Leeds and Lincoln finds!

Having been an avid vintage fair shopper for a very long time it still manages to suprise me how many fantastic finds I come accross at the Affordable Vintage Fair! Having visited two in the January Sale period, under the idea that i would just be 'browsing', I now have some more amazing goodies! Luckily, they haven't broken the bank though!

At the Leeds fair on the 24th of January I was completely taken by two dresses! They were both from the same stall, Little Old Me, and had me completely torn!

Dress one was a gorgeous stripey 1950s Betty Draper special!

Dress Two was an amazing 1950s (can you see a theme emerging?) strawberry print cotton number:

After much deliberation I went for dress number one as I really don't have anything like it, and for the bargain price of £45 I couldn't argue. Now all I need is a Don Draper and I will be living the Mad Men dream!

After a couple of weeks rest, the Lincoln fair rolled into town last Sunday, and again I was expecting to browse and not shop but ended up going home with two items I neve knew I needed, but now can't be without!

Firstly on the Haberdashery stall there were stacks of vintage fashion magazines from the 1920s onwards:

I bought 2 of these at £4 each and have some great car boot sale frames to modify for them. I will update you with a 'How to' when I have finished them!

And finally, my favourite find of the season, a pair of shoes! One thing I have never bought is vintage shoes, however the lovely Mr from Princes Vintage pointed these out and I was in love!

They are a bit scuffed now as I have literally, not had them off my feet, they are technically mens shoes, Bally and were the bargain price of £25! What more could a girl want!

Pictures of our York Vintage Fair

Pictures of our Liverpool Vintage Fair

Here are some images to drool over...

Liverpool Affordable Vintage Fair January 2010

Liverpool Affordable Vintage Fair January 2010Liverpool Affordable Vintage Fair January 2010

Lincoln And Nottingham vintage fairs this weekend

The Affordable vintage fair will be rolling into Lincoln and Nottingham this weekend. Our largest fair will be in Lincoln at the Engine Shed from 12pm - 5pm on Saturday 6th February with over 45 stalls. we have some fantastic 40s haberdashery, re-made jewellery and pretty floral dresses, plus those all important barbers for the boys for £45!!

On Sunday 7th february from 12pm - 5pm we'll be at the Art Organisation in Nottingham (station street) with 2 floors of amazing vintage plus sewmagic (alterations and customisation), vintage fabrics, hand made hats and knick nacks from yesteryear.

go to our website http://www.vintagefair.co.uk/ for all the fine details and I hope to see you at the fair..

What vintage means to me competition

Here's a fab little ditty from Andy Boulton of Nottingham who wins one of our 'Vintage' perfumes..

Vintage style is making sure we continue to salute the fashion heroes who got it very right.

It’s the effortless cool of Steve McQueen that lives on in a well chosen pair of aviators.

It’s having the bottle to carry off the kind of garish silk scarf that gave Jagger his swagger.

It’s the marriage of impeccable tailoring and roguish dishevelment à la Burton , O Toole and Harris at their devilish best.

Most of all it’s a nod in the direction of the true pioneers and a promise to carry the torch for the golden age of style.

Chanel competition winner

I need to appologise to Etsu who entered and won one of our Chanel prizes but never got a mention on our blog! here's one of the winning images along with Etsu's favourite Coco Chanel quotes:

“Fashion fades, only style remains the same.”

“The best color in the whole world, is the one that looks good, on you!”

“Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.”

Beautiful boots and delightful dresses

I have decided my staple items for Spring/Summer 2010 are going to be dresses (of course!) and ankle boots. I found some really cute items at last weeks Leeds fair. I really wish i had bought all of the boots i spotted but they were snapped up before i got round to it grrrr! I'm not surprised though as it's rare to find such perfect and unique boots for just £25, i was very impressed. I managed to get two dresses from Lynda at 'From Vintage To Vogue' at the York fair this weekend though! 'From Vintage To Vogue' is fast becoming one of my favourite stalls, every time i look there are more gorgeous little floral dresses yum! Best of all they start from around £15... Bargain!

Boots - Glass Onion Vintage  http://www.glassonionvintage.com/
Dresses - From Vintage To Vogue  http://www.fromvintage2vogue.co.uk/index.htm