Sunday, 19 February 2012

1930s Hankies



I've always had a thing for 1930s fabrics, I am just instantly drawn to anything from that era. These 2 silk hankies I found at a vintage fair yesterday are really good examples of the floral fabrics from that era.

Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Etsy Vintage Selection


Here's a round up of finds from Etsy, which is one of my favourite places to find vintage clothing on the web. I'm liking red, white and navy at the moment and have been wearing a lot of it recently, so I'm using it as my inspiration for this selection.

From left to right:
1950s navy and white dress from jessjamesjake
red shetland wool cardigan from BeeswaxVintage
red robin necklace from laylaamber
1940s sailor top
from topsydesign
1950s navy and white handbag from LivingOnVelvet
1950s white dress from silviawan
navy and white stripe button up by capricioustraveler
1960s rose dress by deargoldenvintage
1960s navy raw sillk dress by capricioustraveler
1930s red art deco necklace by deargoldenvintage

It's been a long time...

Well, I decided a while ago to give up writing a blog as I just didn't seem to have the time to devote to it, and to be honest I didn't have the inspiration. Now however, the time feels right and I am feeling inspired to share my love for all things design and fashion and my general love for the aesthetic. I thought about using WordPress but I am not in any way experienced with web design and the instructions may as well have been written in a different language (well, they are I suppose) so I decided to stick with good old blogspot and just update the look and feel of the blog I started a couple of years ago. Anyway, here goes...