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50s not out for Claudia
MEN on Sunday|August 18, 2024
20-year-old tells Amy Reast why she is obsessed with post-war style
- Amy Reast
50s not out for Claudia

CLAUDIA Silcock is used to people staring at her.

That's because the 20-year-old is obsessed with the 1950s and almost exclusively dresses in eye-catching vintage clothes from the era.

She began to find herself drawn towards vintage fashion aged 18 and soon it developed into a passion. The content creator was drawn to vintage shops and scoured eBay, Facebook Marketplace and Depop for 50s clothing.

She now has a 130-strong collection of outfits as well as mountains of vintage jewellery, shoes, magazines, bags, purses and even a 1950s record player. Claudia reckons her vast collection of vintage items has a total cost of £3,000 and she plans to grow it further once she has got a larger wardrobe in her home.

She said she gets funny looks from teenagers if she ever goes into modern bars but pensioners love to stop her for a nostalgic chat in M&S.

Claudia said: "I remember I went out in full vintage in a bar in Manchester full of 18 and 19-year-olds. I got a few stares. But when you think about what the average person looks like in a club, then you look at me, it's very different. But it's very hard to go to a club when you only listen to 1950s and 60s music anyway.

This story is from the August 18, 2024 edition of MEN on Sunday.

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