About

Velvet Sunflower was born out of a love of mind blowing vintage fashion and music❤️🌻

I am inspired by the colour and creativity of the 1960s and 1970s boutiques of Carnaby Street and King's Road. Laura Ashley is another inspiration and I fall even more in love with her designs the older I get

 

Shirley Collins - one of my favourite singers of the British folk revival wearing a Laura Ashley maxi dress in the 1970s
Shirley Collins - one of my favourite
singers of the British folk revival
seen here wearing a Laura Ashley
maxi dress in the 1970s

I love music and fashion equally and I find the connection between the two so exciting. My music taste is pretty varied but my favourite genres are psychedelic, garage and folk. Here are some of my favourite albums from my own collection: