To celebrate my birthday this year I am forgoing drinks for ice-cream. Super childish, age-denying ice-cream. Im talking knickerbocker glories.At the seriously swish, rather retro ice-cream parlour a...
It's my birthday today! Yay! Happy Birthday me!I would like this please! Or a frosted brownie from Hummingbird Bakery. Since I work about 5 minutes away from the Soho branch, I know what's going to b...
Here's another image from the photo shoot, this time taken outdoors.The dress actually belongs to my friend Charly, I gave her it for Christmas and she kindly lent it back to me for the shoot. Doesn'...
I love this shirt. It's so beautiful. I'd keep it but I just don't need things this smart in my wardrobe any more.The colours are perfect for this spring, totally on trend for the Celine shades of be...
This vintage dress is so lovely! I found it in South London earlier this year. It's around 1950s or 1960s. It's a white knit fabric, with contrasting pale cornflower blue strips and a belt. It has a ...
I prefer to put blogs up here that are starting out but I couldn't resist 'The Girl Can't Help It Vintage Blog.' Along side posts about vintage, there are some brilliant random finds. For example, ch...
I admit it, I am a dedicated wearer of stockings at every opportunity.In vintage clothing this presents no problem. But the reality is that I don't wear vintage daily and modern clothes reveal stocki...
A lovely vintage handbag from the 1960s and a beautiful 1980s vintage belt.I found them in South London this year. The bag is in very good nick and is a nice size, big enough to be useful (measuremen...
Here's Rai wearing one of my favourite dresses, the 'Ike Dress.' I adore this dress - it's from my personal collection - but I've only worn it once as it's rather delicate. We went with a rather pin-...
Loving these shoe storage ideas from one of my favourite blogs! I have soooo many shoes... they regularly spill out from under my bed in an attempt to take over my room!I like the idea of displaying ...
Here's the final few things that are already up and listed on eBay that finish on Monday. The vintage handbag is a little hard to date but it's around the 1960s I think. The vintage headband is much ...
I love this dress and am slightly surprised it hasn't sold earlier. It's really lovely, a gentle cream colour, full length with slightly puffed sleeves and a high neck. Definitely 70s, it's a cracker...
Lots of stock on eBay at the moment. Here are a few of the jackets. Most of the auctions are ending on Monday but more stock is being put up today...
One of the reasons this week has been quiet on the blogging front is that I have been working on my first ever proper photo shoot!Just for the photographers' and model's portfolios, we were able to h...
I often find vintage blogs can be a bit twee (hence the black background for my blog!) but I think Small Town Vintage has got a great balance. Not overly about vintage fashion itself, although the ow...
How I feel today (for no real reason)What might solve this (yup, that's the world's largest Easter egg!)And, I have to prepare for the first ever photo shoot I'm styling for! Excited but nervous! Any...
So, the election has been announced and the fashion race is on! SamCam v. Saran Brown. My money's on the Cams to win the war but Sarah Brown to fight a strong resistance. Just think of the Osman Yous...
Given that the majority of people reading this blog are British, I thought I'd try selling via eBay for a while, as Etsy just doesn't have the reputation yet in the UK.So, I've transferred a selectio...
Inspired by the Sartorialist's vintage fashion photo series and My Mom, The Style Icon I thought I'd post a picture of my family.Here's my grandfather, grandmother, aunt and mother (she's the younges...
boy und schwester vintage brings you this fab vintage velvet 80s headband. You can't help but love it! It makes me smile every time I see it. And, it's only $10/£5. What more could you ask? :)Availab...
I posted last week about Walter Sickert's use of colour and here's an outfit inspired by his palette. The eagle eyed amongst you will recognise the necklace - I changed the cord for the ribbon to inj...
I've been day dreaming about wearing some of my vintage dresses this week and I wish I looked like this today (another favourite Walter Sickert painting)but in reality I am wearing old jeans and my b...
What a gorgeous dress brought to you by boy und schwester vintage clothing! I found this little gem in South London a few weeks ago. It's in very good condition with no staining. It's white knit fabr...
Every now and again I come across a blog which makes me realise just how awesome they can be! On My Mom, the Style Icon readers submit images of their mums looking stylish. It's vintage fashion heave...
Are you finding the weather hard to dress for too? I have this huge sense of spring coming. I want to wear bright colours, light fabrics and be outside but the weather swings from sunny to overcast t...
Because the fine people of the UK are less familiar with the wonderfulness that is Etsy, I thought I'd do a series of posts on them to introduce it.Etsy is a hand-made, vintage and supplies version o...
I do like this handbag. Sometimes you find small treasures where you least except them! I found this beauty in South London a few weeks ago. It's listed for $25 - that's about £12.50, so a bargain fo...
When I wear vintage clothing I am torn between two looks.1. Bettie PagePhoto from moviestill.2. Icy, covered up, composure.Photo from My Vintage Vogue.Resolution: it's all about what's underneath. Be...
So my very stylish and lovely flatmate Katie has just started her own blog, reviewing films. We're very 21st century and social media aware here!It's a great blog and has round ups of films being rel...
I really don't think my 100 or so Twitter followers were excited enough about the fact the I saw David Gandy in the street on Monday.Then I realised the name might not mean much so I thought I'd post...
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