Category: womenswear

Classic Cord Mariner Cap

As the seasons look to change and there is a growing nip in the air, time to reach for this timeless classic cord mariner cap in a indie similar style to that often favoured in the Sixties by members of the Beatles and particularly by John Lennon.

Why things vintage and retro can top brand new ideas

  With all this headline talk today of ‘fast’ fashion contributing to the rapid depletion of the planet’s natural resources, with over consumption leading to environmental issues like the over use of landfill sites, I ask myself: what about vintage…

Mid-century Inspired Fabric Designs Made from 20th Century Cloth

50s fashion fabrics by 20th Century Cloth
With Spring not far around the corner, you may be looking to freshen up your living spaces with a makeover. You may decide to go for a retro style theme but need some ideas.

In 1957, The Daily Mail Ideal Home Book recognised that contemporary fabric design was helping greatly to brighten everyday life. The 1950s, it said, had ushered in a new style of fashion which provided lightness and colour where not so long in recent wartime there had often been boredom, drabness and a lack of variety. Now, it claimed, a living room could be quickly and beautifully transformed with