Portobello Market, place of vintage bling

This is part deux to last night's post, featuring a vintage 1970s Trifari statement piece necklace I bought in Portobello Market in Notting Hill, and a dress my beau bought me in a West Palm Beach vintage shop.

Here we are in Notting Hill on the edge of the market. I wish we had more time to hang here. We had just completed a 4-hour whirlwind tour of London via a jam-packed tube, and we were cranky and exhausted.

On the cusp of the market, which is, of course, on Portobello Road.

Once we hit the street, we did one of two things, respectively: he went for a beer; I went shopping.

In truth I didn't want my dear man to get too bored so I limited myself to one shop. The bling outside of 69 Portobello Road,  where Linda Jackson Vintage Jewellery sets up on Saturdays, was too good to ignore.

Outside on the table, pins galore.

Enough vintage earrings to sink a ship.

Necklaces luring me in like a fish to bait - 10 pound each.

Inside is where the really good stuff is - collectible, original, different pieces from the 1950s to 70s, mostly.

Vintage fishie pendants from the 1960s ....

Heaps of huge statement piece pendants. I almost bought this silver and black one by Avon but thought my Trifari packed more of a style wallop.

All those huge owl pendants you're seeing in the mass market places in the mall aren't sudden inventions: they were a hit in the 1970s, when makers like Sarah Coventry (which I'm suspecting this is but I didn't check) were putting them out there.

It was sad to leave Portobello Road (in a traditional London taxi). There were so many vintage places, and around the corner, an Oxfam shop that looked really good! Maybe next time my man and I will spend a whole day there - that is, if we can find something interesting for him to do!