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New stock arriving thick & fast

Well I've only been open a couple of weeks and people are bringing boxes of vintage treasures through my door, so far there's been this fabulous bespoke made vintage 1950s 3 piece tweed suit in a brown windowpane check with a hint of yellow  and copper lining. It's in a good size too at 44-46" chest and 32" inside leg, the trouser waist is 40" and along with the jacket have been let out at some point in their history. The suit is dated 1954.      The same people brought in a stash of 1950s and 60s cocktail dresses and evening gowns, below is a fabulous lime green silk number. Another silk and such a classic style this is a timeless full length evening gown. In the most beautiful copper silk with gold and ivory bands running horizontally, I love it.   Below is a wild and colourful Peter Barron 1960s dress, made from Tricel fabric which is usually used for silky cravats. This dress is lightweight and slinky with the most intense ora...

And it was all yellow

Yellow, yellow, everywhere! It’s certainly the colour of the season; both in home furnishings and fashion too, so here’s a selection of this season’s yellow items from Vampalicious to get you feeling mellow yellow or perhaps a little fruity. Fab late 60s black double breasted mod suit, tailor made and designed by Mike martin. Lovely amber gold original 1960s Tootal evening scarf Yellow gold matching bow tie and cummerbund mustard paisley squareSilk yellow and red paisley pocket square in original box tootal yellow cravatVintage 1960s Tootal cravat in lemon yellow rayon with red paisley printed design. über dandy 1960s polyester flower power cravat in fruity oranges and yellow, it’s reversable with the back being completely yellow. Vintage 1970s straw cloche hat with a big pink faux flower attached to the band. Vintage late 1960s early 70s psychedelic mini shirt dress from Saks Fifth Avenue – is it Pucci? Well it could well be but there isn’t a...

Pan Am Fashion Powder blue style

I'm loving the new Pan Am TV series and am drooling over the Pan Am fashion and costume, and especially so in last night's episode 6 where Christina Ricci and Margot Robbie were both looking exceeding glam wearing classic powder blue dresses. You can get the Pan Am look too as VintageVampalicious has a very similar 1960s vintage powder blue wool dress with a cowl neck, very similar to the one Margot's character, stewardess Laura was wearing, we also have the obligatory vintage gloves too. get the Pan-Am look The white bag I've pictured is an 80s moc crock vinyl bag, which I have but not listed yet, so if you'd like more info' on it just get in touch with me.