Brighton Retro Fair - 6th August

Come and see us next Saturday the 6th August at the Brighton Retro Fair

It's at City College Brighton and Hove, Pelham Tower, Pelham Street, Brighton BN1 4FA from 10.00-4.00.

We will be bringing lots of our lovely vintage and retro household collectables for you to buy.

See you there!

Hidden Paintings of the South East

For those of you who don't know, I work at Charleston Farmhouse and Towner Art Gallery when I am not sourcing and selling vintage clothes and accessories.  

 

Here is a link to 'Hidden Paintings of the South East' a programme I appeared in last night with my Towner hat on - or is it head scarf?  Hope you enjoy it.  There are many other regional versions in this series, all discussing the hidden treasures available to us, the public.  Love Terry.  Enjoy!! x

Frock Me - Sunday 5 June

We had a great time at Frock Me in Brighton today.

We met lots of lovely dogs; here are a few:

Poppy just wasn't interested in those two-tone navy court shoes.  I had to try something else to tempt her...

 

 Ah yes, a nice tripe chew - works every time!!

Here's lovely Woody; do you know how difficult it is to photograph a four month old spaniel with more on his mind than vintage clobber?

...third time lucky!  Anyway, his eyes weren't quite this colour, they were more a dreamy brown - just look at those lovely paws!  

I really fell for Woody xx

What will Zadie say!

Here are some of our lovely customers, a few regular faces you may recognise, and some new ones too. 

 We absolutely love the funky Miss Marple look, 

and just look at those wonderful vintage shoes...

 

 ...and as Ana and I always say, vintage is for everyone, any age - look at this lovely lady below, we thought she looked particularly lovely in her 1940s inspired outfit.     

She bought a little case from us, but we didn't get her name. 

It was great to see Anna Tilson and friend; Anna not only creates amazing mosaics and often exibits them at open houses in Brighton, but also teaches techniques in mosaics to help make gorgeous items for your home. 

There were some really great stalls today with lovely, gorgeous 'things' to buy.  Check these out...

 

  Here are Paris Accent, French antiques and collectables, who also have a shop in Maidstone, Kent. 

Ashleigh also sells her vintage inspired collections.

Vanessa from Trailer Trash is presently organising her website and it should be live very soon.  Her email is nessnewmantt@gmail.com

Our stall looked good too, although we left Gloria 

behind this time; she is getting too chipped 

and she is no spring chicken...

See you next time x

Frock Me, Sunday 5th June

Looking forward to Frock Me this Sunday.

11.00am - 5.00pm

Brighton Dome, Corn Exchange

Church Street, Brighton BN1 1UE

 

It's the end of Brighton Fashion Week 

which highlighted lots of new ideas and designers.

Frock Me brings you amazing vintage and and retro fashion and accessories - hope to see you there!

Memories of Burgh Island

Looking through our photos, Ana and I found a selection from our visit to Burgh Island in Devon. 

If you don't know it, the island has one hotel and it was the inspiration for Agatha Christie

when she stayed to write Evil Under the Sun.  

In fact, the David Suchet and Hugh Fraser 'Poirot' version was filmed there.  

The hotel is a complete and wonderful Art Deco experience. 

Here are some of our memories, firstly, getting to and walking about the island...

...and once we got inside; the atmosphere was simply amazing.  Art deco furniture everywhere - it was almost as if time had stood still.  

 

And all too soon, it was time to go home.  I'm sure Burgh Island had an impact on my choosing to work with vintage clothes and accessories.  One day we will go back...

Frock Me! Sunday 1 May

Oh what fun and games we had at Frock Me in Brighton on Sunday!  Not surprisingly, there was still a lot of wedding hysteria in the air following the Royal Wedding on Friday.  We sold most of our cream lace separates, 'very Kate', and quite a lot of vintage fabric too - seems this is what everyone likes as they can make all sorts of things to adorn their homes; one lady bought a beautiful gold curtain and said that she was going to use it as a bedspread! 

Checking out the stock at Butterfly Girl.  You can contact them via butterflygirlvintage.com

 

Andrea and her daughter, Josephine, popped in.  Josephine bought a lovely 50s skirt in blues and greens from us at Violet Creams, Vintage Style. 

There were plenty of visitors prepared to leave the sunshine in search of great vintage bargains.  Lots of people were in vintage attire and looked really fantastic - see below for a few of our favourites.  

This is Jenny who we felt looked really chic in lemon with red trimmings!

 

Look at these fabulous outfits modelled by the people from Dress Circle, an amazing stall with wonderful 50s skirts.

 
Sevjan dropped by and agreed to model a couple of our hats - the purple hat with the pearl detail is £30 and the small 1950s hat is £15.  Sevjan looked great in all of our stock she tried on.

I bought a lovely blue floral 50s jacket from another trader.  I absolutely love it - ok, it doesn't go with what I've got on, but wait until I get home and match it up with my vintage wardrobe...

Fay, from Maison Fay was looking really cheery, even if she had a bit of a cold!  She always has an inviting stall.