I’ve been a bit quiet here lately owing to a rather unfortunate injury. Back at the end of November I broke my foot, as you can see here!

But, that hasn’t stopped me from wearing very fun vintage outfits (you’ve got to accessorise an air cast somehow!) Last night it was my friend Tasha’s house warming/ christmas party and I decided to go full on christmassy with my outfit. The dress is a 1950s debutante dress and is by Marcel Fenez, the  label states ‘Creation de Paris’ which means it must be a copy of a Paris original.

I wore the dress with some dangly 1950s earrings and a statement 60s bracelet. I also decided to do something a bit different with my hair yesterday (not that it lasted very long in the weather last night) partly owing to the fact I didn’t manage to curl it very evenly using my curlers (one day I will learn…one day!), but I quite like the effect it created.

I’ll be back soon with more posts about some of my latest horrockses purchases!

DRUM ROLL Advantage in vintage is back trading in ebay land after quite a big hiautus!!!! I had mostly been concentrating on selling via etsy (I have to admit, I am preferring etsy to ebay at the moment!), but for Christmas I am back with what can only be described as a BUMPER sale. I currently have 60 fabulous party dresses and coats listed, and on Sunday there will be another 60!!! That’s right 120 items of  vintage (and a bit of modern!) goodness.  Not only that, I am also preparing some more winter bits which will be listed after Christmas (i.e. less Christmas suitable pieces, more just good winter pieces).

Check out all the listings here

So, what lovely goodies are already listed? Here is just a quick rundown of a few of my personal faves.

Fabulous 1930s hot pink satin full length evening dress

Purple Frank Usher bubble dress

San Paula novelty cracker print 40s housecoat

Black 50s Prestige junior velvet wiggle dress

70s slinky John Marks emerald green evening dress

Gorgeous red Ben Zuckermann jacket (this label is preeeety collectible in the States!)

Stunning Alice Edwards 1950s brocade evening dress

Amazing pale blue embroidered ball gown

Insane 70s does 50s gold prom dress- This will surely make you shine at all the Christmas parties this year

Don’t forget to check out ebay tomorrow for lots of coats and handbags too!!!

Hello all!!!!

So I am super busy at the moment, and don’t have much time for blogging, but next tuesday (19th November) I will be talking about Horrockses and conducting a handling session with some of the dresses from my collection at the RCA as part of “Death by Slideshow”. The event is open to all, so if you would like to come along and learn some more about Horrockses (oh and Persian textiles… I am talking with a fellow rather fabulous RCA student Dorothy Armstrong)

The event is held at the RCAcafe. If you have any further questions about the event drop me an email: liztregenza@hotmail.com or tweet @unmakingthings (co run by myself and the wonderful Annie Thwaite) and we can provide you with some further details!

And a little more detail on the talk series that this is part of:

“Unmaking Things presents: Death by Slideshow -A Talk Series Designed to Re-evaluate the Position and Direction of Contemporary Design Research.  

Disseminating some of the vibrant research issuing from students of the V&A/RCA History of Design Postgraduate Programme; Unmaking Things is pleased to announce the launch of its first talk series, Death by Slideshow.

Running each Tuesday evening throughout November, this series will offer insights into a range of material relating to the field of design research, including design practice and theory drawn from an array of geographies, periods and cultures.

Featuring two contributors each evening, this material will then feed into broader discussions around empirical and theoretical research and approaches within the field of design research.

Furthermore the event will reflect on the current direction of design and object-based history; and encourage discussion around the relevance of recent developments to contemporary design practice.”

I hope to see you there on the 19th November!