Image from icanhascheezburger.com Back to getting excited about Christmas! Before I get stuck in I want to say thank you for all your comments recently. It has been busy at my day job so I haven’t had a chance to reply to each one as I’d like to, but I love reading them and have been trying to [...]
Vintage Tea Party Pictures
As I mentioned in Sunday’s post, I had some friends over for a vintage afternoon tea on Saturday. It was really just a chance to catch up over mulled wine (served in vintage tea cups) and mince pies, but naturally I also dragged out all my vintage for people to have fun trying on. [...]
Retro Christmas Gift Guide Part 1
I found so many great stores that do retro gifts that I am going to have to split this post into two. For all of you who have said I’m making you feel guilty for not buying presents yet – don’t worry, I haven’t done anything either! But I have had lots of fun [...]
Outfit for a Vintage Tea Party: Leopard Print and Kimono
I had some friends over for mulled wine and a rummage through my vintage stockpile on Saturday. As you can see by the end I couldn’t resist having a dress-up myself. I bought this crazy oversized leopard print kaftan in cheapo polyester on ebay recently; it is simultaneously hideous and brilliant. Someone suggested it [...]
Christmas Gifts For People Who Have Everything
In the comments yesterday Mrs Exeter specifically asked for help on gifts for people who have everything, so I put my thinking cap on and have come up with a range of options. I have to say, I think these are great gifts for anyone – there comes a point for all of us when you simply don’t [...]
Book Lovers Christmas: Literary Gift Company
I haven’t bought anything from this shop before, but it comes highly recommended as Mr Dreadful uses it an awful lot to buy presents for me (and I can confirm they have all been winners). The Literary Gift Company has an incredible selection of gifts for book lovers, they do international shipping, and if [...]
Online Christmas Shopping: Urban Outfitters + Code
**Bunny lamp update: Father Dreadful sent a special email to tell me that he entirely agrees with Mr D in thinking the bunny lamp is vile. So it is obviously a girl thing, and I am going to have to sort this one out by myself. I wasn’t going to post about this store until later in [...]
Quirky Christmas Shopping Guide: Rockett St George
It is now the end of November, and the time when we can officially start talking about Christmas. More specifically *insert voice of doom* Chriiiiistmaaaaaas shooooppppping. Here is the thing: I love buying presents for people. But I hate Christmas shopping. I’m sure you understand. I hate the crowds, the overheated stores, the incessant [...]
Fashion and Beauty Q&A
I’ve been tagged to answer some bloggy/fashiony/beauty-y questions by The Taxonomy of My Wardrobe. No need for a long introduction, let’s just dive straight in! 1. Why did you create the blog? I noticed that lots of the blogs I followed also had online stores, so when I decided to start selling vintage myself I thought it [...]
Dress Identity: Able Grable Dream Girl 1932
For those of you lusting after Fleur’s gorgeous dress in the last post, I just randomly came across it while browsing the Able Grable site looking at dresses I don’t need and can’t afford. The design is called Dream Girl 1932, can be made in any colour satin (or fabric of your own choosing) and [...]
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
