French Vintage and Chic

Quick trip to the this morning with some lovely new stock . I have quite a few beautiful glass cloches scattered in all our stalls with a great section in stall enjoy the lovely sunshine today as this weekend looks like the rain is back again ( good time for vintage shopping at both and . ) bring on summer!!!!

Sorry about the crap photo ! But one proud mum ! Went op shopping with my teenager today at their request and they found a real Balenciaga femme fatale 2017 hoodie! Unfortunately my young person is keeping it to wear themselves ( and why wouldn’t you ! ) they have started their own stall at Waverley also ( I guess having 2 parents in the industry helps !)lots of stuff found today in our travels which will be in the centers this week and early next week for Waverley.

Beautiful day for a trip to enjoying meeting new customers and catching up with some old friends and staff. Some great new arrivals today and a big tidy after the long weekend come and have a look plenty to see

I do love historical documents particularly photographs, as it gives a sense of what people did on their travels , the landscape at the time,what they wore and how they traveled . It’s great social history. But I can’t keep everything! So these lovely photographs are coming to the this weekend. Interestingly a lot of these are from the Yarra valley and surrounding areas in the 1940s mostly family snapshots,particularly interesting is the Allambee guesthouse in Healseville Victoria. Early photos of Hazelwood and Warburton also .

Another box of vintage habbidashery heading down to the vintage shed this weekend.
particularly love the Felix the cat wool winder.

And now for something completely different! As it’s school holidays here and not exactly warm this one is a rather unusual Dangerfield khaki madame butterfly jacket with rather lovely machine embroidery and a size 12 .
This one is coming next week to

Out treasure hunting today( school holidays here !)I was lucky enough to find these 3 beautiful purses from very different decades.
First up a beautiful Fugi 1950s beaded box purse in lovely condition made in Japan , second is a fantastic vintage Bakelite carved frame purse with hand crochet body and long fringe in navy .
And finally a glorious gold mesh 1960s handbag with rhinestone clasp ( possibly whiting and Davis ) all lovely examples which will be hard to part with ! They will be coming soon to next week.

Back at today with some new arrivals some lovely cabnet stock and some lovely new displays we’re open 7 days and with the kids on holidays plenty to look at .

Having a relaxing stroll through packed full of beautiful and interesting pieces at every turn open all weekend.

A glimpse of the great variety we have at .
fabulous Vintage finds beautifully curated by all our lovely stallholders
Open Thursday from 10am

Omg ! Find of a lifetime! 1969 flatsy doll in original frame in gorgeous green, sorry folks this is a keeper! I loved flatsy as a child because she fitted into my bag and I could take her with me everywhere ( and I did !) as I’m now in my 60th year on the planet I’m going to enjoy her for a bit longer.

More lovely new arrivals today at the I’m particularly enamoured with the amazing amber glass small screen on our library stall . ( there’s a couple of photos) I’ve had my young person ( Nova ) helping me for work experience this week which has been fun . They have done a wonderful job with merchandising, writing tickets, cleaning and being very helpful. So all our stalls are full to the brim with wonderful interesting new pieces. We are open all weekend.

New arrivals today at

Out of action for a while with a Covid like flu but luckily this is my view. The magnolia tree is shedding its blossoms and starting to grow beautiful green leaves the cats and I are enjoying the peace and the rest . I’ve been working as a vintage dealer for nearly 20 years full time whilst bringing up my daughter pretty much solo . I’m tired. It’s actually nice to stop for a breather.
we are stocked up at both and so plenty to look at when you come to either centre’s. I hope to be back on my feet by the weekend or early next week with some new arrivals.

Lots of lovely new pieces have arrived at today .its a beautiful sunny day ! Pop down for a look!

New school year, same message 💌🫶

Some exciting stock arrivals today in our clothing space with some fantastic designer clothing and your favourite linen and natural fibre fashion. Round the corner in our haberdashery stall is a very cute vintage tape measure collection.
We also have some lovely new stallholders !
The shed is full to the brim with some really fantastic stock .
open all weekend.

This is my new sign for which hopefully ,(after the week from hell )will be early next week . Second photo is the new change room are that has been set up at for the convenience for our lovely customers. The third photo is my front yard with my magnolia tree in fullish bloom telling us spring is on its way . sign *tweek

In the sunshine today pricing these beautiful vintage sewing bits and pieces bought from a lovely customer. Could be hard to part with! to