Here I am at the Biba exhibition in Brighton yesterday, doing my very best Biba model pose. Yes, I know it isn’t very good, but it is my very best all the same. It wasn’t a very exciting day really. All we did was catch the train to Brighton to see the press
With Margaret Thatcher’s vintage suits selling for vast amounts at auction, Maggie-inspired photo shoots in Vogue, and Meryl Streep donning 80s gloss lipstick to play the Iron Lady, a wildly unlikely style icon has come into force. If you, too, want to lead the country, a 70s skirt suit (preferably British made) is
Yesterday, seven of Margaret Thatcher’s suits, worn while she was Minister for Education in the 1970s, were sold at Christie’s auction house in London. I’ve never been a fan of her helmet hair, but you have to admit, the woman can pull off a suit. In fact I would be extremely happy to wear any
This week in Penny Dreadful Vintage I’ve been a green-eyed monster – not with envy but with a load of green vintage dresses! For the next three weeks I’m concentrating on making the most out this summer by stocking the shop with colourful sun dresses. This week is green, and we have pink,
This is the outfit I wore to the vintage Jubilee party I wrote about last week. As you can see I have been practising my finger waves – I thought it would be difficult to master but actually they are quite simple once you have done them a few times. And it suits me down
When I went home to Australia for Christmas, one of the most exciting things was getting to meet Sarah from Misfits Vintage. By a happy chance one of the coastal places I had planned to visit with my family was right near where she lives, and we made plans to meet up. I made
I have been rather absent from the virtual world this week. With so much to do, so little time, and dramas including a site which had stolen all (all) my old blog posts, I have been getting increasingly stressed lately. Finally I exploded into tears on Monday night, and Mr D told firmly
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
It’s been a while since we had one of these posts, hasn’t it! Right now blogging has taken a back seat while I work on getting the shop up to speed; I hate leaving it but I only have so much time in each day and as it is it still never feels enough.
<a href=”http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/3121619/penny-dreadful-vintage?claim=jgquvfa2j9q”>Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> As you may have guessed, this outfit was not worn recently. Here in the UK we did have a mini heatwave at the end of September, but since then there has been a proper nip in the air. I wore this outfit several months ago on a trip to
1980s does 50s rockabilly dress 
1970s purple velvet dressing gown by St Michael 
1960s black cocktail dress with sequinned bodice 
1950s black evening bag with make-up compartment 
1970s Ossie Clark for Charnos ladder tights 
1930s tapestry bow and arrow clutch bag 
1950s blue check seersucker day dress 
Edwardian fabric belt with ornate buckle 
1930s lace trimmed collar and cuff set 
1980s black and gold harlequin cardigan