Blue bay day

Didn't realise until they were posted that we had a blue theme to our EBay auctions this week.

The dress top left is a wonderful 80s cotton frock which buttons up the back. Then there's a classic 70s day dress in fresh blue with white spots - hand made, so you're never going to see another one.

Bottom row - Summer brings all sorts of opportunities to wear a party frock and you can't beat ruffles to get you smiling. And (bottom right) if you are festivalling - maxi is still the only way to go.

There's plenty more, and not all of it blue! Click the big pink button top right on this blog to see everything we have up for auction. And if you are a shop customer, don't forget to let us know when you bid to make sure you get your cheeky discount.

Bay Day

And of course being Thursday, new on EBay for you tonight are a bunch of sweeties: maxi dresses and clutches are the theme of the week, including a very early Laura Ashley dress, from the days when she and her husband were printing their own fabric in Wales.

Designer Laura Ashley based her early prints on fabric she found in a Women's Institute exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. You can see the Victorian influence if you look at the print, but the colours are completely of the time, and remind us that the 1970s - when purple reigned supreme - were just round the corner when this dress was made.

It's nice when we get to handle pieces like this.
A genuine piece of British fashion history, and lovely to wear in the Summer sunshine.

A lovely day on the Bay

Some lovely Summer glamour for you on EBay tonight, from the 1950s (red satin, green and gold and blue cocktail dresses) to the 60s (Samuel Sherman green mini) and 70s (sexy sheer Peepers maxi).

Bottom right is another Quad dress. We sold a cotton print one from the same label last week. Quad was one of the British boutiques that opened in London in the late 60s. Their designs have a soft, romantic feel that is unmistakably connected to the Summer of Love.

The red satin 1950s column dress (top centre) amazingly still has its shop tag. It is unworn (or bnwt in EBay jargon). You don't find many of those - most women would get rid of an unworn dress eventually. Makes you wish vintage garments could come with a log book: why did she buy it? Why didn't she wear it? Why did she keep it?

What do you think...?

Remember - you can click the big pink button (top right of the page) any time to see what we are selling on EBay this week. Or pop in and see us (and the clothes) at the shop.

Thursday night means new EBay auctions

I love a boob tube, and this one is integrated into happening burgundy polyester pants. I can see Sister Sledge wearing these in my mind, complete with extreme long red fingernails, very shiny eye shadow and crazy disco platorms. Yum.


And by contrast, a real designer piece - creator of the wrap dress Diane von Furstenberg gives us this a summer jumpsuit from the 80s. It has the flavour of a painters overalls at the back, but with nice cropped leg and at the front a cute tie shirt look. Delicious with a tan.

Click the big pink button top right of the page to see everything we're auctioning at the moment. And if you're a shop customer, be sure to let us know so we can make sure you get your cheeky regular's discount.