Mother’s Day special: vintage mums from the silver screen
Does your ma’ remind you of a silver screen starlet? Is your momma a strong woman raised in stylish decades gone by? Do you vintage gals find yourself raiding your mum’s wardrobe, playing dress-up as a vintage movie star? Be the answers yes or no, here at QueensOfVintage.com we’ve brought together some of the most stylish and spirited onscreen mothers for you to admire, just in time for Mother’s Day. George Walker writes.
Just in time for Mothering Sunday: get your mom a vintage tea set
In the UK Mother’s Day is just around the corner and many of us will be buying a little present for our mothers to remind them how special they are. Mothering Sunday celebrations are part of the liturgical calendar in several Christian denominations, and historians think that children who served in houses were traditionally given a day off on this date so they could visit their family. If you are going to visit your mom this Sunday and are still looking for a gift, then why not buy her a vintage tea set for an indulgent afternoon tea?
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Down the rabbit hole – a Sixties fashion story
Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end!…Our Alice in Wonderland fell down the rabbit hole and encountered a bunny girl, a mad hatter, a cat woman and a beauty queen – in a world inspired by Sixties vintage.
Twenties key style elements: fashion meets leisure
Think Twenties fashion and plenty comes to mind: short, fringed dresses in loose fitting, sensuous fabrics, silhouetting willowy, boyish bodies. Cloche hats covered bobbed hair and framed flirtatious eyes and narrow, knowing brows. It was a time for Bright Young Things, a new partying set free to be young and frivolous and to Charleston ‘til their legs buckled.
The flavours of the age were expressed in fashion, and the Twenties had plenty to offer to the young, impetuous and anxious to experience a new world now emerging from The Great War. Rosie Cowling has this story.
Ten essential vintage beauty products
There are thousands of brilliant cosmetics out there if you’re after the essential vintage feel, and more importantly, look. Martha Hayes has chosen ten of the best, so treat yourself!
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