Fairs, photoshoots and fun!

Gosh, sun is finally here! Yay! Let's hope it stays eh? Especially as we have a busy few weeks coming up. First up this weekend is another photoshoot in Brizzle with a few glamorous lovelies getting involved and the super talented Sophie Bee (www.sophiebee.co.uk) creating amazing make up.

After that we are participating with a couple of choice fairs that are coming up-this is a first for Scarlet, we never got into the whole "vintage fair" world before and thought it was time to try our hand!

First up is Pimp Me Vintage at the stunning Stourhead Gardens on Sunday July 3rd, 2pm to 9pm. This is being held in aid of CLIC Sargent charity and looks to be a good bash! If the weather is good it will feature stallholders from far and wide, live music, a retro bar and a beauty parlour-a mini Vintage Festival! We can't wait!

Next up is the It's Darling Fair (www.itsdarlingfair.co.uk) Saturday 16th July 930-5pm at the historic Guildhall, Bath. A great regular fair that encourages local artisans and traders alike. This time it will also offer vintage make overs in the Pop Up Parlour-how much more girly and exciting can you get vintage-istas!

Well, that's all for now-oh, and a few more pieces on the website too (and my left leg is cracking walnuts, as they say...) One of our new pieces came from an actress (which one, my lips are sealed!) who has given us a Belville Sassoon beaded dress to sell. Its very sparkly and very glam, perfect "make an entrance" dress!

Enjoy the sun (any sun!) whilst it lasts! xx

All change at Scarlet, Vintage Mini's and Marilyn Monroe....

Well, we finally did it-we finally expanded the shop and made a new posh changing room! Yay! Took a bit of doing, but we got a man who can in to do the heavy stuff and then I flounced in with a can of paint and did the finishing touches (like you do). So, we've created a large new rail at the back of the shop to take more of our dresses (which is lucky as we just had a delivery of about 5 full skirted 1950's dresses). We also moved our deco mirror so it gets the full attention it deserves.
And I am so pleased we now have a large, luxurious changing room with gorgeous mirror and relaxing chair (all I need to do is add a cocktail bar and i'd never get people out!)
We also recently took a trip to The American Museum (www.americanmuseum.org) to see the Bath Spa Uni exhibition on the Legacy of Icons. Super cool! A little vintage Mini Cooper, some great dresses (ok, some of them mine!) and some brilliant magazine cuttings from 56' to 66'. Whilst we were there we thought it rude not to take a peek at the Marilyn dresses on show at the temporary exhibition. Wow. Just Wow. Amazing. Admittedly, I spend a lot of time explaining to people that the blonde bombshell wasn't a size 16 in today's sizing, but even I was shocked at the size of the dresses, teeny!! All your favourites are there; the cream full length gown from The Prince and the Showgirl, the red sequinned one from Gentleman Prefer Blondes and the rique black beaded one from Some Like it Hot. Heaven, I was in heaven. What was most poignant was all her trinkets; the champagne bucket, the pill bottle, the tea caddy from when the door was closed and she bacame Norma Jean again. A sad end to a lovely lady, but what beautiful gowns she has left us behind.

And, interestingly, the sparklers on show at the exhibition weren't diamonds, but rhinestones...