We are bringing you a fabulous line-up of vintage purveyors for the March 9th Wanstead Vintage Fashion & Brocante Fair. The fair is the day before Mother’s Day so there will be all manner of one-off, unique vintage presents to buy for your mother, and of course wonderful vintage fashions and accessories for you and retro home items for your home. We will have a display of black and white photographs of mothers through the decades in the foyer and a ‘To Mother with Love’ stall.
Here are just a few of the stallholders who will be presenting their wares on Saturday 9th March.
Brocant Antique will be making their first appearance at the Wanstead fair. Ramon and Gary source unusual and quirky items from markets in France, Holland and England. They say they “source anything that will look fantastic in the home”. Items range from crystal glass, clocks, small furniture, sculpture and homewares. The more “weird and unusual the better”.
Deborah Bullman, who used to sell at the antique market in Camden Passage is bringing sought after vintage items with known provenance. I will certainly be queuing at her stall as she is offering Hermes Scarves from the 1960s to 1980s, Kenneth Jay Lane and Chanel costume jewellery along with hand-made (by Fortnum & Mason) men’s crocodile shoes, Mappin & Webb and Gucci handbags and silk ties and suits for men.
“Women of all ages love costume jewelry because it’s fun, its fashionable, and it makes woman feel younger.”
Kenneth Jay Lane
‘June George‘ are all about ‘frocks’. They have a unique hand selected range of vintage and retro dresses. Gorgeous fabrics, prints and styles from the 1950s to the 1980s. Including handmade dress suits, 50s tea dresses, 60s and 70s minis and maxi’s and pretty lace evening and daytime wear. Vintage designer labels range from Horrockses to Radley to Suzy Perette and Lily Diamond, Carnegie to Cacharel. Form an orderly queue please.
Joshua Rahman is selling a collection of quirky brocante items – his home is stuffed full of wonderful vintage items but sadly he is now selling all of his vintage collection and looking forward to meeting other vintage enthusiasts so he can take comfort that his items will be cherished by new owners for years to come! He will be offering such things as a hand written letter from 1894, a collection of vintage umbrellas, bound volumes of Harpers Magazine from the 1880s and photos and ephemera.
We are delighted to welcome back Lottie Johansson, freelance editor and regular stallholder at the Wanstead Vintage Fashion & Brocante Fair, who will be bringing the most amazing selection of evening gowns along with a wonderful array of fashion accessories and beauty items. And fabulous news from Lottie, she is now the official blogger of all things Vintage on Harpersbazaar.co.uk with her informative blog ‘Vintage Spy’.
Red Cave are also back at Wanstead – they love rediscovering design gems from the past – re-found or rescued – they are then laundered, polished, buffed, cleaned and customised to show off their true vintage charm.
We are also excited to announce for the first time we will have a Pocillovist at the fair.
Pocillovy is the name given to the hobby of collecting egg cups and if you collect them you are a Pocillovist. Michelle and David, husband and wife team known as Eggcuppery (see blog on Eggcuppery) are egg cup collectors, turned sellers and will be presenting antique and vintage egg cups ranging from Victorian ceramic and art deco, through to plastic 60s and 70s egg cups featuring numerous characters from Andy Pandy to vintage Spiderman. They have more than 2000 in their collection and will be bringing a selection that includes 1960s wooden European cups, Japanese sets and makers such as Mason’s, Spode, Royal Doulton, Mintons and Carlton Ware.
Naturally we will also have our lovely regulars – to mention a few…
Debbie – Fabulous collection of vintage handbags June – Men’s and women’s vintage clothing April & Andy – 1950s is their passion and their stock reflects this Gisela – Vintage fashions for women, children and dolls Kaye & Margaret – Vintage Fashion & Accessories Helen – Mixed homewares from 1920s to 1950s and a range of small items of furniture Lady Janes Vintage Bandwagon – vintage womenswear and accessories from 1940s to 1980 and original vintage posters and records Red Cave – Lloyd Loom, small furniture and quirky homewares Leaping Hare Vintage – quality heritage vintage looks for men and women at affordable prices. Lots of Harris tweeds, leather & skin bags & luggage, brogues, silk scarves, hats, kilts, alpaca knits, plus lots more. Recent finds include a grey top hat in pristine condition with its original hat box and a range of children’s vintage clothes which they are debuting at Wanstead Vintage Fashion & Brocante.
We will also have stallholders selling vintage Liberty prints, fantastic vintage watches, books, maps and ephemera, haberdashery and vintage silverware.
Louise in the Vintage Cafe will be selling light lunches and morning and afternoon tea on dainty vintage china – she looks forward to seeing you.
Wanstead Vintage Fashion & Brocante Fair Saturday 9 March 10.00 am – 4.00 pm Christchurch Hall (beside Christ Church) Wanstead Place, E11 2SW (off Wanstead High Street) Admission £2.00 – accompanied children under 14 free NOMINATED ONE OF THE TOP THREE VINTAGE FAIRS IN THE LONDON 2012 VINTAGE AWARDS 07860 214 009