Collecting anything, but especially vintage clothing or accessories, can vary from being a casual hobby to an all-consuming compulsion. As a collector of everything from Beanie Babies (as a kid) to vintage housedresses (ongoing), I have experience at both ends of the spectrum! I was asked by Shurgard Self-Storage to write a piece about said…
Tag: art deco
Fabulous Fontaine’s
Recently, my dear friend and former events partner Emerald Fontaine did something rather amazing. She’s opened what is definitely the most amazing Art Deco bar in all of London town. Best of all, my London readers will get a special offer this week/end… read on! Fontaine’s is in Dalston, in the trendy East End and…
Eclectic, esoteric, eccentric!
Next weekend is one of the highlights of my year, and that’s no exaggeration. The Chap Ball, like many other festive occasions, comes but once a year, and passes by quickly in a blur of amazing dresses, heady cocktails and laughs. Two years ago, I was very sad and remarkably skinny (compared to now). But…
Several thousand words…
Hi all! Rushing in and out with not a lot of time for writing, so I’m going to cheat and bung up some pictures of the things that made up my world last weekend, for an almost purely visual treat. Warning… there are a lot! Hope you enjoy 🙂 Friday… The Hendrick’s Courtship Clinic, which…
Ah, the bric-a-brac section
Now that I am an impoverished freelancer with no real disposable income, one of the few retail-based pleasures in my life comes from my weekly (or thereabouts) trawl around the local charity shops. I have long since given up checking the clothes rails because all the shops in my town are chains, which means donations…