Fun in Flanders: Ghent vintage shopping
Last weekend I was lucky to visit Ghent and had such a great time that I didn’t want to come home! We stayed in a small studio apartment in a central part of […]
Category Archives: Vintage outings
Vintage outings: A trip to Thorpeness Emporium and café
I love visiting new places particularly when they’re as quirky as Thorpeness, a small seaside village in Suffolk. The place was once a small fishing village but in the early […]
Flea market fun in Paris: le Marché aux Puces at Porte de Vanves
Last weekend, my boyfriend and I went to a friend’s wedding in Paris. I’d been looking forward to the weekend for ages, not only because I was excited about the […]
Charity shop finds: vintage baubles and cut glass
I had been hoping to do another Taste-tea Tuesday post today but I’ve been having a busy week and haven’t had a chance to put one together despite trying a […]
French flea market fun in L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue
Before the autumn well and truly begins I thought I’d share some pictures from my summer holiday in France – on a vintage theme of course! On the first full […]
Yard sales and retro finds in East Anglia
I never pass up an opportunity to visit a city I’ve not been to for a while particularly when it’s as interesting a city as Norwich. Growing up in Wales […]
Vintage fashion photography: A glimpse into the world of Erwin Blumenfeld
Since studying photography during my teens, I’ve been fascinated by iconic photographers of the past. However, until recently I’d not even heard of one of the most influential fashion photographers […]
Bostonian vintage in the blazing heat
After reading Modflower’s post about her first visit to an antiques fair, I’ve been thinking about the antiques and vintage fairs I’ve been to over the last year or so. […]
A flea market of the grandest kind: le Marché aux Puces de St-Ouen, Paris
I have always wanted to go to a French flea market and last weekend provided the perfect opportunity. I was in Paris with four friends for a ten year reunion […]
Seaside vintage: A sun-kissed weekend in Dorset
As a child growing up in a small coastal city, I thought everyone lived by the sea. As an adult, I am still drawn to the ocean. Its vastness both […]
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