Pepita is Dead

Pepita is Dead in Madrid is a vintage shop and rental house stocking mostly 1960's and 1970's dead stock. It's packed with unworn clothing, they have loads of kids stuff which is always hard to find and everywhere I looked original labels were dangling off garments, the graphics themselves making me want to buy things.
It's like going back in time and into a clothes shop, circa 1976, to shop for costumes.

Smart Boys

On the subject of well dressed young people, this is Lino, one of our young actors.
Eleven years of age and buying all his own clothes from ebay.
He arrives looking great every day, it's hard to believe he isn't being dressed by a parent but he really does create this look all by himself.
He could easily be on The Sartorialist.
Obviously the Costume Department are huge fans.

Childrens Knitted Gloves

It's hard to believe it's been ten years since Katy and I spent all those months travelling around Europe sourcing and sampling things for Shelf. We did sell vintage items in the beginning and these kids gloves, found in a Barcelona flea market, were some of the items we brought back but were never able to part with. We talked about box frames and showcases but somehow they stayed in a box in the basement, just as they presumably always had. Now we've moved out of the shop premises they've popped up again, who knows, maybe now we'll find a way to display them as they deserve.
They are hard to date, some formal Spanish kids clothes, even nowadays, look like they belong in the sixties but my feeling is these are fifties.