Showing posts with label vintage collection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage collection. Show all posts

Saturday, 30 August 2014

"today im wearing" - 1950s and mink



As summer comes to a close here in England and the winter months set in which is usually every month of the year. Im trying to wear as much floral and summery outfits and dresses as i can to make the most of it before the fur coats and vintage suites come out to play again in all there glory! So that's why as you can probably tell ive been wearing mass amounts of heels and summer dresses lately but thats all about to go. Which i am sad about because this year has actually been a really good summer well for the UK!

So todays outfit ( i know i start with so alot but im not good with grammar) consists of mass amount of vintage jewellery most likely for charity shops and a vintage summer frock! so here goes another "today im wearing" and today is the amazing 50s dress i picked up in York for £40 and the new mink fur i couldnt resist i also picked up at York which will be perfect for the cold winter months with are fast heading this way! 


Dress - Bowler vintage York £40
Mink fur wrap - Sue Ryder care York £40




Real snakeskin handbag - charity shop around £6


Pearl bracelets £1 each charity shop


both necklaces 79p each salvation army
flower brooch 50p charity shop



vintage couture tights £1 
vintage shoes £3.99 charity shop


pink snood ebay around £6


lots of love original vintage queen xo

Friday, 8 August 2014

this weeks favourites - most recent vintage bargains. all £10 or under!


Yet again. ive been spending to much money again and charity shopping spending money on more thinks i literally dont need. My mam always says to be just think do you really need it? and that literally never worked because i think of course i bloody need it! i wouldn't want it if i didn't need it. But i never do need it really but i cant get enough im a hoarder and i know it! But yeah ive been shopping again and every-things £10 or under. Which yet again proves you can shop still get amazing items and save money! you dont have to go to topshop and spend over £20 for a top or a pair of leggings (my pet hate) when you can have a look in th charity shops. whatever your style and still fine great fashionable items for any taste and most likely create a whole outfit ( with accessories) for that £20 or less that you would normally spend on one t shirt which is most likely rubbish quality that will defiantly shrink in the wash first time. So why not have a look in the charity shops? you never know what you will find. and these people that say aww its used clothes no body wants? well you need to get your head our of your arse and go in?! for god sake i have no shame your gonna be something totally unique and with a quick wash its back to new?!

But anyway this is what ive been buying this week.. and yes i needed them ;)


Got this amazing vintage rabbit (coney) fur coat at the local market for only £10! which was a total bargain and perfect for the incredibly cold winter months here in the UK! which is normally all year round so i usually get a good wear out of my furs!



Got this amazing original 1950s ostrich feather hat for only £10! it should have been £18 but the women on the stall knows me so did me a great deal!


red crochet gloves £5


Got this amazing gold diamonte necklace and matching brooch set from british heart foundation still in original box for only £5.99!!! and i cant resist a good piece of over the top costume jewellery!


picked up this amazing Chinese vintage dress from salvation army for only £5.99 which i believe you can never have enough oriental style vintage dresses so yes i really needed this one! 



I was recently inspired by the amazing and one of my main inspirations and style icon Lucille Balls 103 rd birthday i was inspired by her always amazing eyes, to purchase some natural looking false eyelashes.


Couldn't believe when i found these! ive been lusting after some original 1940s platforms for some time. But they always seem to be waaaaaay out of my price range and are so hard to get! but i found these amazing ravel 1940s style strappy platforms for only £4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





I used to have a compact but sadly it smashed and the mirror inside so i was then blessed with bad luck! but today after searching for a new one for ages managed to find this amazing one with original estee lauder powder puff inside for only £4.99!




got these amazing 1940s style wedges with heel embroidery from british heart foundation for £4.99


more bangles to add to my collection.. got this set of two green bangles from a local charity shop for £1.99 each!


Got this amazing original 1950s oriental themed plastic handbag at a local flea market for only £5 but i managed to knock down the owner to £4! and it has been by far my favourite vintage find this week and for a long time. i couldn't pass this one up! and yes i definitely needed this.. i mean who would pass on this one?!




