Archive for April, 2010

Win tickets to the second Grand Vintage Ball

| April 28, 2010 | 3 Comments
Win tickets to the second Grand Vintage Ball

Once again the Grand Vintage Ball is coming to the sumptuous surrounds of London’s Rivoli Ballroom, giving vintage enthusiasts the perfect opportunity to don their best vintage and retro threads and enter the ultimate Vintage Attire Pageant for their chance to be crowned Best In Show. We are giving away five pairs of tickets to this fabulous [...]

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Kings of Vintage: beards, moustaches and all that’s inbetween

| April 27, 2010 | 0 Comments
Kings of Vintage: beards, moustaches and all that’s inbetween

Is a moustache a must-have for the vintage man in your life? Are you in love with his ‘lamb chops’, or smitten with his beloved beard? Growing facial hair for us guys can be a bit like joining a club, where a manly sense of classic style is essential. With even ol’ Willy Shakespeare voicing [...]

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Movie fashion inspiration: Almost Famous

| April 27, 2010 | 0 Comments
Movie fashion inspiration: Almost Famous

The catwalks have been awash with nudes, chocolates and toffees and every summer, gypsy tops and paisley prints float down the highstreet. Classic summer, you say. Classic Seventies, I say. That’s right, the Seventies weren’t all flares, spangles and satin. You only have to look to Cameron Crowe’s Oscar winning 2001 picture, Almost Famous to [...]

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Vintage Queen no 69 is an art deco girl

| April 26, 2010 | 5 Comments
Vintage Queen no 69 is an art deco girl

Our beautiful Vintage Queen number 69 loves  the Twenties and Thirties. Whether she is portraying a Twenties cabaret dancer or flapper one day and then onto a Thirties housewife or socialite the next, she is the quintessential Art Deco Girl. Brooksie started off getting into things of this nature from a very early age; she remembers listening [...]

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The Vintage Librarian reviews: Make Do and Mend

| April 26, 2010 | 2 Comments
The Vintage Librarian reviews: Make Do and Mend

Have you ever put a thought to how bananas or potatoes could help rescue a pair of battered looking shoes? Or how toothpaste could improve the scratched face of your watch? All this know-how from the house-holds of the past can be found in Make Do and Mend, a booklet released by department store John Lewis [...]

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Register your vote to keep Queens going!

| April 25, 2010 | 8 Comments
Register your vote to keep Queens going!

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