7 Key Pieces to Give Your Wardrobe some Vintage Style This Autumn....

Autumn is approaching fast and as the temperature drops it's a great time to update your look and wardrobe. Vintage clothes and vintage accessories offer an ultra-stylish and really inexpensive way to do this...

 

Check out these 7 fabulous pieces we've hand picked to show you just how easy and cheap it is to take your Autumn wardrobe from ordinary to phenomenal!

 

 

 

1. Take it from the top - you can't go wrong with a vintage beret guaranteed style and warmth, it just keeps coming back decade after decade and for good reason it's a style that looks good on everyone ....

 

 

 

 

 

2. Snuggle up in style - a vintage scarf will add extra warmth, a touch of colour and personality to any outfit and this 1980s one is bang on trend for A/W 2013.....

 

 

 

 

 

3. Wrap Up Warm  - a jacket can take you through more seasons than a coat and a good vintage jacket will last you for years, keeping your autumn and winter wardrobe fresh and you warm!

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. It's In The Bag - get a genuine vintage handbag..... It's an instant wardrobe uplift, it'll last for decades, never date and it will always fit - enough said!

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Grab a Cardi - A cardigan will let you extend the life of most of your summer wardrobe and even turn evening dress into daytime outfit, so it's a must have. Check out our 1980s Navy Blue Wool Cardigan - it's lovely!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Cold hands are no fun, so don't neglect them - get a pair of gloves. Anyone with even a vague interest in fashion will tell you that gloves do give instant style to an outfit and our selection of vintage gloves is no exception.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Sparkle Like You Mean It!  A pretty 1950s diamante brooch will add glamour to anything you pin it on - so buy it and use it!  Pin your scarf, make a style statement on your lapel, take your little black dress from day to evening.... let your imagination run wild!

 

 

 

This entire Autumn look is just under £103 with our back to school discount... we've got a fantastic 35% discount off all orders over £35 and FREE UK delivery!

 

Enjoy

 

Sarah x

Being Busy!

We're all working very hard in the office to get loads of lovely vintage things into our online store....
The best items this week are the vintage 1950s Chiffon scarves, we've got them in loads of lovely colours and they remind me of all my Great-Aunties, heading out to the pub in breeezy Barrow-in-Furness, with Bee Hive hair-dos carefully protected by said chiffon scarves. They looked amazing - a little oasis of colour (and noise)!

Afloat on a Sea of Vintage Jewllery....

Vintage is really eco-friendly, it is recycling or even precycling at its very best, so I think it's a great business to work in. However, i have decided that we can do better and I have done a Carbon emission analysis for the business and found that we produce very low carbon emissions (v good!) and then I decided that it would be good to off-set the ones we do produce. And a couple of cups of tea and a the odd jammy dodger later and I decided that it would be even better if we off-set the carbon emission for all our products too, so we have off-set them too! So

I went to see Marie-Ann, this week (again). Marie-Ann is the lovely lady who searches the length and breadth of the UK for the beautiful vintage and antique jewellery and accessories that find their way to Steptoes Dog Vintage Wares. She has perfect taste and a good eye for a bargain and usually is the source of the very best of our vintage jewellery and accessories and she now fancies a trip to France, so we may well head over there togeather next year - hurrah! I LOVE French vintage (I lived in France for 4 years and couldn't afford anything other than vintage, so have a close personal relationship with it)! Anyway I digress. The upshot of my several lovely meetings with Marie-Ann other than trip planning is a huge range of truely delectable antique and vintage jewellery and accessories, which I've been lovingly slaving over and are now coming in store - so don't say you haven't been warned. Christmas is coming and the lovely pretty vintage things are starting to fly, so don't miss out! A breif rundown includes:
Antique amber necklaces
Antique Victorian Whitby Jet brooches & bracelets
Vintage Art Deco glass necklaces
Vintage Art Deco brooches
Vintage sterling silver bracelets and brooches
Vintage 1950s Norwegian enamel and Sterling Silver brooches
Antique Victorian glass and mother of pearl cufflinks
Vintage theatrical diamante rhinestone necklaces
and loads loads more......

New Stock For Christmas & A New Website Too!

We've been really busy adding new stock ready for the christmas gift buying season, so there's loads of sparkling vintage jewellery, handbags, evening bags, toys, games and homewares coming online and our departments are just groaning with stock.

NEWS FLASH: The new vintage inspired and recycled gift & homewares shop is up & running. There are loads of lovely gift ideas and cute things for your home. The business is socially responsible, we send 10% of the proceeds to social and humanitarian charities and projects and it is carbon neutral too - so the feel good factor is guaranteed! Come & check us out at www.ninetyninegifts.co.uk

Busy Busy Busy!

Apparently there's no peace for the wicked... which makes me a very very wicked girl indeed! I'm not quite sure where the summer went really! Anyway, we've been putting lots of new dresses, jewellery and accessories into the online shop, so those departments are looking really full of wonderful vintage treasures! We've made a start on putting so more of the vintage homewares on to the site too, so they'll be coming online over the next month, along with more vintage jewellery and accessories.

The Amercians do have some amazing vintage clothing and accessories labels, such as Enid Collins and Whiting & Davis (the bag in the picture is a 1930's Whiting & Davis alu-mesh handbag, with Cream Bakelite frame and handle) and I do try and stock these, so this week I'm going to New York to source some more fantastic vintage handbags and evening bags, and whetever other vintage treasures I find! So watch this space!