Make-up guide: how to re-create a Forties look

Creating a vintage face is a definite art form, and getting just the right look takes practice and care.  Amanda Newsum from Jitterbug Doll is often asked about her favorite make-up products and application tips and is sharing her best on how to re-create a Forties look with us.
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Retro style we like: Catherine Zeta Jones in Chicago

Renee Zellweger may have bagged the lead role in the all-singing, all dancing spectacular that is Chicago, but the true fashion star of the movie is undoubtedly Catherine Zeta Jones. Playing the murderous Velma Kelly, Catherine truly dazzled us in the 2002 movie that won numerous awards, including a Best Supporting Oscar for the Welsh beauty. Laura Terry has this story.
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Exclusive interview: we chat vintage with Miquita Oliver!

British TV presenter Miquita Oliver, host of Channel 4’s weekly ‘T4′ programme, has taken some time out of her hectic schedule to talk to us about her East London loft full of vintage finds and her favourite ever Seventies gilet.

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New London vintage desitination? 10 Gales in Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green is mostly known as a particularly dingy suburb of London, equally synonymous with creative types, and for being a cultural hive of activity. Just off the bustling high street, hidden away in a former swingers club is the base of 10 Gales – Bethnal Green’s latest arts space cum vintage boutique cum coffee shop cum drop in hairdressers! Phew! Rosemary Brodhurst-Brown reports.
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Common people: we get inspired by everyday vintage styles

We love to swoon over the beautiful pictures of the silver screens stars of past eras and gasp at their perfectly coiffed hair and immaculate make-up. It’s all too easy to forget that, like today’s celebrities, they don’t represent a realistic image of the fashion or beauty of their times. That’s why QueensOfVintage.com has compiled a photo gallery of vintage pictures all depicting normal women. Let the common people of the Thirties, Forties and Fifties, the housewives, secretaries and teachers of the past, be our real style inspiration.
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A wearable piece of art – silk scarfs inspired by Zika Ascher

Inspired by the work of Zika and Lida Ascher whose mid-century collaborations with some of the 20th century’s leading artists left a legacy of silk panels that are now rare and coveted collector’s pieces,  Miss Kiki Salon Presents- a London socialite and muse – will reproduce the designs of a number of carefully chosen British creatives in a series of 90cm x 90cm silk panels in a way that celebrates their work and creates a forum through which they can commune with individuals. Martha Hayes has met up with Miss Kiki to talk about her inaugural line of silk scarves – Six Easy Pieces.
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Clara Bow: career and style

Think of the name Clara Bow and the description the ‘It Girl’ probably springs to mind. So-called after the title of one of her most famous films, the star is still associated with an indefinable sex appeal. Bow’s moment in the spotlight coincided with the brief era of the flapper in the mid Twenties and the silent movie actress became a fashion and beauty trendsetter of her era, coming to epitomize the good, and in the eyes of many, the bad of the flapper lifestyle. Frances Ambler takes a look at a genuine vintage fashion icon.

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I love Lucite – an ode to a vintage favourite

Jeni Siggs, aka vintage blogger Yesterday Girl, has a thing for Lucite. And why wouldn’t she! Most vintage lovers will know Lucite as that pretty transparent material used to make darling handbags, shoes and jewellery during the Forties and Fifties. Here Jeni looks back at the material’s history and has some amazing Lucite items available to buy now.

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The end of Max Factor – the end of an era

It’s sad news for vintage lovers and beauty addicts alike: legendary make-up brand Max Factor will cease trading in the US – but continues selling make-up elsewhere. We take a look back at the man behind the brand, a true cosmetics pioneer who helped found and continuously innovated a whole industry.
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The Parlour: nostalgic fun and civilised merriment

Set on the site of an historic Clerkenwell shop in London, an eclectic old-world parlour is set to pop up next week where friends and family can gather to engage, think, express, play games, and – most importantly – relax and enjoy time the vintage way.

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