Christmas begins

Christmas in the new house arrived yesterday via Ludlow market and a hunt for a Christmas tree. We wondered if it was cheeky to nick one from the woods behind our house but decided not to this year at least as farmers around here can be a little trigger happy! 

Here is the beginning of Christmas 2012. Our first with the little man, and the last for a few years with any breakable ornaments about! 

I'm in the process of making some snowflakes and a felt garland, will show you later in the week.

The beautiful frosty woods are also deserving of some blog space...

Vintage Nation 2012

Vintage Nation

 As my final project before baby arrives I was keen to do a good job, but the physical effort of dressing four enormous conference rooms was a bit much so thank god for my helpers from Judy's Affordable Vintage team and Brighton Racecourse. Hope I wasn't too bossy!!

Summer's New Dress

A perfect summer dress: vibrant colours and patterns for this season, plus an important elasticated waistline - as mine is getting bigger by the day.To wear with a long pendant necklace, to break up the bust and some boots while still chill then leather flat sandals all summer long.

Styling Projects 2012

Dear all,

I'm working on two styling projects at the moment and feel so blessed to be putting my energies into such exciting and brilliant people and plans.

Vintage Nation is a huge Vintage Festival happening in Brighton in June. Ran by Judy Berger of Judy's Affordable Vintage Fair fame, it should be a huge hit. She knows what she’s doing! Tickets will all be very affordable and there will be an enormous selection of Vintage to trawl through. 

Styling for the event so far is including buckets full of wild flowers; projectors playing 20's dancing girls onto walls, a huuugeee amount of bunting to zig zag across rooms, and floor to ceiling piles of vintage books. 

The second project ongoing is working with the brilliant band Thompson Oldman. They are four talented young folk whose band is going from strength to strength. Radio play, London gigs, and a sucessful audition for Live and Unsigned have all happened in the last month. Really original, gorgeous music check it out on the link below! I am styling them to get them as original looking as their music sounds. Lewis (bass) already has a signature top hat and big hair which will soon be matched with lots of similarly novel clothes. Can’t wait to see the finished project at their big final – Derby Live and Unsigned Saturday 14^th April at The Riverside Centre, come along and support them! Hopefully leading onto the O2 Arena later in the year.

 Thompson Oldman Music

Vintage Nation

Tilley's Vintage is very proud to be working for Judy's Affordable Vintage Fair's newest, most exciting venture yet ...

Not just a day long little Vintage Fair, or a tent at a music festival but a whole Vintage Festival, for and run by, Vintage enthusiasts! Tilleys will be styling the event - adding the Vintage style to the Vintage Festival. Very exciting.

Watch this space for updates!

Life has taken over!

So sorry I have neglected you all. There has been many big life changing things occuring in the last month. Not least this little issue....

I'm three months pregnant with this little bean! More beautiful than anything I've created before, and I hope to make this one's life as amazing as possible.

Life's a Voyage That's Homeward Bound

Househunting for the perfect space to fill with love, light and old things! It seems things are much cheaper the further north (or west!) we go, so these beauties are looking within reach... 

The Old Hall

Church Cottage

Pear Cottage

Fingers crossed! xx

Tilley's Vintage Shop and Interior, Design and Styling.

Dear All,

Tilley's Vintage Clothes is sadly no more but I have met so many amazing people; learnt so much about life and the universe and been part of so many incredible events that there are no tears being shed at Tilley’s HQ. Far from moping around in a Vintage frock I have been turning my creative fairy wand to interiors.. styling, designing, drooling over the Harrods interiors catalogue and generally discovering that I can put together a gorgeous Vintage look for alot less molah than the average Larry. 

My general inspiration is that of the Old School Circus, a smidge of Theatre and some Shabby Glamour as illustrated below......

Music Inspiration.

Click here for a playlist of video inspiration

Gifford's Circus

http://www.giffordscircus.com/

Isabella Blow R.I.P.

Les Trois Garcon.

http://www.loungelover.co.uk/

James and Hannah Plumb.

 

http://www.jamesplumb.co.uk/site/index.html

If any of this has floated your boat and you would like to see how I could use an element of this style to combine with your stock and create a shop display, shop window or market stall that would draw in customers do get in touch. 

