Next Market Event you ask?

 

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	It's time! It's Round She Goes time! Why not kick off 2011 with a new wardrobe? Round She Goes February will have 99 stalls of quality vintage, preloved designer clothes and unique handmade and fabulous jewellery and accessories. You can find preloved bargains from brands like sass & bide, Scanlon & Theodore, Bettina Liano, Alannah Hill, Karen Walker, White Suede, Calvin Klein, Witchery, Zara, Zimmerman, Morrissey, Wayne Cooper, camilla & marc, Mimco, Louis Vuitton, and Alice McCall. This event is part of the Sustainable Living Festival local program. Entry is $2 and there is free parking. Round She Goes has only 3 markets in 2011- so you don't want to miss out – promise xx www.roundshegoes.com.au

Looking back and bringing it forward; the advertisements of yesteryear

There's a lot to be said for vintage ads.  They now stand as a type of time catalogue for what people were wearing/eating/buying/wanting many years before our existence... 

Most will stop and stare at one in wonder and curiosity. What does it mean? How did they come up with the concept? Is that improper/racist/sexist/provocative? Do I need to buy that, to feel/look like them? Do I go to that destination to find out MORE? Can that product really DO that? They were powerful and influential works of art/propaganda- made to arouse our minds and allow our imaginations to run free.

In contrast to many of today's very bland advertisements, which can blatantly force an idea onto us, vintage ads were, at the very least, interesting.

Here are a few of my favourites: