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With existing retail businesses in the town continuing to evolve and explore new opportunities, now would seem like the ideal time for a new business idea to emerge down at the foot of the town.

Perfect timing (hopefully) then for Divine Intervintage - a retro clothes shop cum tailor cum curtain maker.

Cripes - that’s not a business plan that they are likely to teach you at Harvard. And hurrah for that.

Celeste opened Divine Intervintage at Jolliffe’s Yard a few weeks back in June. I could give you detailed directions, but basically stand with your back to the Post Office on the High Street, or get rather friendly with Barnwell Bear.

The business plan (and there is one…) is to offer retro clothes from the 50′s through to the 80′s. These are all high quality and bespoke items, but kept at a price that hopefully won’t keep locals away.

The shop has been lovingly put together in a style that suits the items on sale. You’re not so much browsing or buying, but taking a step back and enjoying a break away from the bustle of modern life.

Clothes alterations are also offered by Celeste, as well as a nifty line in custom curtain making. Much as we much appreciate the Co-op, that’s not a service that you are likely to find further up the High Street.

Divine Intervintage fits the style of lower Wivenhoe perfectly. With near neighbors in Curiosity, we can now buy retro furniture and retro clothes, all to match our retro hairstyles.

Or maybe that’s just me?

Do visit Celeste, do browse - do buy if you see something that you like. Or maybe just pop in for a chat anyway. If Celeste can make a Dedicated Unfollower of Fashion feel most welcome having turned up completely unannounced and thrusting a microphone in her face, I’m sure you’ll be made to feel most welcome.

Retro - it’s the brand new, donchta know.

Next up: plans for retro priced pints in the pubs of Wivenhoe.