Frock Me! vintage fashion fair
The famous vintage fashion fair 'Frock Me!' branched out from its home at Chelsea Town Hall to set up shop (or stalls) down in Brighton earlier this year, and returns with over 70 exibitors of vintage goodies on 6 June.
The fair is the brain child of Matthew Adams, who studied Costume & Theatre Design in the 1970s and started selling vintage fashions and accessories at the, now defunct, Swiss Cottage Market in 19798. He went on to set up the popular Stables Market in Camden and started the first vintage fashion fair in Kensington Town Hall in the mid 1990s, later moving it to Chelsea in 2004 and changing the name to Frock Me (no relation to the C4 show).
The fairs have proved a massive success wherever they are based, as have the associated tea rooms, selling the obligatory cupcakes and afternoon tea on dainty kitsch china.
I can't believe I missed the two in Brighton earlier this year but have added the up-coming event in my diary as one not to be missed and will no doubt be going back in October and November for another vintage fashion fix. At just £4 entrance (£2 with NUS), how could you resist?
For those in London, the next Frock Me! fair is on 23 May.
Vintage at Goodwood festival
Vintage fashion plus music and food - what more could you ask for? The first of what is planned to be an annual event, the Vintage at Goodwood Festival runs from 13 till 15 August - the perfect timing for me to blag a ticket as a birthday present!
Over the three days in Chichester, acts old and new will perform on several stages dotted around the festival site, catwalk shows and fashion markets will exhibit vintage fashions and organic, free-range and ethical food and drink will provide shopping and dancing fuel.
Among the musical acts confirmed are Sandie Shaw, introducing her favourite female artists who will perform songs "that men sung that women should have", Motown legends Martha and the Vandellas and current favourites the Noisettes. Catwalk shows, running three times a day, will exhibit the creations of classic designers Ossie Clark, Mary Quant and Vivienne Westwood, to name but a few, and will be themed around such fashions as 'Mods vs Rockers', 'The British New Look' and 'Future Vintage'. And over 320 vintage fashion purveyors will be selling their wares at the fair.
When it comes to refreshments, afternoon tea will be available, the WI will host a 'largest and funniest-shaped vegetable competition - then baking said veg in pies - and classic ice cream vans will tootle around the site.
Oh, and there will be a classic-car boot sale on the Sunday. It just couldn't get any better!
Day tickets start from £55, with weekend passes at £135. You can also camp on the site, from £15 for your own tent to £1,000 for a gypsy caravan and £2,000 for a Hotel Bell Tent.
For more information on the vintage fashion events, click on the links below:
Frock Me!
Vintage at Goodwood
All images used taken from the Frock Me! and Vintage at Goodwood websites.
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