Fashion & Beauty

alt text Down the rabbit hole – a Sixties fashion story

Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end!…Our Alice in Wonderland fell... 

alt text Twenties key style elements: fashion meets leisure

Think Twenties fashion and plenty comes to mind: short, fringed dresses in loose fitting,... 

alt text Ten essential vintage beauty products

There are thousands of brilliant cosmetics out there if you’re after the essential vintage... 

Top 100 Queens

alt text We love your Hawaiian take on Fifties style, Vintage Queen no 62

Our fabulous Vintage Queen number 62 was born in Hawaii, and her roots still very much influence her... 

alt text We so love your Sixties style, Vintage Queen no 61

Our adorable and amazing Vintage Queen number 61 is in love with the Sixties. Whether it’s... 

alt text You are a style chameleon Vintage Queen no 60

Our amazing Vintage Queen number 60 is a true style chameleon. Whether she is channeling early... 

Interiors

Tips and tricks for living and decorating with a non-vintage guy

Co-habiting with a partner who doesn’t think living in an atomic era house is something... 

Vintage Home Peep: vintage home style in Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Anaelisa Scalon, 24, from Belo Horizonte (Brazil) graduated in fashion but is also very passionate... 

Add some glamour to your dressing table with vintage vanity items

Vintage vanity items such as mirror and brush sets, lipstick holders, compacts, perfume bottles... 

Make and Mend

alt text Stop shopping – Make Do and Mend instead

Wardrobe full of clothes, but nothing to wear? Come and learn how to customise and transform... 

alt text New exhibition: Feeding Britain in Wartime

Wartime rationing and British cooking in the Forties is the subject of a brilliant new exhibition,... 

alt text The Vintage Librarian reviews: Make! by Cath Kidston

This week our lovely Vintage Librarian Claire Pursglove is reviewing a craft book by famous... 

Vintage stars

alt text Exclusive interview: we chat vintage with Miquita Oliver!

British TV presenter Miquita Oliver, host of Channel 4’s weekly ‘T4′ programme,... 

alt text QueensOfVintage exclusive: We chat to A Fine Frenzy’s Alison Sudol

Alison Sudol, age 24, is the leader of A Fine Frenzy, which she introduced to the world with... 

alt text Style we like: early Sixties fashion in A Single Man

Seldomly has there been a film that captured Sixties fashion and style in such brilliant, minute... 

Kings of Vintage

alt text Kings of Vintage: Bring the cravat back!

Is there any other item more dapper than a cravat? When was the last time you saw these bibs... 

alt text Kings of Vintage: Get ship-shape with nautical vintage style

From dockyard workers to Captain Cooks, the style of the mariner will always be a firm sartorial... 

alt text Kings of Vintage: Strong and bold Eighties T-shirts

The Eighties look will always cause a sartorial stir. With its big hair, strong shoulders and... 

Vintage Book Club

alt text The Vintage Librarian reviews: The Pampered Paramour

This week our lovely Vintage Librarian Claire Pursglove is reviewing a book that my solve the... 

alt text The Vintage Librarian reviews: Forties Fashion- From Siren Suits to the New Look

This week Queen’s editor Lena is looking at a must-have book for anyone interested in... 

alt text The Vintage Librarian reviews – Leading Ladies: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Era

This week Queens’ editor Lena Weber is recommending one of her favourite reads - a book... 

Competitions

alt text Win: a pair of vintage sunglasses in time for spring

If you are looking for the perfect pair of vintage sunglasses look no further. QueensOfVintage.com... 

alt text As good as Dynasty: win a copy of new novel Silk

Ah, Dynasty. Just how we miss the cat fights, over-the-top fashion, gossip and affairs. If... 

alt text Take a break from work with lunchtime burlesque

Bring out your inner temptress with Frivoli-tea lunchtime burlesque sessions at Twenties-style... 

Events

alt text Storm Thorgerson: Right but Wrong – new exhibition on the cutting edge album artist

From Led Zeppelin to Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath to Megadeath, Muse to the Mars Volta, the Idea... 

alt text Flapper invasion in Manchester: we went to the Charleston flashmob

It’s Saturday afternoon in Manchester and shopping area Piccadilly Gardens is teeming... 

alt text Banish the L-plates: have a vintage-themed hen do

London-based vintage crockery hire and styling company A Most Curious Party has teamed up with some...