anyone searching for a vintage PR company..

Bullet specialises in Public Relations for thedigital media, creative and consumer sectors. A boutique agency that is big on experience, our team has worked in PR, marketing and journalism for over 20 years. We have great contacts, are very good at what we do… and are nice to work with.

Our Approach

At Bullet, we really listen to your business needs and will create a solution-focused strategy that is finely tuned to them. We pride ourselves on delivering creative campaigns to clients that are based on realistic, honest advice.

We know what makes a good story, we know how to tell it and who best to tell it to. And because we are small, the organ grinder, not the monkey, will handle your account.

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Prom Time..

Prom time is just around the corner and vintage prom dresses are exactly what everyone is raving for. So here are a few pictures and designs of some beautiful dresses...

- one of a kind dresses from Etsy. can be a little pricey so here are a few dresses below which are a little cheaper..

why choose vintage?

Don't you just dread that scenario where you are out at a party, out for the day or out at college...only to see someone else in the exact same outfit...eeek what a faux pas! The high street shops today are all full of identikit styles, fabrics and designs and are so mass produced that you are highly likely to see someone in the same item as you, but when you wear vintage your look will be completely INDIVIDUAL and one of a kind demonstrating your style and helping you stand out from the crowd!

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When you buy a vintage item you are recycling and helping our world, the average westerners clothing purchases account for half the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by a small car...eew! The average cotton t-shirt takes 150grams of pesticides to produce....eew again! Buying new factory made clothes has a negative effect on our environment, not only through these harmful emissions but also through sweatshop labour, vintage is ETHICAL and ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY!

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The massive amount of waste we all produce these days is totally crazy and the little bits we can do to cut down on landfill the better. The Government say that in the UK alone around 1.5 million tonnes of unwanted clothing and textiles end up in landfill each year!! Fabrics can take years to break down in a landfill site. People today consume way more than they need, cheap high street stores are a huge contributing factor to this by encouraging people to buy lots and lots of cheap clothing...a lot of which will end up in landfill, many times totally unworn or worn just once, choose vintage and treasure it!

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It is a very well known fact that all fashion designers look to fashion history and vintage clothing for ideas and inspiration, all high street designs are in some way inspired by vintage, and of course all the best celebs wear vintage clothing too! By wearing vintage you are wearing the ORIGINAL and not a watered down imitation!

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Each vintage item, whether 30 years old or 100 years old will have a past and a story. It's so magical to pull on a dress or jacket that you know has a history. That dress may have been worn to a girl's first date in the 50's, it may have been worn when the owner had their first kiss, it could have danced in a fine ballroom, hid in a bomb shelter during a raid, been to a wedding, sat in an old Cadillac, witnessed laughter and tears, any small signs of age and wear help tell a unique story and make it all the more precious and charming, by wearing it and bringing it back to life you are continuing the story and becoming part of the history! Vintage clothing is far superior in quality than today's mass produced synthetic clothing, of course you can get great quality today but it comes at a high price! You could find a beautifully hand made 1930's silk dress that would cost a fortune to get someone to spend that amount of time on today. Vintage clothing is beautifully constructed, using quality fabrics, stunning details and they were built to last, chances are if an item has lasted this long it will last for many many more years, not like the disposable fashion of today.

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When you buy a piece of vintage clothing you are buying an investment. Older pieces from the 20's and 30's and 40's are getting rarer and harder to find, they go up in value all the time as does all vintage clothing, buy vintage and look after it and it will always hold its value, you can't say that about many modern clothes!

PRIM VINTAGE

When im not in Greenwich vintage shopping i love to head home for a spot of vintage shopping at some of my favourite vintage shops which i have grown up with. 

Prim Vintage Fashion is the most beautifully cool original vintage clothing boutique! Located in the independent 'Norwich Lanes' area of Norwich city, Norfolk, it is a must see shop for both ladies and gents!

