Made in Chelsea: Frock Me, Saatchi Gallery, Little Black Jacket

Last Sunday I headed over to the Kings Road in Chelsea ... Not only was Frock Me vintage fair on at the town hall but there was some great shops and galleries to browse too. 

At Frock Me there was rails full of beautiful vintage pieces - it was great to see and catch up with some many of the stallholders who I have met through Anita's Vintage Fashion Fairs. I even picked up a vintage faux fur collar (pictured above) with a vintage brooch which I think will be perfect for the winter months.

Seeing so many people wandering down the streets with large rolled black and white  posters - I was intrigued and soon realised they were from the Little Black Jacket exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery. Just a hop, skip and a jump down the road I headed into the gallery (which is free admission) out of he chilly weather to take a look at the displays. Split over several floors I firstly explored at the Out of Focus Photography exhibition which is currently on. It was really great to step back and take in the wonderful images... take a look at some of the examples below:

Gallery 1: Katy Grannan

Anonymous

A series of candid 'street style' portraits of various individuals in California. It had an intriguing underlining meaning and social commentary aspect to the image which were striking and bold.

Gallery 3: Sohei Nishino

Diorama of New York

2009

These spectacular series of photographed cites Paris, Tokyo & New York were cleverly collaged together to represent that today we are "over-mapped". Nishino reinvests cities with wonder (and not incidentally cites 18th-century cartographer Inō Tadataka, who also did his surveys on foot, as an influence).

Gallery 4: John Stezaker

She (Film Portrait Collage) V

The artist ransacks old bookshops for discarded images that still have some faint breath of life within them and meticulously pairs them up - marries the two strangers. Sliced magazines, postcards, books, shopping catalogues, manuals and publicity photographs to create a new composition.

Gallery 5: Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin

Untitled series

Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin revisited the photographic and documentary archive amassed of the Troubles in Belfast and seeked to reveal the truths in the turbulence of the near past. they chose images not with a curatorial eye, but rather with a throw of the dice: they would expose only what was hidden below the round stickers placed willy-nilly by the archivists on the prints. And as a way of revealing the strong feelings these pictures could unleash, they included images purposely defaced by the subjects themselves, obviously fearful of repercussions.

THE LITTLE BLACK JACKET

12 October - 4 November 2012

If you can - make sure you catch this travelling exhibition this weekend at the Saatchi Gallery in London before it  closes and moves on to Moscow, Sydney & Paris.

CHANEL's photographic exhibition dedicated to Karl Lagerfeld's latest book, 'The Little Black Jacket: CHANEL's classic revisited by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld'.

Karl Lagerfeld photographed 113 various portrait shots of friends of the House, including celebrities, models, actors and musicians all in a classic Chanel jacket. Each personality adapted the garment to reflect their own inimitable style - worn as a cape on singer Lily Allen, draped around model Stella Tennant, or even transformed into a vest by model Edie Campbell. This exhibition showcases the versatility and timelessness of the iconic CHANEL jacket.

This exhibition is on from Friday 12th October to Sunday 4th November 2012.

Saatchi Gallery
Duke of York's HQ
King's Road
London, SW3 4RY

thelittleblackjacket.chanel.com

Anita's Vintage Fair & Lipcote Film

ANITA'S VINTAGE FASHION FAIRS - Mother's Day Special with Lipcote Film

Celebrating its 7th annual Spring Fair, the ever - anticipated AVFF is devoted to offering the ultimate, most authentic, vintage fashion experience.

Anita Bott, founder of the original Vintage Fashion Fairs in Battersea & Notting Hill, recognised the importance of vintage fashion and has thrown her energy and enthusiasm in this direction for close to a decade. Nonplussed by the competition, she is delighted to invite you to any one of her fairs...

A Mother & Daughters Vintage Fair Special
20th March 2011
BAC, London

THANK YOU
to all those involved, our beauty sponsor Lipcote, BAC and & those who kindly attended.

www.lipcote.com


Music by Glenn Miller Stealing Apples

Filmed and edited by BrightRain Photographics.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bright-Rain-Photographics/147574...

http://www.andrewseot.com/

A Big Thank You. 

