Back Packs!

..."I remember those days when back packs were so unfashionable and it looked silly, but now how has this trend gone on so strong? Linking this accessory with vintage fashion is quite strange, but without vintage being here would it look silly? I personally do like back packs depending how they are designed and made, I'd say I am quite picky when choosing things in general; hence being a seamstress."

The Vintage Shirt

Vintage Style Nail designs

I saw these nail designs on a social networking thread, and couldn't resist to tell you all about these amazing nails! Think I'm in love with these nails designs! Aren't you? 

I can imagine eating cupcakes in a retro cafe, wearing a tea dress and also having these nail designs on! Fab!

Trend Alert!

These shorts are really cute! Great for the upcoming Spring/Summer 2012! Vintage like shorts customized with studs which you can purchase in your local fabric shop! Studs are easily applied by pushing the studs in and close 4 or 2 sided grips from the inside to secure it! Why not try customizing your short shorts?

Double Finger Rings!

Double finger rings! Great collectables for your jewelry box as a timeless item! Have you seen these selling in stores/boutique branches for a high price? You can actually purchase these exact ones from Ebay! Yes! Good old Ebay! For as little as 1 GBP with Free postage! Make sure you get some of these now before they disappear on Ebay! The only downside is you have to wait for it to arrive for around 2 weeks as it is posted from Asia! But it's totally worth the wait!

New headbands!

Bonny Doll has launched these pretty vintage like headbands and they come in sets of 3! Once each set has been sold it will not be reproduced again! To ensure you have a set of unique headbands! Perfect for day outs or maybe just for a lazy day? Why not?

These can be purchased in there online store now!

 http://www.bonnydoll.com

Vintage Renewal Dress

This dress relates to a project I have done in my last year of university, the market was Urban Outfitters in the designer collection. The aim was to make it look modern with a vintage touch. I have made this garment using a 'recycled vintage/second hand' floral pattern material that was from a over-sized broken skirt, meaning it had a big piece of fabric I could use which was perfect! the skirt was found from a local vintage shop in Manchester,UK. Sometimes it's really good to have a look around as you never know what you can find these days!

I have used the recycled fabric as a feature to make a statement including the belt. The plain material is a medium weight crepe fabric, I really like this material because it drapes nicely, it has a nice weight and it can also be used as surface decoration without the extra layer underneath for support. Also have done some beading work because hand craft was required within the project even though I thought it looked so much better with it being plain before. Hope this has been useful to those wanting to do a project relating to vintage/recycled materials :)