“Just because they’re not your own designs, doesn’t mean that you can’t show them on the runway!”
Liverpool’s first vintage fashion show held by Serendipity Vintage this weekend in Baltic’s Camp & Furnace.
Photography by Rosemarie Derbeyshire @roze.pixel
It’s one thing to open up a shop, another to bring the city's fashion scene together by holding Liverpool’s first, and biggest vintage fashion show.
Megan Brophy, 23, started a vintage Italian clothing business in Liverpool. Starting out as a stall in Red Brick Market, she went on to open her Aigburth Road shop in May earlier this year. It's safe to say that since the shop opening, Serendipity vintage has been a huge hit amongst locals and tourists.
Photography by Rosemarie Derbeyshire @roze.pixel
This summer she announced she’d be holding Liverpool’s first ever vintage fashion show in the Baltic’s Camp & Furnace. An evening full of curated catwalks from local vintage brands, fashion designers, and other independent local stalls.
The evening opened up with live music from Fraier, followed by a running order of diverse fashion collections. From Need That Vintage, Sleepless Archieve, a styling workshop from 'The Financially Free Edit' & 'Styled by Chloe', For Your Consumption, Serendipity Vintage, Lilum Revery, Second Angel Studio, Florie by Sahra, K4ture, and a vintage charity raffle.
Photography by Rosemarie Derbeyshire @roze.pixel
Destined Magazine caught up with Serendipity Vintage’s Megan to find out where exactly the idea of holding a vintage fashion show came from.
“I’ve always wanted to do a fashion show, even before I had the business I’ve wanted to do one because I think it’s such a great thing to bring people together and that’s when I had the thought to do it with different brands. Originally, I was just going to do a small vintage fashion show. I was thinking a lot about how vintage and second-hand has not really been seen on the runway before. When I had the idea a couple of years ago it was so unheard of, we’ve had so much of it recently, this fashion week I’ve seen vintage more...
...Just because they’re not your own designs doesn’t mean that you can’t show them on the runway, style pieces, and show how to be sustainable with layering (so that you don’t have to chuck out all your summer bits and you can still wear them throughout Winter. Since opening the shop I’ve met so many amazing people, and that’s where the idea came from to get us all together - I’m not someone who’s grown up with loads of friends so the amount of people I’ve met since opening the shop made me think that we need to create events that aren’t just a drinking night out, but something that incorporates fashion so that people with different interests can all get together, and enjoy the night.” Megan explained.
Photography by Rosemarie Derbeyshire @roze.pixel
After the show had finished, Megan made an Instagram post on the Serendipity Vintage page with a heartfelt caption, explaining to local creatives that “you can’t sit around and wait for opportunities to come to you - you have to create them yourself” Destined asked Megan what advice she’d give to creatives reading this who may want to start working on ideas of their own…
“You don’t know what your circumstances are going to be in a few years time, and I thought whilst the timing is right, and while I’ve got the ability to put this on, I want to do it. I don’t want to sit there and regret not doing a fashion show. The advice would be to start, you’ve got to make that first leap and start, because once you’ve done that all the ideas will start to flow, you’ll meet new people, and you’ll be surprised how much help you’ll get from people along the way. Even if you speak to friends and family, and no one understands your idea, you have to remember that there’s something out there for everyone - you just have to get your ideas in front of the right people!”
Photography by Rosemarie Derbeyshire @roze.pixel
Thank you so much to Serendipity Vintage for asking us to be part of this amazing event!
By Aleisha Petafi