Eye-popping colours, glittered floorboards, bare brick walls and a gold mirrored 50's cocktail bar-Prim is a true delight to visit! A stunning and ever changing selection of original vintage clothing and accessories from the 1930's through to the 1980's, all hand selected and in great condition too! For the ladies there are vintage dresses galore, bags, shoes, boots, belts, costume jewellery, tee-shirts, knitwear, prom dresses and much more....any gal is sure to fall in love with Prim Vintage Fashion!

There is a 70's style basement den packed full of ace menswear; you'll find knitwear, sportswear, printed tee-shirts, shirts, skinny ties, braces, belts and more. With a shag-pile rug, swivel chair, 70's lamp and vintage Playboy magazines to browse through, this is a relaxed hangout for any guy who knows style! 

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A song which has inspired me..

Stood there and watched you walk away, From everything we had But I still mean every word I say to you, He will try to take away my pain And he just might make me smile But the whole time I'm wishin he was you instead..♥

High Street Vintage Scarf's..

from personal experience there's nothing better than strolling into a vintage shop and rummaging through a chest of scarf's, but if you don't have the time here's some vintage high street style.



Topshop - Mustard polka dot scarf - £16.00  

Topshop - Pale blue vintage bird print silk scarf - £26.00

Miss Selfridge - Navy blue floral vintage scarf - £16.00

Miss Selfridge - Horse wrap scarf - £16.00

one of my favourite classic vintage hair dos..

Vintage ambient advertising for women's stockings, 1920s

my two favourite things, vintage and horses.

seems like the modern world is even loving the vintage advertisement..

I guess barbies always been around..

High Street Vintage Fashion..

Here we have some clothing from three of the main retail clothing shops which provide the best "modern vintage" style around..

Topshop - Petite Vintage Belted Tea Dress - £46.00

Zara - Accordian Pleat Skirt - £39.99

Miss Selfridge - Rust Pintuck Cupro Shirts - £32.00

Finding Affordable Vintage Fashion..

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Modern shops these days can be over priced and not always what you want.. especially when you are looking for delicate vintage styles. Although modern shops can provide what I call "modern vintage" the best places to find the classics are at vintage markets..

here is an address which allows you to check out the vintage markets in your area

http://www.vintagefair.co.uk/

One of my favourite photographs..

Style Icons Back In The Day..

style Icon : Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot always comes to mind when someone utters the word pinup or sex symbol. Men lusted after her womanly figure while women lusted after and tried to copy her 50's pinup girl style. Her large kohl rimmed eyes and pale pink lips were her fashion trademarks. Bardot was also a rebel who resisted the claustrophobic mores of the 50's with her relaxed way of dressing. "She is every man's idea of the girl he'd like to meet in Paris" said the film-critic Ivon Addams in 1955. She often wore her blonde hair in a wild pony tail or sometimes pigtails in a look that today is thought of as the perfect bedhead look. Her pink gingham wedding dress designed by Jacques Esterel became a sensation in 1956. Also, in 1956 Brigitte starred in the film And God Created Woman which was an international success.

style Icon : Twiggy Lawson
In early 1966, Lesley Hornby found herself propelled to the heights of international fame as the world's first supermodel - Twiggy. With her waif like figure, boyish hair cut and striking eye lashes she created an image that would epitomise an era. Twiggy became the idol for millions of teenage girls of the sixties revolution. By the age of 17, Twiggy was one of the most famous faces on the planet: her photograph was even encased in a time capsule and sent into space. By this time in the sixties, Twiggy had already become a household name across the globe, an icon whose image graced the covers of Vogue, Tatler and even her own American publication Her Mod, Mod Teen World. "The Cockney Kid with a face to launch a thousand shapes... And she's only 16! - The Daily Express, February 23rd 1966 Source : The Official Twiggy Lawson Site

Style Icon : Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn was skinny, with bushy eyebrows and close cropped bangs, yet she changed the definition of style and grace forever. Mary Quant called her the "most stylish woman who ever lived". Audrey's greatest weapon of all, and the reason behind her eternal fashion appeal was Hubert de Givenchy, the couturier with whom she collaborated on the costumes for almost all of her films. Together, Givenchy and Hepburn created a fashion/ film union that has yet to be matched. Breakfast At Tiffany's was the film that sealed her reputation as a fashion goddess. The image of her in Tiffany's with her beehive hairdo, white gloves and little black dress was and is one of the most stylish looks. Her appeal was that her style was universally accessible and even today looks modern. She never made the mistake of following trends, but remained loyal to the clothes that suited her the best. That is why she became bigger than fashion. Source : The Independent - London

Stealing Beauty - 1996

The most beautiful place to be is in love.

