Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts

Monday, 21 May 2012

Armstrongs Street View X3

Have we found Vivienne Westwood's long lost granddaughter? Iona Roberts describes her look as arty/shabby/electric and she obviously knows her own style as well as Johnny Rotten knew how to be a little bit of a pest. An 18 year old art student, Iona pulls of this collage of striped print leggings, miliatary stryle parka, doc marten boots and anarchic hair with effortless ease!


 Welcome to Edinburgh, Ellen Relander. The style of this international exchange student is certainly not lost in translation! We love her aubergine brocade coat with its sweet, round patch pockets, and her Doc Marten boots equip her perfectly for the cobblestones of the Edinburgh streets.

 17 year old student, Erin Chrystal, says her best vintage find is this £3 jacket she is wearing right now! We love the old-school look of a classic blazer with a leather satchel and we like to think she's carrying some books on ancient history...



Navigating his way through the wild waters of the Armstrongs Grassmarket store is 24 year old journalist Hugh Morris who describes his style as wirey / navy / beardy. He is dressed for adventures at sea with his neatly buttoned navy pea coat and boat shoes. We encouraged him to steer towards the colourful reef of fabric creatures throughout the shop, sailing past the sequin scaled tropical fish and the tulle jellyfish on his way to find treasure!


Mix a spoonful of Betty Boop, three slices of BeetleJuice and a dollop of Cruella De'Ville in a blender and you'll get this delicious outfit worn by sales advisior Abbie Graham! She pulls together an eclectic mix of skinny jeans, leopard print flats, a bold black and white striped blazer and a luxuriously fluffy stole. Abbie's best vintage find is a mohair cardigan from Armstrongs for £5!

Bryony Woods discovered exactly what she was looking for before she even stepped into the store and snapped up this cute green dress in an instant, straight off the mannequin!

Tuesday, 24 April 2012

We've got Leather!


There's nothing quite like vintage leather. It improves with age; the more broken in, the better! We've got so many great leather jacket and coats for you to pursue at our stores. As you can see from these pictures, our grassmarket branch is stoked full with quality vintage leather gems! You can search for your own vintage leather on our ebay store, here.
Or stop in and visit us in store!

And if you need help looking after your vintage leather, Arrow leathers in America have come up with some great 'How To' videos covering all aspects of leather care:

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Flying Purple People Eater!

Apparently the original Tyrian purple colour dyes were extracted from a mollusk found on the shores of the city of Tyre in ancient Phoenicia. Purple became a symbol of royalty because only the very wealthy could afford it. Luckily times have changed and you can buy garments in the widest sprectrum of purples from our Ebay store (for very affordable prices!)
These wild mohair jumpers from the 1980s feature deep inky shades. You can find them listed on our ebay site here: Violet Purple Blue

These jumpers are the perfect attire for a sing-a-long with Sheb Wooley from 1958!




Monday, 16 April 2012

Shades of Lilac


















Beautiful shades of lilac really caught our eye this week, and we just had to show you all these wonderful examples! Dating from the 60s and 70s, they share a similar shade, but all have a style that's completely their own. They're a really great choice for spring! Search our sugary shades of Lilacs at our ebay shop, here!





Friday, 13 April 2012

Welcome to Armstrongs Vintage Emporium!


Whether you have visited one of our three Edinburgh Shops, shopped online at our ebay store, or have just stumbled across us for the first time, we’re excited to introduce our blog to you. We hope it will be the perfect way to communicate to you all the exciting things that are happening at Armstrongs Vintage Clothing Emporium. Bringing you all the news from the shops, our ebay store and the city it happens in –Edinburgh.

We will be delving a bit deeper into some of the vintage labels that we love and sharing with you some of the beautiful clothing that comes through our doors. And we’d love to hear from you! If you have bought something from us recently, send us a photo! Tell us who you are, if you have a blog we can link to, which of our stores you purchased it from, and where you wore it! Send it to: armstrongsvintageclothing@googlemail.com