There's more to life than clothes, at least that's what Polly Piglet thinks.
She's worn the same coat every day for 9 years and we still love her.
But clothes are pretty special. A great dress is a talking point between strangers, the icebreaker in the Post Office queue, the reason you get served first in the scrum at the fruit & veg market or why the lady in the charity shop puts the good stuff aside for you. This maxi is one of those dresses. Its guaranteed to get me singled out for special attention no matter how mundane the mission.
But no matter how good the garment no one thing should be the focal point of an outfit. If it's worth doing then it's worth overdoing as Keef once said. So, despite the pretty ethnic embroidery and fancy sleeves, there's no excuse not to pile on the tribal tat,
the exotic leather chappals,
and add an antique Indian dowry bag.
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| Vintage maxi (belonged to ex-blogger Sabine's mother in the 1960s), chappals (jumble sale), tribal pendant & dowry bag (£2 each, last week's amazing car boot sale) |
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| SATURDAY Jon: Massimo Dutti shirt, 1960s wool trousers, tooled leather belt, vintage English-made cherry red DMs & vintage Rackhams blazer (all bought second hand) Me: Vintage Frank Usher maxi (Twist & Pout Vintage) & retro sunglasses |
This weekend was another vintage double, selling at a vintage garden party at a local school on Saturday and trading at Birmingham's biggest vintage fair at Sutton Coldfield on Sunday. We caught up with fellow traders, met old friends and made new ones (hello, Sue!), got sunburnt and windswept, existed on cheese sandwiches and sold lots of stock.
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| SUNDAY Jon: Turnbull & Asser shirt, vintage braces, 1960s textured nylon trousers Me: 1970s nylon beach set (sewn into a dress) |
We opted for tea in the pub with some of our vintage selling mates after the fair so we've got last night's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell to catch up on later. Can't blinkin' wait!
See you soon.
Linking to Patti's Visible Monday.
See you soon.
Linking to Patti's Visible Monday.