It started before Vintage1961/一切開始之前
Vintage1961 成立於 2013 年，但那種「尋寶」的本能，其實更早就存在。
小時候，我就對「寶物」這件事很著迷。當其他小朋友在玩耍的時候，我會跟鄰居的小孩一起去垃圾收集點——對，真的——翻找那些被丟棄的東西。
當然，家人知道後非常不高興。但對我來說，那從來不是「垃圾」，我只是單純覺得，裡面可能藏著一些有趣、值得留下的東西。
到了青少年時期，這種習慣變成了逛二手店。我會用港幣 5 元買一件上衣，自己剪裁、改造、重新搭配，做出屬於自己的風格，也常常收到不少讚美。
現在回想，其實一點也不意外我最後會去香港理工大學修讀時裝與紡織。
Vintage1961 was founded in 2013, but the instinct behind it started long before that.
As a kid, I was already obsessed with “treasure.” While other kids were playing, I would go with my neighbours to the garbage collection point — yes, literally — to look for things people had thrown away.
Of course, my family was not happy when they found out. But to me, it wasn’t about “trash.” I was just curious — I always felt like there might be something interesting, something worth keeping.
As a teenager, that turned into thrift shopping. I would spend HKD 5 on a top, cut it, reshape it, mix and match it — creating something completely my own. And I remember getting a lot of compliments.
Looking back, it’s not surprising that I ended up studying Fashion and Textile at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
