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New Vintage Vampalicious Stock

Wow I feel like I haven't come up for air at all this year, it's been all steaming, ironing, dressing the dummies and waiting for sunshine to shine through into the studio to photograph all the new vintage stock.  There have been over 46 items added recently and I'm not even halfway through, I still have loads to go - phewee. If you're on Pinterest you can follow my newstock board, I add to it every time I list another item so you can see it all in one place. and it looks great on there. There's so much more for the vintage gentlemen with vintage dinner suits, formwal wear, tails and tuxedos as well as lots of tweed for both men and women and a whole bunch of Tootal cravats and scarves which I am currently in the process of photographing along with a whole lot more waistcoats too. I hope you like it all and find something that's just for you. If there's anything you'd like me to keep my eyes open for too then just let me know via the site and ...

Pinterest - Dandy Chaps

Come and take abrowse at my new Pinterest pins and see selections of Vampalicious products all curated together. I'm fairly ne to it but hooked already. Here's one for the dandy gentlemen, full of Victorian and Edwardian evening wear, tuxedos, frock coats, fishtail back trousers and dress accessories.

Buying vintage for lovely chaps

I seem to have been on a shopping bender for the chaps recently, with coming across nice dinner suits and accessories. I even found a midnight blue dinner suit that is very similar to James Bond's both from Doctor No, which was his first dinner suit in the 60s and more recently in Quantum of Solace with Daniel Craig and coincidentally I found it literally round the corner from where Mr Craig was hanging out last Christmas - ooh it set the mind a wandering I can tell you, especially as it's in his size too. It's not a Tom Ford design though, it is actually tailored for Jacob Reed's Sons in Philadelphia.   I also bought this lovely vintage double breasted 1940s de-mob dinner jacket or tuxedo, it's a Utility garment with a CC41 label and made by Montague Burton of Oxford Street, the label says; 'The Tailor of Taste", love it.   Then to keep yourself nice and smart a sweet vintage leather grooming set which has chromium bottles with bakelite scr...