Roll up, Roll up! Fashion’s vintage queens announce archive expansion!
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The Beyond Retro ‘Print and Textile Archive’ is fashion’s most forward thinking destination. Situated in brand new premises in Hoxton, London, the iconic vintage brand now offers a boutique, salon-style resource to a diverse array of design professionals. Interiors, product and fashion insiders flock to the inspirational space
to soak up crucial vintage design inspiration.
Enter a mesmerizing world of antique fabrics, embellished finery and decorative afternoon dresses, laden with intricate beading and atomic jewels. Like finding a cache of decadent Hollywood couture, the vast collection of cleverly edited fashion heirlooms, sparkle with showstopping elegance and kickass grace, underlining the sensibilities of a bygone age.
The handpicked and globally sourced vintage masterpieces take you on a stylistic tour of 20th Century fashion. Edwardian glamour mob frills spat with skimpish, split hemlines and flapper girl draperies in this historical sartorial repertoire, which has been assembled into exciting story groups by our expert frocksmiths.
Indeed, a neo-gothic, romantic narrative runs through the latest collection. Velvet trims, metallic brocade and taffeta flounces inspire seasonal fashion dreams within the Rough Luxe grouping. Delicate pistol petals hide under elaborate lace necklines or edge against larger blooms in our floral inspiration point. Elsewhere saturated primary hues and utopian tones radiate within multicultural silks and rayons, creating a dreamscape of manic colour.
The vintage inspiration resource at Beyond Retro is a thrilling introduction to a covetable collection of swatches and garments. Just back from a successful showcase at Direction trade show in New York City, the archive has established solid working relationships with catwalk and high street brands on four continents. Featured in the Tobe Report, WGSN and now a regular exhibitor at international textile trade fairs, like Premier Vision, the archive is a recognised, visionary authority. The extension into larger premises promises to offset the bespoke consultation service and encourage growth.
At last, fashion royalty has arrived! Book an appointment now to view this majestic fashion spectacle.
