Not long now my pretties! THIS SUNDAY Oct 17th at the Fremantle Town Hall (8 William Street Fremantle) from 12noon until 5pm our Vintage Vixens and Vamps Market will be on! With over 30 stalls packed full of vintage wares for your perusal.
Fern from She Seldom Blushes gives us the run down on her boutique in the heart of Fremantle:Having inherited the bargain-hunting, rummager-gatherer nature of her mother, Fern Vallesi has been fossicking through op-shops, garage sales and Sunday markets looking for the elusive bargain since she was in her early teens.
Since around the same time she has been making jewellery with her preloved finds... And in more recent years she began to wholesale these to boutiques in Perth under the label She Seldom Blushes.
Now She Seldom Blushes is a store in the Atwell Arcade in Fremantle stocking Fern’s jewellery, the jewellery of other local designers and other things she loves... including vintage clothing and accessories and gifts with a retro edge.
For more info check SSB out online on Facebook...
Vintage Space offers a fabulous selection of mid century vintage clothes, accessories and collectables.
Specialising in vintage bakelite, celluloid, lucite, animal print, lurex and cherries.
The Vintage Vixen and Vamps Fair will feature a wonderful array of Spring and Summer vintage goodies. Looking for the perfect 1950s pin up swimsuit? Vintage Space is for you.
Vintage Space can be found online on EBAY and within the vintage market scene.
Contact details - Kitty - vintagespace@bigpond.com
Don't they look delectable! myum myum!
Backstage at the Vintage Vixens and Vamps Fair II
Sunday 17 October 2010
1.30 – 3.30 pm
Cost $12 (plus $3 entry fee)
All grown up, somewhere to go, but lost the knack of looking great?
Come along to this small soiree of women backstage at Vintage Vixens and Vamps, bring along one outfit you look great in, dress up, have fun, grab a few pointers from the teachings of Trinny and Susannah – and make use of the fantastic outlets at VVV II to explore how vintage, retro and preloved clothing can put the glamour and style back into your dressing life – at a fraction of the cost of mass produced, resource wasting, imported clothing. Numbers are very limited. To book, contact Georgina on 0417 949 179 or email g-mavor@ausconnect.net.”
Something old, somthing new, somthing borrowed, somthing Marabou!
Bluebird Vintage is a cosy little nook in Wembley where vintage fashion meets ye olde worlde...with the added goodness of bric-a-brac! We stock an eclectic mix of vintage women's clothing and retro homewares, cute curios, pop culture kitsch, antiques and collectables, making it the place and girl can bring her Grandma and both leave smiling! We have crammed every corner with pretty frocks, Polaroid cameras, vintage Ray-Bans, costume jewelery, cowboy boots, leather satchels, bags, accessories and every little thing your vintage heart desires. Every visit comes with free mental fashion advice and footy tips.
288 Cambridge Street Wembley (08) 9287 2768
Open Tues - Sat 10am to 
5:30pm.
Hey Joe Retro is another of our stallholders at our October Fair. Read on...
What sort of things can we expect from Hey Joe at the VVV Fair this year? We will be previewing our range of bathers and beachwear, bringing down menswear for the guys along with some records, a selection of our vintage designer sunglasses and a few choice pieces of vintage homewares, along with summer day dresses and tooled leather bags..
Where did the name come from? Its a combination of a Jimi Hendrix song, our location on South St, and the first two initials of my name Helen Joyce - says it all about the shop.
Why retro? why not new? Who wants new just like everyone else, retro and vintage provides something unique, and retro especially gives you bright plastics, funky flowers and puts a smile on your face.
Where can we find you? Cnr South and Stokes Sts White Gum Valley, 5 minutes out of Fremantle
What are your opening hours? Thurs - Sun 11am-6pm
Contact details: 9433 5191, hejocoda@virginbroadband.com.au, check us out on facebook @ HEY JOE RETRO.
Just one of the many stallholders at our next Vintage Vixen Fair! The kids from Benswick Vintage told us a bit about themselves...
Our photographer this event is Shirin Carter from Ragdoll Photography...to check out more of Ragdolls work head to their facebook page...A patchwork, a swath of colour, a kaleidoscope.
A lens full of colour and motion, faces, smiles and tears.
Ragdoll Photography is a small town, big time grip into the alter ego.
Based in Perth, Western Australia, Ragdoll Photography is a venture of Shirin Carter, an ex-journalist, and now a professional photographer.
Through targeting the inner superhero, fairy and rock goddess for pacifist fire, she is pulling the portrait to pieces and discovering new light and dark, colours and life within everyday people.
The next could be you.
Evans Modelling has come on board for our second Vintage Vixens Fair. We asked to Samanatha Nicholls the Events Manager to tell us a bit more about Evans.
