Frock on Friday!

It's friday which means it's officially frock o'clock! I first spotted the Frock on Friday feature over at Vix's blog and the rule is that wherever you are & whatever you are doing each friday you should don a fabulous frock! So here is what I'm wearing today.....

Vintage 60's Dollyrockers floral mini, 70's Biba mini vest/waistcoat thingy (both from Ebay years ago), 70's tan leather wooden wedge sandals (£1 from Demelza Charity shop last week)

And how could I resist not popping on this most amazing necklace which I was lucky enough to win from the super chick Ann @ Annimal House,  I totally loves it! It's a Sarah Coventry piece called Wisteria. I hope I have done it justice.

Slightly squinting as the sun is just about popping out finally!

Hope you all have a fab weekend! I'm very much looking forward to dinner at a dear friends house tomorrow night with all the girlies and am trying to decide what to wear.... it might just have to be another Biba frock! 

Biba on Sky Arts

I was just flicking through tonight's TV listings when I spotted some vintage fashion shows tonight on Sky Arts 1. One is the 1970 film by the Centre of Information called The Pacemakers: Biba, the synopsis is as follows "The Central Office of Information goes behind the scenes with Biba founders Barbara Hulanicki and Stephen Fitz-Simon at their legendary superstore on Kensington High Street in 1970."

The airing times are: 

Wednesday 11/8/10 at 22.40

Thursday 12/8/10 at 10.40

On further inspection of their website it seems that this Friday night (13/8) they are showing Beyond Biba, the recent film made about Barbara Hulanicki. Biba is my all time favourite label, I'm rather excited to see these shows. You gotta love Sky Arts they really do show some interesting and varied programmes, just the other night they played a Small Faces film, and quite often repeat the awesome 30th Century Man (about Scott Walker) and a rather good documentary called A Technicolour Dream about the legendary 14hr Technicolour Dream happening in 1967 at Ally Pally.

Anyhoo here's is the links to the Biba programme & film, oh yes and some obligatory Biba loveliness!

http://www.skyarts.co.uk/art-design/article/the-pacemakers-biba/

http://www.skyarts.co.uk/film-docs/article/beyond-biba/

All pics are scanned from the fabulous "Fashion in the 60s" by Barbara Bernard.

Barbara's Boots

As you are probably aware, Biba legend Barbara Hulanicki has a new range coming out at Topshop next week, and as I'm a bit of a Biba freak, I am definitely intrigued to see it, but I am more excited to see lot's of little interviews & snippets from her all over the web at the moment promoting it.

Whilst perusing the Vogue.com galleries earlier I stumbled upon a new set of pics exploring Barbara's personal style over the years, there aren't many pics but one stood out for me over all, BLACK SATIN BIBA BOOTS!

Do check out the full gallery here.

This picture is my idea of Biba heaven.She states that these were sample boots and were stolen at the end of the party, I can see why someone would pinch them, they are stunning. I am lucky enough to own two pairs of original canvas Biba boots, and they are amazing, very very tight, but fab none the less.

(Also, there is a new film coming out soon called Beyond Biba, which Sharon Rose recently blogged about.)