“When you buy a piece of vintage clothing you’re not just buying the fabric and thread – you’re buying a piece of someone’s past.” 
Isabel Wolff, A Vintage Affair

This week  The Tab Oxford finally are jumping on the Vintage bandwagon. Follow us on a trip down memory lane as we travel through seventy years of fashion. Day-by-day throughout 5th week we will release images offering the best (and the worst) fashions of the twentieth century.

The 1920s: 

Models: Claudia Zwar and Daniel Pledger

Location: The Bodleian Library and Sheldonian theatre, Oxford.

The 1930s:

Models: Âriel Sydney and Daniel Pledger

Location: Queen’s Lane, Oxford.

The 1940s:

Models: Emily Frazier and Yaroslav Walker

Location: The Duke of Cambridge, Oxford.

The 1950s:

Models: Aurelia Specker and Yaroslav Walker

Location: Maxwell’s, Oxford.

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The 1960s:

Models: Aanika Virani and Isaac Greenwood

Location: Oxford.

The 1970s:

Models: Sydony Johnson and Sam Dennis

Location: University Parks, Oxford.

The 1980s:

Models: Rebecca Henshaw and Sam Gebreselassie.

Location: Gloucester Green, Oxford.

Photographer: Matt Diffey

Shoot Directors: Amy Haynes and Emily Frazier

All clothes were kindly provided by The Ballroom Emporium, Oxford and the hair and make-up was courtesy of Brothers Hairdressers, Oxford and Kamani Lomas hair and make up.