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All the ladies (and generous gents) will love new vintage boutique Tramp

Stunning dresses line the rails and portraits of famous ‘tramps’ such as Elizabeth Taylor and Marlene Dietrich gaze down in approval from oyster pink walls – welcome to Tramp, Brighton’s new vintage clothing boutique.

Now, you may be wondering why our city needs another vintage shop, but Tramp is a little different. While most vintage stores are so crammed with bulk-ordered items your grandma threw out last year (yes, there are warehouses you can order, say, 50 ‘vintage’ leggings from), Tramp is pleasingly uncluttered. It’s easy to sift through the rails, and you don’t have to waste hours rummaging in bargain barrels.
Each piece is carefully hand-picked and sourced by owner Michelle Terras and manager Francesca Pendlebury, then attentively cleaned and altered to bring it in line with current trends without losing that vintage appeal.
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Simon Oates, accessories designer for clothing store Musto, lets us in on this summer’s hottest trends

Brighton comes alive in the summer and the dynamic focus of the buzz is that lovely bit of shingle we’ve got: our very own Brighton beach. But what to wear? Fortunately for Latest 7, Simon Oates, accessories designer at Musto, has come onboard to give us his top tips on this summer’s fashion trends.
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Vintage mania takes over Brighton at the ‘Frock Me! Vintage Fashion Fair’

Britain’s foremost vintage fashion event is the ‘Frock Me! Vintage Fashion Fair’ which descends on us once again on Sunday 6 June. The popular event is held five times a year at the Corn Exchange in Brighton as well as in Chelsea, London.
Stars including Kylie, Yoko Ono, Annie Lennox, Paul Smith, Sophie Dahl and Anna Friel have been spotted rummaging through the rails looking for vintage bargains, and many of the buyers for High Street chains slip in to get inspiration for next season’s catwalk creations.

Students quickly cottoned onto the fact that they could easily buy the original items quite often for less than the modern copies that followed and what started as a local little fair when Frock Me! began a little over six years ago has now become a national movement with spin-off vintage events popping up all over the country.

Frock Me! Vintage Fashion Fair, Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome, Sunday 6 June, 11am–5pm, £4, students with ID: £2, accompanied under 16s free,
020 7254 4054, www.frockmevintagefashion.com