Leeds Vintage Christmas Market

The UK’s largest travelling vintage marketplace, Judy’s returns to Leeds this season, joining Leeds Winter Wonderland on the 16th and 17th December, taking over a large marquee situated on Briggate on Leeds busiest shopping street. Bringing 20 of the nation’s leading vintage traders along for the ride.

Founded in 2005, the formula behind Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair is a simple one; exasperated with rising highstreet prices and vintage costing an arm and a leg, Judy set out to create a fair that was equally affordable as it was eclectic; handpicking traders from the four corners of the UK, every event culminates in a vibrant vintage marketplace with over sixty years of stock to knock your socks off.

Eight years on, the vintage trend remains strong; vintage-inspired designs from the fifties and seventies litter the Highstreet, polo necks and heritage items populated runways at Mulberry, Burberry and Issa – even Kate Moss, a woman synonymous with Topshop, sported a wedding dress twenties in theme. Bringing an alternative to expensive replicas to 30 cities nationwide, Judy’s Affordable Vintage Fair offers up the chance to buy genuine pieces of the past [minus the hefty price tags;] fashion through to furniture, accessories and crafts, haberdashery and an antique or two – all affordable, all one-of-a-kind and all waiting to be worn again.

Founder of the fairs and former Selfridges personal shopper Judy Berger admits that a return to Leeds is a highlight in the calendar; “with such a variety of different styles within the city and a prevailing vintage scene throughout, a return to our home town of Leeds was a no-brainer.” With over 1,000 shoppers attending our last event, a love of all things old-world certainly rings true; “we always have such a wonderful turn-out in Leeds,” Judy adds, “with families, fashion fans and students alike all looking for that perfect piece of the past to take away with them.” Exciting, affordable and anti-identikit, we can’t wait to come back.