14 EARLHAM STREET
Posted on
April 8, 2021
in SHOP
After 10 years at 14 Earlham Street, we are very sad to announce the permanent closure of our retail store.
Pattern Recognition
Posted on
September 21, 2020
in CONCEPT
Pattern Recognition is an exploration of fabric, pattern, print and design through a curated capsule collection launching in Selfridges London. Analysing rare and original antique items of pre-worn and deadstock clothing, interwoven with re-designed military and utility pieces from the Archive. Restored, repurposed and reimagined by The Vintage Showroom.
12 Months Under Heavy Manners
Posted on
August 13, 2020
A recent find – Temporary Hoarding issue 3 from 1977 (according to Syd Shelton who along with Ruth Gregory were the designers of the Rock Against Racism’s fanzine).
Earth Day 2020
Posted on
April 22, 2020
Today, Wednesday 22nd of April 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day! The monstrous photomontage of gas mask and globe below is from the original Earth Day, of a world suffocating from pollution, is if anything more relevant today than it was 50 years ago.
STITCH LENGTH
Posted on
April 6, 2020
in CONCEPT
Long before Levi’s Engineered Garments started playing around with proportions, and fiddling with the long established Levi’s genetic traits, Elvis Presley’s prison denims from the 1957 film Jailhouse Rock took some artistic liberties with ‘stitch length’.
Jun Fujita
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February 21, 2020
Introducing photographer, poet and artist Jun Fujita. Fujita was an Issei, a term used by Japanese Americans referring to the first generation to migrate from Japan. Born on December 13, 1888 in Hiroshima prefecture, he migrated to Canada as a teenager, before finally settling in Chicago in 1909.
The Derry on the ‘Dilly, 1969.
Posted on
February 6, 2020
in PHOTOGRAPHS
The enigmatic title refers of course to the derelict building at 144 Piccadilly, squatted by the great unwashed of London’s underground scene at the time, and the subsequent Police siege to shut it down.
BARBOUR’S South Shields
Posted on
July 3, 2019
in ARCHIVE
For over 150 years the Herd Groyne Lighthouse has been an iconic feature of the River Tyne. It still operates as a working lighthouse for navigation.
ZOOT SUIT – (CATCHING ZS NOT GS)
This ‘Anti-blackout suit’ made from 3-ounce nylon was designed to be cool, durable and easy to remove. When it was first made in 1945, an article was published with the headline ‘Improved, Light Nylon Zoot Suit Prevents Blackout when Fighter Pilots Pull High G’s in Combat‘.
ORTA ARCHIVE CHRONICLES
Posted on
July 2, 2018
in CONCEPT
Our latest project with Orta is a continuation of our exploration into the companies history and its extensive vintage archive that The Vintage Showroom proudly developed for them in Istanbul.