Carnivale of Couture

This week's carnivale of Couture is at the Bargain Queen and she is asking what your best ever bargain was.
Mine is probably a toss-up between my Burberry trenchcoat bought for £5.50 at a charity shop, or my Marc Jacobs 60's style flats bought for 25 squids. But really, I don't consider them to be bargains as I don't wear the coat or the shoes that often. What I really consider a bargain is my knitted blue necklace from WW2, it was made out of plastic thread to look like beads at a time when luxuries were scarce. I wear it all the time and that to me is a true bargain.

ms_moron 2.0

I've been wearing retro trainers (£1 from car boot sale), flared cords (free from friend) and retro-y t-shirts for the last 3 days. Hey its the 1998 ms_moron! Feels quite nice when everyone is wearing faded grey skinnies and chucks or ballet flats.

Anyway, as you can see from the links on the right I have been doing some research. They are all good links, but my current faves are Craftster and Vintage Sewing. Vintage Sewing has the most amazing detailed tutorials for everything including leather gloves (!) hats (I know!) and an assortment of clothes from pre-1900 to 50's. Craftster is a forum for crafty people, and browsing all afternoon I discovered the address of a fabric manufacturer who will send off a catalogue to you:

s gross
fabricsfreepost
salford m7 6bl

See how it goes.