Play Time Memories

Whilst at the V&A Museum of Childhood for the Papered Parlour event, I got the chance to walk around the museum.
Memories of my own childhood soon came flooding back, as I was saying "I had that one... I used to play with that toy".

Toys these days are definitely not what they used to be!

Here are some pictures of what used to be my favourite things to play with!

What were yours?

Sylvanian Families... These were my favourite, I had so many, even the old ones my big cousin handed down to me. I have now done the same, and passed them on to my younger cousins. 

I loved all the Beatirx Potter characters, especially Mrs Tiggy Winkle 

Spirograph 

 Always did love a good art set! 

The head you could do hair and Make-up on... I think mine was called Star or something! 

The Papered Parlour at V&A

Last Thursday saw The V&A Museum of Childhood team up with The Papered Parlour to hold "Ethical Fashion in the Age of Austerity" event.  A mini festival of fair trade celebrating slow fashion.

There was a selection of London's finest crafty types, including Fashion Antidote, who I am still currently interning for. We had a stall and work shop there, to make a skirt from mens shirts. It was a great success, and those who took part were really pleased with the outcome. Including Kirby Stebbing, who then blogged about her experience. It was a heart warming story for us back in the office Monday morning.

Glass of Red Wine in hand, I had a quick look round at the other stalls, that included Tatty Devine, Shoreditch Sisters, and many others while there was live music performances and talks happening. The one I did happen to catch was Katie Antoniou who showed off some vintage styling.

With an expected crowd of 400, 900 turned up, so it was a success. I met some great people, who I will definitely be contacting in the future. Part of Time Outs first Thursday's I will make sure to attend future events such as this.

If you would like to learn to sew, make garments, design or customise take a look at the courses on the Fashion Antidote website.

Some of the garments you can make at a Fashion Antidote class including 'Make a Pair of Knickers'

The workshop in full swing

Paper Dresses

Hellloooo.... something to look at!! 

One of the finished Skirts