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The East End Thrift Store

2011-03-31T16:52:00.000-07:00

When you reach the Assembly Passage in the East End of London you may think you ended up in the wrong place. No, this can’t be the vintage store which got a great review from Vogue.
When I walked in I had the feeling I’m in an old abandoned clothing factory. Most of the clothes were arranged neatly on hangers but some of them were just lying around on the floor.
After spending an hour in the store, making sure I wasn’t going to skip over anything I was very lucky to find a fabulous Halston skirt from the 80s (for only 10 pounds!). Yes, that’s right! The secret is that I’m petite and the skirt was a size 4, so it probably didn’t fit anybody else.
There were also some interesting Balmain scarves and dresses (too big for me though). My friend also found a gorgeous scarf hidden in a purse.
So look carefully you never know what you may find. It might be your next ‘IT’ piece for the season.

www.theeastendthriftstore.com

Yuki

2010-07-06T08:00:00.000-07:00

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Daisy

2010-05-28T15:13:00.000-07:00

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Penny

2010-05-19T06:49:00.000-07:00

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Carlotta

2010-05-11T12:52:00.000-07:00

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Levi Strauss is credited with inventing jeans.

For many years jeans were only used as work wear clothes, but by the 1940s they were considered leisure wear in America.

Jeans fashion history was truly made in the 1950s when film stars wore it in movies that the teenagers of the day followed with avid interest. Jeans became emblematic of American prosperity, Hollywood movie stars and rebellious youth.

In the 1970s young people all over the world started to wear jeans. Designers in Paris were not oblivious to this new trend and they presented torn jeans as items of fashion.

By the 1980s, ripped, frayed and torn jeans were a normal sight. Coloured jeans from white through to pastels were also popular as were stonewashed blue jeans.

Enjoying unprecedented popularity, jeans became recognized as one of the first examples of clothing to cross all boundaries of generation, gender, class and nation.

Maria

2010-04-29T12:57:00.000-07:00

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Fifi

2010-04-19T06:12:00.000-07:00

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Edie Sedgwick

2010-04-15T12:46:00.000-07:00

Probably best known for being one of Andy Warhol’s muses, she is the epitome of the swinging '60s scene and one of the architects of the beatnik style. Part muse, part model, sometime actress and wild society girl, she is Edie Sedgwick.

I will disregard her sad story and short life (died at 28) and just write about her as a fashion icon of the 60s. In the end, Sedgwick's lasting legacy is her individuality, not her unhappy private life.

With her thick, black kohl eyeliner, bouffant hair and antique chandelier earrings dripping priceless jewels was quite an appearance for 1965, New York. No one has ever seen anything quite like this young woman.

Sedgwick's unique fashion sense flowered in the rebellious avant-garde atmosphere. She would wear her grandmother's jewels with a long dress and bare feet. Opaque tights, leotards, false eyelashes and chandelier earrings became her signature pieces. She had her own sense of style.

She had first appeared in Vogue in August 1965 as a „youthquaker” and then later on in March 15, 1966. She was described as „white-haired with anthracite-black eyes and legs to swoon over”. But, never became part of „the family at Vogue” because, according to senior editor Gloria Schiff: „she was identified in the gossip columns with the drug scene and we were just anti that scene as a policy”. She also became designer Betsey Johnson’s first fitting model. „ She was very boyish; in fact,she was the very beginning of the whole unisex trip”, said Johnson. By 1966, Sedgwick’s fashion sense had been picked up by the mainstream.

But nobody could ever have predicted the influence her unique style would continue to have, from Kate Moss's pixie haircut in 2001 to John Galliano's 2005 show for Christian Dior. "Edie danced to her own tune, and I imagine this is what inspired Andy Warhol and Bob Dylan as much as it did me," said Galliano. "She created her own identity ... She may only have had 15 minutes of fame, but her style and image influenced a whole generation."

Sienna Miller, which is one of my favorite actresses and style icons, impersonated Edie Sedgwick very good in the movie 'Factory Girl' (2006).

The video below is from the underground movie Ciao! Manhattan (1972), the last movie Edie played in, based on her life story.

