  For many years I have longed for a proper 60s teak sideboard, but living in a tiny London flat meant it was filed firmly in the ‘dreams for one day’ mental folder. Then at the end of last year Mr D and I moved to a bigger apartment, and one of the first [...]
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Drag Queen Detox Wears Vintage Mugler from PDV
One of the things I enjoy about selling vintage is posting parcels all around the world and imagining how they will be worn by their new owners. Most of the time all I can do is imagine, but recently I was very lucky to get a full view of how one of my [...]
Style Icon Deanna Durbin 1921-2013
Deanna Durbin, star of the silver screen in the 30s and 40s, passed away last week at the grand old age of 91. It seems lately that every time a famous actress from times past dies, people say ‘she was the last of the great stars’ or some similar line. I personally don’t think [...]
Tretchikoff’s real Chinese Girl
Vladimir Tretchikoff’s Chinese Girl portrait is one of the most popular and iconic images of the 50s, and still holds pride of place in vintage homes all over the world. The BBC this week interviewed Monika Pon-su-san, the original sitter for the portrait. I thought what she had to say about Tretchikoff and what she thought [...]
Watts Gallery and Chapel near Guildford
My goodness, hasn’t it been a long time since I’ve written anything to you all! Quite simply, I started a new job two months ago, and with the extra energy it always takes to settle into a new position I just didn’t have the willpower to blog when I got home in the [...]
Ancient Fashion and Beauty at the Petrie Museum of Egyptology
A few weeks ago my brother came to visit, and we decided to use his time in London to check out some of the smaller museums around town. I had long been interested in visiting The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archeoloogy, so we moseyed on down to Bloomsbury to take a look. Apologies [...]
Vintage Outfit: 50s Style Heyday Coat
Several weeks ago I visited Watts Gallery in Surrey (which will appear soon in another post). It was a very cold, damp and foggy day, so the perfect weather to show off my new coat from Heyday. I was super lucky to nab one of these coats, as they were made in a [...]
Guide for a Single Valentine’s Day
Each year on Valentine’s Day, the number of couples going out for a nice meal together or giving each other cards is almost outweighed by the number of singles who take the day as a personal affront to their un-coupled state. It is rather a shame that what is really quite a silly holiday [...]
Experience Casablanca at Rick’s Cafe with Future Cinema
“Play it again, Sam.” One of the most famous lines in one of the best loved movies in cinema history. Only, it isn’t actually what Ingrid Bergman’s character Ilsa says – which is instead “Play it, Sam. Play ‘As Time Goes By’.” This classic scene takes place in Rick’s Café Américain during 1941. Wouldn’t you [...]
Giveaway! Win Tickets to the Retrospective Catwalk Show
This weekend, Bourne & Hollingsworth are presenting Retrospective, a retro catwalk show tied in with London Fashion Week, which will reflect how vintage styles have influenced the predicted design trends of 2013. The show will include past fashions from the 20s to the 80s (though I am told there is a heavy emphasis on the 70s, in [...]
1960s polka dot mod dress by Berketex
1970s green and red tartan knit jumper dress
1960s black and white check blanket dress
1970s floral print hippy smock dress by Emanuelle
