Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts

Sunday, April 1, 2012

the way we wear

after you've done the major brisbane opshops a couple of times, the few decent pieces left in the valley and west end stores can be a mission to find after the weekend hoards pass through, and the overpriced racks of paddington are almost always depressingly out-of-budget. which is probably why i find the way we wear vintage fashion fair so refreshingly genuine, like a homemade, honest-to-goodness glass of lemonade. they love what they do, and are so much more realistic with their pricing - needless to say, we picked up a couple of awesome bargains from the three buildings they had filled at the mt gravatt showgrounds.

we didn't buy the crazy hats (the flower wreath is inspired by elizabeth taylor's wedding headband from her marriage to richard burton (first or second, i'm not sure...) but i'm still sort of regretting not grabbing the pineapple tea set while i had the chance...

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

happy feet

i won't rest until i have watched every single movie shown in this clip...'happy feet' is the song - remixed by someone. and if anyone could tell me any names of movies they recognise from this, i would be eternally grateful...

Saturday, May 28, 2011

gotan project

i love ballroom dancing, i love vintage-style clips, i loved this song after seeing it on 'shall we dance' and needless to say i LOVE the official video for the gotan project's track 'santa maria'. i believe they're french, and one of their other songs may or may not be used on that awful 'finish' dish-washing detergent commercial - but we won't hold that against them...because this is fabulous. the lady dancing in the trousers and trench coat is fantastic and make sure you at least get to 1:21 for some amazing foot work action....

Saturday, April 9, 2011

b.d.v cigarette cards

i never knew this before i found a huge collection of these at an antique shop, but apparently cigarettes used to be sold with little series of cards, such as these british film stars from 'b.d.v cigarettes'. i also managed to pick up a few from 'state express cigarettes' and 'major drapkins & co'. according to the interweb, some of these cards can be worth a ridiculous amount of money, so i'm trying to find out if what i've stumbled across is of any value - otherwise i just love the vintage look of them!
also the history behind the cards is quite interesting - you can read a bit about it here