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October 2009
Peter Som Spring 2010 RTW
Tagged: 1920s, 1930s, Peter Som, Ready to Wear, round sunglasses, RTW, Spring 2010, thirties, turban, twenties
Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller in The Edge of Love (2008)
More about the film here
Categories: On FilmTagged: 1940s, film, forties, Keira Knightley, sienna miller, The Edge Of Love, world war 2, wwii
Ralph Lauren Spring 2010 Ready-to-Wear Collection
It seems Ralph Lauren’s take on the recession involves some neat references to the 1930s Depression, and I’m not complaining.
Paperboy caps, worn denim baggies, ladies in pinstriped three-pieces and plus fours… ring-a-ding-ding!! There were also a few pretty florals, if you care to look.
Photos care of Style.com
Categories: On CatwalksTagged: 1930s, 1940s, cap, denim, Depression, forties, hat, pageboy, paperboy, plus four, ralph lauren, Ready to Wear, RTW, Spring 2010, suits, thirties, women in suits
What to wear to a dance class…
Adorable playsuits for this chorus rehearsal scene in Mrs Henderson Presents. If you showed up to one of my dance classes looking like this, I’d love you forever…
Categories: On FilmTagged: 1940s, forties, jumper, Mrs Henderson Presents, playsuit, shorts, wwii
Be a good friend, care for her seam line
Back in the day, whenever you would wear tights or stockings with seam lines, girls used to help each other to make sure their seams were straight. So I messed around with the idea and created an image for my theme of the day:
My friend Elsa sent me a link where you can buy amazing tights: www.upfactory.com
I also found out another great website….. but that I’ll keep for later, hehehe
I want to keep you on your toes. Here is some pictures of what you can find.
Tagged: bows, cuban heel, floral, garter, hosiery, lingerie, pantihose, pattern, seam, stocking, tights
Dorothea’s Closet Vintage: Top Picks
A few top picks from one of my favorite vintage clothing stores, Dorothea’s Closet. Everything below is in the range of US$50 to $250.
Tagged: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, closet, Clothing, dorothea, dress, fashion, fifties, forties, online, retro, shop, store, thirties, twenties, vintage
Halloween
Halloween Deco Flapper Bridge Tallies
Originally uploaded by finsbry.
Tagged: flapper, halloween
Hair – how to tutorial
Lisa Freemont Street has some great hair tutorials on you tube. She is quite the glamour girl and clearly a fan of classic cinema and rockabilly culture. What I like about her videos is that they move along quickly and she the main points are written out. Here is her most recent video:
This video is a mixture of two styles, a more casual and a more formal one. It’s rather simple in the front, but still very lovely.
She has a myriad of videos on her page. Check out her Classic Pinup Series, Starlet Series, and Authentic Hair Technique from the 40s.
Categories: Hair, How ToTagged: Hair, How To, Lisa Freemont, pin curls, tutorial, youtube
The Flapper Girl – blog
I was messing around with my Google Reader the other day (if you don’t use it, you absolutely should) and I stumbled upon The Flapper Girl which is an outstanding photoblog. Click on the link or the photos and spend some time browsing her site. In the mean time, here are a few of my favorite pictures she’s posted.
Tagged: 1920s, blog, flapper, hats
Gossip Girl – fashion wow
I don’t watch Gossip Girls, but I keep finding reason that I should! Seriously, check out those dresses. And what where they doing dressed up? I would guess prom, but from what I’ve seen that they wear to school, they could have just gotten back from grocery shopping.
Categories: Celebrities, ClothingTagged: Accessories, dress, flapper, Gossip Girl, pin curls
Lilyan Tashman
Look at these perfect water waves and tiny, tiny pincurls!
Lilyan Tashman was a Ziegfeld girl, silent film actress and a model, from the late 1910s until the early 1930s. She appeared onstage in the Ziegfeld Follies, and in films including Head Over Heels, The Garden of Weeds, Ports of Call, Pretty Ladies, Seven Days, Texas Steer, Camille, So This is Paris, Craig’s Wife, The Trial of Mary Dugan, The Marriage Playground, and The Gold Diggers of Broadway. She died in 1931 of cancer, at the age of 38.
Via Art Deco Blog
Tagged: 1920s, 1930s, actress, film, fingerwaves, follies, girl, Hair, hollywood, Lilyan Tashman, marcel, pincurls, silent, thirties, twenties, wave, ziegfeld
ULHS
Here are some of the cute outfits you might have seen over the weekend at the Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown 2009, in New Orleans.
Some are vintage like, some are not…But i liked them so i figured i should take pictures and share it with you guys.
I do need to work on my photograph skills 
Tagged: battle, competition, contest, costumes, event, fashion, festival, lindy hop, new orleans, swing dance, ULHS, ultimate lindy hop showdown
The Sartorialist Snaps a Retro Cutie
Snapped on the street, after the Louis Vuitton show in Paris by The Sartorialist.
Tagged: 1940s, a-line, belt, cinched waist, curled, dress, fashion, forties, Hair, sartorialist, skirt, street
Seamed Cuban Heel Stockings in German Glamour Magazine
From Glamour magazine, Germany, November 2005, via Dust Jacket Attic. Photograph by Neil Kirk, model Vlada Rolyakova, stylist Kai Magrander.
