Vintage
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A Look into Designer Resale Shops
Conscious consumerism has grown as a movement over the past few years. This interest in recycling used clothes and accessories has even reached the world of high end fashion. Consignment shops for designer wear have opened their doors to the general public for anyone who wants to buy, sell or trade gently used designer clothing and accessories. You can find anything from designer skirts to rare handbags on these sites. You can also list your own items as well as create virtual closets of your favorite designs. One of the advantages of these designer consignment shops is that they generally tend to accept items that are only gently used. This…
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Vintage Flashbacks – Celia Birtwell and Barbara Hulanicki
Sometimes it feels as if fashion time isn’t moving forwards, but is instead moving backwards. A case in point is that this last week has seen two new High Street collections launched by ladies who can only be described as legends of the 1960s and 1970s, Biba’s Barbara Hulanicki and Celia Birtwell. Now both grande Dames of fashion, and particularly fashion heroines of anyone who adores print, both Barbara and Celia and their designs remain as relevant as ever. Celia’s latest prints are emblazoning a fabulous new collection of dresses and separates for cool Japanese brand Uniqlo. Shirtwaister dresses, elegant, masculine cut shirts and cute, versatile long sleeved t-shirts are…
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Grab your perfect evening dresses and a Bank Holiday bargain
My parents celebrate a very special milestone at the end of the year, celebrating 40years of marriage. To celebrate this very special occasion, we’ve been looking for something special to do as a family, and one of the most popular ideas has been to do a cruise. All the brochures showing cruises 2014 are already in the travel agents, and the Med is looking a likely destination. 2014 could be a very exciting time. Cruising is one of my favourite ways to holiday, the photographs above were taken when I last cruised the Med in 2009. I guess one of the main reasons for me loving the lure of the…
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Agnes and Norman – Gorgeous Vintage style shoes in Birmingham
Do you remember how shoes used to be? Before the endless parade of platform heels, ultra wedges and flatforms? When shoes were a work of art, created by hand, in the softest of leather? Well, a new shoe boutique has opened in Birmingham’s most beautiful shopping arcade, and is turning the clock back in terms of shoe design. Ladies and gentleman, let me introduce you to Agnes and Norman, now open in Great Western Arcade. The boutique is the first to be opened by award winning Birmingham designer Rachel Simpson. It is split into three showrooms, with a focus on classically beautiful, vintage style ladieswear, menswear that are classic and…
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P is for Paloma Faith
I’m spending the evening trying to persuade my hubby that the best birthday present I could receive this year would be Paloma Faith tickets for her June 7th gig at the O2. It would be true to say I’m more than a little obsessed with the singer, her sublime voice is the sort that could sell you a nursery rhyme, whilst her style combines the best of the quirky, the unique and the decidedly retro, sort of what would happen if Rita Hayworth had been combined with Minnie Mouse. Even when we consider all the beautiful and stylish, and mega talented female singers we have on the music scene at…
