Vinterior’s One of One: Where Vintage Becomes the New Luxury

Hinton Magazine
Aug 21
2 min read

Second Hand September has never looked this good. Vinterior, the UK’s leading vintage marketplace, has unveiled One of One—a capsule collection that transforms classic furniture into something altogether rarer: design as art, sustainability as style.

For the project, Vinterior enlisted four names with serious creative clout—TOAST, Drake’s, Tess Newall and Madeleine Kemsley—and handed them the keys to the archive. Their brief was simple: take a piece of vintage or antique furniture and make it entirely their own.

The results are nothing short of spectacular. A 1960s Swedish oak chair, stripped of its past life, now wears TOAST’s fabrics stitched in the traditional Japanese boro technique. Drake’s, better known for silk ties and rakish shirting, has dressed a walnut and cane window seat in its trademark textiles, offering a playful clash of tailoring and interiors. Tess Newall’s hand-painted flourishes elevate a humble cupboard into a showpiece, while Madeleine Kemsley’s embroidery brings new energy to an Ercol armchair that feels more couture than casual.

This isn’t upcycling—it’s reinvention. Each piece blurs the line between furniture and artwork, standing as proof that craftsmanship and creativity are the true markers of modern luxury.

“In a world full of fast furniture, these pieces stand out,” says Vinterior founder and CEO, Sandrine Zhang Ferron. “They’ve been made to last, and now they’ve been reimagined to be loved all over again.”

That statement rings especially true in an era where sustainability is no longer optional—it’s the baseline. What Vinterior has achieved with One of One is more than an eco-friendly gesture; it’s a declaration that style and substance can sit comfortably in the same seat (literally).

Available from 8th September on Vinterior.co, the collection starts at £1,000—a price that feels less like a purchase and more like an investment in future heritage.