Vintage style icon - Peggy Moffitt

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Facebook fan discount

Psssst... did you know if you head over facebook way and "Like" the Velour page, we'll knock 10% off your next clothing purchase in store?

You can peruse some of the pieces currently in store in our photo folders - here's a little sample:

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Julie Driscoll - Season Of The Witch

Great song, and ohhhhh that coat...

Vintage style icon - Nancy Sinatra

Happy Birthday Nancy...

71 and still super groovy...

Michael Jackson's thriller jacket

If you've been pondering on how to best blow that exta few 100k you've got lying around, one of Michael Jackson's iconic red leather jackets worn in the thriller clip is going up for auction...

Or you could pick up this leopard print lined variation from us for just 65 bones, and still have pennies left to grab, oh, i don't know, a set of jackson 5 jumpsuits and some neverland ranch bathtowels?

Velour goes to Smith Street

We're bringing some of our vintage wares across the river tomorrow for the Market at the Gasometer - we'll have a bunch of super cute dresses, waistcoats, and wool coats n' leather jackets this time round, with nothing over $50 - most stuff 2 for $50.

There'll also be purveyors of fine vinyl - Polyester, Ritual, and Sunshine & Grease, with dj's and bands playing too - do stop by!

Recipes from the stars for Mrs. Housewife. Bert Newton - Carpet bag steak

I'm getting a bit scan happy and thought i'd delve into some of my more interesting vintage cookbooks and pamphlets.

"Recipes from the stars" appears to have been put out in the late 50's to benefit the Yooralla crippled childrens appeal-see Yooralla's history here.

An array of temptations are included, as chosen by the big Aussie stars of TV and radio, along with some tips n' tricks from chefs and food writers.

A babyfaced Bert Newton's pick is carpet bag steak, a particularly horrifying combination(well, as far as i'm concerned-being vegetarian) of steak stuffed with oysters, bacon wrapping optional. 

"A real man's dish"

Anybody sampled this delicacy?  I've been assured it's really not that outrageous and something of an Aussie favourite, but y'know, having not eaten meat in 12 years has put blinkers on me in regards to this stuff.

I wanted to include some contemporary footage, so not long after this, Bert had moved to channel 9 and was kicking off the Hi Fi Club - there's not too much info floating around about the show, so feel free to offer any further insight.  It looks to be the precursor to shows like countdown, but isn't included in this list of Australian music shows...


TAKEN FROM THIS TRANSCRIPT:

"GEORGE NEGUS: In those days, television was like radio with pictures for somebody like yourself, wasn't it?

BERT NEWTON: I think we all thought it would be that way. I remember, as that young kid at 3XY, they were talking about television arriving in Australia. I assumed it was going to be an announcer sitting there and chatting, very much like this.

GEORGE NEGUS: Yes – old-fashioned television.

BERT NEWTON: But playing records. And I used to think, "I wonder what they'll do when they play records. Will they just go into a turntable or whatever?" And of course, we discovered eventually it was much more than that.

BERT NEWTON ON THE 'HI FI CLUB':

That was the exciting time for me and for everybody else who was in it, because nobody knew anything about it. The people who actually were the chief engineers and the, um, program directors and general managers had no more than four weeks experience over in America, invariably at the Cleveland, Ohio, television station, for some reason. They all graduated from there after four weeks. So the floor managers, the cameramen, the announcers, the singers were all learning together.

GEORGE NEGUS: Making it up as you went along.

BERT NEWTON: Yeah, and the audience didn't know any better, so absolute rubbish was looking quite good to them."



Really talking it up there... gotta start somewhere!  Here's the intro followed by a pretty neat live coke add ending in Berts satisfiably quenched approval.

I'll add further stars pages at some stage, other notables include Don Benetts, Happy Hammond, Joff Ellen, and Bernadette Russell. x

Work experience at Velour

Last week we had an extra set of hands on the Velour team, coming all the way from Corowa NSW - a decent hike indeed.

Here's a sneak peek of Yasmine at the warehouse honing her coat hanging skills amidst a sea of dresses, soon to make their way online:

And brushing up on the evolution of fashion:
*Excuse the messy office. Shockingly, being something of a hoarder/collector isn't always condusive to having the tidiest of work spaces at all times.

Back breaking labour right there.

We tend to receive a number of requests for work experience, if this is something of interest to you, drop us a line as far in advance as possible to info@velourvintage.com

Thanks for helpin' out, Yas!

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Cleo February 1975 - Mick and Bianca Jagger, Tessa T21, Mr Yummy

An extention of yesterdays post, feat. Mick and Bianca Jagger, fashion, more on Jack Thompson, classic furniture design with questionable upholstery, and a look at what real love is... photographing your beau nude in the bush and alongside a Mr Yummy van, naturally.

Mick and Bianca: the odd couple
- Cleo article 1975

Tessa T21 chair and ottoman 1975

 

Real love: won't be found in cereal boxes
...dang

Paper giants: Cleo February 1975 - Jack Thompson cover

On the "to do" list for quite some time, has been the scanning of my vintage magazines.  The release of Paper giants: The birth of Cleo was the perfect impetus to get started on this slightly daunting task.  For anyone who missed it - you can grab the dvd here and there's an excellent article about Ita here. 

First up I went for February 1975.  Featuring Jack Thompson, the first subject of the "Mate of the Month" centrefold, and the first(and last?) bloke to make it onto the cover, Barry as Dame Edna aside.

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I'll do a picture post with some more pages tomorrow, but here are a couple of cheeky booze advertisements:

UDL - The teen stepping stone to alcoholism

since '75. Are you ready?

Happy Rapture Day!

Make sure you stay close to a TV to keep updated on the apocalypse.

1960's Paper dresses exhibition

Chadstone shopping center is hosting a fun exhibition of paper dresses until June 5th, including a coveted campbells "souper"!

The collection has a strong focus on 1960's pieces, but incorporates 18th and 19th-century Japanese and Chinese hand painted kimonos and paper sandals, too. Definitely worth checking out.

Read more here, and check out this clip demonstrating the convenience of the disposable dress fad at its height:

Denise Drysdale 60's go go girl

Had a lovely go go dancer from Perth drop in today, which reminded me of this clip I wanted to share. Denise Drysdale, Australias first go go girl, doing her thing in the 60's

Tips: "Now relax your back and flop your head around, people aren't going to look at anything else but your head, they don't want to see feet dancing, they wanna see your head... and a smile, whatever you do."

Twiggy portrait created entirely from recycled junk mail? < 3

I recently came across the art of Sandhi Schimmel Gold, who creates these incredible collage portraits entirely from recycled junk mail, old postcards, photos, and the like.

She says:

"My work reflects our society's obsession with beauty through advertising - and the endless images that bombard us daily. It is a purposeful intermix of images derived from advertising and thousands of incongruent pieces - images and text - from advertising that arrives through my mailbox. Assembled like a mosaic; the paper tiles create an entirely new image - an eclectic and tactile portrait reworked in my imagination, utilizing materials that would otherwise go to waste."

"I create without waste. I upcycle junk mail, calendars, post cards, photos, old greeting cards, tags, etc... it's all paper waste I collect. I use only water-based, acid-free, non-toxic materials to create my work. It is completely eco-friendly. I reuse and repurpose canvas, frames, etc. whenever possible."

Check out more of her work here.

LOVE it!