Last but not least.. another of my favourites this week i received this amazing markasite ring from my grandma which she received from my great aunt for her 16th birthday in 1954! it is amazing and i have been told it is worth some money but i would never sell it is a family air loom and not only that but an amazing original piece and it fits perfectly!




Saturday, 5 July 2014

Outfit of the day - 1950s dress suite and pillar box




Today i was heading off to work and since i work in a vintage shop i get to wear vintage there to which is ideal! as i dress it everyday so it isnt like im at work really. As i dont really have to wear a uniform but its all the better i wear vintage everyday when it comes to giving customers advice on how to style up vintage depending on the era and what era go with what clothing. So i paired my 1950s dress and jacket suite with a black pillar box hat matching shoes and a crocodile skin handbag and i was good to goo..




today im  wearing - 
1950s cream dress and jacket suite - Ding Dong vintage
Italian leather shoes - £10 charity shop


Real crocodile handbag - around £30 vintage shop in Edinburgh


Fur and leather earrings around £6 Herman Brown Edinburgh


1950s pillar box hat - £3 scope



Bow brooch £1 charity shop





Wednesday, 2 July 2014

Outfit of the day - Orange suite and the poodle


Today's outfit of the day is the theme "Orange" and since orange is my favourite colour and my hair colour i always love wearing reds or oranges. So i decided to wear this orange top skirt and jacket three piece from Ding Dong vintage and then built up my outfit from there. And of course today's hair style is inspired by the one and only Betty Grable and this is my take on her classic "POODLE" hair style with my own twist. I hope you enjoy my Outfit of the day and feel free to leave your comments below...


The inspiration Betty Grables amazing " POODLE" up do!



OOTD!
im wearing!
orange striped 1960s suite - Ding Dong vintage


Shoes - British heart £4.99




Vintage brown Seamed stockings - £3.99 Age UK


Aligator skin handbag - St cuthberts hospice £10
Scarf - charity shop £1


Wooden bangles £1 car boot sale


Red knitted snood - eBay £3.99
Hat pin - charity shop £1
Orange vintage hat - £6 Armstrongs vintage


Brown leather and mink fur earrings - £4 Herman Brown




Vintage fox fur cape eBay £50


Blue crochet gloves - Great Aunts


Bangles - Charity shops


Necklace - Mams


Thursday, 26 June 2014

Outfit of the day and some charity shop bargains


So recently i was gifted this amazing fox from a friendly old lady a friend of my Grans which was her mams in the 1930s. It is in perfect condition as if it has never been worn and is a gorgeous ginger/brown colour. I love fur and enjoy wearing only vintage fur of course as it was very fashionable and popular up until the late 1960s when the fur ban came into action. I am a huge fur lover and believe fur is beautiful and why should it be wasted locked away somewhere and hidden from the world when it was killed and made into a coat or stole over 50 years ago. Thats what it was killed for therefore it shouldn't be wasted. However i do not agree with today's fur industry and the mass amount of fur and mink farms and the conditions. But i believe that it is a different case for vintage fur as it wasn't as mass produced and was more humain. I understand other peoples beliefs and that a lot of people dont like fur But just to warn any anti- fur people that this post and many of my other posts will be featuring furs and any rude or nasty fur comments will be removed from this blog. But i hope you enjoy the outfit post. :-)


Lucille Ball inspired hair.
Hat - £2 scope charity shop
Fox fur - gifted
1950s Satin lined pink coat but costumer of Newcastle part of a set £5.99 salvation army.
1960s Baby blue suite - £3 scope
wicker handbag - £22 vintage fair
1950s shoes £4.99 British heart.
Snood eBay £3.99







1950s shoes £4.99 British heart.


Brooch £2.50 charity shop.


Snood eBay £3.00
Hat scope £2.99


Plastic bangles - Various charity shops
Purple vintage gloves Durham market Vintage £3



Picked up this amazing pink vintage suite today for a steal got it for only £1! reduced from five for a charity shop in the market. And these red vintage summer sandles for only £2.99