Today's brief for BEDM is a Bygone era-
![Vix and I]()
And this allows me to neatly segue into an exciting event last Sunday!!!
The wonderful, legendary Vintage Vix, blogger and charity-shop extraordinaire and photographic memory for a vintage label let me know she was selling at Lambeth Town Hall in South London. Delightfully, I was free to go along!
I was so excited to meet this kind and wonderful blogger,who is SUCH an advocate for bygone eras in terms of fashion, homeware and quality! Over the years, I have wondered how this cool, kind lady had the time to visit and leave me such lovely comments and was so cool and down to earth and above all HOW ON EARTH she managed to find and remember so much vintage!!!! I also love her vegetarian thrifty aesthetic!
Kinky Melon, Vix and Jon's retro boutique had a prime position in the entrance hall so you couldn't miss it!
I spotted Vix straight away and she was just as lovely, cool and kind as she is on her blog. Looking utterly glamorous in real-life there is no editing to make her look this amazing- she is like that in real life!
![Vintage Vix]()
It was super to meet Jon too! Cool, dapper and lovely too! I had a few chats with both of them although I was very aware that they had to be alert to customers (which they didn't make me aware of at all!) so looked around too.
![Kinky Melon's pitch]()
Here's Kinky Melon's pitch! Look at all that vintage! I had a lovely time browsing-there was some amazing items! I was very tempted by many items but picked out three in the end- a paisley tie for CBC, a 70's dress (to be revealed soon!) and a 70's blouse all of which fit perfectly I am pleased to say. There was a deer-stalker hat which I was VERY tempted by- it fitted and I almost bought it but then figured it was a little niche, still thought about it though!
![Affordable Vintage fair]()
I went around to look round Lambeth Town hall at the other stalls. I've not really been to a proper vintage fair before with the time to look apart from the one I snuck into in Nottingham whilst at a wedding (had to make it in and out in 10 minutes without CBC noticing) and I saw many examples of beautiful clothes from a bygone era. Glasses, hats, blouses,dresses, homeware, all very tempting. I only bought one other item, a cute cotton thick blouse that had an adorable chicks in eggs print all over it from a £5 rummage suitcase!
Just before leaving, I bought a delicious large piece of handmade chocolate cake from the stall above and a cup of tea and went back to chat and say bye to Vix who had been looking after my bags!
It was really nice to meet you Vix and thank you!I look forward to seeing you soon!
![70's blouse]()
Oh and a sneak peek of what I bought from Kinky Melon- here's the blouse, worn on Friday at school!
xxx
Blog about a bygone era. Discuss your favourite era. Create a vintage inspired outfit. List your favourite cartoons as a kid. Share a vivid memory. Interpret widely.
And this allows me to neatly segue into an exciting event last Sunday!!!
The wonderful, legendary Vintage Vix, blogger and charity-shop extraordinaire and photographic memory for a vintage label let me know she was selling at Lambeth Town Hall in South London. Delightfully, I was free to go along!
I was so excited to meet this kind and wonderful blogger,who is SUCH an advocate for bygone eras in terms of fashion, homeware and quality! Over the years, I have wondered how this cool, kind lady had the time to visit and leave me such lovely comments and was so cool and down to earth and above all HOW ON EARTH she managed to find and remember so much vintage!!!! I also love her vegetarian thrifty aesthetic!
Kinky Melon, Vix and Jon's retro boutique had a prime position in the entrance hall so you couldn't miss it!
I spotted Vix straight away and she was just as lovely, cool and kind as she is on her blog. Looking utterly glamorous in real-life there is no editing to make her look this amazing- she is like that in real life!
It was super to meet Jon too! Cool, dapper and lovely too! I had a few chats with both of them although I was very aware that they had to be alert to customers (which they didn't make me aware of at all!) so looked around too.
Here's Kinky Melon's pitch! Look at all that vintage! I had a lovely time browsing-there was some amazing items! I was very tempted by many items but picked out three in the end- a paisley tie for CBC, a 70's dress (to be revealed soon!) and a 70's blouse all of which fit perfectly I am pleased to say. There was a deer-stalker hat which I was VERY tempted by- it fitted and I almost bought it but then figured it was a little niche, still thought about it though!
I went around to look round Lambeth Town hall at the other stalls. I've not really been to a proper vintage fair before with the time to look apart from the one I snuck into in Nottingham whilst at a wedding (had to make it in and out in 10 minutes without CBC noticing) and I saw many examples of beautiful clothes from a bygone era. Glasses, hats, blouses,dresses, homeware, all very tempting. I only bought one other item, a cute cotton thick blouse that had an adorable chicks in eggs print all over it from a £5 rummage suitcase!
Just before leaving, I bought a delicious large piece of handmade chocolate cake from the stall above and a cup of tea and went back to chat and say bye to Vix who had been looking after my bags!
It was really nice to meet you Vix and thank you!I look forward to seeing you soon!
Oh and a sneak peek of what I bought from Kinky Melon- here's the blouse, worn on Friday at school!
xxx