Nicole Jenkins has been collecting and restoring fashion since 1980. She studied Costume Design at the WA Academy of Performing Arts, working within the film, theatre and fashion industries before a decade in the telecommunications and I.T. world. When her software job was off-shored in 2004, she set up her Melbourne boutique Circa Vintage showcasing the best of 200 years of Australian fashion. Her first book Love Vintage was published by Carter's in 2009 and won an international Independent Publisher's Award. She regularly presents talks, fashion parades and exhibitions. Nicole shares her Art Deco home with her poet husband and two cats.