Birmingham Vintage,Crafts & Pre-Loved Extravaganza

A vintage crafts & pre-loved event is on at Aston University Students Guild on Saturday 3rd March (ie. this Sat)

Sowe will not be there but you never know what you may find!

Scarlet

xxx


Image - http://www.spacehopperevents.com/event/Birmingham+Vintage%2CCrafts+%26+Pre-Loved+Extravaganza+/36/

70's Makeup

Some 70's makeup looks for Saturdays Vintage Fair!

Enjoy

Ellephant

x

70's Styles from Sowe

Birmingham Vintage Fair!!

If you havent been able to make it along to Glastonbury this weekend, fear not we have a mud free alternative! Come along to the Birmingham Vintage Fair in St Pauls Square where we will be channelling woodstock with our hippie vibes! We will also have performances by 2 local bands to really finish off the festival feel!

Now to one of life's eternal questions.....What to wear?
We have some lovely 70's ensembles for sale, see some of them previewed in the pictures below.

Cant wait to see you there!
As always peace and love

Ellephant

xx

Saturday Matthew...We're going to be...

Hippies!...this Saturday at the Birmingham Vintage Fair El & I will be channelling our inner hippies....peace

Scarlet

xxx

Images - afashionmind.blogspot.com

70's Fashion

Peace and love people!!

Ha soooo as I have already said the Birmingham Vintage Fair is here in under a eek (the countdown is on!) and Sowe has been busy preparing!

As I mentioned the fair is taking on a 70's theme, now me and Scarlet love an excuse to get dressed up (although we have a tendency to take it to far - ask Natty Bling!!) Soo whilst out shopping on Saturday we gots to talking and debating what is 70's fashion is it flares and disco fashion or miniskirts and eyeliner or hippie-boho???

Well you will be relieved to know I have done my research and I'm glad to say its all 70's fashion!!

The 70's was an era of significant change in politics, equality, economy, music and youth culture this all of course had a huge impact on the fashion trends. To sum them up...

Early 70's continued from the 60's with a hippie look of maxi skirts and peasant shirts, but also the mini skirt was introduced as was hotpants.

Mid 70's saw the glamrock era and the introduction of the platform shoe for men and women. Shops such as Biba thrived and fashion icons such as David Bowie and Bianca Jagger were created.

Mid to Late seventies saw the Disco look emerge with three piece suits for the men, leotards for women and generally loads of lurex and polyester think John Travolta and Saturday night fever, in stark contrast to this the Punk style developed with ripped jeans torn t-shirts, tartan and safety pins with icons such as Siouxsie and Malcolm Mclaren.

Funny that the 70's often gets a bit of a slating when people refer back to it but it seems that every style albeit with a slight modern take has been recreated...who can say they havent worn; flares, platform shoes, ripped jeans, maxi/mini skirts even the looks as a whole have come back think Sienna Miller and Kate Moss with their boho-chic and the punk look with stars such as Jaime Winstone and Agyness Deyn.

So what will you be wearing this Saturday?!

Cant wait to see you

Ellephant

x

Hippy girl picture; http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/5037030662_c51147fcb9.jpg

Hotpants girl; http://digilander.libero.it/guido_1953/pics/hotpants-2/hotpants-1970-model.jpg

Mick and Bianca Jagger Wedding; http://thehistoryofrockmusic.com/images/mick-bianca-jagger-wedding-2.jpg
David Bowie; http://cheerbear.webs.com/Bowie.jpg

Saturday night fever; https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCsjQ3xuQnapbjcFn4FcPPGAwZcLkjCPUO3hjpEsjuhMI_tIXZPsBGrYnP-nfa0bbagjFI6s_J4eTWCo2of9tzZbRu8r3PN2LgQi_gz6n4lHRK3aDHcA5dc3zxm9XPlSIGjn2zm3D4tg/s400/SaturdayNightFever.jpg

Siouxsie;http://www.buzzinmusicblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/siouxsie-sioux.jpg

Sienna Miller; https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNm0mwpie-ZfLceY4pCwTnKIeo-glQ5PYSH1_PjLfi2wYhfHViJCQ32u2QoIn2JocIFLySzW6ski7in3LIYo5qidHYenKJOIBpCYNVCmNgmsjerbhr1B2G67TaYYuByTVuU5yMtLu7IwgD/s1600/sienna+miller+street+style1.jpg

Agynes Deyn; http://www.soundfreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/idmag-agyness-deyn-2-150x150.jpg

Birmingham Vintage Fair

Hello Lovelies,

Finally we have fantastic news to deliver - we are over the moon to announce Sowe will be joining a fantastic line up at Birminghams newest Vintage Fair.

Birmingham Vintage is taking a fresh new approach to the scene and seeks to project a festival atmosphere by creating a fair with vintage fashion and accessories, art, food & drink as well as makeup and hair consultants to work their magic!

The fair will be held on the 25th June from 11-5 in the creative hotbed that is the Jewellery Quarter at AE Harris. For more information, directions and lots of other interesting stuff go to http://birminghamvintage.co.uk/

As if things couldnt get any better they are having a 70's theme so I will be channelling my inner hippie (not hard really ha!) and going all out with the peace and love vibe!!

Cant wait to see you there!!

Ellephant
PS stay tuned for more info on what Sowe will be taking to the Vintage Fair!
x

Ring a ding ding ding...

Last weeks episode of Secret Diary of a Call girl featured fur, 70's & head candy! Belle rocked a white fur cape (a little white fur goes far - trust me I know), over a backless 70's jumpsuit complete with full on flared legs & a jewelled bow headpiece....LADIES work the 70's look, an era of glamour didn't serve them too shabbily...see my post from yesterday - a single piece is so easy to make anything look chic!

My fave look of the episode had to be with the uh-hum (muffles under breath) adult baby....hahaha...

The hairstyle was so 90's but I really like it, I don't think I could work it, but then again if I anyone can get away with weird its usually me??? The sequined half cape daped over her simple black dress looked lovely...I can't help lately I'm a black girl, I just love black on black with black...it flattering, toning & most importantly it shows your solHOuette!!!

This week I stayed up to catch it which killed me as I am so exhausted lately (I have to admit I usually get it on catch up)but I had to get my fix! Note the recurring ball earrings, the fishtail plait, the ballerina trend after the rather embarrassing film "rehearsal", the effortless craved curls, the dark sapphire eyeshadow & Billies favourite outfit from the NY arrival....very SJP in SATC !!!

Again sorry about the pictures, its just me & my phone in front of the tele?ha I kind of like the effect though! ha

Scarlet
xxx