“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….
Velvet Underground
“What’s not to like about velvet?” I would say that, because I adore velvet, …………I would go as far as saying I have a ‘velvet fetish’…. so there it is… … Continue reading
“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 !!!
OSSIE CLARK JUMP SUIT
Original Ossie Clarke deep emerald jersey jumpsuit c.1978 size 10 OSSIE CLARKE Raymond “Ossie” Clark (9 June 1942 – 6 August 1996) “From the mid-1960s to the late-1970s Ossie Clark … Continue reading
BIBALALA
When I first left school in the early 70’s I worked for a small independent chain of Fashion Boutiques in Liverpool called “ZAX” We sold labels like Bernshaw, Radley, Aristos/Ariella, … Continue reading
Mooshy La La 