Trend Direction: NANTUCKET

August 22, 2016 Jill Lawrence

Vintage: Nantucket

Levi red vintage jacket in ring spun denim with a green casted shade. The green cast is due to the natural brown cotton weft affecting the indigo warp shade.

The shape is asymmetrical with tidy details of arrowhead pocket finishing and overstitched seams for greater emphasis of the unusual styling. The back is shorter than the front giving a gamine look.

1940's vintage US navy striped denim jacket with practical short sleeves.

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Trend Direction: FESTIVAL

June 20, 2016 Jill Lawrence

Vintage

Real originals such as Fiorucci and Mr Freedom 70's pieces. Below original 1970's Fiorucci skirt. Note, pretty beading and liberty print edging and blanket stitching - all great ideas for your own customisation.

Note the skirt panels are all different denims which each have worn differently over time.

The jeans in the shoot below were from a 'decorate your denim' competition held by Levi in the 1970s and shot by Sam Haskins, but were never used commercially. Such decoration led to the start of Levi commercially offering customisation to their retail customers.

Trend Direction: FESTIVAL

June 2, 2016 Jill Lawrence

Free Spirit Jeanswear. New Age traveller and open air concert goer promoting personal expression of complete freedom. Vintage denims in 3x1 and 2x1 constructions with real authentic attitude for flares and boyfriend styles, patched and pieced with up-cycled old denims to include hand crafted decoration for the personal touch.

Frayed, faded and decorated with exotic flowers

Trend Direction: RIPPING AND SHREDDING

May 23, 2016 Jill Lawrence

Vintage - Ripping and shredding

Replica vintage Mexican boots. Rusted and degraded decoration and old leather thonging. Look great with bare legs and shorts. They are for sale in the Finds section

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A real vintage denim kimono. Sleeves have been removed sometime in the past and it shows some signs of wear but this adds to its charm.

A pure natural indigo striped throw showing some signs of wear which adds to the charm of the piece. Can be worn as a chunky scarf or used as a throw.