Some of you may have heard that next month an exhibition will open in Brighton about Biba and Barbara Hulanicki. I was already really looking forward to this, but my excitement levels went totally through the roof when Visit Brighton got in touch to say they would be spending a day filming Barbara, [...]
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Vintage Style: Gabby Young and Other Animals
If you haven’t already come across Gabby Young and Other Animals, you should get her onto your radar right now – if not for her sumptuous and quirky music, then for her incredible theatrical vintage style. Gabby’s stage presence is huge, which means towering headdresses, cascades of sequins, masses of coloured tulle [...]
70s Style Animal Cushions from Retro Pigeon
After a visit to the dentist earlier today, my fangs are still aching and I have been feeling irritable and unsettled all afternoon. So as a way of cheering myself up I’ve been sorting through the business cards I collected from the Vintage at Southbank festival. My absolute favourite stall at the festival wasn’t [...]
70s Style Circle Sunglasses by Festival Spectacles
Colin (Vintage Style Doctor), Lena (Style High Club), and moi. My review of the vintage festival at Southbank is on hold until I get my laptop back from the computer vet, with all my images currently trapped helplessly inside. In the meantime, however, I have a stack of cards from some of the fabulous [...]
Restored Vintage Powder Mirrors from Vanroe Compacts
Last week I had a very exciting email from Jane at Vanroe Compacts offering to send me one of her restored vintage compacts to use. I try not to accept freebies willy nilly, because I do like to make sure that what appears here is relevant and of good quality. But I said yes [...]
50s Style Prom Dresses by Natasha Bailie
My friend Natasha Bailie, who for three years now has been running an online vintage store specialising in 50s dresses, has recently branched out into designing her own collections inspired by the prom dresses she loves so much. She asked me to let PDV readers know about them – how could I say no [...]
Treasured Posession: Angel Jackson Sequin Satchel
Just before Christmas I had the stupendously good fortune to win a competition over on one of my favourite blogs, Liberty London Girl. And not just any giveaway; this was for a fancy schmancy sequined Angel Jackson bag. I had been zealously watching out for anything Angel Jackson all last year on eBay but the bidding always [...]
1960s polka dot mod dress by Berketex
1970s green and red tartan knit jumper dress
1960s black and white check blanket dress
1970s floral print hippy smock dress by Emanuelle
