There's nothing I love more than observing someone in a job they love and excel in. I could sit in a bakery and watch a master foodie make croissants all day long, I am mesmerised by watching a seamstress pull fabric through a machine. A combination of passion and experience making each movement look so easy.
So when I got talking to Thurston from Bionic Seven - a vintage shop in Manchester's Northern Quarter - about his outfit for Steal Their Style, the flow of words that followed blew me away. I'd consider myself a vintage enthusiast, I like to hunt out the odd St Michael's piece in a thrift store, but his knowledge and experience was on a completely different level - and it's possibly one of my favourite five-minute Steal Their Style conversations to date.
I love when people are passionate about clothing, in particular, whether that's collecting high end handbags as a hobby, or being dedicated to second-hand shopping. Fashion is such a visual representation of our identity and what we stand for, and there's something really powerful about that, whether its a need to feel comforted and cocooned by our clothing, or a desire to stand out and inject colour into the world.
