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What vintage leather means to me – and how to find the best on Vinted

Born treasure hunter, stylist and digital creator Danielle Oreoluwa Jinadu on her love affair with vintage leather and why, for her, it’s about more than just fashion

My style is minimal and pared back, but layering on a secondhand leather coat, or accessorising with a bag, makes you feel like part of a fashion story. During the pandemic, when you were only allowed to leave your house once a day, my stepsister and I would go to the brick wall at the bottom of our road to take outfit pictures.I was in my first year of university at the time, which was playing havoc with my health. One year I had a bad sickle cell crisis in my feet because I was wearing stupid ballet flats to school, so my mum bought me a pair of massive leather boots.

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