Christmas in Phuket, Thailand

Ho, Ho Sandy Jingle Balls!

Merry Christmas lovely ladies and handsome gentlemen folk! I am spending Christmas this year in Phuket, Thailand as it is only an hour and a half away from Singapore and well we needed a holiday after the big relocation move, Cosmo drama and working hard of course. Just wanted to drop you all a line to say hope you are all having a wonderful white crimbo and a happy holiday wherever you are and no you don't need to eat any more leftovers so put that mince pie down! 

Lots of Love,
NB xx

Snowing in Singapore!

It snowed in Singapore!

I Feel Blue...

Coming Soon...NEW 1950s Vintage Dresses!

 Coming soon to Natasha Bailie Vintage Clothing Company...

Vintage 50s Pink Lace Prom Dress

Vintage 50s Black Lace Prom Dress

Vintage 60s Sequin Shift Dress

Vintage 50s Bow Party Dress

Vintage 50s Silk Wiggle Dress

Vintage 50s Print Prom Dress

Thank you everyone for being so patient while NBVCC has a face lift. I promise it is well worth the wait...as you can see I have not stopped buying vintage. I am always on the lookout for the best in fifties vintage dresses for you broads and I have a very special collection for 2011. For those of you who cannot wait I hope these pics give you a taste of whats to come and give you something to get excited about. Here is to a very merry Christmas and a fabulously vintage 2011!

More January Jones Versace Photographs...

January Jones as Betty Draper in Mad Men

January Jones modelling for Versace

More photographs are being released of the new Versace campaign featuring January Jones. Photographed in London with Mario Testino. I cannot get enough of my favourite Betty let alone these pictures...I have yet to see any of her with clothes on, but hey the accessories look good! 

January Jones Takes Her Clothes Off For Versace!

My beloved Betty Draper is modelling again...well January Jones is and she is modelling just accessories and nothing else in this shot by Mario Testino for Versace. Shocker. What do you think of Versace's new blonde?

All I want for Christmas...is Mariah!

I need to start feeling and getting in to the spirit of christmas. Singapore has no mince pies - what is a gal to do? Mariah Carey at xmas is as iconic as the big bearded man himself so here you go dear readers...Merry Christmas to you xx

Hooked on Hermes?

Yesterday an anonymous bidder became the proud owner of a second hand Hermes Birkin Bag for the bargain price of £49,000! The Birkin Bag is not just any bag it is THE handbag. There is currently a six year waiting list to get your very own Birkin. A list many A-Listers have signed up for obviously as the Hermes Birkin will set you back a pretty penny. Buying a Birkin or saving up for a Mortgage deposit? Think the mortgage will be cheaper, but where will your phone, keys and lipgloss go? Decisions. 

Victoria Beckham collects Birkins and is rumoured to have over 100 worth over 1.5 million pounds. Nutso. Lady Gaga recently defaced one which seems crazy to me if this was supposed to be a huge point. Gaga could of bought world peace instead for the price no? 

So what is it about the Hermes Birkin? Why are people buying Birkins for £49k in a recession? 

‘The most sought after bags are always the Birkins and Kellys (named after actresses Jane Birkin and Grace Kelly),’ says Pat Frost, Christie’s director of fashion and textiles. 

‘The really expensive bags are the ones made of exotic leathers: crocodile, lizard, alligator and ostrich. With the croc bags, which command the very highest prices, the paler the colour, the more the bag is worth because it’s extremely hard to dye the skins successfully.'

Unlike skinny V people are looking for 'the one', the one and only Birkin that they can eventually hand down to children etc. Buying a Birkin is not a monthly purchase it is an investment. Birkins are created to perfection and are worked on by hand by tradesman who have been doing it for 30 years. A Birkin will always be in style with its classic shape and functionality. A Birkin does not have to rely or change design based on trends and pop culture. Apart from the materials, labour and crocodile Dundee the story behind the Birkin Bag is so cinderella it will make you sick. Apparently once upon a time in the eighties Jane Birkin was on a flight to London and was having trouble with her straw handbag as all her bags belongings were escaping all over the place and was complaining to the gentleman next to her about it, explaining how good it would be if she had a Hermes bag created for her referring to Grace Kelly's "Kelly Bag". That very gentleman was none other than Hermes boss Jean-Louis Dumas. Who promptly started work on the Hermes Birkin Bag. So there you have it. 

I am a huge bag fan....for some dolls it is shoes, but not for me. I love handbags and have always dreamed of owning a classic like a Hermes Kelly Bag or a Chanel 1.55 and I may now be adding a Birkin to that list. A broad can dream can't she? 

Between Mulberry's 38% rise in profits this year thanks to Alexa Chung's 'Alexa Bag' at £700 and the Christies sale it seems that the ladies like their handbags and hell no a recession will not get in their way of buying some expensive arm candy. What do you think? Do you think it is insensitive to be spending so much money on a bag during a recession? Or do you care less about the cash and more about the flash? 

Madam's Vintage Specs - Here's Looking at You Kid!

I have just discovered Madam's Vintage Specs and I had to share this fabulous online store with you before Madam's sells out. Madams Vintage Specs offers, you guessed it original vintage eyewear for us ladies. Specialising in 40s, 50s and 60s glasses, madam's offer us broads racy shapes, fierce detail and a daring new look only a vintage doll could pull off. Cat eye shaped eyewear is bang on trend at the moment with the fifties being the high streets favourite theme, but why buy high street when you can buy the original darling? Madam's specs have never been worn and have been pampered and preened to perfection for your eyes only. Madam's does not entertain even the idea of reproductions so have no fear at Madam's you are getting the real deal and our baby blues deserve the very best no? Don't take my word for it go and click for yourself and experience possibly the planets most exciting and feminine eyewear!

Thanks to Madam's Vintage Specs for the fabulous pictures!

I Have No Future?

So you all must know by now I am living in Singapore right? Yeah? Well it has been a busy first few weeks hence blog blockage and silencio. I have been hunting for the perfect condo, eating all that Sing City puts in front of me and exploring all that the red dot island has to offer. So I am sorry for my less than less posts :( Business will be back to usual as soon as possible I promise. I move in this week so life will become a little clearer and less about Ikea! The vintage arrived last week too so I am so excited to start uploading my fabulous new vintage frocks to the shop which by the way is still having and going through its face lift. It will be well worth the wait ladies! 

When I am not in Ikea or other various furniture stores in Singapore I am having a lot of fun meeting new people, eating amazing food and sipping Singapore Slings. Thought I would share this picture from my weekend...I apparently have no future as the mouth was broken? That or I had my hand in the wrong end or something? 

Natasha Bailie on TV Tweet KHMH2!

Yeahoooo my tweet was on UK TV last night on Kirstie's Homemade Homes 2. Thanks to @leafloon on Twitter who sent me this snapshot of the screen. I love KHMH and I am so gutted to be missing KHMH2. I sent this tweet through what seems like ages ago so I had forgotten all about it. Glad to see the UK have not forgotten me quite yet. Thanks Kirstie!