John Lennon

30 years today since he was taken from this world.

Shoes!

Velour always has an excellent range of shoes for both lads and ladies - head over facebook way to check out some of our current stock. Enquiries are always welcome for those who can't make it down St Kilda way too, if the shoe fits they can be on your doorstep in no time flat!

Velour @ Zeitgeist Becomes Form - German fashion photography 1945-1995

Last week The Australian Academy of Design and the Goethe Institute hosted a runway event to mark the "finissage" of the inspiring "Zeitgeist Becomes Form" exhibition of German fashion photography 1945-1995, curated by FC Gundlach.  Included were seminal works by sometimes Melbournian Helmut Newton, alongside Juergen Teller, and Willy Maywald to mention only a few.

Diane Masters modelling the 1959 Gown of the Year

The evening included a talk by 1950's & 60's Australian model Diane Masters, regaling the audience with tales of her work with close friend Helmut - and the occasional poodle, a runway show featuring vintage accessories by us here at Velour spanning the 40's-80's with hats by master milliner Paris Kyne, and a student runway show entitled "Fashion in Film" with pieces inspired by the films Ever After, Funny Face, Factory Girl, Pearl Harbour, The Wizard of Oz and Morrocco.

Head over to Style Melbourne for some snaps of Velour and Paris' contributions - and a wonderful video on the exhibition can be viewed below courtesy of ABC's Art nation. Enjoy!

Werewolf? There wolf ...

Just a little favourite fronkensteen tidbit, oh Gene... <3

Halloween

Velour just loves Halloween, and we of course have stacks of incredible costume options ...well y'know, costumes to some, fabulous everyday attire to others =)

You could even grab one of our vintage reproduction swimsuits, and you'll not only be setting yourself up for Summer, but could go as a saucy pin up witch like some of these lovely ladies

Dusty Anderson

Adele Jergens

Clara Bow

June Knight

Nancy Carroll

Veronika Lake

...Reow!

Images courtesy of the EXCELLENT blog Sexy Witch.  If you're not adverse to a little 1910 nudity - check out this post in particular.

xv

Queens Birthday long weekend

Velour will be open Monday from 12pm-5pm.

Merry un-birthday Liz, thanks for the shopping op!

xx

New items up on eBay

Velour has some incredible items up for auction on eBay at the moment, all with super low starting prices!

Items end June 15th, 16th and 17th.

Click the images to be taken to that items auction page:

St Kilda Festival

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that if you're headed down for the St Kilda festival, Velour will be open from 11am-2pm - so come visit early!

Here's what will be going on tomorrow at our doorstep. Don't overlook "Palais Pictures" and "Swing Patrol" amongst all the other madness. Enjoy! xx

http://www.stkildafestival.com.au/index.php