Yesterday I attended the
Rokit Vintage bloggers event at their warehouse in Seven Sisters, and you know what? It was bloody amazing!
I've always liked
Rokit because they make vintage accessible for everyone, as it should be. Their prices are very reasonable, and I've always found their branches to be friendly and welcoming - not cold with hiked up prices like some vintage boutiques. They also embrace new emerging design talent with their
Rokit Designer's Guild while still staying true to their proud sustainable ethos.
More than that,
Rokit know how to have FUN with vintage! And fun was definitely had by at their event yesterday!
To say that the
Rokit warehouse was like an Aladdin's cave of vintage is almost an understatement - it was more like a Haven of vintage! Boxes and sacks of vintage clothing and accessories surround the walls, stacked to the ceiling, while individual items hang from a network of rails spanning from wall to wall. They stock supply seems never ending, and makes me feel like much less of a hoarder!
We were treated to delicious afternoon tea, courtesy of the famous
Vintage Patisserie. Everything was served on the most beautiful vintage china, and I have to say the scones with pink sugar were pretty damn incredible!
The best part of the day, in my opinion, was being allowed to try on ANY of their amazing vintage items. ANY of them. And as much as we wanted! I'm not sure
Rokit knew what had hit them, but the afternoon bore a strong resemblance to a classic movie dress-up montage...but with a lot more laughing and jumping in the air.
Fiona of
Save Our Shoes evoking some Kate Bush circa Wuthering Heights
Lucy of
Snippets of Shiny Thoughts mixes her prints
Me wearing a floral number (that I know own) - photo courtesy of
Fashion Daydreams
Sabina from
Access Fashion was on a roll with her dress up look!
Kit of
Style Slicker looked adorable in floral prints
Reena of
Fashion Daydreams and Sabrina of
The Science of Style rocking the varisty look - photo courtesy of
Fashion Daydreams.
Nik, PR genius and founder of
KARLISMYUNKLE does Carlton from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air (styled by Reena and I) - photo courtesy of
Fashion Daydreams.
Me turbaning it out (geddit?) - photo courtesy of
Fashion Daydreams.
As if the millions of photos weren't enough, I also made a (very) short video. I originally started filming because Reena of
Fashion Daydreams decided to put on rollerskates, and I saw the potential opportunity to make £200 by sending the footage of her falling on her arse into
You've Been Framed, but unfortunately it was not to be...
The video can be seen bigger and better on my
YouTube page.
I want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone at
Rokit Vintage, in particular the lovely Imogen, for having us and letting us run riot in your amazing warehouse like kids in a vintage sweet shop. I also want to praise the efforts of PR legend and all-round handsome devil Nik Thakkar for organising a super-fun day.
Swell Vintage LOVES
Rokit Vintage (oh look, we have the same surname!).
Much love,
FrankieSwell Vintage
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