1950s love

Went Pinteresting today...

Fell in love.

Definitely thinking when I have a bit of time to hand paint a dress! So beautiful!

xoxo
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What more could you ask for? Honestly!!

Get what you really want this Christmas… Purchase here or in store :)  

A Grand Day Out…

Today was the last stall we’ve had lined up for the rest of the year! (devastating news I know) but on the plus side, we’re setting up online! Some consolation?

We turned up this morning after a 5am start from the E&W household and a 3 hour drive not knowing what to expect and apart from the weather (which did hold off) everything was amazing! Powis Castle is a beautiful place and we had a prime spot staring at it all day…

We took everything we could find from home and the shop that was red, white or blue to make a lovely rail of clothes and I finished off the Jubilympics dress just in time!

Yet another busy day ahead for the up-cycling combo… We have a dip dyed sheet ready to be transformed into King and Queen capes for the quirky Cowbridge Hub procession and then our celebrations are over.

Hope everyone’s had/has an amazing Jubilee long weekend , we saw some street parties on the way back that looked amazing but my camera had run out of battery :(

E&W

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Lots of love 

Jubilee outfits for me an my mum!

I’m wearing a beautiful 1950s lace Jean Allen dress (that fits me to a T)

and I’ve made my mum a fitted sweetheart neck ‘wiggle’ dress from recycled materials! Vintage up-dos and fur stoles all round!

Pins and Needles

Don’t you just love a good productive week?!

We’ve pulled together our shorts collection for in store tomorrow! We’re also half way through the online shop… its going to look amazing!

Not only have we done all of this, there’s also 3 more dresses from the famous 50’s collection completed and ready for sale from tomorrow - the rest just need zips!

This is my favourite one - the candy stripe! Its had to have a wash thanks to a very unhelpful mutt…

We’ve got some more ideas to make some completely unique amazing shorts - all will be revealed soon! We can also up-cycle yours, bring them to us in store and get a new makeover for Summer!!

So here’s to another good week, lots to see and do tomorrow with the Book Festival in Cowbridge - we will be in the shop so come say hi!

E&W 

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Project Jubilee…

The time is now! We’re currently under a little move about of the workshop due to my sister moving home and reclaiming her room for a month - so there's no better time to sort out the projects for the next few weeks!

I want to create the 3 main looks of the 50's to showcase at the Jubilee festival and to me that means the dress, the coat and the suit, all with a cute 50's eco look.

The box coat. The Chanel suit. The classic full skirted dress.

These 3 pieces, for me, exude the 1950’s look and although there are a lot more dresses that have the classic 1950’s look, I wanted to choose something a little different that I can experiment with…

Then to go with all of this we’re expanding the Famous 50’s collection - a whole load of circle skirts, little tops and cutsie dresses. All eco, all vintage, all amazing! And these are the fabrics…

And for once Ill show it as I’m going along - from start to finish.. (promise)

I’m also (finally) in the middle of uploading all our wedding dress stock to our web page! So if you want to see our amazing wedding dress collection from 1940’s to 1960’s, handmade and up-cycled gowns check out the website here

So much to do! With some time to settle in and do it! Bring on the week ahead.

The Famous 50’s collection!