To be honest this isn’t technically a new purchase as Mr Dreadful has owned this original Smiths poster for many years. But we finally took a deep collective breath and forked out the dosh to get it framed - quite a wodge of cash due to the humongous size. We had a mission carrying it home (I kept expecting one of those comedy film moments to happen, [...]
Edwardian Style: Giovanni Boldini Portraits
I hadn’t heard of the artist Giovanni Boldini before writing about the fairytale Paris apartment a few weeks ago. When I saw his paintings, I thought they were so beautiful that they were well worth a post by themselves. Boldini was very much a celebrity painter of his time; in those days it was less Andy Warhol [...]
Outfit: Zebra Print Jaeger Dress
This is what happens when you try taking photos in new places. I thought the lighting would be better at the end of the hall, and that people were probably sick of my mantelpiece. But everything went a weird colour and I looked like I had bathed in fake tan. So next time it [...]
Quote of the Day: Jean-Paul Gaultier
Dita von Teese in Jean Paul Gaultier and a marvellous turban I was reading last weeks Sunday Times Style magazine when I came across this quote from Jean-Paul Gaultier, which I had to share. Q: I’m having a midlife fashion crisis. I’m not ready to fade into the background, but I don’t want to [...]
Vintage Fashion Bloggers Gone Wild
Photo of moi pinched from Natasha Bailie Here are a few photos of vintage and fashion bloggers from the Hendrick’s brunch. I got a bit snap-happy, but still managed to miss getting shots of Sarah from EssBeeVee, Katie from London Plinth, Sarah of The Enchanted Hunters, Coralie for Cherie City and Tea Time in Wonderland, [...]
Curious Cocktails and Cupcakes: A Fable
About a month ago, Hendrick’s Gin put the word out that they would be holding a bloggers brunch for London Cocktail Week in October. Ever cool, I (metaphorically) hurled myself at them screaming ‘ME ME ME! I WANT TO COME! I’LL GO! I LIVE IN LONDON! PUT MY NAME DOWN! MEEEEEE! And so on Wednesday, I found [...]
Never Let Me Go: The Book, The Film, The Clothes
One of the best books I have read this year is Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. I didn’t expect to like it; I bought it because it had won some fancy prizes, and I therefore thought it was one of those books I ‘should’ read. So a few months ago, with a mental grimace, I [...]
Pimp My Shop: A Few Recent Store Additions
inage store london online vintage 60s 70s 50s 40s 80s suit skirt dress uk 1980s Versace Jeans acid green mini skirt suit M $105 USD I’ve been having trouble carving out the time to add things to the shop, but thought I’d show off some recent Penny Dreadful Vintage listings. Will be sorry to see [...]
RIP Dame Joan Sutherland, Operatic Icon
Yesterday Dame Joan Sutherland, one of the brightest shining stars of 20th century opera, passed away. I was lucky enough to be attending Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House last night, where the performance was dedicated in her honour. Dame Joan performed the role of Gilda in Rigoletto on that very same stage in 1957, so it [...]
Outfit: Leopards and Leopard Print
This is what I wore a few Saturdays ago for a walk around Hampstead, another cholesterol-busting tea and cake session at Louis Patisserie, and a rifle through the dusty second-hand book store on Flask Walk (limiting myself to a colourful 60s copy of Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell). I have had this skirt for many years and it [...]
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
