Last weekend I visited the little village of Shere in Surrey, which has a reputation of being one of the most picturesque in the whole county. Well, I haven’t visited every village in Surrey so can’t compare, but I can certainly confirm its immense prettiness, and say it is one of the loveliest [...]
Tag Archives: 20s
Historical Sticker Dolly Dressing: 1920s Fashion
I know, I know. I’m too old for dolls. But I am utterly smitten with this sticker book from Usborne from their new series Historical Sticker Dolly Dressing. This one focuses on the 20s, and it a total delight. The book is filled with illustrations of pretty 1920s girls (each with their own [...]
Vintage Day Trip on the Orient Express
Several weeks ago I had the gob-smackingly good fortune to be invited out for a day on the Orient Express. This is something I never thought would happen in my lifetime, so I was in a total state of disbelief until actually setting foot on the train. I had made a huge effort [...]
London Vintage Hairdresser: Claire Hair
Hard on the heels of the vintage trip to York, I will be waking at a frighteningly early hour tomorrow morning to catch the Eurostar to Paris. I have a huge list of vintage stores and cafes to check out, and will be putting together a mega guide to Parisian Vintage once I come [...]
Vintage Furs at The Candlelight Club
Several weeks ago I went to The Candlelight Club with some fellow vintage lovers for our friend Gemma’s birthday. It was extraordinarily cold that night, so I rugged up as warm as I could in a vintage rabbit fur coat (which is available now in the store) and sheepskin hat. What is clever [...]
Vintage Film Style: The Boy Friend with Twiggy (1971)
The Boy Friend, directed by Ken Russell and starring famous 60s model Twiggy, is usually considered by critics to be right up there with The Great Gatsby as one of the most iconic 70s-does-20s period movies. Yet it isn’t nearly as well known, and until recently has been impossible to get on DVD. Luckily, the [...]
Vintage Australian Film Clips from the 1910s On
A roof top tea party at Middle Harbour in Sydney, 1927 My friend The Historian was doing some research on the Australian Screen website the other day, and got caught up in watching all the amazing videos they have available online. Knowing I am a sucker for anything old, she sent them on to [...]
London Theatre: Kelly Burke in ‘Zelda’
I usually either do a link round-up or shop update on a Friday, but I am going on holiday to Munich tomorrow and wanted to let you all know about this before I leave. I’ll be away for a week and am going to try and get some posts up and ready to go [...]
Around London: Soho’s Secret Tea Room
A few weekends ago I met up with some friends to test out the afternoon tea at relative newcomer to the London ‘tea scene’ Soho’s Secret Tea Room. I am a huge fan of afternoon tea, and although I like to treat myself to a splurge in a fancy hotel occasionally, budget dictates that [...]
Vintage Film Pick: The Open Road (1920s in Colour)
The pre-colour days of the 1920s are often best understood visually through modern films or colour illustrations. The usually blurry, monochrome photographs and films of that period are not very helpful for looking at details, and often it actually makes it even harder to imagine how things must have been compared to using imagination alone. I [...]
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
