Judy's Affordable Vintage Fashion Fair - Leeds

I went along to another vintage fashion fair this week, this time it was Judy's Affordable Vintage Fashion Fair. It was held in the lovely Corn Exchange building which was a lovely backdrop for the event. While there were less stalls than the Fashion Fair I visited last week, there was a great deal more homeware, kitchenware and accessories which was lovely. There were a few polka dot dresses that grabbed my attention but in the end I left empty-handed.

I was sorely tempted by these gorgeous ceramic cake stands... they were beautiful and a bargain too ranging from £12-18. A reasonable price for something so pretty!

Tape measure brooches and scrabble rings

The Marvellous Tea Dance Co catered with some amazing looking cupcakes! Check out the lemon meringue cupcakes!

Vintage buttons

Vintage fashion magazines

I've always wanted a fancy gold mirror in my house and I had my eye on this little beaut! There's also a little sneaky shot of my foot in my floral high-tops there too! :)

The Leeds Vintage Fair - Polka Dots and Pretty Things!

I was went along to the Vintage Fair at Leeds Met SU today. I have been disappointed in the past with some vintage fashion fairs, but this one was brilliant! I toodled along nice and early, paid my £1, got my hand stamped and I was ready to go! I managed to bag myself a dress (polka dot -of course!) and two pairs of earrings and met some lovely people too.

The fair was quite a lot bigger than other fairs I've been to. It was spread through both bars of the student union and had a range of goods on sale: there were lots of lovely vintage clothes stands, handmade, quirky and vintage jewellery stalls, and a few with some lovely and quite kitschy homewear bits and bobs too.

I managed (somehow, I don't know how) to resist the urge to buy one of the gorgeous looking cupcakes! I have so many cookies left over from the charity cake sale I did yesterday, I thought it'd be rude to buy more sweet treats when I have so many at home! They did look amazing though. The last vintage fair in Leeds I went to, the Marvellous Tea Dance Co catered for it and I succumbed to the cake and had a lovely slice of strawberry jam sponge with edible glitter on top!

I LOVE all the china cups and saucers... if only I drank tea! I'd fill my kitchen with them.

There were some really brilliant stalls at the vintage fair, I think this one might have possibly been my favourite. There were so many lovely items of jewellery, I really could have spent an absolute fortune! The stall belonged to Razor Blade Mermaid Jewellery a lovely, fellow polka dots appreciater, who I had a little chat with. I love how friendly and fun these events are, and full of vintage and handmade delights!

If my meagre student loan could have allowed, I would definitely have cleared out this stall, everything was so wonderful!

I love the little birdcage necklace on the left especially.

How cute are these lovely necklaces

I know someone who would LOVE the bracelet with the swallows and anchors on it...

My lovely earrings from Razor Blade Mermaid Jewellery. I love the way that they were presented on miniature playing cards: such a nice little touch.

I tried on this beautiful dress from the Dorothy's Wardrobe stall. I love the light blue floral print and the laced collar, but alas, the dress cut me in at the waist too low and wasn't flattering for my shape. It didn't stop me falling in love with it though! I was very sad to put it back on the rail after trying it on.

There were some lovely earrings on sale - I love the cameos

Scrabble rings, purses and tea cup candles

I love the keys necklace

I also bought myself these little cameo earrings from the Lottie Loves stall. I had some very similar ones that I bought from a local vintage shop, Little Treasures, a while back, but I trod on them and broke them beyond repair, silly me! So these little gems are a welcome replacement.

I was very tempted by the little gold clock earrings too, but didn't have enough pennies on me to buy both :(

So many dresses... alas, so little money at my disposal!

I bought this lovely polka dot dress from the Pickle Pea stand. It's a lovely shape and I can't wait for an occasion to wear it (as if I need an excuse to wear something pretty and polka dotty!). Pickle Pea are also part of an upcoming Indie Craft and Vintage Market in York on the 9th April which should prove to be a great event. Sadly I'll be down in London and will miss it. But if you're in the area it should be worth a visit!

Judy's Affordable Vintage Fair - Leeds

I have been looking forward to Judy's Affordable Vintage Fair for quite a while because I visited the event last year in Leeds Student Union and I thoroughly enjoyed it and bagged myself some mega bargains - two gorgeous polka dot dresses for a fiver! But I hate to say it, as I'm usually 100% positive about most things I blog about, but I was completely disappointed... and I'll tell you why...

The Marvellous Tea Dance Co provided cupcakes this year, (four measely little stands) compared to the variety of hot drinks served in mismatched vintage cups and saucers, huge slices of delicious cakes and cupcakes from the year before. I had saved myself and skipped lunch so that I could enjoy a nice slice of cake and a sandwich and I was very disappointed that they had down-sized the cake stands - something that made it so special last year.


Although there were a couple of nice polka dot dresses that I spotted, they were few and far between and when I picked them up the price labels were £25+... now I don't know about you, but that doesn't really scream *affordable* to me. Especially considering the brilliant bargains I got last year from the £5 rails. The venue wasn't as good this year either. Last year it was in one of the downstairs bars complete with split levels and a disco ball, this year it was all squished into a hall and felt more like a jumble sale. I think if I hadn't of visited the same event the previous year I wouldn't have been so disappointed and would have enjoyed it more but unfortunately all I could do was compare the two...

One thing that was great was the range of quirky vintage accessories, jewellery and brooches. I loved the old keys - they would make brilliant customised pendant necklaces.