Out and about in Liverpool

Our weekend was pretty laid back, which was great because we'd been working hard recently in the week. Although it went all too quick!

Can't wait for spring, it seems really cold at the moment! Still needing our cosy coats and hats; we strolled into town and had a little nose 'round Oxfam. Marisa stumbled upon a great 'Vintage Princess duffle coat'.

After that we got warm, and had a couple of movie nights in. Got some great food and drink, and saw a Julia Roberts film called "Eat, Pray, Love" which reminded us of our holiday in Bali.

Still loads of new vintage dresses and vintage mens knitwear to come this week!

Marisa: Vintage coat, Topshop jeans and ring, Shoes from chairty shop, Vintage tapestry bag 

Ross: Topman coat and jeans, white pumps from Primark, Cardigan from Charity shop, Vintage plaid shirt, Vintage hat

What we wore

It's a little late but this is what me and Ross wore on valentines day. Thought I would add a little red and a few hearts to my outfit for a bit of fun! Ross even wore a little red too! The dress I'm wearing is one I pinched from our store it's been in my wardrobe for sometime now so I would say It's keeper.

I  really liked Ross's layered look, the flying jacket he's wearing was a pretty amazing find of mine from Oxfam in Liverpool.

Marisa
Dress: Vintage from
Boots: Vintage
Jacket: Vintage
Hat: Vintage
Tights: Primark

Ross:
Coat: Vintage
Shirt: H&M
Jeans: Topman
Shoes: Topman
All vintage from The Attic People

I love my new heart tights, been waiting to spot some like this for a while. Was getting kinda bored of wearing my black ones! Does anyone have any recommendations for places to get great tights?  I wear tights almost every day in this cold weather but get very frustrated with them laddering too quickly. These were very cheap so I don't mind so much, but I find I have the same problem with most high street stores - it gets disappointing when you spend almost a tenner on one pair, for them to ladder on you the next day! The nail varnish trick can only last so long I guess...

Sorry for my 'tight' ranting. So the weekend is here now... any good plans? Not sure what we're doing yet, but the unplanned spontaneous ones are usually the best, so we shall see.

Posted by: Marisa

Suno Fall 2011

So NY fashion week is nearly drawing to an end. It's been a busy week for us but I've managed to look through most of the new collections coming through for Fall 2011. I find it quite hectic taking in everything all at once, so I tend to take a rough look through each day, focusing on my favorites. So far Suno has really grabbed my attention as well as Anna Sui; an all time favorite and inspiration of mine. I just love this collection! I am a print designer so the mixed prints, amazing colour palettes and embroideries just do it for me! 

Below is a sneak peek of Suno's trend boards from vogue.com, a feature called "first look" where designers talk about their inspiration, and offer us a glance into their creative process.

Erin Beatty and Max Osterweis - the geniuses behind Suno describe there collection as being "inspired by old ladies" with Iris Apfel and Gitte-Lee as their muse in mind. There were lots of layered mixed prints, plaid mohair cape coats (with an English countryside accent) and amazing beaded kaftans... gorgeous!

There are still more collections for me to look through but I was too excited not to post about this one. Any favorites so far?... or any you can recommend to take a good look through? I'm looking forward to see what London fashion week brings next!

Posted by: Marisa

Valentines Day

Ross woke me up with roses and cards

Delicious Blueberry pancakes for breakfast

An evening at the 'bombed out church' to watch Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Ending the evening with a yummy meal cooked by Ross and some sparkling rosé.

Had the best fun-filled & romantic Valentines day ever! Above is a little overview of our day. I was spoilt rotten this year! Thanks Ross xxx.

Hope you all had a great day!!

Posted by: Marisa

Happy Valentine's Day!

New vintage in The Attic People store...

                              Laura Ashley mini tea dress          70s mini floral tree print dress

        Amazing 60s 70s shearling sheepskin duffle coat         Cropped faux fur coat

                               70s floral ruffle mini dress             70s lace floral mini dress

                                 denim 70s maxi dress                   Polka dot pussy bow mini

                        Darted lipstick red 60s mac coat        40s 50s micro print day dress

                 70s Treacy Lowe gauze hippie dress      70s Betty Barclay hippie maxi dress

Hope y'all having a fantastic weekend. It's starting to feel a little more like spring here in Liverpool - although I shouldn't speak too soon! We have new items in the store; some buy it nows and a fair amount of bids starting at just £4.95. Above are some of my favorites, but there is more to see... go check them out at The Attic People Vintage! :)

Posted by: Marisa

What I wore today and belated last weekend...

Weekend time is almost here! It's been another busy week for us here at The Attic People. We had a really successful buying trip this week, so expect lots amazing new stock in our store very soon. Ross is also in the process of building our own website which we're very excited about.

Dress: Vintage from The Attic People

Tights: Topshop

Boots: Vintage from The Attic People

Photos taken by Ross in our apartment.

So this is what I wore today... This is a new dress from our stock I decided to keep for myself. I love the cape detail and gorgeous print. It was a maxi, but I hemmed this one... Sometimes I find it hard deciding whether to go for it and hem a dress or not, but I feel I made the right decision on this one!

Last weekend was great, I caught up with some girlfriends for food and drinkies which was fun, and my dear friend Neil paid a visit from London for some well needed catch up time! I should imagine this one will be pretty relaxed. How about you?

Above, Ross me and Neil, Below me and my girlfriends last friday :)

Well I hope you all have a great weekend, any fun Valentine's plans?

Posted by: Marisa 

Dreaming of a summer holiday...

With Christmas a long forgotten memory, and now into the 2nd month of the new year; man are we missing summer! Don't know about you guys but we are pining for a holiday. These are some snaps from ours in Bali last year we wanted to share with you.

We felt we needed to go somewhere far away from England, somewhere tropical - a different culture. It was our first time to Asia, and Indonesia is certainly different from the UK!

The Balinese people are a peaceful Hindu culture who carry out rituals and offerings to their gods and ancestors. For example; we had just been to bathe in a luxurious natural volcanic spa high up in the mountains of the island... It was a real eye-opener when we we stumbled upon a mass village migration. Our guide told us when someone died in the village every member of the community would come for support and to pay respect. The sense of society and change of perspective we saw throughout our trip was wonderful & refreshing.

Bali is a magical, colourful and exotic place. Full of culture, their own art & crafts, balmy hot tropical weather and fantastic wildlife. Lizards, birds, monkeys, turtles & dolphins are some of the animals naturally indiginous to the island.

We loved our time there and would recommend it if you wanted this type of holiday. Hope everyone's having a good weekend!

Posted by: Ross

I want!

Whilst browsing through the wonderful  Poppytalk blog today I was blown away by this amazing image. It's an ad for Graham & Brown. Don't you think its pretty amazing? What an innovative way to promote their wallpaper designs. I could really imagine myself in this car, this idea will definitely be sticking with me! 

Sorry we have been lacking on the post front this week... It's been a bit hectic. We have lots of wonderful stock to fill our vintage store with, just gotta list the beauties now! There will be an update very soon.

Posted by: Marisa