Before anything else, I have to apologise for an omission in this post. For once again, the links that I so laboriously entered into each image have disappeared, and to re-enter them would mean looking up each blog all over again. And I just don’t have the strength. They are all captioned though, so [...]
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Personal Style, Manners, and Why I Wear Vintage
A good friend of mine became reluctantly involved in what developed into a rather nasty Twitter exchange with a Guardian journalist yesterday. Although none of it was directed at me and I had nothing to do with it, the conversation left me feeling rather sad and with a knot in my stomach. The first and [...]
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 60s Film Style: To Sir With Love (1967)
The movie To Sir With Love is as famous now for the title song by Lulu as for the film itself. I’d loved the song for many years, but didn’t see the film until several months ago. Even in 1967 the ‘teacher-inspiring-tough-kids’ theme in movies was hardly new, but it manages to avoid cliche, [...]
Aintree Ladies Day 2011: The Style Winners
Classic style Following on from yesterday’s post on not-to-my-personal-taste fashion at Aintree, here are some of the ladies who I thought looked very stylish indeed. The newspapers don’t seem as interested in photographing girls who don’t have boobs exploding out of their dresses or toppling over on their stripper heels, but I did still find [...]
60s Style Icon: Elsa Martinelli, Italian Model and Actress
As I continue tidying up my numerous files of saved pictures, I keep on finding little gems. There were a few of a beautiful 60s woman called Elsa Martinelli, so I looked her up and found she was an Italian model and actress in the 50s and 60s. There wasn’t a great deal about her [...]
Inspiration: Beautiful Bedrooms Part 2
‘Princess and the Pea’ inspired photograph by Tim Walker I’m back at work today but still dreaming of going back to sleep in a decadent bedroom. I think I have discovered that old murder mystery novels (accompanied by Earl Grey tea and Turkish delight) get me better much quicker than rosy-cheeked chirruping nuns. Thanks to (most!) [...]
Inspiration: Beautiful Bedrooms Part 1
Are we all happy it is Friday? Hurrah Furrah Turrah! Calloo Callay! Gimme a litre of G&T and put some Kylie on the stereo! Did you detect the note of false enthusiasm? In reality I am wholly grumpy and tired and desirous of breaking things. This is because: a) I am sick, again. Not with [...]
Tartan Outfit for a Scottish Burns Night Supper
For those of you who don’t know, Mr Dreadful is a Scotsman. This is obviously brilliant, because I get to learn lots of cool Scottish words (jobbie, teehee!), visit beautiful Scottish places, drink Irn Bru, eat haggis, listen to a sexy accent whenever I like and perv on men in kilts (phwoar). It does also mean [...]
Vintage Style and Retro Sales Picks: Clothes
80s cruise style sequin dress from French Connection, £86 from £230 We have had retro shoes and retro homewares, now for retro clothing (and after this I faithfully promise to stop enticing you with bargains). As with shoes, this is a good time to look out for quality labels that are usually out [...]
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
