The Vintage Librarian reviews: Made At Home
June 21, 2010 by Lena · Leave a Comment
This week our Vintage Librarian is reviewing a book full of easy to make home deco sewing projects that require minal sewing skills and will let you add some vintage touches to your home the make do and mend way.
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The Vintage Librarian reviews: Forgotten Voices of the Blitz and the Battle of Britain
This week our lovely Vintage Librarian, Claire Pursglove, is reviewing a moving book on the Blitz that retells the story of the war from the perspectives of those who experienced it first-hand.
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The Vintage Librarian reviews: The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of his Friend Marilyn Monroe
This week our Vintage Librarian reviews a novel that looks at Marilyn Monroe and those of her early Sixties Hollywood circle – Frank Sinatra, Natalie Wood – from a rather unusual dog’s eye view.
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The Vintage Librarian recommends: The Masters Way to Beauty
This week our lovely Vintage Librarian Claire Pursglove has reviewed a vintage beauty and style bible, which reveals the tips and tricks of one of Hollywood’s most legendary make-up artists and stylists to such stars as Marilyn Monroe.
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The Vintage Librarian reviews: Make Do and Mend
April 26, 2010 by Lena · 2 Comments
Have you ever put a thought to how bananas or potatoes could help rescue a pair of battered looking shoes? Or how toothpaste could improve the scratched face of your watch?
All this know-how from the house-holds of the past can be found in Make Do and Mend, a booklet released by department store John Lewis this month. Jasmine Phillips has this review.
The Vintage Librarian reviews – Revive!
This week our lovely Vintage Librarian Claire Pursglove is reviewing a book about turning odd bits of fabric into decorative soft furnishings. Did she get into the make do and mend spirit?
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The Vintage Librarian reviews: Vintage Hairstyling
April 12, 2010 by Lena · 6 Comments
Getting your vintage hair style right is a difficult thing to achieve. Pin curls and setting patterns have become out of fashion, and knowledge how to do them correctly is no longer passed on from generation to generation. Photo stylist Lauren Rennells was so frustrated by the lack of information on vintage hair styles that she researched and published her own book on the subject.
Vintage Hairstyling is now in its second edition and gives details on a range of styles from the Twenties to the Sixties. Here we have caught up with Lauren to talk about vintage hair styles and how to best achieve them.
The Vintage Librarian reviews: How to Dress for Success
April 5, 2010 by Lena · 2 Comments
One of Hollywood’s most famous costume designers, Edith Head dressed stars such as Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn and won eight Academy Awards for her designs. The V&A , London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, has now republished her style bible How to Dress for Success.
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The Vintage Librarian reviews: The Golden Age of Couture – Paris and London 1947-1957
This week our Vintage Librarian Claire Pursglove is reviewing the couture coffee table book. With its amazing photographs and insiders knowledge, this is the number one book for anyone interested in Fifties couture.
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The Vintage Librarian reviews: Cracking Antiques
March 22, 2010 by Lena · Leave a Comment
As the recession is coming to an end and vintage has become firmly mainstream, the BBC have finally clocked on to the vintage and make do and mend approach to interior design. A new book and TV series, both called Cracking Antiques are to be released in April, detailing how to collect, buy and restore antiques and vintage furniture. Queens editor Lena Weber had a look.
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