Frank and Fearless

Movember

2011-11-26T09:10:00.000-08:00

I really LOVE a good mustache and as Movember approaches its end I would like to share some of my favourite mustachioed products with you all. These two necklaces are available from www.tattydevine.com one of my favourite jewellery websites. I love the size of the wooden one but the tortoiseshell one is great! I also love these stick on mustaches from Urban Oufitters.

And Tom Selleck - everyone loves Tom Selleck!

New favourite Blog

2011-11-26T08:47:00.001-08:00

I am loving my new blog discovery http://www.thrift-ola.com. I went searching for a new personalised russian doll necklace after very sadly losing my last one on a raucous trip to the Jazz Cafe in Camden only to sadly fine that www.ladyluckrulesok.com had disappeared (Noooo!!) However I was cheered once I started reading the musings of this lovely lady - I particularly loved the blog entry about her New York trip which made me desperate to go back again next year! Go on and follow her you will love it!!

Poketo Wallets in Closer magazine!

2011-11-26T08:19:00.000-08:00

We knew how much we love Poketo Wallets but it seems Closer Magazine also thinks they are great! They have been featured in their Christmas Gift Guide in the top 4 gifts for teenagers for under £20! Unfortunately Closer has published the incorrect price (boo) the wallets are actually a very reasonable £20 not the £13.74 they have published - well the thought was there!

Spitalfields Vintage Market

2011-11-18T07:42:00.000-08:00

We are currently in full swing, getting ready for not one, but two vintage markets in London in two weeks. Frank & Fearless will be selling our wares at Spitalfield Vintage Market on Saturday the 3rd of December and Bethnal Green Vintage Furniture Fair on Sunday the 4th. Come and say hello!

Brand New Jewellery on Frank and Fearless

2011-11-18T07:09:00.001-08:00

We are very excited to welcome Crystal Holloway as the latest designer to join the Frank and Fearless family. Crystal is a recent textiles graduate of Manchester Metropolitan University and we have just started stocking her fab upcycled jewellery on which we think (warning self promotion!) would make excellent Christmas pressies! Cast in crystal clear resin, these handmade pieces include old stamps and vintage fabrics and as such are one of a kind. All available on nylon coated stainless steel jewellery wire to give a lovely contemporary feel, with gunmetal fastenings. Chain length as preferred. We have a limited stock of these beautiful pieces So snap them up while you can!

Judy's Affordable Vintage Fair

2011-02-04T17:28:00.000-08:00

Frank & Fearless are proud to be at Judy's Affordable Vintage Fair this Saturday in Nottingham with all of our latest wonderful vintage finds! If you are coming come and say hello - and grad a fabulous find at the same time! If you can't be there this time don't worry we will be aiming to come to others across the country over the next year. Keep looking at the blog for pictures of the stand and of our favourite items from the event.

Christmas Indulgence

2011-01-07T11:23:00.000-08:00

We are sorry we have not updated for a while but like the rest of you we have been indulging in Christmas! After all that rich food and decadence we thought we would bring you some images of beautiful clean, streamlines Norwegian design - perfect for a January detox! This Caravaggio light was designed by Cecille Maz and is available from http://www.scandinaviandesign.com/. We feel better already!

Hepwrights Vintage

2011-01-07T11:16:00.000-08:00

We have just put one of our Vintage Bus Blinds into the amazing new vintage shop Hepwrights which has just opened in Southampton. Hepwrights has some really beautiful bits and pieces - my current favourite is a really lovely white vanity case with red velvet lining. I will be popping in tomorrow to photograph the blind in situ and may have to buy the vanity case as well!

Welcome to Hello Gironimo

2010-12-22T10:47:00.000-08:00

Have a look at these lovely products from the newest designer to join the Frank and Fearless community. Hello Gironimo hand makes each piece using vintage buttons and badges to create these great individual artworks and textiles. Frank & Fearless are now selling the Swallow Cushion and the Heart Artwork and we think they will make excellent Valentine's gifts.

Keep your eyes open as Hello Gironimo are also being featured in the April edition of Living Etc.

Keep Calm Gallery - New York A - Z

2010-12-21T13:27:00.000-08:00

I love this print by Laura Seaby available from http://www.keepcalmgallery.com/prints/lsabcnyc-an_a_to_z_of_new_york.htm. Makes me excited about my trip to New York in February!

Burlesque, Sweet Shops and Ancient Woodland

2010-12-21T11:37:00.000-08:00

AIGA Design have just linked to a great website through twitter featuring some beautiful fonts and how they have been used in advertising, design and publishing. Font design is really under appreciated there are some really great illustrators working with fonts; i think my favourites on this page are "Bahnhof" the slightly ghoulish one which features in the picture on the left and the curly ITC American Typewriter (left and below.)

I also love the choice of words used to feature fonts. I receive the MyFonts.com newsletter every week and never get tired of the poetic structure used to feature them. This months featured artist Ryoichi Tsunekawa's font Camera (shown above) is a great example of this.

Everyone seems to have their own favoured font - i for example cannot type a letter without changing the font in word to Calibri and i can never believe it when people use Time New Roman for a piece of work - there are so many more fun fonts you can use! Have a look at the article in full at http://fontsinuse.com/sweet-flower/ and the latest my fonts newsletter at http://new.myfonts.com/newsletters/cc/201012.html.

Launderettes and Dot Cotton - Style Icons

2010-12-20T11:38:00.000-08:00

First post in quite a while but we have been super busy designing and sourcing new products for the website!

In my aim to find new ideas I am always looking around me at exciting design and today after my washing machine broke down and I had to lug my Christmas outfit up to the launderette's I noticed again how much I love them. There is something so unchanged about launderette's - you really could be in any decade! This got me thinking where are all the retro style washing machines? Smeg's retro fridges are a real design classic but currently I can't find anyone making a retro washing machine. If anyone see's one let me know!

Taking of launderettes guess what I noticed in Dot Cotton's living room the other day....? She is rocking a very similar version of one of Frank & Fearless' vintage tapestries! Who know she had such taste!

2010-08-24T11:02:00.000-07:00

Hip Hip Horray!! Frank & Fearless is up and running. The site is looking gorgeous, friends and family love it, now we are ready for business. Florence and I are really excited about our latest bus blind - the SMITHFIELD ONE - a fabulous find unearthed from someone's brother's floor when he was re-decorating. They had been there for over 40 years! Now cleaned up and framed they are waiting for a new home. Have a look at frankandfearless.co.uk