Rocking chairs – they bring out a funny indecision in me. Back and forth i go between cool liberation [take THAT gravity!] and horrible imagery of B-movies [and the ravages of old age!]
That said, we all <3 this danish rocker from CHESTER’S AFFORDABLE VINTAGE FAIR last weekend. Perhaps it’s the shape [or the jazzy fabric] but we can’t wait to give it a spin!
xVVx
Hello all!
In the spirit of TRUE vintage blogging, we’re harking back to APRIL 2012 in a bid to catch-up with what we’ve missed [FYI: hiding under your bed with old Vogues and merlot won’t result in any task doing itself- no blogging elves or self-typing laptop ever saves the day!]
Let us paint a picture for you…the year was, well, this year. The weather was… concrete at best. The destination was a bustling east-London market that we’re learning to call our own. Enter a petite young thing fresh out of wartime and forties from head to toe. She was Naomi. We said hello. Our story started here.
The market was of course that of Old Spitalfields which we have been occupying since it’s Saturday doors yawned open last year. Our heroine [for all plugged-in to the ever growing vintage scene] is stylist, savant [and all-round good egg] Naomi Thompson [aka Vintage Secret, the UK’s leading vintage stylist]
The meeting? Not one of chance. With Naomi jetting off every other day for book tours [her is very good by the way!] styling and general vintage whimsy, fitting into her schedule is like trying to capture a hurricane with bare hands only.
Cigarette in hand, Naomi had kindly taken some down time to help us out; indulging in our own twisted take on the Olympics [none of the running and all of the praise!] Naomi was on hand to give out gold medals and goodie bags to our best-dressed guests . With one residual puff, into the market we strut to scan, award and glorify what wonderful street style east London had to offer.
The results? As you can imagine, the choice was a TOUGHIE! So diverse were the styles and eclectic the eras that Bill & Ted couldn’t even keep up!
Instead of waxing lyrical, we’ve picked out our favourite visuals for you to coo over…
Now, we fell head over heels for all of the outfits above but one shopper, in a pair of Jeffrey Campbells [that we almost mugged her for – damn you unsuitable getaway shoes!] knocked us for six in the style stakes…
And there we have it – another Saturday among the stalls! Only in it’s infancy, Spitalfields will be back on Saturday 7th July [we’re having June off to chin-chin the Queen and even have a GIN!] For more information on the fair, click here and to pay Naomi a visit, click here!
xVVx
We thought we’d keep it brief as we deal with a back-log [back-BLOG] of things we need to post about [brace yourselves vintage fans, we’ve had caffeine AND listened to Prince – WIRED is the word!] Before we assault your senses with a deluge of catch-up posts, we thought we’d say…HAPPY BANK HOL-I-DAY!
‘Three-day weekend’ – are there no sweeter words? Whether you’re shopping, exploring, liquored-up or laying down, we hope you have a corker!
Greetings vintage fans,
Ahead of this Saturday’s MASSIVE vintage fair at the Old Spitalfields Market, London, we’ve had a little dalliance with the national press – hooray!
Writing in Saturday’s Times, Mark Bridge wrote that “mid-century furniture and accessories have been coveted by design buffs for years, but recent appearances on the 1960s-set of Mad Men have hugely widened their appeal.” He then mentioned JUDY’S AT SPITALFIELDS as the place to get them!
With stalls like these, we’ll be going Draper on our drapes before you know it!
xVVx
