Almost 50 years since she graced the silver screen, Marilyn Monroe remains a familiar icon of femininity and sensuality. Since her untimely death in 1962, the many portrayals of her both on and off screen are testament to the influence she has had, and her unique style. Most recently she has been brought back to life by Michelle Williams, in the just-released film My Week with Marilyn. The film takes place during her filming of The Prince and the Showgirl with Laurence Olivier, and is based on the real-life diary account of young Colin Clark, an assistant on the film who embarks on a fleeting romance with the blonde bombshell. Of course, one of the most iconic images of her is the photograph of her in a billowy flowing white dress being blown up around her by an updraft from Read More ...
On 30th October fashion’s finest will open up their wardrobes to the public at London’s premier fashion recycling event – Buy My Wardrobe. Style-conscious women will be able to choose from thousands of pieces from the wardrobes of stylists, designers and industry insiders, collectively known as the ‘wardrobe mistresses’. Each mistress will have their very own boutique-style space at Private members club Adam Street to display between 50 and 100 pieces from their cupboards. Confirmed Wardrobe Mistresses include Francesca Salih, Stylist for Net-a-Porter; Lou Hay, Designer at Matthew Willamson; and Sammi Brown, Great Grand-Daughter to the Marks & Spencer Empire; all boasting collections that would turn the most seasoned fashion followers green with envy. Shoppers can expect to find treasures such as; Wool & Alpaca special edition Burberry Double Breasted Trench; originally £975 for £450 Diane Von Furstenberg Chocolate Brown Wool Read More ...
Leading Vintage Clothing Retailer provides a helpful guide to buying vintage clothing online. There has always been a strong vintage market in the major cities across Europe and America where customers can browse the many specialist shops and markets on offer. However, these retail outlets are just not accessible to the majority of buyers. So if you are looking for a vintage dress, vintage shirt or a vintage handbag where should your search begin? The continued growth of online retail provides the discerning buyer access to a huge selection of vintage clothing. But with such an overwhelming selection what should you consider before making that online purchase? Devoted 2 Vintage outlines some key considerations to help make your online experience a happy one. One of the main concerns with buying online is that you can’t try them on before you Read More ...
Having hit their first birthday in September this year, lovemissdaisy.com is continuing to promote green fashion by providing affordable, top quality vintage clothes and accessories for all sizes, ages and tastes. With vintage dresses, footwear, jewellery, 1950′s wedding dresses and much more, they are still spoiling customers for choice. Love Miss Daisy Vintage have recently launched their Rare & Collectable Vintage section, where visitors will find an array of sought after vintage designer names such as Ossie Clark, Alice Pollock, Annacat, Christian Dior and more (see pictured 1970’s reptile skin Terry de Havilland shoes). They will be updating this section every few months with exclusive vintage pieces. They are also continuing to match current stock to current trends, making it possible to keep up with AW09 in an eco-chic and affordable way, with vintage harem pants, sequins-a-plenty and 1980’s all Read More ...
Refashionable has launched a new clothing collection service for people who are short on time and storage space. The free service is aimed at customers who wish to raise funds for their favourite charities but do not have time to sell their clothes online or to deliver them to a charity shop. Collection is free and can be arranged for any time including evenings and weekends. Refashionable processes, photographs and advertises the items to maximise the selling price and upon sale 50% plus Gift Aid (where applicable) of the sales proceeds will be donated to a UK registered charity of the customer’s choice. Collection can be arranged by e-mail: collection@refashionable.com or by phone: 07917824203
Debuting in fashion bible Vogue as one of the best vintage stockists in the country, natashabailie.com has exploded onto the vintage retro fashion scene. The website’s canny mix of today’s trends and yesteryear’s style is all down to founder, personal shopper and stylist, Natasha Bailie. Natasha, who lives in Brighton, has a background in retail and commercial buying, and an inherent knack for choosing divine pieces that fly off the shelves. A dedicated retro-seeker herself, Natasha is devoted to providing the most blissful shopping experience. “In a world full of “fast fashion” I want to be the breath of fresh air, helping women to be ladies – to embrace their beauty and femininity.” Following in the vein of revered websites like Net-a-Porter.com, Natasha’s online store combines easy shopping, fashion news and trend talks with a beautiful layout and quirky icons. Read More ...
