I Love Vintage

Another Day in the world of Vintage........

 I Love Vintage the Clothes, the furniture, the accessories, I live it work it, just about breathe it.
So it was with great excitement that I attended the Love Vintage fair on the weekend, fantastic! All those lovely vintage finds, I was so envious, I would love to have them in my collection.  Circa Vintage's fashion parade was spectacular. This was just one of the many beautiful dresses. circavintageclothing.com.au

Did I mention that I Love Vintage Things, so much so that my studio is bursting with incredible Vintage Finds, no seriously I really mean bursting, .... it's out of control, everywhere you look,  Retro brica brac, Industrial Stuff, Clothes, shoes, Hats (especially Hats - need to get that obsession under control). It used to be our Pool and recreation room, now it's my studio, much to my kids disgust.

But finally I have come to the conclusion that I have to part with my precious, so bit by bit they are going into my little shops.

Here are some pics of a few dresses, from my collection of the 1950's.

 This gorgeous dress is very reminiscent of Audrey. A beautiful aqua blue, with button all the way down the back.

Lovely 1950's grey organza full dress with black flock pattern.

 This  ballett dress has tulle, cotton and velvet trim, it is so swishy and pretty.

Good bye my little babies, I hope you find a lovely home soon.

I hope you have a lovely week, and have lots of wonderful vintage finds.

Take Care
Jules x

Work Hard Be Kind

Today Joe and I worked very hard, well Joe did most of the work and I supervised!

We revamped the whole stand - making it into two cosy little shops, one for shabby and one for 60's retro, and atomic era with a fantastic record bar.

Here are pics of Shabby Shop at the Vintage Shed.

 

And here is the inspiration for our blogs title.

Found this on Meg's stall at the Vintage Shed. D 7

So while your checking out our stall C15 check out meg's as well.
see pics below.

 Take Care.
Julesx

Warm and Fuzzy

I know it's still only autumn, but you can feel winter coming closer,the cold is starting to bite.
 It makes me feel like curling up in front of the fire with a glass of red, or staying in a cosy warm bed in the mornings, listening to the rain.
 In fact that's what I am doing right now, while writing this blog.

This afternoon I grabbed my coat, and camera, and lots of coats and my lovely model Shakira and off we went in search of a location, unfortunately all didn't go according to plan, the seagulls were uncooperative ( I wanted a seagull photo) and we had a creepy guy park near us and keep staring, so we had to move on. Then  the light faded fairly quickly, so we will have to photograph the rest next week, but here is today's result.

Below is an incredible Vintage 1980's Artic Fox Fur Winter Jacket a very rare find, the pelt is so soft and luxurious.

Look at the gorgeous vintage mink Jacket below it is so beautiful with a lovely lustre.

     This cute little boho coat is faux fur very gorgeous.

And look at this pretty little cream vintage 1940's Lapin capelet with lovely scalloped egdes.

Back next week with more lovely pics, hopefully the seagulls will be more cooperative and the creepy guy stays home. Have a fantastic week.

Julesx

Just a little note - I just wanted you all to know that I don't condone  the killing of animals for fashion and I only stock vintage fur. I just feel that it is better to recycle and reuse from the past, I would hate to think that these beautiful furs would end up composting somewhere.

Vintage Violets

Retrobabes new label

 'Vintage Violets Boutique'

Beautiful found vintage pieces and lovely Designer wear.

For some time I have been sick of the Nana and very ordinary vintage that seems to be around, probably because it's easier to find, I have been working hard - very hard - to find the rare and unusual.

This business is hard, sourcing, mending - a stitch here and there, a new zip, and a good sprucing up, no time for housework and my friends are complaining, but there is and will be more beautiful vintage going in each week, all for you, my lovelies.

I will be doing a photo shoot next week, if the rains holds off, so keep your fingers crossed for me.

I recently found a great calendar which I turned into cards, see my Tea Party Stand in the Vintage Shed.

SO TRUE!

Have a great week.

Jules x

Tea Party

Where do the days go, there never seems to be enough hours, but with 3 stands to look after I always seem to be chasing time.

