"I was born in Ireland and come from a  large Irish family and it makes Mother’s day an important tradition for me.  The fact it falls on the same weekend as St. Patrick’s Day makes it even more so. My Grandmother ran a second hand/ vintage clothing business (it’s good to know that I am like her) and my Mother is one of 12 children"

Mum on her wedding day - I still have her beautiful wedding dress which she handed down to me.

Mum and some of the family and friends.

"To me being together as a family is a very important, having  3 girls & 1 boy is it always busy and never dull!  The girls will be helping at the Fair on Sunday. It is really great having them at the fair - everyone loves the fact my children are helping out and they have been doing so since they were teenagers - it gives the Fair a more personal/family touch  - it also helps that they all love vintage and want to come! I’m off to Twickenham on Saturday to see the England v Ireland Rugby game with my husband (who’s English) and we will both be hoping for a win.”

Happy St. Patrick’s Day and wishing you wonderful Mother's Day and hope to see you at our Mother's Day Special Vintage Fashion Fair at 20th Century Theatre, Notting Hill on Sunday 18th March.

Anita - AVFF x

We have been contacted by a lady called Soraya who has come into an amazing collection of vintage clothing and accessories from the 50-80's (see the images below which is just a small part of the collection to give you some idea of what's on sale).

She is offering AVFF friends the opportunity of purchasing some or all of the collection.  It is rare that such a vast collection of Vintage Clothing comes up for sale.  All items will be available at trade prices.

The collection of around 1200 pieces  of womens Vintage clothing......some never even worn.They cover 60's,70's,80's and some 50's pieces. Dresses, skirts, tops, jumpers jackets etc in varied sizes from 8-16.

Mainly British made  : labels such as  Rogant, Fabiani, Norman Linton, Heiress, Dandi Berkatex, Claire Layton, Frank Usher, Brigitte Fashions, House of Nicholas, Quad, Judith Anne Creations.

They were collected over a period of time by a lady who worked in fashion and she dreamt of opening her own shop. Unfortunately due to family Tragedy this has  remained a dream as she had to  become a carer.  This has left her with no choice but to sell her belongings amongst which is this collection of vintage clothes.

The items are located at a store house by Ikea in Edmonton and available for sale :

FRIDAY 9TH MARCH & SATURDAY 10TH MARCH ONLY - Please note this is a cash sale
From 11am- by appointment only

Please do contact Soraya direct to arrange an appointment to view the collection. As you can image a collection of this size is creating a lot of interest so do contact her ASAP if you are interested.  The
Viewings are by appointment in 30 min slots. Please email
her on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (or contact us direct for a contact telephone number)  - Don't miss out!

It was great to go to London Fashion Weekend on Saturday (25th Feb) at Somerset House. Every year after London Fashion Week has been and gone and now Milan Fashion Week is in play, LFWeekend finishes the week with this extensive fashion shopping event. Here are a few snaps from our day:

Around 5 years ago Anita with AVFF introduced vintage to LFWeekend so it was great to see the vintage area expanded and curated by the talented Vintage by Hemingway design team. The Vintage Floor had a fab atmosphere with a gorgeous tea room in the centre where you could chill out and have tea and scrummy cakes by Molly Bakes.

Image via: Vintage Hemingway blog