Michelle Obama has certainly raised the First Lady fashion stakes in London this week with her effortless elegance and unique, often quirky, style.
For the ‘first wives club’ visit to the Royal Opera House and on a later visit to a girls’ school in London, Mrs Obama wore a fab teal dress by Jason Wu topped with [...]
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Cool in a cardigan, Mrs Obama
Posted in designers, fashion on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Desperately seeking Kilspindie knitwear
Posted in General, men's fashion, pre-owned fashion, tagged Kilspindie, knitwear on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Frockery has had a call from a nursing home where a staff member has accidentally shrunk the favourite jumper of one of its elderly residents. The staff all feel so bad about this mishap that they have taken it upon themselves to try and find a replacement.
Although we do stock Kilspindie knitwear from [...]
Fast fashion for men
Posted in fashion, men's fashion, tagged Add new tag, fast fashion, men's fashion on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fast Fashion is something the men in our lives do well.
They enter a shop, usually the first one they come to, look quickly through the rails until they find the type of garment they need in what they consider to be an inoffensive style/colour and in their size, pay quickly (sometimes muttering “how [...]
You can’t go wrong – or can you?
Posted in budget fashion, eco-style, environment, ethical fashion, fashion, green fashion, tagged Add new tag, budget fashion, eco-style, ethical fashion, fast fashion, green fashion, media, sustainable on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“You can’t go wrong!”, exclaimed Lorraine Kelly on GMTV this morning, positively salivating over a white tiered dress from trash fashion outlet Primark costing just £9. Her male stylist sidekick, who was smugly showcasing it as ‘Primarni’, naturally nodded in simpering agreement.
Just when we thought the media sentiment was turning – and it seems to be thus over at the [...]
The end is nigh for trash fashion
Posted in budget fashion, eco-style, environment, ethical fashion, fashion, green fashion, recycled fashion, tagged budget fashion, ethical fashion, fast fashion, green fashion, sustainable, textiles waste on May 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yes, the end is nigh for disposable ‘trash’ fashion. Well, it must be true if the BBC are telling us that cheap chic (an oxymoron if ever there was one) is on the way out. Have they been reading our blog, we wonder?
For the past decade or so, fast ‘fad’ fashion has dominated the high [...]
Frockery Focus on Louis Féraud
Posted in Frockery Focus, designers, fashion, online shopping, vintage clothing, tagged Add new tag, budget fashion, fashion, fashion designers, frockery, green fashion, Louis Feraud, retro clothing, vintage clothing on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In our latest Frockery Focus section, we have chosen to feature French master couturier Louis Féraud, whose fashion career spanned more than four decades until his death in 1999.
Just as “Féraud adore les femmes”, it is undoubtedly the case that “les femmes adorent Féraud”. The Frockery does too, and we can never resist this [...]
Landfill Fashion: what a waste
Posted in eco-style, environment, fashion, green fashion, recycling, tagged Add new tag, eco-fashion, environment, fashion, green fashion, preloved clothing, recycling, textiles, waste on April 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We are becoming increasingly fed up of living in a society which seems hell bent on creating ever greater mountains of unnecessary waste. From plastic bags in their billions to fast food packaging, cheap promotional items that no one wants or needs, and even shrink wrap covering for supermarket cucumbers, we are drowning in the stuff.
Textiles [...]
Frockery shopping for frugal fashionistas
Posted in budget fashion, eco-style, environment, ethical fashion, fashion, green fashion, online shopping, pre-owned fashion, retro clothing, vintage clothing, tagged budget fashion, ethical fashion, fashion designers, living lightly, London Fashion Week, retro clothing, slow fashion, vintage clothing on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The credit crunch is taking its toll on household budgets everywhere as the cost of living continues to soar, with upwardly mobile mortgage payments, escalating fuel prices and public transport fares making ever greater demands on all our disposable incomes. Meanwhile, as the credit card bills continue to roll in as regular reminders of our buy [...]
The Glasgow School of Art Fashion Show
Posted in designers, fashion, tagged design, fashion show, Glasgow, Glasgow School of Art, textiles on February 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Glasgow School of Art Fashion Show 2008, 4th and 5th March @ The Vic, Glasgow School of Art. Tickets available from Tickets Scotland, £7.50/£5.50 (concession).
An array of unique and exciting designs from 3rd year undergraduate textiles students (including The Frockery’s very own Kirstin) will once again be showcased at this prestigious annual fashion event! [...]
Frocks for all eras
Posted in fashion, green fashion, nostalgia, online shopping, pre-owned fashion, re-enactment, recycled fashion, retro clothing, themed parties, vintage clothing, tagged 60s fashion, 80s fashion, 80s style, auto heritage, autoheritage, dress agency, frank usher, pre-owned fashion, re-enactment, retro clothing, retro themes, themed events, vintage clothing on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It has been a case of ‘frocks around the clock’ since the turn of the year as The Frockery has been coping with an increase in orders from customers new and not-so-new. Vintage and retro party dresses have been in particular demand throughout January and many of our own favourites have found new appreciative homes.
Meanwhile, [...]
