I absolutely love these photos that my clever and talented photographer friend Elinor took one chilly spring weekend. We met on Gloucester Road and headed to one of my favourite vintage shops in Bristol – Repsycho – questionable name, great shop.

Downstairs is absolutely jam-packed with amazing vintage clothing – I’ve found some real gems rummaging through the rails, and it’s always reasonably priced too.

Upstairs, you’ll find some beautiful vintage homewares. It was quiet up there that day, so we took the opportunity to make use of the interesting objects and incredible furniture. I absolutely love the mixture of all the colours, textures and eras, and it made the perfect backdrop for these photos – especially because (as usual) I was wearing vintage.

This outfit is repeated often between autumn and spring, until it gets too warm to wear a woollen overshirt. It’s one of those get-ups that makes you feel effortlessly cool – black always does that, in my opinion.

The checked vintage overshirt was part of an Instagram collaboration with Beyond Retro – I’m lucky enough to be invited about once a year to check out what they have in store and share on Instagram, in return for a voucher.

I liked how it looked oversized, but it did swamp me a little, so I decided to crop it. I find little sewing jobs like this pretty easy these days, which is handy when you’re short.

It now sits just below my waist, making it short enough to make my legs look longer, but long enough to layer up underneath without all those layers being on show.

Speaking of layering up, I had a long-sleeved, back thermal top from Uniqlo on underneath, plus one of my favourite black jumpers from H&M. On the bottom as you can see, my favourite black trousers from the Uniqlo x JW Anderson collection a few years back, and Chuck Taylor 70s. None of these items are vintage, but I’ve had them for years and must have worn them hundreds of times by now.

A scarf and a pair of sunnies kept me warm and looking cool.