Mark Watson of the fashion trend-forecasting company WGSN, says…
"The love of all things old-fashioned is simply a reaction to the scary world around us. People turn to comforting memories in times of strife, and you can’t get much more comforting than your granny…."
I keep reading this: that vintage is (sadly!!) having a field day because of our sub-conscious reaction to 9/11 and there is a big part of me that doesn’t believe it…
It seems to me that after a decade of minimalism, the rich pattern of the vintage aesthetic is appealing because it is the antithesis of the empty space we have come to know and abhor…
Vintage is having it’s moment, but it won’t last forever: the tide is already shifting and the design magazines can only do so many retro inspired visuals before even those of us that adore it start to yawn.
Fingers crossed that time will be soon. For some of us it was a lifestyle long before it was a reaction to international strife: an aesthetic, long before it was a trend.
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Another week over and what have we done? All of a sudden it is Saturday again. The last Saturday in April, with temperatures apparently rivalling Mexico and garden centres heaving with well to do old ladies and me. For the most part…
These are the links that have made me smile recently ~ enjoy! 2012: How One Woman Made Her Dreams + Goals Come True! Leonie. Lovely. Inspiring and true. Blossom Magazine From Amy Butler. Oh Carla Bruni, so feminism’s over, is it? De-railing…
I remember this as her kitchen, the one room in our house where no one questioned my mother’s authority— her cast iron pots bubbling over on the stove, cracked tea cups in the sink. How I hated the difficult oven always hanging…
When I happened across the gorgeous Ariane Beigneux bluebirdy image above (very similar to the little boy and his bluebird who sit above Finleys bed)Â it immediately got me thinking about my favorite childhood film, The BlueBird with Shirley Temple, who plays…
It is half term and two days in, already I am banging my fevered brow against the walls of the proverbial cabin. Oh that I was not so resentful of the time stolen and the mess created! I tell myself that childhood…
Oh, how utterly delicious: not only is Mirror Mirror one of the most desirable little boutiques online, (dedicated to helping you live happily ever after…), but the girl in charge has also got a blog, charting the up’s and downs of running…
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RUBBISH! I loved all things vintage from the time I was a leetle girl…before I was aware of the outside world. While it is becoming more popular "now" the true blue vintage lovers will stay because for us it is NOT a trend! It's IN DEEP!
Oh for goodness sakes! I grew up with all these "vintage surroundings" and have kept them with me… my Nana's things, things my Mom handed down to me when I married… my sense of "vintage" is timeless. If it's timeless, it's forever! Not a trend!
what a lot of crock ! like Amy, I have been surrounded by vintage for ever. When I was a little girl, it was out of necessity and as I grew older it was because of my love for that safe haven of home and family. Yes, trying to recapture those wonderful days for my own family. when something is 'in' you always get those who jump on the bandwagon …until the next 'in' look comes and off they go. However, I do believe alot of people are 'into' vintage for that exact reason that is stated…to return to something safe and comforting
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RUBBISH! I loved all things vintage from the time I was a leetle girl…before I was aware of the outside world. While it is becoming more popular "now" the true blue vintage lovers will stay because for us it is NOT a trend! It's IN DEEP!
Oh for goodness sakes! I grew up with all these "vintage surroundings" and have kept them with me… my Nana's things, things my Mom handed down to me when I married… my sense of "vintage" is timeless. If it's timeless, it's forever! Not a trend!
what a lot of crock ! like Amy, I have been surrounded by vintage for ever. When I was a little girl, it was out of necessity and as I grew older it was because of my love for that safe haven of home and family. Yes, trying to recapture those wonderful days for my own family.
when something is 'in' you always get those who jump on the bandwagon …until the next 'in' look comes and off they go.
However, I do believe alot of people are 'into' vintage for that exact reason that is stated…to return to something safe and comforting