As The Antiques Road Trip kicks off its 20th season with new host Izzie Balmer, Stylist meets three millennial women embracing a career in the male-dominated industry of antiques

Meet Izzie Balmer and the millennial women working in antiques

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Izzie Balmer, 30, Auctioneer at Wessex Auction Rooms, Wiltshire

People have items that are beautiful or worth a lot of money, and they have absolutely no idea      

Harriet Chavasse, 31, Retail Manager, Thakeham Furniture, Petworth, West Sussex

Chloe Woods, 23, Auctioneer, cataloguer and valuer at Mallams in Oxfordshire

Some of my teachers at school told me this was ‘not a wise career move’

Roo Irvine is the newest recruit to the BBC’s Bargain Hunt and a regular on Antiques Road Trip. She also runs Kilcreggan Antiques in Argyll & Bute, Scotland.

The world of antiques has long been a male-dominated industry – until now.

Izzie Balmer: meet the millennial women dusting down the antiques profession