Thank you to all who were able to make it down to Anita’s Vintage Fashion Fair, Mother’s Day Special on Sunday, It was great to see you!
I received a fantastic amount of support for the event from friends, family and peers and cannot thank you all enough!  

On March 20th 2011- AVFF hosted their 7^th Year Spring Fair at The Battersea Arts Centre (BAC). It was a fantastic success with guests, trade buyers, designers (and even some celebrities) able to sample the delights of the vintage fashion from the wide selection of exhibitors. 

Offering a unique shopping experience open to all appreciators of vintage fashion while paying homage to Mothering Sunday. Mum’s indulged in the delights of vintage fashion and were treated with some well-earned pampering. Sharing in the memories of yester-year, the styling team recreated the cherished looks from beautiful old photographs, truly a nostalgic journey for all.

Retro Photo booth. by Lulu & Mimi
As special features, there were styling and pampering from “LULU & MIMI’s” vintage hair & beauty, photo-booth team and the chance to pick up expert alteration tips from the lovely mother & daughter duo at “Recycle & Sew”, who specialise in restoring and restyling vintage clothing of all eras. 

Recycle & Sew

DJ Duo Truckin' Laura's  www.myspace.com/truckinlauras

The lively atmosphere flowed with the soundtrack of live music by Retro DJ duo Truckin’

Laura, & the Vintage Café did a sterling job in serving the delicious Afternoon tea and the extra special Red Nose Day cupcakes.

Vintage Cafe & Cupcakes

To those who were unable to make it on this occasion, fear not as AVFF will back with yet another fair brim-full of vintage treasures at The BAC on May 22^nd.

Mother's Day Special Vintage Fashion Fair

Mother Like Daughter

At a loss at what to do for your Mum this Mother's Day?... I often am, it usually ends up with flowers often picked up last minute, choccies or dinner, well this unique pre-mother's day vintage shopping experience has really got me excited...

Combining all vintage aspects; shopping, crafts classes, vintage cafe and retro photo-booth all under one roof it sounds the perfect day out for Mum and me. Luckily the fair does not fall directly on Mothering Sunday and therefore you can treat Mum with a shopping day out and then your are able to wear your new vintage finds on Mother's Day allowing another member of the family treat you all to dinning out for lunch... well that is indeed my plan.   

You may also recognise the photo used in the promotional flyer above, see here for a  hint,  It is my beautiful Grandma, she is indeed my style inspiration and what is nice is that Anita's Vintage Fashion Fair are inviting guests to bring along their own photo-muses for the styling and beauty teams to help recreate these cherished looks, a nostalgic journey for all. 

  

For this Mother's Day Vintage special there is also the opportunity to treat mum by booking a pampering and photography session or a personal stylist via info@vintagemarketplace.net to receive complimentary entry to the fair, a free glass of bubbly and a gift bag. 

AVFF, Spring Fair Details:

Date:  Sunday 20^th March 2011

OPENS: 09:30 AM             CLOSES: 4:30 PM

Location: Battersea Arts Centre, Grand Hall, Lavender Hill, London, SW11 5TN


Tickets can be bought in advance or on the day. Please see the website for details: http://www.vintagefashionfairs.com or Call 020 8325 5789

Complimentary Vintage Fashion Fair tickets

As you may know I love a good Vintage Fashion Fair; vintage clothing, accessories and fabrics all from various different eras all under one roof... Anita's Vintage Fashion Fairs are renowned for their quality and if you want to have a look at what was at offer at last years BAC fair, have a look at my round-up post here.   

So hopefully that has wetted your vintage appetite and luckily I have been given these complimentary tickets, which admit two people into any of Anita's fairs (dated on the tickets) at BAC Battersea and the 20th Century Theatre, Notting hill. 

Feel free to print them off or get in contact with myself. 

The Westbourne Grove Vintage Fair is this Sunday and always has a great selection of vintage pieces on offer. Hopefully see you there!