North London Vintage Market is back for 2012 for their one year anniversary. Forget the new year blues and head there for a dazzling dose of delicious vintage homewares, clothing and collectables. 23 cherry picked dealers will be selling a huge collection of unique curiosities, accessories, ceramics, kitchenalia, books, prints and all manner of vintage [...]
Estella Shardlow is deputy editor of Vintage Seekers, the premium online platform curating a heritage lifestyle. In a regular Vintage Seekers column Estella reports on high-end vintage events and news. This time, she takes a closer look at The Design Museum and its new home. The Design Museum is moving house. As revealed in a [...]
If you’re looking for a special tea cup or brilliant present for a vintage china collector, then head to Mrs Moore’s Vintage Store. Mrs Moore sells English bone china vintage tea sets in pretty hatboxes and small retro cases – a gift in a gift! She currently sells at Portobello Antiques Market on Fridays (Pitch [...]
Mad Men meets The Avengers at vintage cocktail lounge night Mondo Retro. Your Martini will be shaken not stirred to the beat of the Swinging Sixties with DJs spinning sophisticated sounds of Bossa Nova, Soul & Latin, Soundtrack, Mod, Beat and Vintage Rock. Featuring DJs – the Karminsky Experience See Mondo Retro video here: Mondo [...]
The Museum of London is marking Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee in June 2012 with a new exhibition opening in May, At Home with the Queen. Celebrating the capital’s enthusiasm and affection for the Queen, the exhibition will feature Londoners photographed in their own homes with their cherished souvenirs of Queen Elizabeth II. It will [...]
Fusion shops, a mixture of vintage store and tea room – just think of King’s Cross’ Drink Shop & Do or Hanbury Street’s Blitz Department Store – have been popping up all around London in the last few years. The latest edition, Crimson Heart, has just opened in East London’s Leonard Street, and features a [...]
The B-Movie Ball is the the big annual blow out for the Vaults Festival at the Old Vic Tunnels. There will be a B-movie cinema, live bands including The Angry Werewolf Motorpsychos from Space, dancers, DJs, magicians, tarot readings and champagne prizes for the winners of the fancy dress + twist contest. Saturday 18 February [...]
Canary Wharf is celebrating all things retro with a series of Vintage Nights – including a tea dance and vintage cinema – from 14-17 February: Valentine’s Tea Dance TUESDAY 14 FEBRUARY 7.30PM – 10.30PM / WORKSHOP 6PM Waltz, cha-cha and foxtrot to your heart’s content for a romantic Valentine’s Tea Dance with the eleven piece [...]
Come along to Harrow Arts Centre to hear vintage singing group The Polka Dot Dolls. Enjoy their delightfully rich harmonies, which capture the romance and emotion of the war era. The Polka Dot Dolls also know how to get you dancing – with their toe-tapping swing numbers you’ll be up out of your seat jumping [...]
Anita’s Vintage Fashion, Accessories & Textiles Fai is a perfect opportunity for anyone looking for textiles and vintage fashion from the 1800′s to the Eighties such as Sixties chiffon, Fifties dresses in fabulous prints as well as Victorian white cottons and Thirties lace and beading. One of London’s best vintage fairs with an amazing selection of very friendly and knowledgeable [...]
For January sale bargains from vintage fashion to homeware don’t miss the Pop Up Vintage Fashion & Homeware Event at Islington Assembly Hall. There will be an eclectic mix of over 40 carefully selected stallholders selling women’s, men’s and children’s vintage clothing dating from the Twenties to the Eighties, fashion accessories, vintage eyewear and beautiful [...]
Don’t miss the big Juno Says Hello sale! Renowned for its amazing stock of mid-century frocks, Juno is having a big sales day, giving you the chance to come in for a browse while sipping some wine, take advantage of the discounts on offer and preview the new collection which won’t be available online until [...]
Tippi Hedren, the last of Alfred Hitchcock’s glamorous blondes, will be on-stage at the Fairfield Concert Hall to tell of her time working with Hollywood’s master of suspense. With clips from some of Hitchcock’s most famous films on the Fairfield’s big screen, Miss Hedren will discuss the background to famous Hitchcock films, such as Vertigo, [...]
Film Funday & LoCo present a double bill of slapstick comedy classics from Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin at the BFI. Sherlock Jr (1924) With live piano accompaniment by John Sweeney. Buster Keaton dreams of being a great detective. Wrongly accused of stealing his potential father-in-law’s watch, he dreams about solving the crime. One of [...]
15 fabulous fashion stalls sell anything from Fifties frocks through to Eighties chic, cool accessories, hand-made prints and retro homeware. There’s mouthwatering cupcakes and classic cocktails to shopalong with, plus retro DJ sets from Sugar Pie Simone and Dappa Dad. Lost in Vintage Date: 4 February Time is: 12 noon til 5pm Old Queen’s Head 44 Essex Road [...]
