Date: 3rd Feb 2013 Location: Leeds Town Hall
Ive been going to this Vintage fashion fair in the middle of Leeds City centre for a good three years now. they hold approx three shows per year, and i just adore going. Held in the ornately grande town hall the floor is packed on a sunday morning with vintage lovers of the 1900's all the way to the 1980's. even pieces earlier than the 19th century. The fair is always attended by the same old faithful faces who run their stalls. In this fair you will find stalls of 1940's-1960's beauty products, lipstick tubes, powder puffs and compacts. Stalls selling vintage hats dating from the oppulant 1940's tilt hats, hair combs, jewelry, hat pins. jewellry trees with cascading pearls and gems. Rails and rails of vintage pieces lovingley collected by their vintage enthusiasts. Lingerie and silk dresses, oodles of fur coats (all vintage of course) floral tea dresses, knitwears and more modern retro pieces with 60's and 70's prints, wripped and re-styled jeans into hot pants. Baby and dolls clothes, the occasional vintage re-productio hats and dresses, even a stall dedicated to the vintage gent. Leather cases, ties, tie clips, cufflinks, cigarette and pipe cases and Oxford brogues. One stall in particular i always find stunning features one of pieces of costume pieces or genuine garments from the tudor periods. all hung up on display for all to see.
Its such a shame this was to be the end of an era, that the fair will no longer be held in the Town Hall. A stall owners expressed to me that they are very sad to see the fair leave the beautiful town hall and its wonderful atmosphere. Im well sad about this, as it was such a wonderful atmosphere and buzz in the town hall when the fair took over, and if anything added to the vintage flare. The fair will be moved to The Queens Hotel (30th June 2013) Do check it out.
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