“Is ‘OLD’ the new ‘BLACK’?”
Who is this new breed of fashionista making news across the globe, ferociously followed by fashion bloggers, coveted by designers for their runway shows, documented by film companies & pursued by marketing magnums for … Continue reading
….from Mourning to Dancing….
THEN!!! OMG!!! (But we didn’t have “OMG” in those days and no-one EVER said F**K on TV!!!) there on the 14 inch screen, in colour, on The Old Grey Whistle Test on a Tuesday night was”Thee-Most-Handsome-Man-In-The-World” making the most bizarre, strange music, I had heard nothing like before….
Yes! – but is it a ‘Real BIBA’?
“…and then there are those that were too young or not yet born when Barbara Hulanicki & her husband Fitz, finally closed the doors of the old Derry & Toms building in 1975, & are intrigued yet somewhat confused as to what this BIBA thing was all about!”
“What’s with all these ‘Vintage’ shops?”
Remember vintage shops are NOT charity shops, we BUY our stock which is HAND PICKED – We are self employed & have overheads (No subsidised rents & rates for us!) It takes Time, Money, Effort, & Knowledge to seek out these pieces. So please get the ‘Charity shop/carbootsale’ mindset out of your mind when you are on the ‘charity shop run’ and arrive in our little shops of treasure, thinking you’ve won the jackpot and then expect then to pay £5 for a 1940’s tea dress…it’s not going to happen !!!
1960’s pop-art, mod lucite pendant
A large statement, 1960’s pendant made from lucite plastic. Mod style, pop-art Very collectable piece
