Vintage Recipe – Natural Orange Cleaner

I have been thinking about old fashioned cleaning methods lately as a result of the current Coronavirus crisis. It is obviously very important to wash your hands at the moment to help prevent the spread of the virus, and as …

Who Remembers? Weekly Nostalgia and Memories

For those of you who follow my Facebook and Instagram posts, you may have seen my weekly ‘Who Remembers?’ posts every Friday. I thought I would summarise them on my blog, as a reminder and place to revisit every time …

Weekly Roundup from Rachel’s Vintage & Retro

Well, what a week its been! It certainly feels we are living in strange times at the moment, what with the events surrounding the Coronavirus. I hope that you are all managing to look after yourselves and have found enough …

Why Buy Vintage - Rachels Vintage & Retro

Why Buy Vintage?

You’ve seen it in magazines, you’ve seen it on fashion blogs, and on home-makeover TV shows. The Duchess of Sussex wore a vintage Dior gown to a christening, and Kim Kardashian also wears vintage regularly (The Guardian, Apr 2019). Vintage …