Dublin vintage & half-moon table

A trip to visit the in-laws in Dublin always entails a quick tour around the vintage shops - well, it'd be rude not to, and Temple Bar gives good vintage.

My two favourite shops can be found along the cobbled streets of this popular tourist and independent shopping district - 9 Crow Street offers an exciting mix of pre-loved designer, wearable vintage and re-made pieces, and Fluorescent Elephant some great Mid-Century fashions, from 1950s sun dresses to Sixties' cocktail shifts.


During my recent trip I picked up this Cerruti 1881 mist pink shift in 9 Crow Street - much like the M&S SS12 drop-waist pink dress the fashion press has been going mad for - for 25 Euros. And this pyschedelic wool jacket top was just 15 Euros in the Fluorescent Elephant sale - check out those colours!


If you're bargain hunting in Dublin, George's Street is also worth checking out for charity shops - Oxfam has a great array of reasonably-priced vintage - and is also close to Urban Picnic - the best lunch spot in town. I'd highly recommend the fresh Thai green curry.

Back in Brighton, I snapped up this 1960s/'70s half-moon table for just £4 at good old Spiral on Bedford Place. Still the place to go for furniture bargains.


Have you picked up any second-hand bargains lately?

The Mad Men dress

I recently sold a whole load of clothes on eBay, meaning that I had £70 in my Paypal account to play with. As it costs to take money out of said Paypal account, of course it all went straight back into eBay - good set-up they've got there.

So the 'sorry you were out' cards, which now read 'something for you' - much more enticing - have been piling up over the last week and today I trekked up to the post depot to pick of my parcels of joy.

The item I was most excited about getting my hands on was an original 1960s gold threaded floral and paisley print dress. No one else had bid on it and I won for just £7.50 plus £3 P&P - a grand total of £10.50!

It looked gorgeous on the site, and I thought it'd be the perfect dress to wear to one of my good friend's weddings in the summer.

You can never be sure of the sizing when buying things through eBay, especially when they're vintage, so I was a little anxious that it wouldn't fit, but it does - perfectly!

The lining is silky, the material heavy, the gold thread catches the light beautifully and it hangs in a way that means it will swish and swoosh on the dance floor.

I really didn't want to take it off - June can't come soon enough.

Oh, and did I mention that it cost just £10.50? TEN POUNDS AND FIFTY PENCE! I have to win some kind of bargain-hunting award for this. Where do I pick it up?