This weekend we travelled to Ford, on the South Coast of England, to the Saturday market on the airfield. This market is much like a normal car boot sale but is generally 90% traders. Usually I frown at traders clogging up car boot space selling knock off ugg boots and reams of bin liners but at Ford you find many vintage traders and house clearance specialists flogging things at very reasonable prices. I successfully found a vintage corset for my upcoming vintage lingerie styling shoot. It cost me £3 from a dashing young man who seemed to be in the house clearance business:
This is the back view of the corset. Its a light green and has a reinforced metal support for the front. It needs a clean - lord knows how I'll go about that but when I find out the best way I'll let you know - but if photographed well it should look lovely for my shoot.
I also picked up a couple of pretty scarfs from the same bloke (£1 for the pair):
I wandered around tempted by lots of lovely (but unfortunately pricey) jewellery when I stumbled across another house clearance stall. There were dozens of plastic crates laid out full of bric a brac so I had a root around and picked up some vintage tights for £1. On my way out of the market I passed this same stall packing up, shifting everything left for free! So, I decided to indulge on the rest of the tights and stockings, a crazy patterned blouse and some recipe books and sewing books. So for a grand total of £5 I got all of the above, and all of the below:
I'd recommend Ford Saturday market for anyone looking for vintage bric a brac, books and furniture with the occasional smattering of clothes and accessories but I wouldn't rely on it to kit out your new summer wardrobe.
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