vintage/retro fashion followers-shiny new thread!!

[madamabutterfly]

New thread for all the lovers of retro frocks. Come hither and share your best buys,what your wearing,any events you have/planning to attend.

I shall start-was at the Glasgow vintage festival last weekend. Wore my pink floral Vivien of Holloway dress. Went to the let it rock club and realised I still can't jive for shit!!

I liked the old one better

You can bump it if you can be arsed tethers. Thought you were more of a hippie chick anyway?

love love love vintage / retro clothing. Place marking :)

It was a pun on the idea of 'vintage is best', madama

And yes, I'm strictly a '68-'77 girl

Did not get that one tethers.

Very excited to be off to spitlefields/brick lane today. Which retro shops are the best for me or is it all pot luck? I like 40s 60s 70s eras and am not after anything leather or denim.

Blondie is pretty good but £££... There's another budget place round the corner on brick lane. There's lots of little pop up shops down brick lane which are worth a look. The bethnal green end of brick lane has the better vintage shops for 60s-70s stuff, IMO.

Thanks tethers I walked past Blondie with the idea of 'doing bit later' but a late long lunch putvpay to that! Got a lovely skirt in Blitz, no label apart from a very small one on the inside waistband that says 42 which I'm guessing is a size (I am a 14 usually) so no idea where it came from. Is beautiful though. Loads of 80s stuff everywhere not what I would class as vintage being in my 40s but I guess to today's bright young things it is!

It's scary, isn't it?

A lot of vintage shops are now doing NINETIES stuff. I am so old.

Glad you had fun

Does anyone know any places at all where you can still buy pre 1960s stuff? I used to love vintage (in fact it wasn't even vintage in those days just second hand) but can't get excited about 70s and 80s never mind 90s! I realise it wouldnt be cheap. Preferably yorkshire , manchester or derbyshire but would travel. Thanks.

Places in York and Leeds listed here ...

this old thing

Yes tethers ridiculous! Laura Ashley circa 1986 and shoulder pads just have no appeal.

Thanks MC I'll take a look. Reslly wish I had kept more of my 70s-80s clothes; I could make a killing now!