vintage clothing blog

Yes, you read right; the Shetlands are paving the way for the fashion foreword amongst us. Bang on trend this winter are Fair Isle jumpers. Apparently the designs were influenced by the crew of a wrecked Spanish Armada ship in 1588. (Well I’ve learnt something new today!) The designs are distinctive with a series of [...]

Retro inspired fairisle knits and chunky cables.Fair Isle is a traditional knitting technique used to create patterns with multiple colours. Named after Fair Isle, an island in the north of Scotland Retro inspired wartime Fair Isles knits, Large Nordic patterns derived from the 1970s are also present on the catwalk as well as on the [...]