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Friday, August 13th, 2010Vintage at Goodwood
Thursday, August 12th, 2010The inaugural Vintage at Goodwood festival kicks off tomorrow with a promise to celebrate “creative British cool from the 40s, 50s,60s,70s and 80s” and a stated ambition to recreate a new, vintage focused Festival of Britain.
The three day extravaganza in Sussex is the brainchild of Geraldine and Wayne Hemingway, founders of Red or Dead and lovers of all things vintage, who wanted to bring together the fashion, music, art and culture of bygone eras to showcase Britain’s rich and creative heritage.
On the music front, Vintage at Goodwood will feature an inspirational line up of world renowned bands and DJs from each of the decades as well as contemporary performers who have taken inspiration from the original artists. Performing for the first time in many years, Sandie Shaw will be a special highlight for festival goers.
There will also be five clubs on site which will replicate ballrooms, clubs and disco venues of past decades: the 1940s styled Torch Club; Let it Rock, which will celebrate 50s rock and roll culture; the Leisure Dome for easy listening and light pop; the Soul Casino Nightclub, a two room re-creation of a 1970s Mecca ballroom; and the Warehouse & Roller Disco which aims to capture the vibe “from 70s Funk and Disco, through early 80s Electro, Boogie, Rare Groove and onto early Rave and Acid House, played out in a fully recreated industrial warehouse and adjacent Roller Disco”. Wow!
In addition to the music, the Vintage High Street will include shops, vintage hair styling salons, vintage cafes, restaurants and bars, as well as a marketplace packed with vintage clothing sellers. Meanwhile, the Vintage Timeline promises to “examine the lineage of art, design and the wider creative industries – culminating in Future vintage – future gazing about what we as a nation will be celebrating in 25 years”.
Vintage at Goodwood certainly promises to be the most amazing weekend, but it’s sadly a bit far for us to travel. We will be heading for Edinburgh instead for a flurry of fantastic Fringe frockery!
Frocky horror, or style sensation?
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010Like Marmite, you will either love or hate this shimmery blue 1980s jumpsuit / flying suit which we have just added to the catalogue. To be frank, the jury is still out at Frockery Towers, but it can certainly be described as sensational and is not for the faint hearted fashionista. Abba aficionadas , come on down!
One which didn’t quite make the catalogue (as a Facebook fan snapped it up) was this psychedelic 60s number, which has apparently already caused a sensation in the customer’s local Asda. The George clothing line can’t quite compete with original vintage!
Those who aren’t quite ready to embrace such ‘in your face’ fashion need have no fear, however, as we have something for everyone at The Frockery, where our focus is on finding new homes for all those previously ‘must have’ items that have turned into ‘has beens’ and found themselves relegated to the back of  wardrobes or abandoned in attics, sometimes for decades.
Take a look at the fab frockery in our latest update and you will find some exceedingly wearable vintage and retro fashion, as well as a huge selection of preloved contemporary clothing and accessories at a fraction of their original cost.  Don’t be fooled by the fickle fashion police into following the crowd when you can mix and match pre-owned items  to achieve a unique look at an affordable price. Throw off these high street chains and be a retro trendsetter!
One serious story that caught our eye this week was this Observer investigation which revealed that some of the best known names on the UK high street have been dealing, albeit unknowingly, with suppliers who run sweatshop operations in India in blatant contravention of local working regulations and the industry’s ethical trading initiative (ETI). Another good reason to buy fair trade, hand made, local or vintage.
Bohemian rhapsody
Sunday, August 1st, 2010Our latest featured Boho Festival look is one of our own Frockery favourites and is especially popular at the height of the summer festival season.
Boho has become an enduring trend that has managed to defy the vagaries of the fickle fashion industry for the past decade and looks set to continue.
Although Kate Moss was arguably first to embrace the current incarnation of boho chic, Sienna Miller was largely responsible for reinventing this quintessentially 70s look and bringing back the bohemian to our wardrobes.
The Monsoon brand, which has both ethical and ethnic inspired fashion at its core and is the epitome of boho chic on the high street, continues to grow in both popularity and profitability, replicating the success of Laura Ashley in the original boho era, the early 70s.
Boho is not always easy on the eye, encompassing at it does a cacophony of colours and plethora of prints, but it is an easy look to create and equally easy to wear. While money may be no object to Sienna and friends, boho budget chic is also easy to achieve for the rest of us ordinary fashionistas.
Here is one example look from our catalogue: boho ethnic maxi skirt (£15); boho green linen top (£9); Moroccan leather bag (£10); wooden boho earrings (£5), ethnic leather mules (£8). And you must never forget the festival wellies (£12)!
