We love your bows Vintage Queen no 48!

November 30, 2009 by Lena · 1 Comment 

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Our fabulous Vintage Queen number 48 has a great eye for detail. The little bows, pendents, bags and hats she adds to her lace dresses are just downright adorable and create a completely unique, individual look.
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Meet Gordon Ayres – vintage photographer

November 29, 2009 by Lena · 3 Comments 

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It is truly annoying that even when you’ve styled yourself in your vintage best, most pictures taken of you just fail to reflect the glamour that is so integral to vintage dressing. Rather than vintage vixens we end up looking red-eyed and ever so slightly fancy-dress. Thank god for vintage photographer Gordon Ayres. His stunning photographs fully capture the spirit of the golden age of Hollywood, old Vogue covers and Film Noir.
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Get Betty Draper’s Sixties up-do

November 28, 2009 by Lena · Leave a Comment 

IMG_1193Our favourite TV show, Mad Men, heads to Italy in season three, and we see the fabulous Betty Draper with an elegant up-do dining out in Rome. If you fancy copying this brilliant Sixties do, simply follow this step-by-step video tutorial by the ever so cool BerlinHairBaby.
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London’s vintage fairs

November 28, 2009 by Lena · 1 Comment 

3981022191_9c8dcfe242One of the easiest ways to shop for vintage fashion and accessories is to attend a fashion fair. There is certainly no shortage of fairs in London, and often you’ll find one or two happening on the same day. Coco Evennett-Watts has a list of some of the best fairs taking place in the capital.
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New: Weekly events guide – vintage things to do near you

November 27, 2009 by Lena · Leave a Comment 

vintageventxQueensOfVintage.com is launching a new weekly events guide which will go out each Friday and will list all the vintage things to do near you for the next seven days. Shop, party and make do and mend until you drop!
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Dress like a star this Christmas!

November 27, 2009 by Lena · 2 Comments 

Psychedelic-Velour-Shift-Dress-Pip-bigUnleash your inner screen goddess this Christmas and dress like your favourite vintage star. QueensOfVintage editor Lena has picked out ten vintage gowns that will not only make you stand out for all the right reasons at your office party, but also channel your favourite vintage star.
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Get into the festive mood with Thanksgiving-inspired fashion

November 26, 2009 by Lena · 1 Comment 

Picture 9Since we are coming into the holiday season at full force speed, vintage stylist and model Syd Divine has compiled three vintage outfits that are sure to get you in the mood for festive Thanksgiving dressing.
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The Fifties weekend you must attend: Rhythm Riot

November 26, 2009 by Lena · Leave a Comment 

Rhythm Riot2009With a line-up of some of the world’s best swing performers from Big Jay McNeely to Ray Collin’s Hot Club and The Collins Kids, amazing DJs, a range of vintage shops – not to mention the international flea market – plus a vintage car cruise, hair parlour, tattooist and vintage photographers on hand, Rhythm Riot is easily the best Fifties weekend in Europe. Over 3000 vintage, swing and Fifties lovers from as far as Japan and the US gathered in Camber Sands (Sussex) last weekend to have fun and celebrate their favourite era.

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Style we like: Eva Green in new film Cracks

November 26, 2009 by Lena · Leave a Comment 

leadThis autumn, step into the confines of an austere and remote Thirties boarding school with the captivating Eva Green in new film Cracks (out 4 December). An elite group of boarding school girls are the envy of their fellow pupils, who all compete for the attention of the glamorous teacher Miss G (Green). Miss G thrives on the attention from the girls, but becomes especially spell bound by the beauty and maturity of one girl, Fiamma. Consumed by jealousy, the girls plot the downfall of Fiamma forcing her to flee the school…We loved Eva’s stunning Thirties wardrobe so much we just had to share some of her best outfits.

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Queens meets Australia’s Super Kawaii Mama

November 25, 2009 by Lena · 2 Comments 

Candice DeVille head shot by PhotojgraphShe’s one of Australia’s biggest vintage bloggers with thousands of fans from all over the world following her style musings. Candice DeVille, otherwise known as Super Kawaii Mama, gives us all the details about her blog, life as a vintage loving mother, the Australian vintage scene and her top vintage beauty tips. Read more

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