Frock Me! Vintage Fashion Fair on Sunday 26th October 2014

Sunday 26th of October it is all happening folks!  FrockMe! Vintage Fashion Fair takes place at Chelsea Old Town Hall

It is that time of year again my dear, when Chelsea Old Town Hall gets filled to the brim with beautiful vintage jewellery, clothing, shoes and other accessories, because Frock Me! Vintage Fashion Fair is back!  Designer pieces, flapper dresses and hats will fight for your attention from the rails and shelves, and you will have over 50 stalls to visit.

Heavenly vintage accessories… 

Our very favourite Blackbird Tea Rooms from Brighton will of course be there to serve you piping hot tea with warm scones, jam and clotted cream, while you catch up with you girlfriends.  It obviously takes place in the middle of beautiful Chelsea, so you have the King’s Road just outside the doorstep, with more glorious shopping and lovely restaurants to enjoy.

We fell in love with the collection of flapper dresses from Pennies Vintage a few years ago… gosh, these would be suitable for any episode of Downton!

Oh I so wish I could go, but I will be out of town!!!  As you already know I am completely addicted to Mad Men, and the series has inspired me to look for a 1950s night dress – you know those ankle length ones that are all soft and flowy with beautiful detailing.  Believe me, there is nothing in contemporary fashion that even slightly resembles that, so I have been waiting for the right vintage fair to come up – and unfortunately I will be out of town this weekend, but I will make sure to go to the next one!

FrockMe! Vintage Fashion Fair at Chelsea Old Town Hall

Below are the details for the fair, and if you end up buying anything or just want to share some photos with us, do get in touch on info@decadesofelegance.com, as we would love to see it here on Decades of Elegance!

FrockMe! Vintage Fashion Fair

Sunday 26th October 2014

Chelsea Old Town Hall

King’s Road

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The Simple Things, Blackbird Tea Rooms and Decades of Elegance

So I was beyond excited when this lovely magazine called The Simple Things got in touch with me and requested my photos from the Blackbird Tea Rooms-blog post – that you might remember from last summer.

The magazine came out just a few days ago so yesterday I popped by WH Smith in Selfridges to pick up a copy:

Oh how lovely it is to browse the beautiful Selfridges on any day of the week…

Selfridges London Oxford Street

I hadn’t realised what a huge selection of magazines they actually have in here!

And there it was: The Simple Things magazine on the shelf, just waiting to go home with me!

Decades of Elegance photography in The Simple Things – ‘Tea For Two’

The article that the photos are featured in is called ‘Tea For Two’ and tells us everything we need to know about Afternoon Tea and High Tea.  It also lists 10 Tea Rooms in the UK that they like a lot, and our favourite Blackbird Tea Rooms are of course listed first (no surprise there – an amazing afternoon tea experience awaits you in Brighton dear!).  The article is a staggering five pages long with our photos on every page, which is just wonderful!  This is what their lovely website looks like:

The Simple Things featuring the Blackbird Tea Rooms

When you enter The Simple Things website it is like stepping into a warm embrace of home.  They feature everything we love; from interiors and gardening to cookery and lifestyle,  and the articles remind us to take the time to enjoy all these simple pleasures in life.  I love this quote on the website, which I think encompasses their motto perfectly:

“It is about knowing that there’s no satisfaction like that at the end of a long muddy walk, no pink so pretty as freshly-cut rhubarb, no perfume to compare with your own home-grown flowers. It’s keeping your dad’s old typewriter just because it’s beautiful. It’s an empty beach on a Sunday morning. It’s backpedaling. It’s the Simple Things.” – The Simple Things 

How can we not fall in love with this!?  My favourite colour combination of pink and greys… 

And I am also oh so excited to let you know that the magazine is writing an article about Decades of Elegance, and I will let you know as soon as it is out!

A feature on the Blackbird Tea Rooms website

It is a lovely day here at Decades of Elegance, as we have the honour of featuring on the Blackbird Tea Room’s website:

Decades of Elegance at Blackbird Tea Rooms 

You might remember a previous blog post about a visit to the Blackbird Tea Rooms in Brighton?  We indulged in the most fabulous scones and exotic teas, in surroundings that made it seem like we had just stepped into the 1940’s!  Well, we can still warmly recommend a visit to this little paradise on earth down in Brighton, so go and enjoy some glamour, good food and take the opportunity to dress up and wear that dress and the piece of jewellery that you keep saving for a “special occasion”!  We are definitely looking forward to our next visit – so maybe see you there dear!

Decades of Elegance in Vintage Life Magazine

We have also now added a Press & Portfolio-page here on the blog (you can find it at the top of this page) and looking forward to adding all future antique jewellery articles!

Happy Friday dear and have a lovely weekend!