Archive for April, 2010
Reproduction vintage report: Vintaga lingerie
While there are plenty of amazing vintage-inspired lingerie labels out there, it isn’t quite so easy to find an affordable bullet bra and glamorous girdle in your size if you happen to be a bit bit bigger or thinner than the average. Could reproduction label Vintaga finally be the answer to our lingerie quest? Queens editor Lena [...]
Kings of Vintage: get Don Draper hair
We can’t help but like Mad Men’s chain-smoking, womanising adman Don Draper. Maybe it’s the impeccable hair and well-tailored suits that make him irresistible to pretty much all of womankind. Vintage Kings, if you would like to up your own style stakes, take note and follow our step-by-step video tutorial on how to get the [...]
Little Edie: the unlikely fashion icon
The eccentric impoverished cousin of Jackie Kennedy, Edith Bouvier Beale was an American socialite, fashion model and cabaret performer, best known as ‘Little Edie’. The documentary film Grey Gardens by Albert and David Maysles – set during the time when Little Edie lived with and took care of her mother in their East Hamptons estate with [...]
On the vintage trail in Melbourne
Heading to Australian shores? While Melbourne may not be famed for its beaches or year-round sunshine, it is known for its style and shopping – including its vintage. There’s a lot more going on in this southern city that Neighbours might have you think. Here Lisa Cugnetto has a local’s pick on Melbourne’s top ten vintage [...]
Tried and tested: burlesque lessons
Who wouldn’t like to be a burlesque dancer, a beautiful temptress and goddess-like stripteuse. But would you have the talent? QueensOfVintage.com editor Lena did a four-week beginners class to see if she could be the new Dita von Teese.
Florence & Florence – new online shop for vintage home style
Christine Florence has spent her life expertly re-loving second-hand items – her home is a haven for once abandoned treasures. Her daughter Annie Florence shares her passion but (being slightly impatient) realised she wanted the look for her home, now. So together they set up Florence & Florence, a new online shop for one-of-a-kind vintage [...]
