A weekend of vintage

These last few weekends have been filed with Vintage Goodness ! My particular favourite being the Vintage Kilo Sale, that took place on Saturday on Brick Lane. I spent most of the day dashing about flyering (heels were definitely not a winning option!) and generally convincing people that vintage is the way to go ! At the end of the day I found time, despite really needing a coffee, to grab some bargains of my own. Including an amazing ivory silk shirt, some bright red tennis shorts and a lovely floral dress with massive pockets (I love dresses with pockets !) .
Here are some of my purchases (top half only, sorry):

The next Kilo Sale in London is on the 17th of December. It starts at 11 am and only costs £1 to get in , AMAZING. All clothes are £15 a Kilo or you can buy items separately (price list on the website).  If you haven't been before , get yourself down there, its perfect for picking up last minute Christmas presents or just kitting yourself out with a new look for the new year !
p.s check out The Affordable Vintage Blog to keep up with all their events and vintage goings on and enjoy the nice words they wrote about me !

Virgin Suicides.

 I found this dress whilst I was rummaging through my wardrobe in Cornwall. It belonged to my mum when she was my age. Though its a little torn and tattered I still love it; the colour, shape and fabric are just perfect. Anyway I packed it up and brought it back to London with me. It had its first outing yesterday to Judy's Affordable Vintage Fair and I teemed it with a plait, tied with a length of ribbon that Michael gave me and a vintage brooch from a carboot!

I was reminded whilst wearing it of some pictures a friend, Hayley Brown, took a few years ago. It was based on The Virgin Suicides and if you'll excuse my questionable haircut then they are quite lovely !

Sloane Rangers.

FOLKERT DE JONG 

My brother, George, moved to London last week so as a little cultural break from his job hunt we met in Sloane Square to visit the Saatchi sculpture exhibition. There was a lot of rain and thunder but I always find there is something quite comforting about being in west London in the rain ! The exhibition was wonderful , I urge you all to visit. These were a few of our favourites, I think the top floor galleries were my favourites, especially 'milky way' the installation below.

In other news Ed's been at Creamfields this weekend and I've just spent the afternoon wandering around Judy's affordable Vintage Fair in Spitalfields. A lovely day out, I saw lots of lovely things but I only purchased one; a green and silver tibetan ring. Keep your eyes peeled as Ed and I have lots of exciting posts coming up.

BJÖRN DAHLEM - MILKY WAY

DAVID BATCHELOR

ANSELM REYLE 

Panda Catcher

 I have returned from Cornwall. It feels odd being back in London but in a nice way. Lots of projects to get started on and exciting new ideas to think about.

These pictures were taken for my mum's new exhibition 'China, China' , check out her website for more info , Penny MacBeth Gallery.
I found this great panda jacket in a charity shop in Cornwall, it was £4, such a brilliant bargain. The hat was acquired at the same time and the trousers and shoes are also charity shop finds. I am sipping a singapore sling, my new favourite cocktail; gin, cherry brandy and lemonade topped with a maraschino cherry (or at least thats our version !) YUM!

Spells.

A few months ago a lovely lady from a blog called Style East snapped my photo at the bank holiday Affordable Vintage Fair  in Spitalfields. Here are the results ! I like what she ( I don't know her name sorry!) has written I think she got my vibe quite right. I was feeling very witchy and even though it was swelteringly hot, I was longing for autumnal days! The velvet skirt is vintage ghost, that I picked up in a charity shop on Goodge street on the day I started university, a very good find. The shirt was nabbed from my mum and the cape is actually a poncho that Josh's granny gave me and all the charms on my necklaces are my grannies! So its a very beg, borrow, steal outfit but I guess quite a lot of my clothes are like that.

Its always seems strange reflecting on outfits, I look at this now and think it looks a little messy but I'm in a bit of shirt and suit stage at the moment. I suppose my aesthetic is always changing !


Anyway... I'm still in Cornwall but I'll be returning to London at the end of the week, very excited to go back. However, before that I'm going to a talk at my mums gallery (Penny MacBeth Gallery) on Tarot Imagery, in fact this witchy look would be the perfect outfit !