I'm Sophia and I have thrifted and collected vintage for as long as I can remember. My mom and dad were both thrifty shoppers and I remember getting up super early on Saturdays to be the first at an estate sale. My love for thrifting vintage clothing didn't start until later. In high school, I worked in costuming for my drama department. My club's advisor took me and my costume dept. peeps to thrift stores all around Memphis to find costumes for each production. I loved everything about the process. Researching the fashions and styles from each era, sifting through piles of clothing and of course the joy of finding the perfect item. It wasn't long after that that I started wearing vintage pieces in my own life and in 2012, I started Hearts and Hearts Vintage on Etsy to share them with you. The name has been with me for awhile. Hearts and Hearts was the name of an old art project/hobby of mine where I would leave a little love in places all around the world. I was inspired to do this after seeing a spray painted heart on some stairs in Florence, Italy.
I thought it was cute and it made me smile, so I started doing it on a smaller, less permanent scale(with an eyeliner pencil).
*clockwise- 1.On a railing at the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada. 2. on the side of a lighthouse in Erie, Pennsylvania. 3. On top of the "Rocky stairs" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
