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Handbags to match

If you enjoyed the last post on shorts for spring / summer, then it is also worth thinking about accessories to make your outfit complete. Keep it quirky and informal to get the best effect from vintage items, which can often be picked up at your local vintage stores, car boot sales and charity shops. [...]
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Shorts are the look for spring - What shoes would suit?

Although this blog is focused towards vintage, we must also consider its effect on the modern day clothes that are created now. It can be seen all around, the influence of cutting edge design and creativity on today’s catwalks. I have my eyes on some ladies shoes at Moda in Pelle, but i must first [...]
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Measuring feet is a big problem when buying vintage online!

We all know the situation. We find the perfect pair of vintage heels in our size online but are weary if the sizing is correct and whether they will actually fit right. Sizing and measurement changes massively for vintage heels so there is always a risk that the heels won’t fit. There are risks that [...]
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Bringing a Little Sparkle to your Life this Christmas!

Jewellery seems to be the ultimate in fashion accessories and with the party season well and truly underway it is little wonder that women up and down the country are on the hunt for that perfect piece of jewellery to accentuate their outift.  And if you aren’t looking for that one piece to accessorise your [...]
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Designer Fashion Sources

As I mentioned in my last post it can be a bit of a mission finding online stores that sell the right clothes at the right price. Equally so it can also be a huge effort keeping up to date with the latest designers, trends, sample sales, and discounts. Well I’m going to let you [...]
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Vintage Heels - Where to look

As you probably well know, finding rare and authentic vintage heels can be a bit of an mission. Nowadays there are so many online vintage shops a lot of the time I simply don’t know where to look. Do I go to Ebay, do I shop around on Etsy, do I do random searches within [...]
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Standing on stardust!

I was re-organising my wardrobe last night, and was searching through the mountain of shoes, when I discovered I was missing a vital pair! I don’t mean they had been nicked… but as in I had never owned a pair. I’ve never owned a pair of pure 70’s platforms! Par exemple- I guess 70’s platforms came to mind [...]
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Jesus Creepers!

The sun is out and so are my toes! My sandal of choice has always been the trusted Birkenstocks… they’re just so comfy! But I was thinking of those last few hours in the day, around the BBQ, when the suns gone down and the tootsies start getting a little chilly… is it okay to bust [...]
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Pump up and air out…

So, I was re-reading over my last post and thought I should expand a bit… When I look at the shoes I was writing about, they all seem to be pointing in the same direction… the 1990’s! And then I started thinking about vintage shoe shopping, and how they’re always that pile of 90’s shoes that are [...]
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Glunge eh?

So, Jess Cartner-Morley, the Guardian’s fashion editor, has thrown us a new term… Glunge! And I love it! Finally a term to describe that perfect union of glamour and grunge! It’s also a great excuse to go vintage shopping for that perfect pair of Glunge heels! What are glunge shoes? Well its got to be something that automatically [...]
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