Saturday 30 July 2011

Vintage Heaven


Yesterday, I had one of the most enjoyable days I’ve had in a long time.  I spent the day at the Vintage Festival 2011 on London’s South Bank with my dear friend Emma. As we both had a rare day without our children, we decided to cut to the chase and head to the 250 stall Vintage Village, rather than spend £60 on a ticket for the indoor activities at the Southbank Centre (a lot of which admittedly did sound fab).

I’m not joking when I say it took us the entire day to get round all the stalls (we take our vintage shopping seriously!)  I’ve never seen such an array of amazing clothes, trinkets and people in one setting. We decided to dress up in vintage style gladrags: I wore my Oolong dress and Em wore a poppy print repro dress based on a vintage pattern). I’m glad we did, as lots of people had made the effort and it really added to the excitement of the day


and the stall holders were all suitably attired


So what did I buy?  Well, I managed to find these two little gems at the back of a box on one stall and a couple of metres of lovely dress fabric.


A pretty green Deco dressing table set which I got for a song, according to Emma, who’s very knowledgeable about such things.


Look what I found hiding on a tableware stall! 


Yes, a couple of pieces from the Midwinter Red Domino range, which I’ve been collecting for over 20 years.  It doesn’t take a genius to work out what attracted me to this range! And finally a cherry brooch.  I remember wearing a similar one when I was a little girl on my favourite outfit (cord pinafore, tights, polo neck jumper) so I was over the moon to find this.



All this scavenging was making us thirsty, so we stopped for tea at the beautiful vintage themed tea rooms.
Emma and I taking tea




Purses depleted and feet hurting, we decided to head home.  On the way out we spotted Albert, the most stylish dog in the world…..


A perfect end to a perfect day. x

23 comments:

  1. I've been dying to hear about this. I'm not going to make it myself, so am glad to live it all out vicariously through you. I love the dressing table set. And yes, those bowls are so you! Love the dog. What a cutie!

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  2. What fun! Looks like a wonderful day. And Albert is adorable. :)

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  3. That looks like such a fun day out and greater finds too. I'm not usually that chased about cute dogs, but Albert is rather dashing!

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  4. Looks like you had a lot of fun! The dog sure is cute!

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  5. Jane, you both look fabulous and I'm very jealous of your finds...they are A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!

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  6. I really wanted to go to this but was put off by the price. I didn't realise that you wouldn't have to pay to visit the stalls outside, this is going to be a must for next year!

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  7. Great finds! Sounds like you had a lovely day. Your Oolong looks fab too btw :)

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  8. Oh what fun! I love the photo of the two of you having a cup of tea - you both look so happy!
    I love your new treasures, and it's great they've found a good home!

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  9. How lovely. This is exactly how I imagined it to be. It's my turn tomorrow and I'm soooo excited. I love all of your finds but I really really love that cherry broach soooo much! x

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  10. Looks like you two had quite a fun day. That cherry brooch is so adorable! And that dog,too cute for words. :]

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  11. Oh I would so love to have gone, can I come with you next year? Love your purchases, I would have nabbed that cherry brooch for sure!

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  12. Oh wow! Love that brooch and the blouse pattern! I do hope my daughter went along and didn't get put off by the price - it wasn't clear that the stalls were free admission and her dad may not have risked the trip if he thought it was going to cost £60! Must text her!

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  13. Oh looks like a brilliant day Jane! I especially love the dressing table set.

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  14. Sounds like the perfect day! Makes me want to organize such a vintage fair in my own city.

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  15. Yay! Not only did The Girl go, but she had an AMAZING time - thank you SO MUCH for writing this up in time for her to get there!

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  16. Oh am very jealous - so wanted to go to that but had a prior engagement. Looked like you did very well - love the dressing table set

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  17. Thanks for your comments. Kate, yes you can come with me next year! Ooobop, hope you had a great time yesterday and that it wasn't too hot. Roobeedoo, I'm THRILLED that my post enabled your daughter to get there and have an amazing time. It's exactly the sort of thing I'd have loved to have gone to when I was a teenager, so I'm sure she loved every minute. x

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  18. Great shopping finds!
    It's a shame I didn't go, it sounds like you had a great time.
    I love your Oolong too - you look great.

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  19. Hiya! Lovely to see your photos, its nice to have a look at the things you might have missed! You looked fab all dressed up :)
    X Gem

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  20. P.S: the dog - soooo cute!!! x

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  21. How FUN! I only wish there was something like that near me. Looks like a perfect day.

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  22. I am soooooo jealous, I desperately wanted to go and as we live so near (M commutes into London every day) it shouldn't be so difficult but alas no baby sitters. Oh well, I'm thrilled to read it was a great day out and I too love the Deco dressing set. Bethx

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  23. It looks like you had a fantastic time. I need to keep a lookout for events like this and make sure I block my calendar.

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