Long list, tough picks. 2025 was a great year for vintage and I found some treasures I’d been hunting for a long time.

I’ve selected just the cream of the crop, the things that made me gasp and bring me joy every time I look at them.

Apart from the silk coat, which needs dry cleaning, and the Vanity Fair slip, which I got in December, I wore each of these things multiple times over the year and loved styling them.

Part of the joy for me is thinking of the many ways I can combine each piece with what I already have, so I’ll often find myself re-wearing on consecutive days because I have too many ideas.

I’m coming up to a clear-out (it’s that or divorce) and every single time, it’s the modern stuff that goes. Vintage like this is for life.