Tagged: 1930s, 1940s, cuban heel, forties, hosiery, pantihose, seamed, stockings, thirties, tights
Vintage Fashion Expo in Los Angeles
Vintage Fashion Expo
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
October 17th and 18th, 2009
Expo Hours Saturday 10:30-6 Sunday 11-5
Tickets are $10, or follow this link
to go to their coupon page and save $5.
Click on the banner to visit their website for more details.
They have an average of 90 vendors at the expo selling clothes, shoes, jewelry, patterns, purses…you name it! Here is a short list from the website:
Vintage Blue Moon
Luxe
Rare Finds
Sentiments By Katherine
Atelier Suzanne
Decades of Fashion
Papillon Antiques
Snappy Gabs
Mr. Toads
Lapin Vintage
Scout LA
Foxy Couture
Flaun’s Vintage Clothing
Barbara & Kent Grigg
Gail Gum Antiques
Hot Couture
A La Mode Vintage
Jean Langford
The Mad Hatters Tea Party
Re-Vamp Vintage
Vintage@1860-1960.com
Little Treasures
Vintage Apparel by Ardis
King Vintage
Connie Parente Accessories
Donnaland
Feather Vintage
Chris Enebo Antiques
Now ‘N’ Then
Marche aux Puces
BuyVintageClothing.com
Discover Yesterday
Bobbie Boutique
Two Sisters
Ellen’s Elegants
Vu
Vintage Vanities
Allyn Scura Eyewear
Meow
Cherry, Inc.
Edith’s Daughter
The Nostalgic Lady
The Bakelite Lady
Trappings of Time
Mercer International
Unforgettable
Time Slot Antiques
The Cat’s Meow
Woodland Farms Vintage
Frock You Vintage
The Paper Bag Princess
Timeless Vixen
The Other Shop
Raw Vintage
Retro Diva
Faultline Collectables
Honeymoon Antiques
TaTa Lane
Pamela Heiman Vintage
Eclectibles
Daddyo’s
Avenue Antiques
Charles Nero Art & Antiques
Paris Vintage
Bertz Antiques
Mermaid’s Haven
Licia Kuhn Antiques
G.S. Antiques LLC
Cathy Githens Antiques
Anna Newman Vintage
Dress
The Butlers Cottage
Red Headed Rachel
The Tie Merchant
Mary’s Exchange
Aubergine
Unbuttons
Soiree Vintage
Erzsebet Bathory
Bloomers
Ms. Matcher’s Matchless Jewelry
Kathy Judkins
Eva Linowski
Dena McCarthy
Octavia’s Scrapbook
Gail Pierson
LA Vintage Boudoir
Offerings
Cheetah Girl
Clever Vintage Clothing
Somewhere In Time
Juliana Goitein
Linda Goldberg
Kerry Holden
Mary Scates Antiques
I won’t be in town otherwise I would definitely be there. I went a few years ago and had such an amazing time…
Categories: Events & FestivalsTagged: Clothing, fair, fashion, Los Angeles, retro, vintage, Vintage Fashion Expo
Beautiful Besame Cosmetics
I’ve played with Besame Cosmetics, and I can say it’s a lovely brand of makeup, with a spot-on accurate palette of vintage colors. But mainly, it’s the gorgeous vintage-recreation packaging that I love. If I ever stop travelling and find myself with my own dressing table, this is what would be on it. In the photo above is Gabriela Hernandez, the founder of the company.
More: BesameCosmetics.com
Tagged: 1930s, 1940s, besame, Cosmetics, forties, Gabriela Hernandez, lipstick, red, retro, thirties, vintage
Jean Harlow – The Original Platinum Blonde
Jean Harlow was born Harlean Carpenter in Kansas City, Missouri in 1911. In her short life (she died at the age of 26), she became one of film history’s greatest icons, and the original blonde bombshell. She was the first movie actress to appear on the cover of Life magazine. In her 10 year acting career, she made 36 movies, including Howard Hughes Hell’s Angels (with her famous line, “Would you be shocked if I changed into something more comfortable?”), Platinum Blonde, Red Dust, The Secret Six, Wife vs. Secretary, Dinner at Eight, and Bombshell. To accompany her escalating career, in 1935 she legally changed her name to Jean Harlow, her mother’s maiden name. She was married three times, and was engaged to actor William Powell when she died of kidney failure (a result of the scarlet fever she had suffered as a child) in 1937. She is buried in the mausoleum in Forest Lawn Glendale, in Los Angeles.
Tagged: 1930s, actor, actress, blonde, hollywood, Jean Harlow, MGM, platinum, silver screen, starlet, thirties
Luisa Beccaria Spring 2010: Top Picks
For the most part, the majority of the pieces in the collection were fairly shapeless, which is a turnoff for me, but these four looks combined the Luisa Beccaria signature wallpaper florals and pretty pastels, with a feminine 1940s-50s shape, so I might imagine wearing them.
Tagged: blue, floral, Luisa Beccaria, Paris, pastel, pink, Ready to Wear, RTW, Spring 2010