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Apr 22 2013

Great fashion film

by Rachel

Just love the way this film has its own narrative and uses comedy to showcase clothes

Posted in Blog, Fashion, Style | Tagged celebrity fashion, fashion, film, lena dunham, rachel antonoff | Comments Off

Apr 16 2013

Time goes by

by Rachel

Where has the time gone? The Empire of Things seems to have been hibernating this long and cold winter, but we are still here, adding new stock and with some exciting projects in the pipeline.

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Nov 30 2012

Pop- up- Vintage

by Rachel

Last week we joined the fantastic Pop- up Vintage fair (recently featured on TV!) in Camden Market -here’s a few pics of our stall. It was quite a fair, with a very lively dancing class as part of...

Posted in Blog, Fashion, london, Style | Tagged fashion, london, pop-up-vintage, vintage | Leave a comment

Nov 15 2012

Lookbook

by Rachel

Open publication - Free publishing - More fashion

Posted in Blog | Tagged bodymap, British, celebrity fashion, Charles Creed, dior, london, Photography, royalty, Susan Small, threads, vintage | Leave a comment

Jun 20 2012

Charles Creed

by Rachel

I have developed a bit of a fascination with Charles Creed, who was a major player in British fashion from the 1930s to the early 1960s. The youngest son of Henry Creed born in 1909, and so born...

Posted in Blog | Tagged British, Charles Creed, creed fragrance, fashion, first edition book, london, Maid to measure, mata hari, vintage | Leave a comment

Jun 13 2012

Jubilee

by Rachel

As you may know we were running a stall as part of the vintage fashion fair at Battersea Park Jubilee festival at the beginning of june. IT RAINED. Lots of people came out to enjoy themselves...

Posted in Blog, london, Style | Tagged Battersea Jubilee, British, Diamond Jubilee, fashion, london, vintage | Leave a comment

Jun 01 2012

Jubilee mania

by Rachel

If you live in London, or anywhere in the UK, you can’t fail to be aware that the Diamond Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II are happening this weekend. I know many people look at...

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May 01 2012

May Day 1938

by Rachel

It’s not only vintage clothes that go in cycles it seems. These leaflets on show in the excellent Imperial War Museum remind me of the modern Occupy, 99%, movement. “London’s millions against...

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Apr 11 2012

Tait Tower Glasgow

by Rachel

In 1938 there was a large exhibition in Glasgow, the Empire Exhibition, which proved to be the last ever public showcase of the British Empire. Glasgow, the chosen venue, was at the time the 2nd...

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Apr 02 2012

Carol Cleveland

by Rachel

I have been invited to a lot of events celebrating the “achievements of women” so far this year, most of which seemed quite humourless, but when I realised that the “seventh python” was visiting...

Posted in Blog, london | Tagged Carol Cleveland, cinema museum, Comedy, london, Monty Python, Terry Jones | Leave a comment

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Great fashion film

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