A vintage and retro shop owner from Portobello Road in London paid us a surprise visit. Suzie West has been a dealer for 15 years and her prediction is that the vintage hype won't be short-lived.
She has many VIP clients, fashion designers and foreigners who frequent her shop. She raved about the "wallpaper" in my kitchen and said she did the same in her kitchen, but affixed pics, recipes and other paper ephemera in a more haphazard way.
Suzi could not believe her eyes when I showed her a 60's evening dress made in Port Elizabeth. She wanted the label to be photographed as a momento to her first visit to PE and her new parents-in-law.
I bought this dress about 38 years ago at PE's then only vintage clothing outlet. It was Jean Edmunds' Frocky Horror Shop in Robson Street, Central. The price label is still attached: R3.00!
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