We love your bows Vintage Queen no 48!
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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The Vintage Librarian recommends: The Masters Way to Beauty
November 30, 2009 by Lena · Leave a Comment
This week our lovely Vintage Librarian Claire Pursglove has reviewed a vintage beauty and style bible, which reveals the tips and tricks of one of Hollywood’s most legendary make-up artists and stylists to such stars as Marilyn Monroe.
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Meet Gordon Ayres – vintage photographer
November 29, 2009 by Lena · 3 Comments
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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Give your kitchen a Fifties diner twist
November 29, 2009 by Lena · 2 Comments
The Fifties – the era of drive-in movies, classic American diners and modern living. It was an innovative age whose distinctive interiors style lends itself well to contemporary kitchens. Add a touch of the Fifties American diner and your kitchen will still look modern, but with an individual twist. Nell Darby explores how to give your kitchen a little American Fifties flair.
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Get Betty Draper’s Sixties up-do
November 28, 2009 by Lena · Leave a Comment
Our 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
One 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
QueensOfVintage.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
Unleash 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
Since 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
With 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.
