Has it really been THAT long???

Cripes, it's been a month since my last post!! I can assure you this wasn't intentional, although I'm grateful for a little break to be honest. The last month has been a surreal whirlwind (a good one ;-) ) but I suppose thats always the way....life just creeps up on you when you least expect it.

I'm not going to try and recall everything I've done in the last month, but I will mention Swing For Skin (about 3 weeks after all the other bloggers) just because it was such a fab event and for a brilliant cause.

Photos courtesy of the superbly talented Mr. Hanson Leatherby

Last weekend was Fleur, Bethan and Torquil's joint birthday party. It was a cake fest, filled with glamorous vintage types, set to a backdrop of metal music (yes really). It was super fun to see so many lovely people. Fleur has blogged about it here and has some lovely pics.

Fleur celebrated turning 30 by eating herself

Time for some big and exciting news!! We've been planning and plotting away at Mafia Towers for a while now, and I am excited to announce that the Vintage Mafia's Sunday Sale and Social will be taking place at The Love Shake in Shoreditch on Sunday 3rd July. Not only will be exclusively hiring out that fabulous little diner to sell off some of our own personal vintage and repro clothing collections, but we are doing it in a really great venue, where you can hang out in a booth, eat burgers, get sozzled on boozy milkshakes, listen to super music, and generally have a great time with other vintage lovelies. If you are in town that day, it would great to see you there! (P.s....Shhhhhh! We have something even more exciting planned for September, but I didn't tell you that)

Well if Mother Nature ever actually pulls her finger out, and remembers that the bout of sunshine we had in April does not constitute Summer, I might actually enjoy putting on a pretty frock and a pair of sandals. I've got through two umbrellas so far in June....destroyed by the unseasonal torrent of misery bestowed upon us from the skies. Lets hope things brighten up soon as there are some great events to look forward to in the 7th month....

The Event

The Chap Olympiad

Saturday 16th July



Wonderful collage pilfered from Diary of a Vintage Girl



The annual celebration of foppish tomfoolery from The Chap magazine, featuring games such as the Martini Relay, Hop, Skip and G&T, Umbrella Jousting and Cucumber Sandwich Discus. Winning is irrelevant, trying is frowned upon and cheating is positively encouraged

This year the Vintage Mafia are taking part as a team....and yes, we have a matching team outfit planned. I'm particularly looking forward to carrying Naomi in the Ironing Board Surfing competition. Book your tickets here!

                            The Club Night                            
Rock n' Rolio

Saturday 2nd July

I must go to this. By blogging about it I am tying myself into some kind of contract that means I will actually go. I've heard great things and the line up for this one is particularly good. Plus its always great to support local East London club nights.  The guest DJ will be Diddy Wah, the live act is Lewis Floyd Henry. You can find details of the event here.

As always, to get you in the mood, the good people at Rock n Rolio have produced this promo mix for you to enjoy....

The Exhibition
Toulouse -Latrec and Jane Avril: Beyond The Moulin Rouge
16th June -18th September


Prostitutes, cabaret...absinthe. Need I go on. This looks unbelievably fascinating. 

Nicknamed La Mélinite after a powerful form of explosive, the dancer Jane Avril was one of the stars of the Moulin Rouge.  Her fame was assured by a series of dazzlingly inventive posters designed by the artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Jane Avril became an emblematic figure in Lautrec’s world of dancers, cabaret singers, musicians and prostitutes. This landmark exhibition is the first to celebrate this remarkable creative partnership which has to come to define the world of the Moulin Rouge. Bringing together Toulouse-Lautrec's most famous paintings, posters and prints from international collections, it captures the excitement and spectacle of bohemian Paris in the 1890s.

Learn more about the exhibition here

I promise to not leave it a month before my next post, and maybe even include something about vintage fashion and an outfit post if your really lucky. Yes, I know...bad blogger.