I had such an enormous weekend - bowling, karaoke till 3:30 am, iskender at Cuba Kebabs, celebrities the game, birthday party, jumble sale - that you must forgive me for taking a day off posting on Sunday. For my sins, here are some truly stupid photos of me during karaoke in a neon private booth and wearing heinous bowling shoes - hurray!
The most fashion-related activity I indulged in during the weekend was the Great Eclectic Jumble Sale in Newtown. A vintage store owner brought a truckload of her goodies from the South Island and unleashed it on the public in a draughty old community hall in Newtown. Nothing but class. With prices ranging from 50 cents to a maximum of $25, there were hour long queues, children inadvertently knocked over, elbows out, and madness madness madness.
Unfortunately, due to being at karaoke until 3:30 am and then eating iskenders at Cuba Kebabs till 4 am the night before, I was in no fit state to be up and at 'em at the heinous 9 am time of opening. I stumbled in at 10:30 am and paid for it - racks were gutted, lines were long, women were irate. Despite the many adversities I faced, I still managed to emerge with a sack full of stuff - beautiful hand-embroidered shirts from the 60s, costume jewellery, delicately embroidered linen, a lace purse from the 50s, a magic as-new pair of vintage shoes, and a 60s trapeze dress.
A few of my mother's finds - sheer silk gloves, a beautifully beaded vintage bag, a diamante belt/head wrap.
I was pleasantly surprised that the majority of clothes, linen, manchester and accessories on sale were true vintage finds i.e. things belonging from the 70s back, rather than merely second-hand goods i.e. things belonging from the late 80s forward. Forgive me if this division seems ambiguous. But I've always thought this was a sensible, if crudely general, way to divide between vintage versus secondhand/op shop goods. Feel free to disagree :) I wear my two favourite finds below. This outfit is for my parallel life as a 60s variety show hostess.
The most fashion-related activity I indulged in during the weekend was the Great Eclectic Jumble Sale in Newtown. A vintage store owner brought a truckload of her goodies from the South Island and unleashed it on the public in a draughty old community hall in Newtown. Nothing but class. With prices ranging from 50 cents to a maximum of $25, there were hour long queues, children inadvertently knocked over, elbows out, and madness madness madness.
Unfortunately, due to being at karaoke until 3:30 am and then eating iskenders at Cuba Kebabs till 4 am the night before, I was in no fit state to be up and at 'em at the heinous 9 am time of opening. I stumbled in at 10:30 am and paid for it - racks were gutted, lines were long, women were irate. Despite the many adversities I faced, I still managed to emerge with a sack full of stuff - beautiful hand-embroidered shirts from the 60s, costume jewellery, delicately embroidered linen, a lace purse from the 50s, a magic as-new pair of vintage shoes, and a 60s trapeze dress.
A few of my mother's finds - sheer silk gloves, a beautifully beaded vintage bag, a diamante belt/head wrap.
I was pleasantly surprised that the majority of clothes, linen, manchester and accessories on sale were true vintage finds i.e. things belonging from the 70s back, rather than merely second-hand goods i.e. things belonging from the late 80s forward. Forgive me if this division seems ambiguous. But I've always thought this was a sensible, if crudely general, way to divide between vintage versus secondhand/op shop goods. Feel free to disagree :) I wear my two favourite finds below. This outfit is for my parallel life as a 60s variety show hostess.
♥ Headband from Portmans ♥ Dress is vintage ♥ Shoes are vintage
wow. wow. wow.
ReplyDeleteThat Jumble Sale sounds - and looks - amazing! and all vintage too! So jealous. I wish they had something like that over here.
What beautiful finds. Your dress is simply stunning! The colour is so divine.
Oh my lord...that dress is amazing!
ReplyDeleteThe last comment was from Susie Bubble at Style Bubble...sorry!
ReplyDeletethe vintage dress is stuning!!!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a busy weekend!! And what amazing finds :)
ReplyDeleteOh wow, that sounds like such an amazing weekend! How i wish i was in Wellington for it. Silly Auckland.
ReplyDeleteYou look so stunning in the dress! It is beautiful and suits you so well x
i can't believe i missed that! it totally slipped my mind. :) silly me... i love that dress, it's FANTASTIC!
ReplyDeletemuchlove: thank you, hun! these events are far too few and far between in Wellington so I went all out.
ReplyDeletesusanna: i'm truly starstruck! tehehe. i hope it really is you and not some nasty impostor pretending to be you and spoiling your good name ;) the dress is fairly fabulous and i haven't been so excited in a while about a piece of clothing!
saray: thank you! i'm glad you like it as much as I do.
the paper doll: it's rare that I have a weekend so packed to be honest. i practically had no time to breath and am looking forward to staying home this weekend.
petra: you're very sweet! thanks so much. and look at you on my links list! yay!
the romantic apple: oh i'm so sorry you missed it! i probably should have posted about it but I only heard about it Friday night!
i love the dress!!!
ReplyDeletelooks really great on you
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