Vintage style on the Street

I think we can all agree that it's been a whirlwind few months for celeb-spotting, here at Vivien of Holloway. We couldn't be more delighted with our latest five minutes (or more) of fame - our pink Sweetheart Halterneck Circle Dress was seen in none other than Coronation Street!


Image found on the Coronation Street Style Blog

Corrie turns 50 years old on the 9th December this year, and is one of the UK's best loved soap operas. It holds the grand honour of being the world's longest-running, too! And although it stays incredibly current in its themes and storylines, it's not afraid to have its characters embracing vintage style.

Julie Carp, the gorgeous lady who was seen in our dress, is often clad in Mod style outfits, and was last week invited on a date with Brian Packham. Choosing something feminine that made the nost of Julie's assets was an obvious choice for the costume team. And it made Julie look absolutely amazing!










Doesn't she look lovely? All that's left to be seen is whether Brian will break poor Julie's heart... if he does, at least she will still look smashing in her Vivien of Holloway Sweetheart frock!

Some Press-ing news!

It's been a really mad couple of weeks in the Vivien of Holloway press department, with our dresses making it into, not one, not even two, but three really huge magazines! First up, it's our very dear friend Paloma Faith, who was spotted in Closer Magazine, wearing one of our fabulous Forties print sarongs, complete with matching bolero. The print on this number is sadly resigned to history, but don't worry, we have several new tropical prints to tickle your fancy!

 

We are delighted to be featured in the October edition of Cosmopolitan, in a fashion entitled Mad About The Girls.The beautiful model is wearing one of our most stunning Special Occasion dresses - a black taffeta halterneck circle dress emblazoned with gold stars. The fitted and flared Fifties style is big news for this season... but that's no surprise to our well-dressed customers!

 

And if all that wasn't enough, OK! Magazine have done a lovely feature on top interior designer Laarence Llewelyn-Bowen and his lovely family. It had a Mad Hatter's Tea Party theme, which is close to our hearts anyway, so the fact that they chose our red polka heart halterneck circle dress for his gorgeous daughter Cecile, is just the icing on the cake as far as we're concerned!



Have a fabulous week, everyone!

Sweet as a Sugababe!

We simply love it when celebrities fall in love with our clothing, and it happened again not so long ago, when pop star and Sugababe Amelle Berrabah visited our Holloway Road shop and treated herself to a few new frocks. Since then, she's been snapped in looking every inch the vintage bombshell in her 1950s Halterneck Pencil dresses. We've hit the Daily Mail, the Mirror and MSN to name but a few, and we're absolutely chuffed to bits.


Amelle's gone for three of our personal favourites, the Pirate pencil dress, the Royal Blue polka dot, both of which she snapped up recently; and an elegant Red spot version, which is the one that started her passion for Vivien of Holloway! We think she looks absolutely divine - what do you think? Should more celebrities embrace their inner vintage vixen?

Scarlet Magazine

We're delighted to see that the ever-fabulous Paloma Faith is gracing the cover of the latest edition of Scarlet Magazine, wearing one of our Leopard Print sarong dresses, complete with matching bolero. We've so nearly sold out of the leopard print version (a few lucky ladies can grab one if they hurry!), but we have a myriad of gorgeously sassy prints and fabrics available if you fancy a slinky sarong in a different colour.

Our sarongs are perfect for Scarlet readers, the magazine which celebrates women's sexuality and doesn't shy away from embracing all things naughty and nice. We're big fans here at Vivien of Holloway and you should be too! Go and have a look at their site now... but don't forget to come back! You know where to come for beautiful, empowering dresses!

Cover Stars!

If you check out the press section of our site, you'll see one of our dresses being sported on the front cover by Strictly Come Dancing's Alesha Dixon.

In the article inside she wears the red halter neck dress and on the cover it's the white halter neck, both with a white petticoat


Click the picture to go to our press section and see who else has been talking about us!