A lovely 60s lace dress

Outfit post time! I haven’t done one of these in sooooo long, mostly because I couldn’t find anywhere to take relatively ok full length pics in my Grandparents house (where I’m living at the moment).


Last night when I went out I wore one of my all time favourite dresses. I’ve had this little black lace dress for about 4 and a half years. It was one of the first piece of really high quality vintage I ever purchased. The dress is by Ricci Michaels, a label I’ve never found out that much about but they did advertise in Vogue! I purchased this dress from Hope and Harlequin in Brighton. The dress was actually worn for the original owners engagement party in 1961!

My earrings are in the shape of bunches of grapes. I purchased these (with their matching brooch!) from a car boot sale for 50p last year.


I’m wearing the dress here with my lotus Caribbean courts which date to the late 50s.


Finally i accessorised it with a vintage 60s velvet cape with really bright reddy pink lining. Gives the outfit a hint of Halloween feel!

It’s an AMAZING week over on ebay…

Today my blog post is all about sharing some of the BEAUTIFUL pieces I currently have listed on ebay. This week is a SERIOUS week. I have over 50 high quality pieces on offer this week. More than I am likely to have for a considerably amount of time again as I have pretty much depleted the “stocks” of clothing both Naomi and I have!

Find all of this weeks item on ebay

So, here are a *few* of the highlights…. because I couldn’t have a post showing you all 50 of course : )

A stunning 1950s day dress with some of THE biggest patch pockets I’ve ever seen. This is such a bright and cheerful dress.

Delightful 50s swimsuit (just look at the darling puffy bits to the sides). This is PURE pin up. Sigh. 

One of the best floral dresses from my collection. This 50s number by Ladycourt is the current image for my facebook header on the Advantage-In-Vintage page. It has one of THE fullest skirts of any 50s dress in my collection.

Another of mine This 50s blue floral dress comes with both its original belt AND jacket.

A rare late 50s Horrockses dress. This number is in linen. Quite different for a Horrockses!

This luxury cc41 coat has a beautiful bakelite buckle and some of the most delightful construction techniques I’ve seen in a while.

This WONDERFUL early Biba ensemble. It comprises of high waisted REALLY flared trousers and a top with huge angel like sleeves. A really difficult ensemble to photograph but it really is an example of Biba at its best.

AND, I’ve save the best till last. This amazing Celia Birtwell print Ossie Clark for Radley dress. The dress is (I believe) one of Celia’s tartan heart prints. The bouqet style of the print is one she started using in around 1972. And, the satiny details were very popular in this year too hence why I am guessing this year!

Find all of this weeks items on ebay

This weeks ebay highlights!

As summer comes to a close I couldn’t resist one last week of super summery listings ( i think I was hugely inspired by the gorgeous weather we have had!).

View all this weeks listings here!

Here are a few of the wonderful summery highlights on offer.

1950s floral print Linzi line dress

Lilac rose print full skirt

Crazy greek urn novelty print skirt

50s deadstock swimsuit

50s Rhona Roy floral garden dress

Not only that but I also took this as an opportunity to list some very rare pieces too. Including some amazing pre 1940s items.

Superb 1920s celluloid cherry handle bag

1890s greenery yallery skirt

40s poppy print dress

40s cc41 blouse

30s white silk blouse

View all this weeks listings here