Down the rabbit hole – a Sixties fashion story

Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end!…Our Alice in Wonderland fell down the rabbit hole and encountered a bunny girl, a mad hatter, a cat woman and a beauty queen – in a world inspired by Sixties vintage.

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Twenties key style elements: fashion meets leisure

Think Twenties fashion and plenty comes to mind: short, fringed dresses in loose fitting, sensuous fabrics, silhouetting willowy, boyish bodies. Cloche hats covered bobbed hair and framed flirtatious eyes and narrow, knowing brows. It was a time for Bright Young Things, a new partying set free to be young and frivolous and to Charleston ‘til their legs buckled.

The flavours of the age were expressed in fashion, and the Twenties had plenty to offer to the young, impetuous and anxious to experience a new world now emerging from The Great War. Rosie Cowling has this story.

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Ten essential vintage beauty products

There are thousands of brilliant cosmetics out there if you’re after the essential vintage feel, and more importantly, look. Martha Hayes has chosen ten of the best, so treat yourself!
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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 to aspire to can be difficult. Angel Cutsforth knows the reality of life with a non-vintage guy all too well. Here she shares her best tips and tricks on how to come to a compromise when living and decorating with your non-vintage partner.
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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 Generation Gallery presents a retrospective of one of the greatest album artists of all time. The art of Storm Thorgerson is as famous as the music it accompanies. As a childhood friend of the founding members of Pink Floyd, he went on to become their designer-in-chief, creating a string of eye catching designs including Atom Heart Mother, Wish You Were Here and The Division Bell.
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