Thursday, 26 November 2009

the vintage showroom









.....some pictures of our studio





Based in West London, the showroom is an appointment only studio housing our vintage clothing and accessories collection. Located at 20 Buspace Studios, Conlan Street, London, W10 5AP, for further info or to make an appointment contact info@thevintageshowroom.com

You can also view our collection at our 14 Earlham Street store in Covent Garden located at

14 Earlham Street, Seven Dials, London, W2CH 9LN tel:02078363964

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

NYC's finest




.....so with my body clock taking a hammering, I was on the street early morning in New York this Sunday past. Met some very cool characters, and turned up some real cool finds. Intended as more of a research trip, but I could not resist an early morning tour of the NY flea markets, thought I would share some of the treasures that I turned up in Hells Kitchen and Brooklyn.
The next lot will be kicking off our jewellery collection at 14 Earlham Street from next week, strictly one off pieces from reclaimed metal works, so don't hold back!

above 1930's-1950's New York dog tags

above 1940's US Army railroad switch keys soon to be on reclaimed brass neck chains


above WWII USA made military whistles


above left to right, USN laundry pins, 2 1950's native American imagery watch fobs, US Navy sweetheart pin, 1930's NYC cop whistle

above left to right from the top, 1940's US Navy ring silver, 1940's Military whistle, railroad workers badge, 1940's NYC Longshoreman's ID badge, Construction workers badge 1950's, railroad workers badge, 1930's/40's Naval base ID badge

for prices and further information contact info@thevintageshowroom.com

The next was the killer find for me. A NYC policeman's file from 1930's to 1950's. Forming a complete record of his career including mug shots, newspaper cut outs of cases he solved, bad guys he caught, fingerprints the lot. More from this when I have had more time to go through it all!






Wednesday, 18 November 2009

tweele








...an interesting find this week at an antique fair on our travels. Very much a one of a kind, 1950's sample Blazer. used by a travelling outfitters. Presumable to demonstrate to the customer the quality and range of their available fabrics. Excellent quality with hand stitched lining and some 12 samples of cloth on show. Looks like it was worn as well which I love, imagining the salesman wearing this as he went on his appointments. Just a very cool old piece to my mind! Available from our showroom, price on request.
info@thevintageshowroom.com

Monday, 16 November 2009

Fresh of the boat...Submariner Jumper


We are a vintage clothing company, and no doubt vintage-heads, we love the integrity and honesty found in old things, the beauty in the quality of how things were, the skills of the artisan making something with pride that stood the test of time. That for me is the litmus test, a piece that 10, 20, 50 years later still looks cool and is still doing its job.

So when a good friend came to us with an idea for a new line in Submariners jumpers we weren't convinced, until we had a closer look!


Made in England with all due love, respect and attention to detail, I will let him explain himself but these are proper!

“The Submariner Sweater was War Office issue to the Royal Navy in both World Wars. In the 1950s motorcyclists adopted them to wear under a Barbour or Belstaff jacket to keep out the cold. They used be available from army surplus stores until about 10 years ago until original supplies “dried up”. I had many enquiries from devotees who wanted one of these classic sweaters, so decided to get them remade in the same heavy-gauge knit as the original, but improving the fit slightly as the WW2 issue was very long in the body. These hard-wearing sweaters are manufactured by a family firm in Nottinghamshire, England, using pure new wool and will last for many years.”

Neil Starr

North Sea Clothing.

We are rocking ours under old waxs all winter long

Commander Phillips style!


Available now in British made pure wool in cream or navy from,
14 Earlham Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden
WC2H 9LN, 0207 8363964