'Retrobabes' lastest venture 'Tea Party' has finally Arrived. 

Next quest is to update the Retrobabes Stand in The Vintage Shed, I am off to the country tomorrow to find the rare, unusual and eclectic. Will keep you posted.

Pretty in Pink

Happy New Year, I know I am late but January just past me by, I don't remember much of it, it must be the heat, roll on autumn.

I have been working very hard updating Retrobabes at the Vintage Emporium, there are lots of new and beautifully feminine dresses, skirts, petticoats, Tops and accessories that have been added.

Here's Pretty in Pink.

Pretty Pink Lolita Party Skirt and gorgeous Pink 50's ruffle petticoat.

A lovely 70's Teas Dress.

Sweet 50's organza hat.

Beautiful pink moonstone earrings surrounded by aurora borelias stones.

Come in for a browse, the Emporium is bursting with beautiful things at the moment.

 

The Spirit of Christmas

This week I witnessed two things, which make me think, about the spirit of Christmas.

Two young girls a beautiful blonde girl and her brunette friend were shopping together, obviously having fun,  when the lovely blonde girl  picked up a gorgeous vase,  and squealed with delight, it was just what she was looking for her bedroom, she was going to buy herself a Christmas Present. Her brunette friend said how lovely it was, and encouraged her to buy it.

The blonde then opened her bag to find her purse was missing, she looked panicked, looked around the shop, and said to her friend that she would have to retrace her steps, and see where she left it.  She then turned to the shop keeper and asked would it be possible for her to hold it and as soon as she found her purse, she would be back.

The shop keeper a haughty snobby lady, said in her best pompous voice, sorry the shop had a policy that they didn’t hold anything. The lovely blonde girl looked crushed, she said well I’ll just have to hope it doesn’t sell and I’ll be back, with that she said to her friend she would catch up with her soon, and raced out of the shop.

The next thing I witnessed was the young brunette picking up the vase, producing the money and paying for it, I thought to myself, what a lovely person she was, buying it for her friend so she wouldn’t miss out, I was so overwhelmed with her kindness, I had to say something, so I walked up to the counter, and said to the young brunette, what a lovely friend you are, buying that amazing vase for your friend, I hope something nice happens to you today. To my horror she turned to me and said I am not buying it for my friend, I want it, it’s too bad, she misses out.

My nice warm fuzzy bubble burst and the spirit of Christmas ran away, I was speechless, probably just as well, because all these thoughts were going through my head, HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITH YOURSELF, I HOPE KARMA COMES BACK, and WHAT A MEAN LITTLE BIATCH YOU ARE!  My thoughts went back to the lovely blonde girl, how disappointed she would be when she came back, I made a silent wish that she would find her purse and on the way back find a more amazing vase and never find out what her friend had done.

The second thing I witnessed was when I was walking through the market, last Sunday, there is this amazing man, we will call him ‘Matt’ (not his real name), I have known him for a little while, he sells things at the market, and every Market I go and say hello, sometimes he has his children with him and he laughs and Jokes with them,

Most people would say that Matt is a rough diamond, and he can be very abrupt and can come across quite intimidating, I was frightened of him myself, for awhile. He is the epitome of an Aussie battler, he has two young children he is bringing up on his own, the only job he has is the markets, and he finds it hard to have any other work, because his young son is autistic and requires care. Anyway while I was standing at his stall, looking for something to buy, his lovely son, came running back crying, Matt kept asking what was wrong, something had frightened him, his son couldn’t verbalise, so Matt just sat down beside him and hugged him, while he calmed down.

It brought tears to my eyes, this amazing dad, who comes across, as a rough don’t mess with me type, how much he cared for and loved his son. Right then I wished that he would have an amazing Christmas and that something very special would come to them all.

I thought Christmas was a time for people to care about each other, but it seems lately all I see is much stressed people, spending too much money on gifts, which probably aren’t appreciated by the people they give them too.  So I am sending you all warm and fuzzy thoughts hoping your Christmas will be happy, peaceful, and you will find a truly wonderful kindness in yourself, to do something wonderful for someone else.

Jules x