Soap & Glory Modern-retro at it's best
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I have a very addictive, fickle collecting nature with brands. One month I was obsessed with sushi to the point where I can't eat it any more. Twitter pals have said I should get commission from Starbucks & Apple for how much I promote their products through my wittering on about them.
This past month, my brand of obsession has been Soap and Glory.
A UK based cosmetics brand, who sell through Boots, and have some products available through Target stores in the US.
The packaging isn't the reason I like the brand, oddly enough,but IS why I can include it in this blog.
They use beautiful, quirky vintage photos of wholesome girls to promote their products, which is a refreshing change from the models we see advertising everything else.
While the brand has a retro feel, it's most definitely a modern version, rather than a true to period, straight reproduction such as the vintage M&S packaging range.
More Sailor Jerry Souvenirs
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I've posted before about our wonderful Sailor Jerry shower curtain, adorned with sheets of his flash work. The other Sailor Jerry items we own therefore look best in the bathroom, & here they are!
We have two old bottles from our drinking days. Sailor Jerry rum was my husband's poison of choice & these are two souvenirs from those hedonistic times.
The bottles themselves have a classic vintage styling. The inner side of the back label is always printed with one of Jerry's pin up girl tattoo designs.
The playing cards & glass were a freebie from my old friend John, who worked in The Rotterdam Bar down at the docks in Belfast.
The bar is situated in the area nicknamed "Sailor Town" & was terribly quaint. I believe it closed recently due to redevelopment plans of the area, but I could be wrong.
The mug is in fact a Vince Ray illustration, but worth including. Bought in the tattoo parlour in St.Stephen's Green, Dublin.
Claire
Sailor Jerry & Nautical Kitsch
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Nautical kitsch is mainstream & has been in fashion for interior design & women's clothing & accessories for the past couple of years.
It's a theme you're more likely to come across in 'normal' homes, bathrooms most frequently & if it's a look you'd like to recreate you don't have to hoke around as much to find pieces to do so.
When it comes to seaside decor, our family goes straight to Sailor Jerry.
You may be familiar with the name from the brand of sweet vanilla rum, or from his legacy as a tattooist.
Sailor Jerry tattoos have strong nautical themes, real sailors & Navy men would have these designs.
Any Sailor Jerry merch is expensive, so if you find anything that looks like his work at a car boot sale, I'd recommend getting it, even to sell on if the look isn't to your taste.
We have many old school tattoo & nautical themed items, but by far the biggest is a recent addition, an authentic Sailor Jerry shower curtain. A reproduction of a dozen or so of his tattoo flash sheets, which customers would have picked their designs from.
It's very striking & is the centre piece of our little bathroom. It was bought for £40 on US Ebay, which is the cheapest I could find it. That's an expensive buy for me, I prefer my treasures to be bargains!
Claire
