Partnership Management – Christine Funk
Hi, I’m Christine, a German-American transatlantic hybrid! I look after the QueensOfVintage.com partnerships and marketing opportunities. My passions are vintage (I could never say no to a Sixties shift dress), travel (I spent some time in Canada last year) and running after my dog.

QueensOfVintage.com’s most excellent writers & stylists

QueensOfVintage.com has an excellent and growing network of vintage fashion, beauty and homes contributors. Here they are:    

International contributors   

Vanessa Sandoval  - LA correspondent

Hi! My name is Vanessa Sandoval. I am a Mexican-American vintage enthusiast born and raised in Boyle Heights, which is a community in Los Angeles. I recently graduated with a BA in History focusing on Los Angeles History. My particular interest is the Zoot Suit Riots and the history of Latinos in Los Angeles. I love dressing up vintage and shopping! I am currently planning my Zoot Suit themed wedding. You can check out my latest endeavors at weddingbycolor.com/reinadelroknroll

Holly - Berlin correspondent

Guten Tag, I’m Holly, your vintage correspondent in Berlin! As a young girl I listened to my grandmother tell stories about the Berlin Airlift and infamous “candy bombers” on lazy saturday afternoons in Arizona. I knew I had to live in Berlin one day, exploring its cabarets, vintage shops and untold stories. In my spare time I film hair and make-up tutorials on YouTube: www.youtube.com/berlinhairbaby

I look forward to sharing Berlin’s best vintage addresses with you!

Angel Cutsforth – Tel Aviv correspondent

Hi, I’m Angel, I am originally from England but I’m currently in Israel. I am obsessed with vintage: all of my bookmarks are to vintage blogs or sites, I know most of the vintage shop owners near me by name, and my wardrobe is pretty much all vintage or vintage inspired. I also love modern fashion because I like seeing what era they looked to for inspiration. My other interests include Literature (I’m doing my BA with London University External System, and sewing (I’m hoping to do some courses). I blog here. 

UK contributors

  

Christopher Raymond Brocklebank

Christopher plays drums for The Baby Janes, edits and writes when he can get the work and lives in South London with a husband and five cats. He loves Rock n Roll, ‘70s horror films & Morrissey. He does not like meat, Topman or gastropubs. He loves vintage because he feels like an exile in the present (though isn’t daft enough to think life was a bed of roses in the past).

Ellie Woodward

I’m currently reading English Literature at Cardiff University so in between lectures I love socialising with friends, writing, fashion and travelling. I love vintage because of the stories behind the pieces. By buying something that’s vintage, not only do you gain an amazing addition to your wardrobe but a piece of someone’s history and it’s this that makes vintage so appealing for me.

Laura Terry

I’ve been a fashion and beauty writer for the past year now, freelancing for various magazines and online publications. I’m very passionate about vintage and high street fashion, and also love nothing more than to cast a critical eye over the best and worst dressed celebrities in the business. Catwalk shows are my kryptonite and seeing what the designers have in store each season officially sends me into a cold sweat. It’s fair to say I’m officially a fashion addict…and an unrepentant one at that!

 
Nell Darby

Nell is a freelance writer, specialising in social history. She has a long-standing interest in fashion design, and thinks she was a Twenties flapper in a former life

Charlotte Sterland

Hi, I’m Charlotte, and vintage is all around me.  I have jackets, chairs, candle snuffers, books, cameras, ballroom dancing shoes, and so many other things.  It accumulates.  I like to make films and write songs for my folk band POTATO POTATO.  Our last album cover was taken on a 1970s camera.  

Martha Hayes  

I’m Martha and I’ve been a feature writer in London for the last three years. I write for a TV magazine to pay the bills and spend the rest of my time daydreaming in Ossie Clark and Mary Quant, talking, writing about and trying on clothes, discovering old films and music, dancing, eating cupcakes and drinking gin tea. My sister says I would buy dog poo if I thought it was vintage. Oh and check out my blog here!

 
Emma Humphrey Hi I’m Emma and I was born in the completely wrong era. I should have been floating down Carnaby Street in a Biba dress with a flower in my hair and The Beatles playing in the background. Unfortunately it was not meant to be, but I am currently re-living every decade a dress at a time. At the moment I am finishing a Fashion Journalism degree and have a crazy obsession with vintage head scarves.’

 If you have a passion for vintage and would like to write or style for us do get in touch! Email Lena at lena@queensofvintage.com.