VINTAGE clothing retailer James Taylor has opened his first shop on Teesside.

After selling retro and vintage items on the internet for several years, Mr Taylor has moved into premises at Regency West Mall, in Stockton.

He set up Vintageville with business support from Inbiz and grant funding from Pertemps Employment Alliance.

He said: "Stockton is probably not the first place you think of when shopping for vintage clothing, but once you have a look around there's loads of little independently-run businesses that cater for a slightly more alternative crowd."

Vintageville stocks hundreds of one-of-a-kind vintage clothing items from the 1960s through to the 1980s.