New annual festival – Vintage at Goodwood

Tickets are now on sale for Vintage at Goodwood, the  first festival to combine music, fashion, design and retail in a glamorous celebration of five decades of British cool. Running 13 - 15 August in the glorious surroundings of the Goodwood Estate, West Sussex, and featuring the first performance by Sandie Shaw in over 20 years and launch of Lily Allen’s new fashion label Lucy in Disguise, Vintage at Goodwood could be the festival to attend this summer.

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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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A wearable piece of art – silk scarfs inspired by Zika Ascher

Inspired by the work of Zika and Lida Ascher whose mid-century collaborations with some of the 20th century’s leading artists left a legacy of silk panels that are now rare and coveted collector’s pieces,  Miss Kiki Salon Presents- a London socialite and muse – will reproduce the designs of a number of carefully chosen British creatives in a series of 90cm x 90cm silk panels in a way that celebrates their work and creates a forum through which they can commune with individuals. Martha Hayes has met up with Miss Kiki to talk about her inaugural line of silk scarves – Six Easy Pieces.
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Model exclusive: Sailor Cherry shares her top tips for becoming a vintage pin-up

The fabulous Sailor Cherry has been a successful pin-up and Cheesecake model for some time now, appearing in calendars and working with top photographers. Here she shares some great advice on how to break into this tough industry, how to get started and what fuelled her own career.
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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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Video tutorial: Get Lucille Ball’s poodle do

Hollywood comedienne Lucille Ball was famous for her bright auburn hair which she often wore piled up high and curly in a so-called poodle do. If you fancy copying Lucie’s famed Fifties up-do, then we’ve found this amazing step-by-step video tutorial for you.
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Vintage style icon: Dovima – The Fifties fashion model

A supermodel long before the term was coined in the Eighties, Dovima was the highest paid mannequin of her time. Few knew that her fragile, slender frame, which was to perfectly show off Dior’s New Look, was the result of illness and came at the price of a sad, lonely childhood.
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Kings of Vintage: Become a Wild One

Marlon Brando’s image as Johnny in cult biker film The Wild One made biker style the choice look for the young, rebellious youth of Fifties America. Everyone wanted to be - or be with- the bad boy. Everyone wanted a leather jacket. All the boys dreamt of riding a Triumph motorcycle, their sideburns waving in the wind. George Walker takes a look at this Fifties style phenomenon. Read more

Take your spring wardrobe inspiration from Roman Holiday

Spring is surely just around the corner now, making us want to banish our winter woolen jumpers to the darkest corners of our wardrobes. It’s about time for skirts, blouses and sandals, and this spring we are taking inspiration from Audrey Hepburn. Abby Clyndes takes a look at Audrey’s style in fabulous romcom Roman Holiday.
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Vintage wedding photo gallery

Vintage wedding photos are strangely fascinating. Not only give they great insight into bygone wedding traditions and fashion styles. They also capture an important, intimate moment in a person’s life, a moment of utter joy and happiness and sometimes of strange seriosness. QueensOfVintage.com has compiled a gallery of truly fascinating vintage wedding pictures.
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