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Introducing Arthur.....

Reading the many blogs out there, its easy to assume its the ladies that are leading the voyage into vintage. Well lucky for me hubby seems just as keen to join in! Having bought his first couple of vintage items at W & Ws he was pretty keen to get some kind of complete outfit together to wear to events. Of course hubby being hubby his vintage vision would include (ultimately) car too and there in lay the problem. Hubby was thinking military. The problem was he prefered British vehicles but American uniforms! After much deliberation we decided, for now at least, Civvy street was definitely the way to go.

Luckily I knew exactly which street to go to...

Catherine Hill, Frome.

One of the coolest streets in the county for all things vintage and handmade! Unfortunately Make & Mend was shut but we tootled up the hill to Poot, and that is where hubby found his outfit!!

The lady in the shop was great and ever so helpful, we were in vintage heaven!! Hubby found a gorgeous green grey handmade 40s suit, never worn vintage shoes and a grey felt narrow rim fedora that fitted like a dream! He even picked his own vintage tie to match, and the woman said to me....' I think he was born in the wrong era'!

Sadly nothing for me today, I found a gorgeous wrap dress but it wouldn't do up over my ample bosom!! So off I headed home with a very happy hubby. He ran upstairs and changed back into the suit, grabbing Young Masters suitcase, and back down the stairs came....

Arthur Snail, travelling salesman.






Of course Arthur needs a girl at home to look after him, so i became Lily,
and we really havent looked back since!!

How it all began ....

So, as this vintage lark is new to me, I've been trying to work out exactly what sparked me into the 'dressing up' part of it. Looking back I'm pretty sure it was this post by Hen over at Henhousehandmade.

I've read Hens blog for months now and the severn valley post really got me interested. Hubby loves his trains and it reminded me that our local railway normally has a 40s event. I showed hubby Hens post and posed the question....... 'you wouldn't fancy dressing up like that and go off to a railway event would you?' the rest they say is history!

Of course nothing is ever that easy and Avon Valley Railway had no 1940s event planned for 2011! A month or so later though when we were off at our devon bolthole, we noticed flyers for a weekend event 'Wings and Wheels' at Upottery Airfield 5 miles from us....

Wing and Wheels was great, plenty of WW2 vehicles, Reenactors and Planes. There was also a small stall selling vintage clothes and accessories! Hubby bought a pair of 1940s glasses (the prescription was perfect!) and some suspenders, I bought a fairisle hat for Little Miss and A leather (evaccuee) suitcase for Young Master.

Needless to say I came out with something too, a pair of crocheted white gloves and a navy tea dress. 'Is that your first vintage dress?' asked the customer in the snood next to me 'It won't be your last!'

We went back to Wings and Wheels the next day and I wore the dress....

Do You Dream in Vintage?

Apparentely I do! For the past week in all of my dreams everyone has been dressed in period clothing *weird* this have never happened before? Maybe my subconsience is trying to tell me something!

So welcome to my little blog and see how everything vintage is gradually creeping into / taking over my life!