North London Vintage Market is back for 2012 for their one year anniversary. Forget the new year blues and head there for a dazzling dose of delicious vintage homewares, clothing and collectables. 23 cherry picked dealers will be selling a huge collection of unique curiosities, accessories, ceramics, kitchenalia, books, prints and all manner of vintage [...]
If you’re looking for a special tea cup or brilliant present for a vintage china collector, then head to Mrs Moore’s Vintage Store. Mrs Moore sells English bone china vintage tea sets in pretty hatboxes and small retro cases – a gift in a gift! She currently sells at Portobello Antiques Market on Fridays (Pitch [...]
Fusion shops, a mixture of vintage store and tea room – just think of King’s Cross’ Drink Shop & Do or Hanbury Street’s Blitz Department Store – have been popping up all around London in the last few years. The latest edition, Crimson Heart, has just opened in East London’s Leonard Street, and features a [...]
The Vintage Fashion Fair London has been going from 2006 and is a regular and much-loved fixture in the capital’s vintage scene. Primrose Hill’s beautiful Cecil Sharp House is transformed into a treasure trove of vintage with hand-selected clothing, accessories, jewellery and textiles dating from 1800’s to the Eighties on sale. Whether you are after [...]
Anita’s Vintage Fashion, Accessories & Textiles Fai is a perfect opportunity for anyone looking for textiles and vintage fashion from the 1800′s to the Eighties such as Sixties chiffon, Fifties dresses in fabulous prints as well as Victorian white cottons and Thirties lace and beading. One of London’s best vintage fairs with an amazing selection of very friendly and knowledgeable [...]
Fusion shops, a mixture of vintage store and tea room – just think of King’s Cross’ Drink Shop & Do or Hanbury Street’s Blitz Department Store – have been popping up all around London in the last few years. The latest edition, Crimson Heart, has just opened in East London’s Leonard Street, and features a [...]
While there are plenty of good American-style Fifties diners in London, there has been a real lack of a more British take on the decade. Enter Issy’s Milky Way, a shake bar and cafe on Angel’s Camden Passage. The small cafe is decked out in brilliant Formica and decorated with truly British Fifties design classics [...]
Cabaret supperclub Volupté is back with a bang this November with the revival of a quintessentially British tradition – albeit a significantly boozier, burlesque one. Voluptéa is now being served in the stylish, subterranean space in the City taking place every weekend- it’s a saucy way indeed to spend a sultry Saturday or Sunday afternoon. [...]
Created by the people behind Bourne & Hollingsworth and Blitz Party, The Fourth Wall is a new roaming bar concept opening every Friday and Saturday from 5pm-1am. Designed to recreate the familiar within the unfamiliar, The Fourth Wall is a complete replica of Bourne & Hollingsworth bar of Rathbone Place that will be touring London [...]
If you fancy escaping the weekend crowds on Columbia Road then there’s no better place than Vintage Heaven. What looks like a fab vintage shop from the outside is actually also a brilliant little cafe serving delicious cakes and hot drinks. Now don’t get us wrong, Vintage Heaven is absolutely worth going to for its [...]
Anita’s Vintage Fashion, Accessories & Textiles Fai is a perfect opportunity for anyone looking for textiles and vintage fashion from the 1800′s to the Eighties such as Sixties chiffon, Fifties dresses in fabulous prints as well as Victorian white cottons and Thirties lace and beading. One of London’s best vintage fairs with an amazing selection of very friendly and knowledgeable [...]
For January sale bargains from vintage fashion to homeware don’t miss the Pop Up Vintage Fashion & Homeware Event at Islington Assembly Hall. There will be an eclectic mix of over 40 carefully selected stallholders selling women’s, men’s and children’s vintage clothing dating from the Twenties to the Eighties, fashion accessories, vintage eyewear and beautiful [...]
Film Funday & LoCo present a double bill of slapstick comedy classics from Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin at the BFI. Sherlock Jr (1924) With live piano accompaniment by John Sweeney. Buster Keaton dreams of being a great detective. Wrongly accused of stealing his potential father-in-law’s watch, he dreams about solving the crime. One of [...]
Cabaret supperclub Volupté is back with a bang this November with the revival of a quintessentially British tradition – albeit a significantly boozier, burlesque one. Voluptéa is now being served in the stylish, subterranean space in the City taking place every weekend- it’s a saucy way indeed to spend a sultry Saturday or Sunday afternoon. [...]
