Plastic Seconds: July 2011

Thursday

Come say hello at the Vintage Weekend at the Southbank Centre!

SO THREE VERY EXCITING DAYS ARE COMING UP! PLASTIC SECONDS WILL BE SELLING AT THE UPCYCLED SECTION OF THE MARKETPLACE DURING THE VINTAGE WEEKEND AT THE SOUTHBANK CENTRE, WHICH WILL BE LOCATED ON JUBILEE GARDENS BY THE LONDON EYE. IT IS FREE TO VISIT THE VINTAGE MARKETPLACE OUTSIDE AND THERE YOU WILL FIND HUNDREDS OF STALLS SELLING VINTAGE, UPCYCLED AND FOOD GOODIES!!!
THE UPCCYLED SECTION OF THE MARKET IS CURATED BY THE AMAZING LOUISE KAMARA OF THE ECO DESIGN FAIR AND PLASTIC SECONDS WILL BE LOCATED IN MARQUEE NO.2, COME AND SAY HELLO!
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THE THREE DAYS AND THE EVENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE AT THE VINTAGE BY HEMINGWAY WEBSITE. IF YOU CLICK ON THE ‘WHAT’S ON LINK’ AND THEN ON THE ‘VINTAGE MARKETPLACE’ LINK YOU CAN SEE A DIRECTORY OF ALL THE TRADERS IN THE VINTAGE MARKETPLACE AND A MAP WITH THE STALL LOCATIONS! WILL BE POSTING A ROUND UP OF THE EVENT WITH PHOTOS, SEE YOU THERE!

Our New Boutique on ASOS Marketplace!

We are super excited to have opened our Plastic Seconds ASOS Marketplace Boutique! There now we have 20 very special pieces, have a look! The task of styling/photographing the 'street style' shoot that ASOS required was given to the amazing Secret Danger Sister girls - Isabella Sumner, Katie Tillyer and Jenny Gribbon, who are a group of young, budding stylists/photographers/fashion journalists and I am expecting great things from them!
I asked the girls to shoot my pieces either against some bright block coloured clothes or against some white minimal items, as I think this is the best way for them to really stand out - but then again I do also really personally like this minimal styling...I also asked them as part of the styling to include some make up that is a bit out of the ordinary, as again I am personally excited when I see people (not just girls!) wearing make up that is not the tried and tested in an everyday situation - I think we should all experiment and play everyday, not just on special occasions! So I was thrilled that they included the 'dot-under-the-eye' make up, which I often wear and love! But apart from these basic instructions I left the rest of the direction completely up the them and I was very impressed with the way they combined my jewellery pieces with the clothes and with each other - I think the result is bold, playful and very pretty! You can read the two posts the girls have written in relation to the shoot on their blog here and here.

Wearing 'PEN LIDS NECKLACE' and 'FORK EARRINGS'

Wearing 'PEN LID EARRINGS' and 'RUBBISH CHARM NECKLACE'

Wearing 'LONG RING BINDER EARRINGS'

Wearing 'BOTTLE TOPS BROOCHES' and 'JAR LID HAIR COMB'

Wearing 'MILK BOTTLE TOPS NECKLACE' and 'SHORT RING BINDER EARRINGS'

Wearing 'BOTTLE NECK RINGS EARRINGS'

Wearing 'VITAMIN BOTTLE TOP RING'

Wearing 'BOTTLE NECK RINGS EARRINGS' and 'JAR LID PENDANT'

Wearing 'PENCIL EARRINGS' and 'BOTTLE TOPS PENDANT'

Wearing 'SHORT RING BINDER EARRINGS' and 'BOTTLE TOPS BROOCHES'

Wearing 'BLUE BOTTLE NECK RINGS EARRINGS'

Wearing 'LONG BOTTLE NECK RINGS EARRINGS'

Wearing 'PENCIL EARRINGS' and 'BOTTLE TOPS PENDANT'

Wearing 'PEN LID EARRINGS'

Wearing 'VITAMIN BOTTLE TOP RING' and 'WHITE YOGURT POTS EARRINGS'

Wearing 'SHORT RING BINDER EARRINGS' and 'BOTTLE TOPS BROOCHES'

Wearing 'BOTTLE NECK RINGS EARRINGS' and 'BOTTLE TOPS PENDANT'

Tuesday

Harry Smiles Pop Up Shop with Ms Wanda's!

Earlier this month I went along to a special event organised by the lovely Esther Freeman from Ms Wanda's - with whom I have teamed up for an exciting new project...more info soon! - at the Harry Smiles vintage pop up shop off Exmouth Market. Ms Wanda’s is all about finding fashion solutions that don’t compromise people’s human rights or destroy the planet - you can read more about her here - and during the evening we had the pleasure of browsing through the Harry Smiles super vinatge collection - I wanted to buy so many items, but had to contain myself to the special dotty jumper below, which I loooooove - as well as Ms Wanda's own collection and through items from upcycling/recycling designers she represents, such as Round London, Sweet Notions and Dirty Pretty. We also saw Cecilia from Round London in action customizing an old unflattering gown into a pretty day dress with a few clever tricks and listened to fabulous Veronica Crespi from REWARDROBE explaining and showing us with examples of items in the shop how one can dress using vintage/second-hand/upcycled clothing even for a crisp office occassion - highlighting the fact that a lot of us are for example a little scared of vintage as an everyday dressing up solution, but it is the way you put things together! It was really great to meet the Harry Smiles ladies, Emma Smillie and Kelly Harrington, and a huge thanks to them for lending me a gorgeous festival dress for my selling 3-day stint at the Vintage Weekend at the Southnbank Centre from 29th-31st July! - will defo post a photo with me in it!