Tag: clothes

MY VINTAGE INSPIRED HOMEMADE GIFT FOR MY DAUGHTER THIS CHRISTMAS…

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With so much to choose from I couldn’t help but have a go at making something a little different and came across an idea from a website with pretty box’s.

As you can see from the pretty box below it is covered in an old fashioned black flock effect. The pretty heart ornament on the top was from a piece of jewellery of mine.

Inside the box I am going to print strips of paper with journal prompts on them like, ‘The best things in the world can’t be seen, nor touched, but are felt in the heart” and “Every day is a gift that’s why they call it the present”. I’m also putting a few inside like “My greatest achievement in life was having you” and “We are so proud of you”. Each one I am going to role up and attach with a little bit of ribbon to a sweet and inside the box will be one for every week of the year.

I’ve not finished it yet but I just thought I would give you my idea in case anyone else wanted to do it. You can get pretty box’s from lots of places and could always cover the box in something you know will suit your gift.

A VINTAGE KILO SALE…

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We all sales but the ‘Vintage Kilo Sale’, has to be a first. Basically you choose the items you want, take them to the weigh machine and pay £15 for kilo of clothes. http://thevintagekilo.co.uk/#

They say “We have excellent value for money with on-trend styles from the 60s – 80s, the Vintage Kilo Clothing Sale takes from the age old ethos that clothing should be sold by weight, making it easy for you to fill your wardrobe for £15.00 per kilo of clothing.

Each event will hold 2.5 tonnes of good quality, on-trend vintage clothing. Items will be separated by type so you’ll find racks of denim cut offs, dresses, jackets, trousers and shirts. Once you’re selection is complete take the items to the weighing station where staff will weigh and price them for you.

All the shops are currently awash with mass produced items clothing that has taken its style from the past 50 years. But why buy from the mass market when you can own a unique piece of the past that feeds perfectly into today’s style and for a much better price pay less than the high street. You don’t need to feel guilty about buying unethical products and won’t be walking down the street in something someone else may own.”

They say that a quick guide to a kilo of clothing would be up to 5 lighter items like cotton dresses and T-shirts, and heavier dresses, trousers and denim can reach up to 3 items all for the low price of £15.00.

The Vintage Clothing Kilo Sale also has a separate price list, so if you just want to pick out one or two items and don’t want to pay by weight here’s what you can snap up:

1940’s FASHION CHANGES DUE TO THE WAR…

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In 1940 Britain silk stockings were in short supply. So to take their place different brands of leg make-up appeared on the market and women resorted to drawing seams with eyebrow pencil down the back of each leg to give the appearance of wearing stockings.

The fashion was for short skirts, sensible ‘flat heeled’ shoes and square shouldered jackets that recalled the cut of uniforms – these were the basic features of the wartime ‘Utility fashions’. But soon women of Britain were asked to help with the war. Short skirts were out and trousers or dungarees were in and a scarf was tied around the head to protect against the risk of hair getting caught in the machines.

The government then tried to encourage everyone to make do and mend the clothes they already had. Lots of tips were available on how to revamp old clothes in Women;s magazines. Some of the ideas were to convert heavy blankets into fashionable coats and unpicking old jumpers to convert to new ones was the order of the day.

There were even knitting patterns for slippers, socks and jumpers, all of which are coming back into fashion again at the moment. Even sewing patterns were available free inside women’s magazine. Anything and everything to encourage women to ‘make do’.

http://www.1940.co.uk/history/article/fashion/fashion.htm

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