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AMAZING MENS VINTAGE WORN OUT WEAR…

Long live vintage

Men’s Vintage Fashion lovers must know about Richard and Cosmo Wire.

A father and son who have the most beautiful collection of old clothes, you have ever seen.

Based in a rambling building in Hackney Wick, where they live and work which has every available space covered with rails of historic clothes.

The father and son have spent a lot of time seeking worn-out work garments, which are more often than not pre 1930 and some as old as 1800 from rural France and Japan.

With their expertise in this field they have found contemporary ways to change the old clothes to be wearable and also to create new clothes inspired by these.

They dress in clothes from their collection and anyone seeing their range of clothes could only be inspired and amazed at their choice and workmanship.

HOW IT WAS IN THE 1950’s…

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Think holiday camps and Butlins with home bars and cocktail cabinets a very fashionable accessory in your home.
 
Flat-packed furniture was introduced with tops laminated in a marble or wood effect.
 
The Queen’s Coronation meant mass production of souvenir items, from biscuit tins to cigarette holders.
 
Tupperware parties were popping up with melamine plastic tableware very fashionable.
 
Wall art and prints of swans and flamingos, think Coronation Street. Everything was patterned, from wallpaper, carpets, curtains and cushions which are coming back into fashion at the moment.
 
The most popular tipple of the 1950’s was Babycham with collectable glasses with the babysham on them.

RECYCLED CANDLES…

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To recycle your candles, melt down all the left over stubs in a heat proof bowl in a warm oven.

Take a yoghurt pot (or similar) and make a small hole in the bottom.

Thread some string through and tie to a pencil balanced horizontally on the rim of the pot.

Pour in the melted wax and leave to set.

Remove the pot for a perfect candle.