This divine little vintage shop along Portobello road was actually so small and so full of treasures that they were able to only let a handful of customers in at a time! I’ve never seen that before… People would ring the doorbell and wait outside in a queue 🙂 .

Most of the treasures came from France, as did Emmanuelle the owner, who kindly took these photos. Thank you Emmanuelle!

Look at that lamp shade! Art deco?

One pair of vintage silver and marcasite earrings left home with me – an even more beautiful pair than the one above – as well as the antique 1920’s shawl in shimmery old rosa velvet below… The shawl carries so much charm with it that photos just won’t do it justice ♥.

Huh, outside you had to hold on to your hair, with all the wind… The funny silly thing about Londoners though, is that they warm up the cafés and restaurants outside to such a temperature that you can (sometimes have to!) take your coat off! Midwinter! We even had to ask them to put the heat down, several times, as it was simply too hot to handle.

And inside, those Brits keep the heating so low that all the time I spent in my hotel room was spent in bed, strictly under a feather blanket. Two feather blankets, actually.

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Bags, bags, authentic vintage bags in pristine condition… Rare. I’ve hunted beaded vintage bags from France for years but never found so many, such flawless ones (and actually vintage/antique instead of Far Eastern reproductions!).  The rosa leather one is mine and the knitted one with  silver decoration from the 20’s became mine, with a very reasonable price. The beaded one was soooooo lovely and cute, every pearl attached… But not my color.

For the treasure hunt I wore Jasmin Santanen Paris velvet trousers, Zara lace shirt, long burgundy gloves by Designer’s Remix, bag by Carroll France and a fur by Ajatar.

Hope you enjoyed this little walk down Portobello road with me!

Thank you for reading.

You make me happy, just by being there ♥.

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