Dreaming of Vintage Treasures

Hello! I hope you are all well. As usual I've had a very busy week teaching remotely from home. I was so tired last night and feeling rather strange but a marathon 11 hour sleep fixed that! I shocked myself waking up at 10.30am today.  Now I'm all refreshed and ready to share some fun pictures with you! Lizzie of vintage.glamour.mama instagram came up with this fabulous idea of inviting fellow vintage lovers to send in their recreation pictures and she compiles them into a video. The aim is to find a vintage photo that you love and try to recreate it. I was thrilled that she included me in a video here . Most people are very kind in the online vintage community but Lizzie goes above and beyond to include everyone, so if you want to join in, send her an email.  I actually wore this snakeskin outfit last year to the  Revolution: Rebels and Records exhibition but after watching Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , I realised that Sharon Tate wore ...

On Sunday, I shared what I wore to a wedding and here are some pictures of an outfit I recently wore to a funeral. I'm not one to ever do this, but this dress is  special .  It's a vintage Radley of London dress. Swinging Sixties designer Ossie Clark and his wife Celia Birtwell made some clothes for Radley and they are much sought after amongst vintage enthusiasts. Ossie Clark dressed the fabulous and rockers of the sixties and seventies, including the Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Anita Pallenberg, Marianne Faithfull, Pattie Boyd and Liza Minelli.   Pattie Boyd in Ossie Clark. Anita Pallenberg in an Ossie Clark snakeskin jacket. Marianne Faithfull in an Ossie Clark suit. Mick Jagger in an Ossie velvet jumpsuit About 3 or 4 years ago, I bought this dress on eBay for a remarkable $30! I've often seen Ossie Clark or Radley pieces for three or even four digit prices online, so it was a real bargain!  I pull this dress out for occasion...