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Vintage nuptials – Laura’s amazing 60s wedding
Laura Lee and her boyfriend Patrick have been life-long Sixties fans. When they decided to get married it was clear their wedding was going to be as vintage and as Sixties as possible. The result was a beautiful and truly individual do that we just had to share with you. Here’s Laura’s story. When my [...]
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. Over the years I have refined my tastes, and as I delved farther [...]
The Betty Grable ‘Peek-a-boo’ hair do
When she discovered film siren Betty Grable some years ago, Amanda Newsum instantly became enamored with her hair. Grable’s glorious blonde locks were always beautifully coiffed in a variety of styles that epitomized the big, glamorous hair of the Forties. Pinned up in victory rolls or worn in loose curls, her golden blonde tresses were always the peak [...]
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 [...]
Video guide: how to create Twenties make-up
The Twenties not only saw a revolution in fashion but also in make-up style. With new, advanced make-up products more readily available, the old Edwardian attitude to make-up changed profoundly. Not only did the modern Twenties woman wear make-up – something previously frowned upon – she wore lots of it. Deep red lipstick, heavily arched [...]
Ladies, gift your chaps a vintage make-over this Valentine’s
Perhaps the man in your life is a little shy about going vintage shopping with you? Or he might not have a clue as to even where to start? Enter the Vintage Style Doctor! Actor and vintage personal shopper Colin Reed – otherwise known as The Doc – runs the Vintage Style Surgery, London’s first [...]
