{"id":58392,"date":"2021-12-20T22:59:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T22:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=58392"},"modified":"2021-12-21T15:39:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T15:39:22","slug":"turning-heads-and-spinning-records-inside-cardiffs-retro-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/12\/20\/turning-heads-and-spinning-records-inside-cardiffs-retro-revival\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning heads and spinning records: Inside Cardiff&#8217;s Retro Revival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Retro fashion and music are making a comeback in the capital<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-background-dim has-parallax\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0478_copy-1024x683.jpg);min-height:688px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>THE rise in popularity of retro clothes and music is worldwide, undeniable, and only gathering speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Driven by a rejection of fast fashion, a yearning nostalgia for days gone by, or a simple desire for cool and unique old styles, more and more people are turning to vintage clothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Historically popular among student-majority areas, it\u2019s no surprise that Cardiff boasts a handful of vintage clothing shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as Jake Knight of Cardiff Market\u2019s Knight Vintage tells me, his customers are not just teenagers and twentysomethings with deadlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe students are a big clientele of mine of course, but the rest of the Cardiff crew are definitely getting onto this sort of vintage now,\u201d says Jake. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58971\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58971\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0473_copy-4.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><strong>Jake Knight, the one-man army behind Knight Vintage.<\/strong> (Photo: Ben Summer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Knight Vintage, which Jake describes as his \u201cbaby\u201d has been in business for just over a year now. While he has set up the shop in the centre of Cardiff, he says the idea came to him while he was travelling in Thailand before the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI planned on staying there for four months, but when I was in north Thailand, I found this vintage shop and found some crazy pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;I ended up thrifting there for five hours.&#8221;<\/p><cite><em>Jake Knight<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of staying the whole four months he had planned, Jake cut the journey short, bought 25kg of clothing, and took off back to Cardiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While he\u2019d bought and sold vintage clothing before, setting up a one-man business to pursue his passion was another story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a full-time job, and it\u2019s a hard grind. I basically work every day, and even when I finish in the shop, I\u2019m looking online researching products. It takes up 100% of my life now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A typical day for Jake involves waking up at eight, but constantly refreshing his stock means early mornings trawling car boot sales and other thrift shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn a thrifting day I wake up at five in the morning, be thrifting by six, and get into the market at half eight or nine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the tough early mornings and the pressures of running a shop by himself, Jake is happy to be pursuing his passion, and he\u2019s particularly happy that the mainstream fashion audience has recently taken an interest in retro fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople have realised now that they can\u2019t keep buying everything 100% brand-new. We don\u2019t live in that kind of climate anymore, it\u2019s not good for the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople are going down the retro route to play their part, so to speak. Buying vintage clothing is a huge, huge way to tackle climate change, as opposed to harmful contributors like fast fashion.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cRetro clothing was built to last, too.\u201d<\/p><cite><em>Jake Knight<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Nostalgia has played a key role in retro\u2019s return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has been exacerbated by the depressing presence of coronavirus and repeated lockdowns have left many harking back to the &#8216;better days&#8217; of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jake agrees. \u201cPeople look back on the 80s, 90s, and 00s as the golden era.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-background-dim\" style=\"min-height:677px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-58977\" alt=\"\" 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_3dsc_0505_copy-5-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_3dsc_0505_copy-5-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_3dsc_0505_copy-5-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_3dsc_0505_copy-5-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_3dsc_0505_copy-5.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Another reason for retro\u2019s return to popularity has been the re-emergence of vinyl records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vinyl sales in the UK last year were the highest since the early 1990s, despite the readily available streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To capitalise on this newfound popularity, modern pop and hip-hop megastars like Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar have released albums in the format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Williams is a music writer from Cardiff, and in his words \u201cbecame a \u2018proper\u2019 music fan during lockdown\u201d when he started collecting vinyl records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was drawn to vinyl collecting due to the supposed improved sound quality, and thought that having physical copies of albums would make me appreciate them more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom is a big indie rock fan, and while streaming services boast thousands of artists at the touch of a search bar, he hasn\u2019t had much trouble finding records he enjoys on vinyl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf I struggle to find a vinyl I usually check charity shops and second-hand seller sites like Discogs.com,\u201d Tom tells me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSometimes though, even second hand vinyls are still too expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve been unable recently to find any copies of St Vincent&#8217;s &#8216;Masseduction&#8217; or Marina&#8217;s &#8216;Froot&#8217; for under \u00a3100.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Tom and Billy Edwards, an English language student at Cardiff University, agree that the ritual aspect of researching, buying, taking home and putting on a vinyl record enhances their listening experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0509_copy-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2021\/12\/rsz_2dsc_0509_copy-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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(Photo: Ben Summer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s actually therapeutic and gives the record you\u2019re playing a lot of importance. You have to respect and honour it, like a piece of art,\u201d says Billy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The collectability of vinyl also lends to its rediscovered popularity. While a song on Spotify lights up when you press it to play it, owning a physical single can be anything from a tangible reminder of appreciation for an artist, or a status symbol, depending on the song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCollecting records has definitely enhanced my appreciation of music. Vinyl records often afford a richer, fuller sound, unaffected by streaming capabilities and all those limits, and I definitely appreciate the playing of a band when listening on vinyl.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rare vinyl records that had a limited physical release or with famous owners regularly sell for hundreds of thousands of pounds. Beatles drummer Ringo Starr\u2019s personal copy of <em>The White Album<\/em> sold for a world record $790,000 in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Collecting records has definitely enhanced my appreciation of music<\/p><cite><em>Billy Edwards<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>While the budding collector is unlikely to have the financial power to purchase items like this, trawling for hidden gems in record shops is a common pastime for vinyl enthusiasts, and a notable draw to the hobby is the prospect of striking gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Billy is undeterred by the scarcity of particularly rare records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are many records I\u2019d really like to own but are just difficult to come by. Sometimes I might buy a re-issue [where labels re-release an album], or console myself by streaming the album and enjoy the thrill of hunting for a holy grail!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom thinks that it\u2019s great to see popular modern artists publishing vinyl records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPopular artists publishing vinyls really helps casual music listeners get into vinyl collecting. People online were making fun of Taylor Swift for not understanding how to play her album &#8216;Red&#8217; on 45 rpm, which I thought was disappointing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople should really be supportive of new vinyl collectors. Everyone has to start somewhere!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photos by Ben Summer.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retro fashion and music are making a comeback in the capital<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":749,"featured_media":58807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[1291,1932,160],"coauthors":[7305],"class_list":["post-58392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-longer-reads","tag-cardiff-2","tag-fashion","tag-music-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Turning heads and spinning records: Inside Cardiff&#039;s Retro Revival - The 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