Ballet

Regular readers of this blog will know that I love a ballet inspired image, I love the poise of the model in this shot combines with the ruin of the discarded ballet slippers ate her feet.

Vogue 1970s

I love these very 1970's vintage Vogue magazine covers.

Vintage Pleasure

Happy Saturday (how beautiful is this 1953 vintage dress..) xx

Wedding Fever

It's all about the upcoming wedding of Kate and William this week and like many millions of others I very interested to see what the lovely Ms Middleton will wear.  Im sure it will be utterly spectacular.

Street Talk

I love how much Helena stands out in this canary yellow silk dress, what a way to attract attention on the street.  It may help that she is a 6 ft something supermodel of course!

Short and Sweet

How sweet is this super cute Missoni dress from a recent Vogue fashion shoot.

Happy Chanel Sunday!

Happy Sunday xx

New Arrival!

We love the 50s so were very excited about this very sweet full circle skirted 1950s Anne Fogarty French navy dressed arrived in store today.  Priced at $180.  For more information please visit our Esty vintage store here

Vintage Vogue

I love this vintage Vogue image, particularly the addition of that very old school phone.

Mid Week

Hope you all are having a lovely week so far xx

New Arrival! Pink Pleats

I love knife pleat skirts so I was very excited to stumble across this peachy pink one the other day. In perfect condition I think it would be fabulous with tan heels and a sweet white blouse.  So ladylike!  Click here for more details.  Price $25

Gold Rush! New Arrivals in Store

Vinatge Glomesh Gold Purse $25 SOLD

Vintage Filigree Scroll Gold Bracelet $35

Vintage Starburst Earrings $19 SOLD

I am always excited about new arrivals in store, especially when they are bathed in gold! Visit our store here to see more.

Autumn Weekend

It is the first weekend of autumn here in the southern hemisphere and I plan to relax and enjoy some great food and wine with my family.  Wherever you are have a beautiful weekend! xx

Ballerina Love

I hope you enjoy these ballet inspired images xx

Happy Friday Afternoon!

I love the atmosphere and excitement in the air on a Friday afternnon, everyone is relaxed and anticipating the 2 day weekend break.  Wherever you are I hope you are having a lovely Friday xx

Late Afternoon

It is a beautiful late afternoon here today, wherever you are I hope you are having a lovely day.

And the Winner Is..

Congratulations to Liz from Salvaged Style, the winner of our $50 gift voucher giveaway!  We look forward to seeing you in store! Thank you to everyone for entering, the winner was generated by random.org.

We hold giveaways every month so stay in touch to find out when the next giveaway is being held xx

Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who entered our Giveaway competition, the competition has now closed and the winner will be announced on this blog tomorrow!  Good luck!

Happy Saturday

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend. xx

This Week's Favourite Things

Sea Dome Ring

Shell Stud Earrings

Green Bottle Earrings

Vintage Soap Shell Dish

Here is a selection of my favourite things this week, inspired by the sea, from some very talented sellers on Etsy.

WIN $50 Gift Voucher GIVEAWAY

To say welcome to our new friends and thank you to our lovely followers, we are holding a fabulous GIVEAWAY for a $50 Gift Voucher in our new Etsy store (visit here) .

To enter you simply need to be a follower of this blog and leave a comment letting us know which items are your favourite in the store.  Simple!

Winner will be drawn on Monday 14th February using random selection. This giveaway is open worldwide!

Good luck to everyone and thanks for entering!

Happy Friday!

Enjoy the start to the weekend!

Fashion, Food, Friends

One of my favourite coffee table books at the moment is Fleur Wood's 'Fashion, Food, Friends'.  I love the mix of beautiful images, fabulous recipes and entertaining ideas.  The rhubarb and meringue cake pictured above is from the book and the stunning couture dress pictured below  is from Christian Dior.

Happy Sunday

Hope you are all having a great day xx

Heel Appeal

How fabulous are the heels on these vintage shoes!

This Week's Favourite Things

Apricot Rose Soap

Ballerina Print

Vintage Pink Satin Ballet Shoes

Love Tokens

Ballerina Cupcake Toppers

I am always astounded by the number of gorgeous things that I stumble across on Etsy on a daily basis.  Here is a collection of some of this week's favourite finds (click on the links to see more form these gorgeous shops).

It's Not Always About Clothes

Sometimes we stumble across some gorgeous things that are not clothes.  We love this print fabric sofa.

A Huge Thank you!

I was very pleasantly suprised last night to drop by the lovely Periwinkle Pixies blog http://periwinklepixies.blogspot.com/  to see that I had won their recent giveaway for 2 subway art digital prints.  These fabulous prints will make a beautiful edtion to my home. To see more of Periwinkle's fabulous work visit their etsy shop here etsy shop.  Thank you Jacinda!

Everything Old is New Again

I stumbled across this vintage image the other night and was struck by how similar the style (the beaded collar area) was to a beautiful gown I saw on the red carpet at last week's Golden Globes. This timeless style looks as modern now as it did 40 years ago.