Winter Street Style Photoshoot with Jemma Dodd

You can buy this lovely aran cardi here

One of our favourite photographers, Jemma Dodd, contacted us recently to say she was working on a wintery street style shoot, and asked if we wanted to get involved. Hell yeah! We got even more excited when she popped round with her stylist for the shoot, Sian, who has a very lovely blog called Tea An Toast. They had pulled together a gorgeous moodboard inspired by street style, with a casual and cosy look. Their ideas seemed so in tune with our current collection- chunky, cosy knits, layered up army jackets and shirts, 1970's leather bags and of course, a cute festive jumper here and there! We're so pleased with the results, what do you think?

Birmingham City University Graduate Show

This week we attended Exhibit This 2 at the Zellig (part of the Custard Factory complex). It was a showcase of the work of this year's crop of graduates from Birmingham City University who work in the fields of media and communication. We were invited by our friend Jemma Dodd, who is a super duper photographer who we have worked with a number of times. It was really exciting to flick through Jemma's portfolio and see so many of our clothes in all their glory!

I had never been to this type of thing before, but we were very well looked after - with complimentary wine and sandwiches when we arrived and sweets and treats dotted around all over the place! We had a nice wonder around, chatting to some of the exhibitors - a highlight for me was meeting Katie Fox, who had produced Trashion Magazine for her final project. I picked up a copy and really enjoyed reading it - it's a fantastic idea for a magazine, it's a blend of fashion and lifestyle which focuses on buying vintage, upcycling and making your own clothes and accessories. There was a review of the recent Birmingham Vintage Home Fair and guides to make clothes that you would actually want to wear (refreshing when most craft magazines feature clothes that even your granny thinks are a bit dated), including an Alexander McQueen inspired clutch bag. You can check out the Trashion Blog here, and buy copies of the first issue.

We also met Rachael Clarke, a photographer who specialises in product photography who has actually photographed some of our jewellery before but who we had never actually met! So it was nice to chat and see one of the pictures she look of one of our necklaces in her portfolio.

All in all, It was exciting to see so many young photographers, journalists, film makers and creative types who had produced really polished and professional work, which was also full of fresh new ideas. I hope they all manage to put their hard work to good use in their chosen careers.

We also parked in my favourite Birmingham car park - did you know that 'Forward' is Birmingham's motto? Well, this car park makes the most of it-

Summer Photoshoot with Jemma Dodd

Take a look at these adorable pics from Jemma Dodd Photography's shoot at Birmingham Botanical Gardens the other day. It was a stunning summer's day (in April!) and I think the pictures have captured a lovely, laid back summer vibe. The models are Zoe and Sophie, hair by Adrian Love and make up by Sharon Jarvis.

Clothes by us, of course!

A belated Happy New Year!

Hi everybody, and how is 2011 treating you? I hope everyone managed to have a good break over Christmas and New Year. We managed to take a whole week off - yes, one whole week! Which is quite a feat when you are self employed. We had a lovely time visting family, catching up with friends and catching our breath to be refreshed for another year of vintage adventures.

We've been a bit quiet this month but worry not, we are busy working away in the background to bring you lots of exciting new developments for the new year. Of course there are the usual dull chores like getting the accounts done, putting some new shelves and generally sorting stuff out after the madness that was the Christmas shopping season, but we have also been scouting down the finest vintage pieces, working on some new products and filling our diary with some lovely vintage events over the coming months, so, keep those peepers on our Facebook page for all the news. In the meantime, if you fancy seeing us in the real world for a bit of vintage retail therapy, here are some dates for your diary...

Bristol Vintage Fair, 29th January
Sheffield Vintage Fair, 19th February
Macclesfield Make Do And Mend Vintage Fair, 26th February
Birmingham Vintage Fair, 5th March
Sutton Vintage & Arts Fair, 13th March
Leicester Vintage Fair, 19th March

We're chomping at the bit to get back on the road, and have some lovely new stock for y'all, so hopefully see you around!

Aside from our day to day vintage selling activities, we've been getting busy doing some styling for photoshoots recently, working with the cream of the creative crop in the West Midlands. It's a fun way to meet talented people and indulge our passion for vintage fashion! Here are a few fruits of our labours...

We had great fun shooting with the fabulous Tom Hart on the 2nd Jan, with the gorgeous Kayleigh and stunning make up from Misfit Makeup. I love this Edie Sedgwick type look!

Jemma Dodd is a fantastic photographer who we have worked with a few times before, so we were happy to assist on her dark fairytale themed shoot, and the results were superb! Make up was by the fabulous Lush By Sharon Ann.

And we were involved in another Tom Hart shoot with one of our favourite models, Alexandra Lanchester, who created a beautiful femme fatale look.

 

Hope you like them! Have a great weekend guys!