Handbags and Gladrags

Don't forget...

Madam Magpie Vintage will be running a stall at the 'Handbags and Gladrags Vintage Fair at the Castle'! There will be a wide range of gorgeous sellers and a vintage cafe in this most unusual of venues, a Grade I listed 16th Century manor house in Haringey, North London. Now that's something to get excited about! A selection of our favourite 'Magpie Picks' will be up on the blog soon, all of which will be available to purchase from us on the day. Fancy.

Saturday 13 July 2013, 10.30am - 4.30pm
£1.50 admission - accompanied children free

Bruce Castle Museum
Lordship Lane
London
N17 8NU

For more information please visit the Bruce Castle Museum website:
http://www.haringey.gov.uk/index/community_and_leisure/time_out_in_haringey/visiting_haringey/places_to_visit/brucecastlemuseum/brucecastleevents.htm

MAGPIE PICKS!

Magpie Picks!

Madam Magpie has been a very busy bird and has found an extra special gem - this gorgeous Horrockses floral shirt dress.   

Horrockses Fashions was one of the most well respected ready-to-wear labels of the late 1940s and 1950s. Originally, the prices raged from £4 - £7, expensive for the day.  Even then, these dresses were highly collectable and ladies saved hard to get hold of one.  It wasn't long before celebrities and even the Queen (which eventually led to them being granted a royal warrant in the 1960s) were wearing the fashionable brand.

These have become especially collectable recently, probably with a bit of help from Betty Draper of Mad Men, and therefore rarer.  This is a fine example of the lovely floral cotton dresses of that time.  Well done Mrs Magpie!