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 [...]
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Vintage Tips, Tutorials and Links Round-Up
Happy Friday possums! I hope you have all had good weeks. Mine has mostly been spent listing new things in the store (just for a change), as well as trying to sort out all the paperwork that had built up in the weeks I have devoted to the website and nothing else. It might [...]
Vintage Tips, Tutorials and Links Round-Up
Happy Friday all! As you can see I’m still soldiering on with the Friday round-ups – I really want to crack this thing! I appear to have sorted out the captions and linking, but the sizing is still driving me a bit bananas (blogger was much easier). And for some reason nothing in the [...]
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
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. [...]
Vintage Tips, Tutorials and Links Round-Up
Robert McGinnis 60s cover art at How to be a Retronaut This week has been another of working away on the new website; it is now really coming together so I am very excited and can’t wait to show you all once it is ready to go. After all the travelling we did last [...]
A Belated Vintage Tips, Tutorials and Links Round-Up
International ‘Goldfinger’ soundtrack covers from How to be a Retronaut This round up should have come to you on Friday, as with all the wonders of modern travel I had planned to finish it on the train journey up to Scotland for a wedding this weekend. However the ‘wonders’ of modern travel turned 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