I am offering 5 shop keepers or market stall owners a free design, style and installation. This will help build my portfolio and hopefully meet lots more wonderful people in the process! We can work together to come up with a design or idea that I will go away and work on. You will give me the date you need the window or stall completed and a budget (for items mentioned further down). I’ll then present you with a finished plan and suggested pricing (for the installation ... wires, pins etc and any items that we don’t already have between us, such as balloons, fabric etc. My time, designs and travel are free).  

Please get in touch at tilleysvintage@hotmail.co.uk with details of your shop/ stall dimentions, ideas, stock, your location and the date you would like to have installation completed.
 
The offer is open to UK shop owners or stall holders.  I reserve the right to choose the final 3 with travelling priorities in mind. 

Tilley x

London Fashion Weekend

There was not a huge amount of fashion for me at LFW, more Champagne than anything but here you go. 

I kicked off in a 1930's silk dress, Vivienne Jacket, 40's fur collar, biker boots and top knot, and the next morning we needed a very large cooked breakfast!

 

 

And the morning after: 

Tilley's Vintage is on Facebook

Don't forget to join us on Facebook. If you are a friend on FB you are entitled to free postage and packing!

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In the meantime here's some duck footprints I photographed last Christmas... random but made me smile

Tilley's Vintage Events for Summer 2011. Up coming events for the rest of the Summer - Hope to see you there!

LoveBox

15th 16th 17th July

Victoria Park - London

Tilley's will be selling a range of  Vintage  street wear ranging from the 60's to the 80's. Got some great hats, bags and scarves plus the essential 80's crops tops and nordic jumpers and cardies.

Good Weekend Festival

22nd 23rd July

Woodmancott, Hampshire

The full range of Tilley's Vintage will be available at Good Weekend festival: summery 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's dresses; nordic jumpers, tweeds, scarves and 70's wear. We will be the only Vintage traders at this event and I'm really looking forward to doing the first year of this awesome underground festi, priced really well for a 5am finish both nights. Bleary eyes are us!


Vintage at Southbank


29th 30th 31st July

Southbank, London

Here's the biggie: Highlight of our Vintage year. Tilley's along with the majority of the countries Vintage traders will be at this mammoth event. I will be on the Southbank and I believe will be open to the public, so if your near the river any of these days try and find me amongst the millions of others!

Snape Maltings

7th August

Deben, Suffolk

Snape Maltings is a hugely popular Vintage and Antiques fair. Tilley's will be bringing along the pop up shop of classic dresses and beautiful older pieces.

1965 Jaguar E type, Series 1. It's not just old clothes that float my boat.

The best ever 'family BBQ' I've ever encountered happened yesterday. We roll up expecting a few family and friends, a cut off oil drum and lots of men in novelty aprons (as happens in my family) only to be faced with caterers... a huge marquee, crates of champagne, and enough prettily decorated tables to seat near on 100. However the most exciting part was my boyfriend's uncle's E Type. Check this beauty out. The acceleration was amazing - far more smooth and beautiful than any other car I've been in and the interior was immaculate. As are all his classic cars apparently, oh and there is the yacht too... another world I'm telling you, another world.

Vintage at Goodwood last year featured as many beautiful old cars as it did clothes and it will this year be held on the Southbank, London. This car has been invite as has Tilley's Vintage.

1960's Heat

This gorgeous, lightweight 1960's shirt dress made from such high quality cotton/ linen mix, has the most beautiful detailing at the sleeves and collar. Originally from Seville.

Worn over a 1960's psychedelic (but subtle) mini dress.

Shirt free size, £35. Dress size 14, £15



The Jazz Age: 1920's and 30's Art Deco Fashions

 

Vogue's director of events was bound to host an excitingly gorgeous party so this Jazz Age theme was no let down. Stunning 1920' and 30's outfits were perfectly off set with wonderful head pieces, pearls and cigarette holders... no cheap imitations here.

http://www.vogue.com/parties/sylvana-ward-durretts-birthday-party/

Tilley's Vintage has a number of beautiful Art Deco pieces a 1930's wedding headdress, 1920's black wrap dress (size 12), a black feather fan and a large pink pin tucked nightie - do get in touch for more details tilleysvintage@hotmail.co.uk

Tilley xxx



Tilley's goes back to Uni!

How exciting! The fields of Brum have been waiting for a Tilley's comeback for a while. Back in the day I went to Uni in Edgbaston and Digbeth was my favourite hang out, so I'm very excited to be bringing Tilley's Vintage to Digbeth on Saturday 4th June.

Hope to see you all there : )