Archive for June, 2010
Ooh la la! Vintage hairstylist Miss Betty shares her style secrets
Miss Betty is a one woman glamour machine. Able to unlock the elusive beauty secrets of decades long passed with a graceful flick of her comb and some ingenious curl-magic, this is one hairstylist who lives and breathes elegant vintage style. Originally opening a beauty parlour in France, Miss Betty now co-owns the brilliant It’s [...]
Sixties style icons
One of Liz Kennedy’s favourite eras to draw inspiration from is the Sixties, a decade which bursts at the seams with creative confidence and energy. A time when fashion and music ran wild together and infected the nation with their free spirited, ‘anything goes’ kind of attitude. So if this is your dream decade too, [...]
Vintage Queen no 77, you stand out for all the right reasons!
Our amazing Vintage Queen number 77 quite enjoys standing out and she certainly does with her bright tights and fab mix of vintage skirts and dresses – a brilliant mix of vintage decades that absolutely deserves to get noticed! My name is Stef, and I’m an Austrian living in England.I grew up in an old [...]
The Vintage Librarian reviews: Made At Home
This week our Vintage Librarian is reviewing a book full of easy to make home deco sewing projects that require minal sewing skills and will let you add some vintage touches to your home the make do and mend way.
Wit, style and controversy: Sixties playwright Joe Orton
Agent provocateur and a brief threat to society’s moral decency in the Sixties, playwright Joe Orton was “The Oscar Wilde of Welfare State gentility” and all-round hell raiser. As with any good icon, his life was short but his infectious sense of mischief and humour still shine bright. Amy Rosa reports.
First Ladies of Fashion
When Michelle Obama became America’s latest First Lady she joined a long list of women who have been at the centre of the world’s attention – not so much because of their political stance or their charitable activities but because of their style. Lena Weber has selected America’s finest first ladies of fashion.
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