Category: Decade
Kings of Vintage: Rockers
With their love for motorcycles, leather and beer, Rockers have always had a bad reputation, even when they first began to emerge in post-war Britain. Christopher Raymond Brocklebank takes a look at a youth culture phenomenon which still fascinates us today. Rockers have been suffering from a mistaken subcultural identity for over fifty years. Teds, those frothily-quiffed [...]
So the Nineties are vintage – or are they?
If you go by the common definition that vintage describes clothing which is at least twenty years old, the early Nineties are now officially vintage. Festival curator Wayne Hemmingway has been making the news this week by including the Nineties in his line-up for the Vintage Festival this summer, prompting a lot of discussion among [...]
Get tropical with Miss Bamboo’s 40s and 50s inspired Pacific Wear
If you’re into all things Tiki, Americana and exotic 1940s and 50s-inspired, you will love Miss Bamboo. The UK-based online shop stocks a wide range of beautiful Forties and Fifties Hawaiian, Mexican and Asian style dresses as well as shoes and other accessories such as jewellery, fans and bamboo parasols. We really love the orange [...]
Inspirational gallery: Lena Horne
Lena Horne, the most prominent African-American star of the Forties and Fifties silver screen with the heartbreakingly beautiful face and voice to match, was the first black performer to be signed by a Hollywood studio. Horn fought fervently over the decades against racial discrimination. A life, then, not so simple, but so significant, it’s impossible not to [...]
Meet the author: we talk re-enactment and the history of the Home Front with John Leete
New book A Re-enactor’s War (John Leete, The History Press Ltd) explores what inspires, moves and motivates re-enactors of all ages and backgrounds, and their close relationships with the veterans and people they seek to honour. Reminiscences of the Home Front from evacuation to the Blitz and beyond and new interviews with re-enactors are brought [...]
Vintage style inspiration: Frida Kahlo
Frida Kahlo chose herself as the object of most of her paintings, exploring her gender and identity through her art. Her clothes and looks were an important prop, not only in her portraits but also in her life. Jen Newby takes a look at a woman whose style continues to fascinate us today. Frida Kahlo made [...]
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