In store artists workspaces..

at one of our favorite interior stores..what a lovely idea!

A few thing we would like for Autumn..

Eventhough its still not that cold yet..!

oh and this...

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Vintage Barcelona 1964

This is brilliant..Barcelona back in the day, life in the city and its personalities from music in Placa Real and Jamboree, the artists at La Massana, the barrio Chino, its lovely ladies.. Robadors, Romeo and Juliet at the Liceo.., palomas, La Paloma! The bourgeoisie in their vintage cars, park Guell, Encants, the Apolo, Barceloneta, Barcelona by night, Sant Jordi, antique book fairs, Tapies, La Merce, and the old folk...aaahh if only we could book a little trip back in time! 

More Jewels..

More Jewels..by one of our favourite Spanish jewellery designers..come on out for a little Autumn shopping tour with us..

Caroline Swift

We Love|these pieces by designer Caroline Swift, a British designer based here in Barcelona, pieces include bare unglazed bone china, displayed simply between rusted nails, a simple approach to displaying precious objects. We also love her glass installations that we first came across in one of our favourite showrooms here in Barcelona. More recently she has also started a small collection of clothing...what next!

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Hand Crafted

Following on from our entry last week on furniture made from salvaged wood, we thought we would blog about a project going on not to far from herein Barcelona. ARXE, a company that also creates furniture and one of a kind textile pieces created from salvaged antique and industrial materials which are found all across Europe, including wood, metal, iron,steel and textiles. Making all the pieces hand crafted and unique! Love all of it!

Lights, Camera, Action...

 Nice idea....and fun project. Various camera inspired lamps. We know someone in Barcelona who could custom make one for you from your old camera! 
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5 Questions with Oscar

Antiques and Boutiques are happy to launch their first in a series of interviews we have been doing with designers and makers from Barcelona and beyond. Giving us a chance to ask those makers that inspire us about themselves and their work. To begin our series we have asked our favourite local tailor Oscar.H.Grand to answer 5 questions for us. He also kindly let us into his workspace and shop to take some pictures of him at work. Here is what we asked him.. 

How did you get to where you are today?

Now much of what I do is  made to measure, suits and the like. This  aspect  of my work is always becoming more important, though it wasn't always like this, but the demand for tailor made clothing has become so high that I adapted to this way of working, a smaller but more specialised market. So I've arrived at this point where I am today, from the fruits of experience and an ever growing appreciation of the artisan product.

What inspires you?

When I was studying I was inspired by designers  that I loved…Yamamoto, Margiela etc, but in time I stopped following the collections and focused more on classical menswear design. Pieces that we are all are all familiar with  such as bomers,  levi’s jackets and the English trench, I began reproducing them in a contemporary way and with a personal touch.

What is your ethos?

It is to stay small, to have a shop in which the quality of product can grow but not the quantity. So that it can be controlled without stock, but continuously making new garments. And of course to remain independent, which is very important and what I find most appealing and consistent with my way of living and thinking.

Describe yourself in 5 words..

Persistent, intuitive, empathetic, energetic, subtle.

What is your favourite Barcelona spot?

I love the Caixa Forum, besides being a  beautiful building (a former textile factory from the early 20th century designed by Puig i Cadafalch) there have been wonderful art exhibitions there which are free any day of the week.

Right now there are two magnificent exhibitions showing the work of Delacroix and Goya, a real luxury!

Something for the boys

Getting ready for some sunshine? Here's selection of great Vintage shades for men from one of our favourite mens stores in Barcelona, La Clinique FineStore. 


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C'mon over to my house..

Look at these lovely pictures Elisabeth from Aesthetic shelter took of our apartment in Barcelona for her blog. Thanks Elisabeth...lovely to meet you!  Check out her great blog http://www.aestheticshelter.com/

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A Winter Skate

Time to dust off your vintage skates, Placa Catalunya's ice skating rink will be open from December the 2nd until January the 8th..


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From Russia with Love..

If your looking for some new inspiration ( as we always are!) make a note that the Russian ballet costume exhibition is coming to the Caixa Forum in Barcelona on the 4th of October, incredible costumes and drawings from the period between 1909 and 1929.

Autumn Inspiration

Despite the heat, the new Autumn collections are in stock in all our favorite local boutiques here in Barcelona and we have been out and about checking them all out!


From www.antiquesandboutiques.com  Fashion and Style Tours and your personal Shopper Barcelona.

Brangulí, Barcelona 1909-1945,

A history of Barcelona in pictures, not to be missed showing at the CCCB until October 23rd, from the work of two photographers, Josep Branguli and Joan Colom

Barcelona Gitana

The Barcelona Arxiu Fotografic is currently showing the work of photographer Jacques Leonard (París, 1909 – l ’Escala, 1995) . Having fallen in love with a gypsy he began photographing the Barcelona gypsy community of Montjuic during the 1950s. Showing until January 2012