Out and about....20's, war time and the rockin 50's

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I am not sure Sam and Johanna had a particular era in mind for the festival. But to me they look very Great Gatsby 20's chic. Away from the festival Sam is a racing driver, racing Aston Martins at the moment and Johanna works in Topshop HQ and helps look after the Unique range. Johanna told me she ran the marathon this year in 3hrs 48 mins and 34 sec's. To Sam's surprise she beat him to the finish line. Their times were just one second apart but he said at one stage she just disappeared and he had his work cut out to catch up. Sam is wearing a Panama hat, Oxfam scarf, jacket he bought at the Goodwood Revival last year, Jigsaw trousers he has had for 10years, which have really come into their own today and Church's shoes. Johanna's dress is 40's vintage, shoes are Rupert Sanderson and she is carrying a vintage Dries Van Noten clutch.

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Alex is not normally into vintage and works as an account manager for a broker. Rebecca on the other hand is in period costume every day as she works as a demonstrator at the Bemish Museum. However her daily attire for her job is from the 1850's era. Too vintage even for today. Her favourite period for dress however is the 1940's and the whole pin up girl look. Alex is wearing a Soldier of Fortune replica uniform made for the series Band of Brothers. Rebecca is wearing a Barbara Hulanicki dress and vintage House of Frazer shoes.

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Louise and Alex had a free pass for the day, leaving their 3 children in good hands at home and traveling up from Southampton to the festival. They both like the 50's era best however Louise also like's the 60's up until the Beatles appeared on the scene.Their surprises for us were that Alex is fighting Tae Kwon Do for Britain in Italy in a couple of weeks and Louise said she is a left leaning Sure Start campaigner in Hampshire.  She told me her hair is Poodle style aka Lucille Ball and Betty Grable. Her sweater is 1950's from Hepwrights, skirt is a high waisted repro, earrings and bag are borrowed. She showed me the inside of the bag which was beautifully crafted and even had the original comb it came with which even had its own compartment in the bag. Isn't is cool that they are both wearing two tone shoes. Hers are from a charity shop and his are from Underground. The rest of Alex's outfit is a 60's workers shirt, 50's braces, American imported Levis and 1940's sunglasses.

Out and about....Cherries, the Bride and the Queen

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Isabella is originally from Stuttgart but has lived in the UK for 9 years now. She makes shoes for Natacha Marro who was exhibiting at the festival. Her style inspiration comes from taking a little bit of vintage, high st and designer mixing it all up and making something new. Her very ADR inspired hat was made from something she found on a props website, dress is vintage and her shoes were bought in Berlin. Her surprise was that she loves Elephants.

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Kate the bride and Sheena her maid of honor. This was a very original hen day out for the girls. Kate is getting married next month and is having a vintage country wedding. She was hoping to glean some hair styling tips from the events at the festival. She could also try You Tube like my ladies yesterday. Sheena works for Tommy Hilfiger and wears the brand for work. She loves fashion and said today was a great excuse to take it to another level. Kate's surprise for us is that she was Tinkerbell at Euro Disney for a while and Sheena told me her legs are longer than her dad's and he is 6ft.

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Queen V has lived a very colourful life. She has just come back from OZ where she worked as a hairdresser (by trade), pole dancer and cocktail waitress. It was the girls in the salon who named her Queen V and now that she is a burlesque performer it became the perfect stage name too. She is putting the finishing touches to a new routine with a friend and together they are The Dolls of Decadence and will be preforming at Volupte in the near future. At the festival she was working for exhibiting lingerie for Kiss Me Deadly.

Out and about....all in the detail

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The surprising thing about both my ladies today is that they both learnt how to do their hair on YouTube. Emma (my 1st lady today) told me that vintage is totally her scene. She always wears vintage even to work and she is a company director of a language training company. She said that modern clothing is just not cut so well. The hat she is wearing was one of her very first vintage purchases it was expensive but worth it. Emma is also a dancer and showcases dances from the 20's to the 50's and has been dancing for the past 7 years.

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Felicity was one of the exhibitors at the festival. She designs and makes these wonderful hair accessories and trades as Now Voyager. Her dress is from Judys Affordable Vintage Fair who was another trader she is traveling with and it has a petticoat underneath. She told me she wears a petticoat most days. She also told me she does crazy things like when she got married to her high school sweetheart they went to LA to tie the knot. She got married in a Vivienne Holloway 1950's dress. Her favourite item is her wardrobe as she love dressing up. She said "I love to open my wardrobe. It makes me happy."

Out and about....Southbank Vintage

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The Southbank on a sunny day is an amazing place to be at the best of times. But couple that with a Vintage festival and the place just sings. I was asking Trine if I could take her picture when I suddenly noticed she was with 3 other beautifully dressed people so of course I photographed them all.

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Both these couples exude vintage glamour in the true sense of the word. They had just come from dancing in the main indoor part of the festival where Trine had just foxtrotted for the 1st time. Brian told me they all know each from meeting at different vintage events. The next one being a big replica 1936 weekend, New years Eve party. Bet it is going to be amazing. Trine is a stylist and told me that the best part of her day so far was being with lovely friends and the 22 piece band Ondrej Havelka and his Melody Makers. The ladies kept their vintage sources secret but Brian is mostly in 1950s attire and Gordon's look is from an earlier era and is comprised of 1930's linen trousers and a jacket which was found in a trunk from Indian colonial days. His wonderful battered bag is an old ammunition case from the war, the hat is a panama and shoes are1930s Oxfords.

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This is Gordon and Envy do you remember them from here?

Out and about....classic vintage

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It has been an amazing weekend for me one of my sisters and brother-in-laws were with me. It was my husbands birthday and as if that wasn't good enough the sun shone brightly on us and on the amazing vintage festival that happened on the Southbank in London this weekend. I met some wonderful people over the weekend and will spend this week bring you my shots from around the festival. Kicking of the week are Anne and Nick Robinson. They are from Ormskirk and the 1940's is their favourite era. Their love of vintage dressing grew from Anne's initial love of corsetry. Their beautiful suits were bought from a lady called Betty who runs The 1940's Room in Stafford, whom they had met at another vintage event. Nicks suit is an original 40's demob suit. The sole of his shoes still bore the original demob stamp. In their daily lives Anne is a Civil Servant and Nick works as a Military Consultant. Their surprises for me were that Anne keeps tarantulas’ and Nick has lived in the Arctic for a total of
9 months. This was spread over 3 years, first a 4 month and then a 5 month stint. The coldest temperature he has ever experienced was minus 73.