So says the tagline for the sun-drenched, achingly romantic chick-flick Stealing Beauty; in which not only Liv Tyler’s grunge inflected mid-90s wardrobe but everything from the soundtrack, to the boho interior design, to the rolling Tuscan countryside itself comes together in 118 minutes of relentlessly overripe sensuality that is this week’s style inspiration.

If you haven’t seen it, I strongly recommend it.  Liv Tyler plays 19-year old American Lucy Harmon, who heads to rural Tuscany following her mother’s suicide ostensibly to get away from it all and have her portrait made by a reclusive Irish artist (Donal McCann).  Lucy also has a deeper agenda.  She’s looking for her biological father, following a trail of clues from her mother’s diaries and, it transpires , she’s also searching for love. 

A programme worth putting the marigolds down for..

Channel 4 aired a programme called Time Warp Wives.. 
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-warp-wives

Four women who are desperate to be old-fashioned housewives all hanker after life in a different era. And it's not just about vintage clothes and vintage décor, they have vintage values!


here is the link.. enjoy.

Halloween..

okay, so i know its a little early to be thinking about Halloween, but I saw this photo and i had to make a piece on it and how vintage can be incorporated in all aspects of living..
check out the photos above. Hopefully you will love it as much as I did.

Vintage Accessories.

VINTAGE ACCESSORIES
Vintage accessories add style, colour and class to your outfit, and create a certain look, at the same time they may also have practical functions. Some accessories such as muffs or parasols you can find only in vintage shops, they are not often produced not any more.

You can easily find other vintage accessories of a variety prices, styles, materials and age in vintage shops and markets. Moreover, accessories is something you can easily buy online: its safer than buying cloths for example, you don’t necessarily have to try it to make sure that it’s the right size.

Vogue..

letting all you big time shoppers know that its not all about the price..

Fifteen years, Vogue put a humble £21 Marks & Spencer silk shantung shirt on the cover and there were still bona fide supermodels kicking around their editorial spreads.

Taking care of your golden oldies..

HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR GOLDEN OLDIES

How to store your fabulous vintage threads
Always store your vintage clothing in a dry, dust and rust free zone.

Never store your vintage threads in direct sunlight. Cool vintage prints and colours will irreversibly fade away in the suns rays.

Ensure your fabulous vintage items can breathe. Stay away from the plastic covers you can buy at the dry cleaners. They suffocate glorious vintage fabrics. 

Hang your vintage clothing on fabric padded hangers for the best protection. (Metal hangers rust!)

Washing your vintage clothing
Always hand wash pre 1960s vintage clothing.

Machine wash at 30 instead of 60 degrees. Not only will this prolong the life of your fabulous vintage clothing, but it's eco-friendly too.  Always check the label for washing instructions.

Use a reputable dry cleaners. Always ensure the dry cleaner knows what they are doing and most importantly that the garment is vintage. 

If you are unsure about washing your vintage clothing have no fear. You can use "dry clean cloths" for the home. You can pick these up in your local dry cleaners or even the supermarket.

Vintage care secrets passed down...
If your vintage clothing is musty or smells of smoke,  simply hang your vintage item on the washing line. It is a miracle what fresh air can do!

Stubborn zips? Vintage clothing pre 1960s all have metal zips and most of the time they need a little TLC. My secret tip is obvious, but nifty. Use vaseline. Simply run vaseline all the way down the zip for smooth zipping action. No vaseline? Use hand cream or hair conditioner.
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