Summer style inspiration: Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver
June 10, 2010 by Lena · Leave a Comment
Jodie Foster’s child prostitute character in Scorsese’s Taxi Driver (1976) is the sartorial embodiment of a hot summer in Seventies New York City. We love her denim hot pants, wide-rimmed hats and sultry red lips.
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Top New York vintage shopping tips with It’s Vintage Darling
Rachael, founder of fab online vintage shop It’s Vintage Darling, travels the world to buy the best vintage goods for her store. Even at minus seven she will go through the rain and snow to hunt down that perfect dress. Her last trip took her to New York, and luckily for us she’s sharing some of her NYC vintage shopping tips with us.
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Get the perfect LBD at the Manhattan Vintage Clothing Show
January 24, 2010 by Lena · Leave a Comment
Absolutely indispensable, positively glamorous! It’s the Little Black Dress, a wardrobe staple with an elegance and style all of its own. It’s the one garment that will take you to an informal affair or a gala night on the town in style. As the Duchess of Windsor once put it, “When a little black dress is right, there is nothing else to wear in its place.” So get your own perfect vintage LBD at the next
Manhattan Vintage Clothing Show in NYC.
Market Publique, an eBay for vintage?
August 28, 2009 by Lena · Leave a Comment
Vintage Guru Pamela Castillo is the creative mastermind behind Market Publique, the only online marketplace dedicated to vintage fashion. In essence it’s an eBay for vintage lovers. Interested? Well we certainly are, which is why we’ve interviewed the lady herself to give us insight into the website, tell us about the inspiration behind her look and give us tips on where to shop in NYC.
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An Eighties icon: The New York Helmsley Hotel
July 5, 2009 by Lena · Leave a Comment
Once upon a time there was a decade when glitz and glamour were a white stretch limousine. Geometric shapes, brass accents, red carpets, plush leopard prints and marbled walls were sleek design décor. Colours such as mauve, taupe and seafoam green were fashionably chic. And when that limo pulled up beneath the iconic marquee proudly boasting the famed surname Helmsley, you had indeed arrived.
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Stephen Sprouse and his fashion legacy
March 15, 2009 by Lena · Leave a Comment
By now, even if you were in diapers back when Manhattan’s Alphabet City was a discarded, needle-ridden no man’s land, enormous shoulder pads in hot pink strutted up and down Madison Avenue and you could take a cab cross-town for ten bucks, you’ve probably heard of Stephen Sprouse. Kristin Knox looks back at an Eighties fashion icon and his legacy.
Vintage Queen number eight loves the 50s and 60s!
February 23, 2009 by Lena · 5 Comments
Our vintage queen number eight has an enviable collection of 50s and 60s clothes, which she teams with cooky bags and a Hepburn-esque ponytail.
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NYC vintage shopping guide
February 11, 2009 by Lena · 4 Comments
With the pound at an all-time low, it might be time to bid Barneys and Berdorf’s adieu for the time being on your next trip to New York, and embrace wholeheartedly that vintage vibe which beats to a totally different drum than London’s. For the convenience of the sisterhood of the traveling retro queens, Kristin Knox has compiled a guide broken down by price category to the best vintage the Big Apple has to offer.
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