With the introduction of her new fashion line, ‘Eyola’ could mark a the beginning of a new direction in the fashion industry. Based on the hallmarks of Victorian fashion, which the designer is very much fascinated by, each collection is well versed in the line’s blend of his torical references from nineteenth century fashion with an innovative and modern twist. Creating exclusive and differentiated products the brand transcends the limits of fashion immune to expiration and seasonality. It overrides the concept of seasonal collections (Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter) by creating new designs frequently and randomly throughout the year. Each ‘collection’ consists of eight pieces which form an ‘Octette’. This new term stems from the defining curves of the Victorian corset (a figure eight or hourglass figure) and represents a new unusual fashion system. With only eight pieces in each Octette, the Read More ...
A mum of three working from a back bedroom in Glasgow has rocked London’s fashion world by selling exclusive designer handbags at credit-crunch friendly discount prices. Gerry Campbell, 41, ships designer and fashion handbags from overseas and sells them through her online store www.bagnificent.co.uk at a fraction of High Street prices. Former accountant Gerry launched the business last year and has just added LOVED – a range of pre-owned designer bags to meet growing demand from customers. She quit her career as a high flying management accountant when her first son was born in 1996 but decided it was time to return to work last year with her youngest safely in school. But after 12 years away from the office environment she decided she would rather spend her time balancing her own books than someone else’s. Gerry said: “I love Read More ...
Introducing Love Miss Daisy. The new online vintage clothing & accessories store. Buying and wearing vintage clothing is currently one of the hottest ways to recycle. An estimated 1-2 million tonnes of post-consumer textile waste per year are thrown away and end up in landfill sites. Morethanwaste.com states that “…over the full life cycle of clothing, there is a range of environmental, social and economic impacts. The growth in fast fashion and consumption is an important contributor to these impacts.” When opting for vintage you are playing an active part in reducing extreme comsumption and post-consumer textile waste by recycling. There are so many wonderful vintage clothes shops to browse, particularly in London. However, many people don’t have time to visit or simply don’t have access to them. Despite there being various online vintage stores, many are massively overpriced or Read More ...
With the newest trends obvious to every high street shopper, it is the vintage shops that should really get all the attention. Rather than people bringing you champagne or tonic water to drink, you lean over bin after bin trying quickly to find “the” perfect outfit for heading out on the town. Instead of having a personal shopping experience, you are literally fighting over a pair of pants with some person who swears she saw them first. No matter how it may sound, vintage shopping is something to uphold and to appreciate rather than to be put down. Vintage shoppers are a unique breed. They are people who known fashion instinctively without the help of magazines, sales people and catwalks. They are the ones that walk in and can spot a silk ruffled tunic 10 rows away and know that Read More ...
Described by its organisers as “quite simply the best vintage fashion event in London”, Frock Me! is set to take place in the English capital next month. Fashionistas have the chance to pick up couture from every era at the show, whether they long to replicate the 1920s flapper style, 1960s glamour or 1980s retro-chic. Meanwhile, fans of burlesque have the opportunity to acquire gorgeous corsets, basques, feather boas, fans and original 1950s seamed stockings. “The vogue for vintage clothes attracts fashionistas, stylists, models, fashion students, collectors and costume designers for stage and film. Top designers and celebrities can often be spotted amongst the crowds searching for one-off fashion finds,” the organisers explain. Frock Me! traces its history back to the 1990s – when it was known as the Vintage Fashion Fair – and was held in Kensington. It moved Read More ...
