Five amazing vintage Forties platforms to buy right now

The platform is big news as far as current fashion trends are concerned, but vintage enthusiasts will know that the shoe was already hugely popular during the late Thirties and Forties. While they add the required amount of height, platforms are relatively easy to walk in and work for both daytime and evening wear. So here we have five pairs of amazing vintage Forties platforms all available to buy online right now.
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The Vintage Librarian reviews: Forties Fashion- From Siren Suits to the New Look

This week Queen’s editor Lena is looking at a must-have book for anyone interested in Forties fashion. Accompanied by beautifully styled pictures, this in-debth overview of the decade’s style is a fascinating insight into a period of turmoil and hardship.
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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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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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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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Would a wartime diet help our waistlines?

This month sees the 70th anniversary of the introduction of food rationing in Britain. Back then the Second World War was underway and enemy u-boats targeted goods vessels bound for Great Britain hoping to weaken the home front. Food supplies were threatened and to help keep control of potentially dwindling provisions, rationing was introduced. But did food rationing also have a postive side that we could learn from now? Jasmine Phillips has tried and tested a Forties diet for a week. Here’s her verdict.
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Vintage swimwear and the Hollywood connection

Throughout the historical timeline of the swimwear industry there have been some groundbreaking designers who played a huge part in its evolution. Hollywood also had a starring role by greatly influencing public perceptions of style and ideals of glamour in swimwear. Vintage swimwear expert, Pam from Glamoursurf.com explains.

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Ahoi captain: the best repro sailor dresses

Navy is a huge trend right now, and has been so periodically throughout the last century. Who could forget Twenties drop-waist sailorette dresses or the shoulder-padded navy power suits of the Eighties? If you would like to get your very own blue number but can’t find an original vintage dress – if you don’t want to go Eighties, vintage sailor dresses are hard to find – then here we have some great reproduction alternatives.
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Kings of Vintage: The Royal Weekend

When the Royals go to the country, they don’t just take some old wellies and a scruffy pair of jeans, they deck themselves out in time-honoured rural garb that is as dashing as it is practical. With padded jackets, caps and khakis, the royal weekend look is full of retro inspiration for you Kings of Vintage. George Walker reveals how One really should choose the vintage attire of the aristocrat for One’s weekend jaunts.

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The WWII Sweetheart

What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than with the sentimental reminder of the WWII Sweetheart. The Sweetheart jewellery, gifts and souvenirs are such a charming way to remember and preserve a little piece of love and history. Servicemen in the WWII era passed out these little bits of their heart to their loved ones during the time of their sacrifice. Women on the home front, or in the service themselves, were proud to wear and show the world their patriotic symbols of hope, love, duty, courage and patience. Syd Divine has this story.
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