Giselle

2010-04-12T09:35:00.000-07:00

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Simply Plain

2010-04-08T09:28:00.000-07:00

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The shoes are designed by Camilla Skovgaard. Born in Denmark, Camilla Skovgaard is a BA (hons) and MA graduate in footwear design and product development from Cordwainers Shoe College (2003) and the Royal College of Art (2006) in London. Her eponymous shoe line took shape when she met Italian contacts in high-end shoe manufacturing during her MA; Saks Fifth Avenue in the US bought her first collection while still a student.

Camilla was awarded Queen Elizabeth Scholar Award for Excellence in British Craftsmanship, London 2007, Award for Excellence in Footwear, LCF London 2003 and voted Shoe Designer of the Year 2008 by public vote on Australia shoe blog Imelda.

In addition to own line, Camilla collaborated with British fashion house Matthew Williamson, for whom she was appointed shoe designer in 2005, for the past 7 seasons showing at New York Fashion Week, and continues to collaborate with some of fashion’s most directional and talked about designers for SS10.

Camilla Skovgaard shoes are gaining recognition for their aesthetic fluid-edged style combined with high quality shoemaking. Her emphasis is on form, materials, composition and style rather than decoration. The combination of contrasting elements such as fluidity and severity, restraint and sophistication play an integral part in the character of her design.

The Rider

2010-04-06T05:31:00.000-07:00

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Bunny Girl

2010-04-02T12:28:00.000-07:00

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The bunny ears were designed by Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton 2009 Fall/Winter collection. He says: "I like the kind of Playboy, French coquette aspect to it." Louis Vuitton's show featured a number of striking accessories, but the bunny ears were definitely the most memorable.

They were also worn by Madonna in the Louis Vuitton’s fall ad campaign. Apparently they made 30 to 40 colors before choosing the right one.

You can also wear the Mickey Mouse ears or the cat ears.This stylish and cheeky accessory sure adds a touch of playful glamour on any special occasion.

Granny's girl

2010-04-01T20:24:00.000-07:00

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Candy Girl

2010-03-26T08:18:00.000-07:00

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Bulletproof

2010-03-25T12:36:00.000-07:00

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Hein van Dam and Carolien Vlieger met in June 1999. This meeting was to be the beginning of their relationship and subsequently the beginning of the brand Vlieger & Vandam. Dutch design couple started their accessory label in 2002 with a series of faux-hairdo hats called Hairwear and a collection of bags called Guardian Angel. 'Guardian Angel' was the first in a series of striking bags. It makes a strong statement about the growing rates of crime and violence.

Carolien studied graphic design at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and Hein studied 3D design from the Academy of Visual Arts and Design in Enschede. This combine of creative disciplines has massively informed their highly original fashion accessories. Everything from global socio-political issues to extreme fashion fads is subject to their innovative yet classic design vocabulary.

Daisy

2010-03-23T08:17:00.000-07:00

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Miss School Girl

2010-03-22T13:42:00.000-07:00

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Skinny Little Bitch

2010-03-21T07:04:00.000-07:00

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A cat story

2010-03-13T11:51:00.000-08:00

Model: me

Wardrobe: my own

Shy Alice

2010-03-08T14:42:00.000-08:00

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Party Rush

2010-03-08T14:37:00.000-08:00

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New wave Parisian designer Jean-Paul Gaultier debuted in 1976. He loved parody, and in the 1980s took what had traditionally been undergarments, such as the corset and girdle, and transformed then into active outerwear for women, obliterating the negative image of underwear. The same did the avant-garde British designer Vivienne Westwood. The transformation of underwear into outerwear is a major phenomenon of the late twentieth century, originating in the body-conscious movement of the 1980s that emphasized the beauty of a fit, healthy body.

Blonde Conductor

2010-03-08T14:25:00.000-08:00

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Sweet Lolita

2010-03-08T14:09:00.000-08:00

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London High

2010-03-08T13:51:00.000-08:00

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Bare legs in women’s fashion, which also appeared in the 1920s, developed through various conceptual stages in the 1960s. London designer Mary Quant brought the “mini” into the world of fashion in 1965. She took the idea from the 1964 designs by André Courrèges who displayed the minidress against the powerful background of Parisian haute couture.

Punky fox

2010-03-08T13:41:00.000-08:00

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