Evans Modelling, The Teenage Self Esteem Centre offer programmes to Teenage students allowing them to develop valuable life skills for their future. In return for their effort we offer exciting rewards in Modelling with opportunities to perform parades and star in photo shoots
We also have a selection of platinum models that participate in various Charities in and around Perth. Our Models have given their time to the following events
- Hawaiian Iron Man Fundraiser
- Rocky Bay Model Search
- Star Light Day
- Leukaemia Foundation
- Multiple Fashion parades
Being involved with us opens up many doors in a multitude of industries. Recently one of our Platinum students was given the opportunity to host the Junior Rocky Bay competition at the Perth Town Hall. She has now been invited to go on set at channel 9 and has a huge possibility to continue as an apprentice.
Our main office is located in Morley.
Phone 9275 4000 or via contact@evansmodelling.com
Mention Vintage Vixens and Vamps and receive a free trial class at Evans Modelling in Morley.
This year we have the girls from The Clothing Exchange on board. They'll be ready to answer your questions on how/where you attend their next event and how it all works. Want to learn how to reduce your carbon footprint through fashion? Read on...The Clothing Exchange was developed in response to the need for reducing Australia’s problem of wasteful consumption which is soaring above the $10 billion mark each year. Unlike most forms of environmental activism, The Clothing Exchange enlivens and excites people by amplifying the simple, sustainable practice of sharing. While people attend the event seeking a free wardrobe update, they often find themselves equally elated by the prospect of seeing their unwanted clothes getting a new lease on life and feel good taking part in collective action for sustainable development.
The Clothing Exchange invites people to bring the clothes they value but no longer wear to exchange for those they will. Now if you think the idea of 50 relative strangers coming to swap clothes in the one room is a recipe for chaos, rest assured, the process of the exchange is fair and efficient! The exchange rate is accounted for using buttons. Participants are encouraged to bring approximately 6 garments or accessories to exchange (we accept a maximum of 10) and they are given one button for each item which buys another in return. This way regardless of how many participants are swapping it is always equitable and you always have the right number of garments! We have received feedback asking us to assign different values according to our perceived quality of the garments but this would be subjective and lead participants down a more competitive path. Instead, we put the faith in the hands of participants to bring clothes they value and our role is to monitor the quality. As the objective of The Clothing Exchange is to activate fashion waste, this is the best system of exchange and it has proven to be successful again and again.
There is quality control at each event where we count and peruse the garments on entry and intercept any items that are not swappable. It is important that you bring items you no longer wear and think others will value. You must be detached and happy to see your items adopted by new owners. It is also important you give generously – even if it’s sexy, was expensive or a designer label – if you’re not wearing it, throw it into the mix and have a laugh with the person who happily adopts it.
It is essential that items are clean and presented neatly because that’s good manners! A little press and neat folding is fine.
Mia and I got involved so that we could do out ‘little bit’ to help the environment while meeting new people and having fun.
Others can get involved by checking out the website www.clothingexchange.com.au and come along to events which are listed on the events page or email ‘subscribe’ to perth@clothingexchange.com.au to subscribe to our newsletter and keep up with events and swapping news. Alternatively, we are always on the lookout for volunteers to assist at events – contact Vanessah at perth@clothingexchange for further information.
Sugar Blue will be performing at our event spectacular this year...we caught up with Cecile Mimeux...
If you have vintage collectables, clothing, shoes, hats, books, music, accessories etc that relate to the jazz era from the 1920s-1940s, then you may wish to have a stall at the Leedy Hop Live. Once a month you can display and sell your retro gear in a wonderful environment of Lindy Hop dancing and Big Band Jazz! Stall spaces are limited. August already has Ashleigh in Wonderland and Michelle Turner's amazing collection. Book your stall by contacting sophie@swingzing.com. The Leedy Hop Live runs on the last Thursday of the month 7-11pm at the Yugal Club, 288 Oxford Street Leederville. Stall set up is from 5.30pm
The girls from Sugar Blue are on board with us Vintage Vixens at our next event in October. We had a chat to Clara over tea...and cupcakes...
Burlesque. How did you start? How long have you been performing?
I knew Adora Derriere, the owner of our troupe, for years through lindy hop.
I found out she was starting the troupe, I told her (while slightly tipsy at a party) that I was going to learn to hula hoop and join the troupe. Well, that's pretty much exactly what I did. I've been performing with Sugar Blue for about 2 years now and haven't looked back. If you had have told me 2 years ago that I would be doing burlesque and hula hooping I would have thought you were crazy!
Who are you listening to at the moment?
I'm listening to a ton of Helen Kane and Flether Henderson. Their music makes me so happy! I'm also really enjoying Janelle Monae's "The ArchAndroid".
Whats your favourite era?
I adore the 20's. It was just such a cha
nge in both lifestyle and fashion from the previous era. I can't even imagine how scandalous the young, impetuous flappers must have been to their Victorian parents. I love the music and the fashion, it was so decadent. Unfortunately, I look terrible in a drop waisted dress so I prefer the 40's and 50's for clothing.
Where can we see you perform next?
We have the Martini Club happening at DeVilles on the 22nd of August and then we have our next big show "The Speakeasy" on the 11th of September at the Fly by Night. I'm so excited about this one! It's going to be fabulous.
Five words to describe yourself:
Kooky cupcake lovin' cat lady!
