The Vintage Librarian reviews: The Pampered Paramour
March 8, 2010 by Lena · Leave a Comment
This week our lovely Vintage Librarian Claire Pursglove is reviewing a book that my solve the age-old kitchen dilemma: how to get your man cooking. The easy answer: vintage nudes. Yes really!
The Vintage Librarian reviews: Forties Fashion- From Siren Suits to the New Look
March 1, 2010 by Lena · 2 Comments
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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The Vintage Librarian reviews – Leading Ladies: The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Era
This week Queens’ editor Lena Weber is recommending one of her favourite reads - a book on some of the most glamorous and talented actresses to have ever graced the silver screen.
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Join our Vintage Book Club
February 16, 2010 by Lena · Leave a Comment
If you fancy reading vintage books or novels set in the past and love discussing everything from plot to characters, then join our Vintage Book Club and connect with other vintage-loving literary enthusiasts from around the world.
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The Vintage Librarian reviews:…Isms: Understanding Fashion
Do you know much about different fashion movements? Our lovely Vintage Librarian Claire Pursglove certainly does, thanks to this week’s book of choice.
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The Vintage Librarian reviews: Marilyn Monroe: A Life in Pictures
February 8, 2010 by Lena · 2 Comments
Our lovely Vintage Librarian Claire Pursglove is a great admirer of the legendary Marilyn Monroe, and this week she is reviewing a new book on the actress. Does it live up to her expectations?
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The Vintage Librarian reviews: Make! by Cath Kidston
February 1, 2010 by Lena · Leave a Comment
This week our lovely Vintage Librarian Claire Pursglove is reviewing a craft book by famous designer Cath Kidston. But is it perhaps a bit too kitsch?
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The Vintage Librarian reviews:How To Be Lovely: The Audrey Hepburn Way of Life
This week our lovely Vintage Librarian Claire Pursglove reviews a book that promises to show you how to be as glamorous and sophisticated as Audrey Hepburn. But does it deliver?
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The Vintage Librarian reviews: A Stitch in Time
This week Queens’ editor Lena is reviewing a book on vintage knitting and crochet patterns. With so many vintage knitting books failing to capture knitwear in its true splendor through often shockingly bad photography, will this one deliver?
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Literary Inspirations: Thirties modernity and conformity
January 13, 2010 by Lena · 2 Comments
Today, anyone who dresses unconventionally risks being stared at or commented on when they venture out in public. This has always been the case; and in the past, when fashions took a while to reach the regions after they had appeared in London, country-dwellers could be seen as old-fashioned or strange by fashionable city folk. This is something that author Stella Gibbons explored in her classic novel Cold Comfort Farm, which was published in 1932. Nell Darby has this review.
