Taking our inspirations from the Autumn/Winter collections as seen in Vogue recently, in particular the leggy, 70s inspired high-waisted trousers, and shades of camel, we’ve put together this very on trend look with vintage items from Second Hand Rose.
This classy look uses a 1970s mac, 80s blouse 70s camel trousers (high waist, flared leg), [...]
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Something for the Weekend: 70s Chic
August 20th, 2010 · Comments Off · Feature
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SHR at Vintage at Goodwood! Part 1
August 18th, 2010 · Comments Off · Feature
Clare and Lewis are back from their fantastic weekend at Vintage at Goodwood! They had a great time and had a different fabulous vintage look for every day. Here are just a few photos to start with and two videos – loads more to come!
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August 11th, 2010 · Comments Off · Feature
We’re back after a slight website malfunction! What a week! It’s nearly time for the inaugural Vintage at Goodwood festival and Clare’s been busy sourcing, sorting and tagging a mountain of fantastic vintage clothing treasures from the 40s to 80s. Everything from nighties to day dress and posh evening wear, for men and women, plus [...]
Vintage at Goodwood this week!
August 11th, 2010 · Comments Off · Feature
We’re back after a slight website malfunction! What a week! It’s nearly time for the inaugural Vintage at Goodwood festival and Clare’s been busy sourcing, sorting and tagging a mountain of fantastic vintage clothing treasures from the 40s to 80s. Everything from nighties to day dress and posh evening wear, for men and women, plus [...]
40s Month: Interview with Georgie
July 28th, 2010 · Comments Off · Feature
For the last week of our 40s Month, leading up to the WAVE 40s Themed ‘Fun Forties Fete’, (this Saturday 31st at The Guildhall, Worcester) we’ve interviewed Second Hand Rose regular and 40s lover Georgie Lander.
How long have you been wearing and collecting 1940s clothes and memorabilia?
I’ve only been dressing in 40’s clothes full time for [...]
40s Month: 40s Fashion Pics
July 22nd, 2010 · Comments Off · Feature
We were kindly given these fabulous examples of 40s fashion from Woman magazine:
Fantastic examples of the large, square shoulders and the long lines of clothing from the time.
This is a great example of a 40s style shoe from an advert:
Next week is the last week of 40s Month, culminating in WAVE’s highly anticipated 40s Themed [...]
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40s Month: Land Girl Look
July 20th, 2010 · Comments Off · Feature
There’s just over a week to go until the WAVE 40s themed Vintage & Craft Fair (co-organised by Second Hand Rose).
July has been 40s Month on the the blog providing inspiration for 40s outfits for the fair!
Here we have some Land Girl inspired outfits for 40s month. The Women’s Land Army was created during [...]
Shoppers of the week!
July 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · Feature
These two lovely ladies bought these fun vintage mix and match summer shorts and tops (2 for £5) to wear on a night out! Good choice girls!
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1940s Month: 80s to 40s
July 13th, 2010 · Comments Off · Feature
Continuing with our run up to the WAVE 40s Fair on 31st July, here’s a really easy and affordable to way to give yourself a 40s look – with 80s dresses!
40s fashion actually has a lot in common with 80s fashion, shoulder pads and large angular shoulders, for one!
Here we have a couple of 80s [...]
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1940s Family Photos!
July 10th, 2010 · Comments Off · Feature
We’ve been looking at family photos from the 1940s to get inspiration for outfits for the WAVE 40s fair on Saturday 31st July. It’s been fascinating looking to our Nans, Grandads and Great Aunts etc for their clothing and hairstyles. Here’s a small selection of photos below:
Fab forties hair, lovely rolls and a gingham top:
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