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New Cape Town night market for vintage lovers

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We’re proud to be a part of the launch of a brand new vintage night fashion market market in the Southern Suburbs, in collaboration with The Vintage Experience (formerly known as Vintage Wednesdays). The market will showcase a dozen or so sellers’ latest best finds on Tuesday 28 May at Jakes in The Village (Steenberg […]

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Just in: Authentic Louis Vuitton wallet

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Recently listed, is this beautiful and authentic Louis Vuitton EPI leather trifold wallet. As some of you may already know, buying designer luxury goods is a long-term investment – the value of products made by high-end labels actually increases over time! Not only do you get to look stylish for years to come by wearing […]

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The Great Gatsby in Vogue

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British actress Carey Mulligan was recently featured in US Vogue decked out in some serious twenties inspired couture. She plays Daisy Buchanan in the forthcoming film adaptation of The Great Gatsby. Since falling in love with the story, having studied the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald in grade 12, I was overjoyed at learning that […]

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The Last Days of Summer

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My wonderful friend Lauren of LNH Photography took these photos of me a little while ago, during the Summer. Technically, the title of this post is misleading as the last days of Summer have passed, yet as the cold of Winter approaches and I look back at these photos I still yearn for beach hair, […]

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Vintage Ideas Market at Simondium

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On Sunday afternoon we decided to take a breather from last week’s craziness of sourcing lots of new stock, trading at the Vintage Experience market at Truth, and more sourcing, so we stopped by at the annual Vintage Ideas market at Simondium Country Lodge. I blogged about it last year too here. It was the […]

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