Vintage New Year picture gallery
December 31, 2009 by Lena · Leave a Comment
Get into the mood to celebarte 2010 with our vintage New Year picture gallery. Happy New Year vintage lovers!
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Future vintage: The Noughties
December 31, 2009 by Lena · 3 Comments
Today ends the first decade of the new millennium. Give it another 25 years, and the Noughties will officially become vintage. Come 2035, the fashions of the last ten years will be sought after collectors items. Or won’t they? Lena Weber writes.
Pearls are a girl’s best friend
December 30, 2009 by Lena · 6 Comments
What is it about pearls that add an instant air of sophistication to an outfit? Maybe it’s because they represent the mysticism and splendour of the sea. Maybe it’s because they’re nice and shiny. Whatever the reason, the simple fact is that pearls look good, whether they’re real or not. Francesca Murray has found some vintage pearl accessories available online now.
Mary Quant: The Chelsea girl
Did she or didn’t she invent the mini skirt? Well, what we do know is that Mary Quant brought us that quintessential London Sixties look. Martha Hayes looks back at a British fashion icon.
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Larger than life: the style of Jayne Mansfield
Not everything about the late Fifties early Sixties was pastel-hued and innocent in a Doris Day kind of way. Unconventional stars like Jayne Mansfield were bolder, brasher and more modern. Nell Darby takes a look at Mansfield and her style.
Top tips to ‘vintage’ your home in 2010
December 29, 2009 by Admin · 4 Comments
As vintage obsessives, we’ve all been there: whether it’s spending our last pennies on a beautiful yet broken teacup; impulse buying a lampshade for a lamp we don’t actually own; and cooing over cute wallpaper we couldn’t possibly use on our rented walls, collecting thrift and drift is our forte. But hoarders, fear not, Joanna Thornhill is on hand to offer you some crafty ways you can put your ‘tat’ to work around your house.
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We love how Vintage Queen no 52 does the Thirties
December 28, 2009 by Lena · 3 Comments
Our amazing Vintage Queen number 52 is in love with the Thirties. We adore the way she translates art deco style and Hollywood glamour into her wardrobe, hair, and make-up and tirelessly searches for the perfect vintage dresses and patterns.
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The Vintage Librarian reviews: Hollywood Costume Design by Travilla
December 28, 2009 by Lena · Leave a Comment
This week our Vintage Librarian, Claire Pursglove, is reviewing a book on Hollywood costumier Travilla – famous for dressing the biggest stars including such legends as Marilyn Monroe and Joan Crawford.
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Get Fifties curls for New Year’s Eve
December 27, 2009 by Lena · Leave a Comment
Why not welcome the new decade with a set of glamorous Fifties curls ala Marilyn or Nicole Kidman in the video to ‘Something Stupid’? YouTuber Berlin HairBaby has this great video tutorial.
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Vintage film characters we love: Jean Seberg in Breathless
December 26, 2009 by Lena · Leave a Comment
Jean Seberg’s American bohemian character in Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (1960) is the embodiment of a new generation of women that emerged in the Sixties: careless, daring and no longer prepared to follow social norms.
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