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Whether you're a vintage queen, charity shop scourer, or a dress agency diva, Weil has these tips for achieving true second-hand chic. She reveals how vintage pieces can enhance your figure and disguise flaws.

20s - This fashion era was made for flat-chested, angular figures. If you've got great shoulders and/or legs, the spaghetti strapped, high-hemmed gowns of the period are made for you.

30s - Girls with fabulous backs and bums are so flattered by the backless, trim-fitting 1930s styles. Bias-cut dresses will add seductive curves to slender frames, and a fabulous brocade or velvet opera coat makes for daytime drama on larger figures.

40s - If you're on the petite side, the platform soles and ample shoulders of this era will add tremendous presence and style. An ample bustline can be downplayed with sharply cut lapels.

50s - The era made for womanly figures: big breasts and hips emphasised by a nipped-in waist, which can be further flattered by a wide belt.

60s - If you've got the legs, the 60s has the frocks - stop traffic in minis, cute tights and flat shoes or low-heeled boots.

70s - The great trouser suits of this decade are flattering to a wide range of figure types, likewise the stretchy dresses. Big busts can be concealed, or saucily revealed, with all manner of seventies waistcoats.

80s - Make an entrance in a drop-dead power suit that flaunts your cleavage. If you've got beautiful arms, don't forget the jolt of a Flashdance sweatshirt.