Thursday, November 24, 2011

Vintage with a capital V, from 1920s to 1980s

My favorite place for vintage focal-pieces + findings, especially 1940s Czech silver box-clasps with diamante + pearl in-lays (all in pristine condition) is Angela Clarke's Boutique Beads on St Georges Street Road in Nth Fitzroy. And if you're after something incredibly unique, why not check out Angela's collection of African beads, Ethiopian crucifixes, hand-painted Chinese snuff-bottles + miniature glass lanterns, bakelite belt-buckles from the USA ...


My favorite brooch is a multi-layer enamel blossom with aqua + purple petals, ca. 1970s (from the UK), purchased @ Martin Fella Vintage on Queensberry Street in Nth Melbourne. Martin's got everything and then some: flower power dresses, electric blue brothel-creepers, a fur muff which used to be an artic fox ...

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