Created by the people behind Bourne & Hollingsworth and Blitz Party, The Fourth Wall is a new roaming bar concept opening every Friday and Saturday from 5pm-1am. Designed to recreate the familiar within the unfamiliar, The Fourth Wall is a complete replica of Bourne & Hollingsworth bar of Rathbone Place that will be touring London [...]
Don’t miss the big Juno Says Hello sale! Renowned for its amazing stock of mid-century frocks, Juno is having a big sales day, giving you the chance to come in for a browse while sipping some wine, take advantage of the discounts on offer and preview the new collection which won’t be available online until [...]
One lucky reader will be in with a chance to get a free place at the next Lipstick and Curls vintage hair & beauty workshop on Sunday, 5 February. The workshop will concentrate on ‘Lipstick & Curls’: how to get the perfect curl and pick the right lipstick for your lip shape and skin tone. [...]
8 inches tall and 5 inches wide, with 80 pages of black and white photos, Book of Kool is a photo journal of the UK Kustom and Vintage scene. Published by photographer Nick Grant, the book showcases the cars, the models, the people and the objects that make up the subculture in a volume of [...]
Following a hugely successful, rafter-bursting season at the Roundhouse in 2009 and the sensational premiere at the South Bank Big Top in 2010, LA SOIRÉE is returning to the legendary Roundhouse in Camden for another awe-inspiring, jaw-dropping and downright unmissable season from November 2011. A theatrical phenomenon, a unique and inspirational night of live entertainment, [...]
Alex Mustapha explores the life of silver screen star Tallulah Bankhead during her stay in London in the mid to late Twenties. For her spectacular offstage antics alone, Tallulah Bankhead happens to be my most revered of golden-era starlets. She is the archetypal Thirties actress, representing an era when the seeds of legends were sewn [...]
Estella Shardlow is deputy editor of Vintage Seekers, the premium online platform curating a heritage lifestyle. In a regular Vintage Seekers column Estella reports on high-end vintage events and news. This time, she takes a closer look at The Design Museum and its new home. The Design Museum is moving house. As revealed in a [...]
The Museum of London is marking Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee in June 2012 with a new exhibition opening in May, At Home with the Queen. Celebrating the capital’s enthusiasm and affection for the Queen, the exhibition will feature Londoners photographed in their own homes with their cherished souvenirs of Queen Elizabeth II. It will [...]
The B-Movie Ball is the the big annual blow out for the Vaults Festival at the Old Vic Tunnels. There will be a B-movie cinema, live bands including The Angry Werewolf Motorpsychos from Space, dancers, DJs, magicians, tarot readings and champagne prizes for the winners of the fancy dress + twist contest. Saturday 18 February [...]
Canary Wharf is celebrating all things retro with a series of Vintage Nights – including a tea dance and vintage cinema – from 14-17 February: Valentine’s Tea Dance TUESDAY 14 FEBRUARY 7.30PM – 10.30PM / WORKSHOP 6PM Waltz, cha-cha and foxtrot to your heart’s content for a romantic Valentine’s Tea Dance with the eleven piece [...]
Come along to Harrow Arts Centre to hear vintage singing group The Polka Dot Dolls. Enjoy their delightfully rich harmonies, which capture the romance and emotion of the war era. The Polka Dot Dolls also know how to get you dancing – with their toe-tapping swing numbers you’ll be up out of your seat jumping [...]
One lucky reader will be in with a chance to get a free place at the next Lipstick and Curls vintage hair & beauty workshop on Sunday, 5 February. The workshop will concentrate on ‘Lipstick & Curls’: how to get the perfect curl and pick the right lipstick for your lip shape and skin tone. [...]
After years of bringing victory rolls and black eyeliner to the London party scene and appearing in publications like Vogue and Harpers Bazaar, London-based vintage stylists The Powderpuff Girls now run several lovely venues to inspire the glamourette in all of us. The Powder Room hair and beauty parlours are fab venues to relax and [...]
Meet Claire Cross, the roving vintage hair dresser, who will turn you into a silver screen vixen or Sixties dolly bird in the comfort of her own dining room in Walthamstow. Claire, who has been hairdressing for 23 years, has been an avid fan of the Sixties since her Twenties and – after taking some [...]
Specialising in hair and make-up from the Twenties to the Sixties, the girls from Lipstick & Curls can transform you into a jazz era flapper girl, a starlet from Hollywood’s golden age, a rock n roll pin-up or a Mad Men sex kitten. Friendly and approachable, they are available for one-to-one sessions, parties, weddings or [...]
French hair dressing duo Miss Betty and Mister Ducktail are the creative force behind Carnaby Street favourite It’s Something Hell’s. If you are looking for a vintage-inspired or rockabilly hair style then let these two work their magic. While you sit back and relax in their salon – all leopard print and red velvet – Miss Betty [...]
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