Little Red Hen illustrations by Andy Warhol from 1958
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 to completely wipe my new site of all content. Luckily my superhero developer had backed things up, but we still both lost a day and a half of work and I am still trying to replace things that were lost.
Despite all this I am set to have a great weekend, because first of all one of my brothers has come to live in London for a while (arriving only last night), and secondly it is my birthday tomorrow. I’m thrilled to have a family member living in my city and can’t wait to show him around London. We’ll naturally be starting with the sights and sounds of my local pub, in a combined birthday/welcome to London marathon.
Hope you all have top weekends, and enjoy your vintage reading!
1950s laminate patterns still available to buy today.
Watch an American in Paris at the BFI in London.
How to make a sifter for your vintage compact.
A pin curl and scarf hair video tutorial.
Kate’s fabulous bathroom cabinet make-over. I love the idea of putting old photographs inside.
Harris Tweed history and a video documentary.
Make your own rag doll Halloween costume.
Tips for neatly painting furniture.
How to cut your own Bettie Page bangs/fringe.
A history of 1950s super model Dovima.
Make your own plywood Halloween decorations.
A history of 1960s men’s boutique Lord John on Carnaby Street.
Make your own vintage masked portraits for Halloween.
How to wear a 50s style petticoat.
This video made me want to get a buddy for Elsa.
Recipe for pumpkin cookies. Nom.
90s fashions we all tried to wear.
Pictures of the Sherlock Holmes museum in London.
All about the Beatnik generation of the 50s and 60s.
The National Library of Australia’s photo archives are now on Flickr!
Organising your scarf storage.
A tutorial on horrifying ‘bloody’ nails for Halloween.
Review of Besame lipstick in Cherry Red.
These pictures of Ashley’s bedroom are just gorgeous.
A brief history of the anglepoise lamp.
Recipe for homemade peanut butter cups (especially good for us people outside the US who can’t buy them easily).
All about John Tullis, one fo the original designers for 50s dress label Horrockses.
How to create a mid-century living room.
Recipe for an amaretto ginger cocktail.
Retro Chick asks how we define vintage.
How to save an old nail polish.
1970s men's tartan platform shoes from FIDM Museum
Sally Jane Vintage
A collection of turbans at Advanced Style
The Nyanzi Report
Esme and the Laneway
Hummingbird Girls
I dreamed I was in my maidenform bra adverts
Tick Tock Vintage
Shona from Heyday#
Keiko Lynn
The Sartorialist
Vintage Virgin
Yesterday Girl
Q's Daydream Vintage
Orchid Grey
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
A Beautiful Mess
Kingdom of Style
The Girl with the Star Spangled Heart
Tuppence Ha'penny
Chronicles of an Eccentric
Style Pantry
Mousevox Vintage
The Citizen Rosebud
Atlantic Pacific
Union Jack shoes at Rock n Roll Bride
Fay Wary in the 30s at My Vintage Vogue
Sarah of Misfits Vintage only yesterday. I'm not ragingly jealous, oh no.
Erin O'Connor at Tales of Endearment
Retro Chick
Peony Lim at Street Style Aesthetic
Vintage Vixen
Clothes, Cameras and Coffee
Call Me Lucille
Vintage stocking packets at Tuppence Ha'penny
Pan Am pictures at Voices of East Anglia
Kendi Everyday
Screencaps from Little Shop of Horrors at The Frog's Eyebrows
The lovely Franca, who almost didn't post this because she has no make-up on. Doesn't she just look so fresh and pretty?
The Coveted
Pictures of the Tweed Run at From Me to You
The Styling Dutvhman
Donut at Fancy Fine. Awww.
Vintage Queenslander covers at The Cats and the Berries
Advanced Style
Hallie Daily
Johanna Ost
Vintage covers from Pan horror stories
Frassy
A Dandy in Aspic's gorgeous girlfriend
Girl About Town
Photos by Bill Klein, Petticoat, November 1974 at Vintage a Peel
Intrinsically Florrie
Stella's Wardrobe
My Happy Sewing Place
Old photos of North American settlers
1939 fashions from It'll Take the Snap Out of Your Garter
60s dresses at Oh So Lovely
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
Happy Birthday Margaret! Have a great day tomorrow, and enjoy being with your brother – it’s brilliant here’s here in London. Love the orange/halloween thing going on in the round up!
I am soooooooooooooo glad that you manage to post your weekly wonder, ahhhhhhhhhhhh I am so happy.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, dearest Penny.
I hope you have a lovely time with your brother living close to you.
I am following your new blog, yeahhhhhhhhhhh.
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Hi my dear!! Fabulous post as usual, all the ladies are looking positively radiant and stylish!! Happy Birthday wishes and have a great weekend too xxx
Thank you for another great round-up post, and of course HAPPY BIRTHDAY! xxx
A wonderful collection, as ever! I’ve wasted half my saturday on it… oh well, now to while away the evening down pub for a certain VIP (Vintage Important Person) birthday.
Happy Birthday!!!
Margarita,
Unhappy Birthday to you amorcito!
have fun celebrating with bro and lots of cake and drinks and don’t forget to make a special wish
Amar all these beautiful damas.
Oooooo…Vintage covers from Pan horror stories and maidenform adverts.
Thanks for including my gorry bloody nails post.
besotes
Hey, I’m looking for pictures of peeps wearing peplums…I bet your vintage crowd has lots of those! Please give them the alert! :-)
I’m way behind with my commenting, sorry!! I’ll copy and paste your new address into my sidebar so hopefully I won’t miss any more of your posts! A delicious round up with some of my favourite people in the world. Thanks for including me. xxx
Happy Birthday and great round up – always great inspiration – thank you
Ariane