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 [...]
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Christmas Gifts For People Who Have Everything
The problem of what to buy people who already seem to have everything they want comes up every year, so I am revisiting a gift guide I put together a few years ago. I have to say, I think these are great gifts for anyone – there comes a point for all of us [...]
Vintage and Antique Shopping in Tetbury
This past weekend I was in the little Cotswolds town of Tetbury for a wedding, and decided to spend the morning after the party exploring the town before catching our train back to London. What a lucky find – the town itself is typically pretty, with lots of old buildings built in honey-coloured [...]
Vintage Tips, Tutorials and Links Round-Up
A very quick intro from me this week as I am about to head into the kitchen to make chicken kiev for dinner. I’m also not feeling terribly chatty right now as I just finished watching Gallipoli and am feeling rather grim and glum. Tears were shed, oh yes. Of course it is a [...]
Vintage Tips, Tutorials and Links Round-Up
Happy Friday all! I don’t know about you, but as soon at the clock hits 6 I’ll be knocking back a G&T or ten. This has truly been a hell of a week. I have been working night and day photographing and measuring and getting winter items entered into the store. That has been [...]
Vintage Tips, Tutorials and Links Round-Up
This round-up is a day late possums, as I spent yesterday afternoon (my usual time for putting this together) going for a walk on Hampstead Heath and then having a pub lunch at The Spaniard’s Inn with my brother. I have been working so much on the website lately that I hadn’t really been [...]
Vintage Tips, Tutorials and Links Round-Up
Happy Friday everyone! Here is your usual round-up ofthe best vintage on the internet this week. I have been sporadic with my posting this week due to website dramas. As you know the launch had to be pushed back to Wednesday, then yesterday the useless hosting company I’m signed up with (*cougheasyspacecough*) managed [...]
Vintage Tips, Tutorials and Links Round-Up
> Men photographed in traditional pin-up poses. Hilarious, but it also makes you realise how concerning it is that this kind of cutesy pose became so identified with womens’ sexuality. I hope you have all had great weeks and are looking forward to the weekend. Mr D’s folks are down visiting from Scotland so we’ll [...]
Vintage Tips, Tutorials and Links Round-Up
Franca and Dave’s first dance at their wedding was to The Lovecats – isn’t that wonderful. Well I was hoping that I would have the new website ready to go today, but I haven’t done a single piece of work all week due to my rotten cold (other than making sure I still got blog [...]
Vintage Tips, Tutorials and Links Round-Up
> Autumn 1949 advert, Vintage Chic Hope you have all had great weeks, and enjoyed the oddly warm weather we’ve had in the UK the past few days. I’m still working away on the new website which is rather dull, but I am hoping it will be ready to go live this time next week. [...]
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
