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Diary of a Vintage Girl
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Pinup model Fleur de Guerre's vintage style blog, packed with colourful photos, makeup and hair tips, shopping guides and much more.
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Sneaker Sunday

Yesterday, I wore a slightly excessive two outfits. Well one and a half, technically. There were good reasons for this, though. Comfort and creaseless driving was my essential outfit requirement for ...

13 h ago 1 person likes this

Creme de la crema

Just a bit of a heads up to yall... Im participating in a little project over the next few weeks with Lavazza coffee. The challenge is called Coffee, Set, Match, and its all in aid of Wimbledon, givi...

1 day ago

Hurry to Surrey

Dear all, or all who live in the Southern Home Counties... Come to Haslemere Classic Car Show today!  I go every year and judge the best dressed car & owner combo (not that classic cars can ...

1 day ago

Shooting pool

Last weekend (or was it the one before? Who knows!), the Vintage Mafia headed en masse to Tooting Bec lido for a very special photoshoot. It was for The Retro Festival, which is going to be the absol...

3 days ago

Fleur does the Flicks

I dont often get to go to the cinema, so it was quite unusual for me to go twice within two days recently. One of the trips was a rather special event, to which I was invited, along with the Vintage ...

5 days ago 1 person likes this

A Tuscan Adventure: Part Two

Hello, and welcome to the second part of my Italian Adventure, this time with more burning rubber and gleaming chrome! And wood! My outfit is a two-piece from Pinup Parade... gypsy chic! The second d...

17 may 12 2 people like this

Lido lady

Today, I went with the rest of the Vintage Mafia to shoot some photos for The Retro Festival, which, if youve noticed the rather large advert to the right there, is one of the latest and most excitin...

13 may 12

A Tuscan Adventure: Part One

Ciao! And happy Friday from an England that has suddenly gone all bright... not sure what is going on as its not something I can even remember. Its, like, warm and everything has gone all light, the ...

11 may 12 1 person likes this

Running vs Tweed

Bon-journo, as Del Boy would say! Yesterday was a game of two halves and no mistake. It began at 6am with a rude awakening, a bowl of lukewarm pre-prepared porridge and some mild stressing, all becau...

07 may 12 1 person likes this

iPhone Italy

Well hallo there! If you follow myself or Naomi on Twitter, over the last few days you might have seen us plastering the internets with photos of our trip to Tuscany. Despite the fact that I went and...

06 may 12

House proud

Just a quick thank you to one of my more recent sponsors, and a sometime writing client of mine too - the lovely company that is Vivien of Holloway.  Hopefully, summer is on its way, and for tho...

03 may 12 1 person likes this

Hall of Kings

For this months Kings Ginger expedition, I journeyed to the Far East, and the furthest corners of the Empire. Hackney, to be precise. The... er... Hackney Empire (dyou see what I did there?). To the ...

01 may 12 2 people like this

Identity Crisis

Hello from a sunny England! I was overwhelmed by the appearance of some sunshine after the biblical rain weve had for the last... well, it seems like years. So shocked was I, that I even got my pasty...

01 may 12 1 person likes this

Get Happy

Two years ago, I was pretty miserable. I was reminded (not that I had exactly forgotten) of this recently, when I was rooting out an old picture of me with a particular hairdo. I just look a bit, wel...

30 apr 12 1 person likes this

Poncho chic

Last week, I had the distinct honour of being invited to Future Cinemas much-hyped presentation of Bugsy Malone. The invite came through the fantabulous Bangs and a Bun (thanks Bangalang!) and she go...

20 apr 12

Hair today, gone tomorrow

Sorry for that rubbish pun title. But Ive had the chop! It was inspired by the mini shoot I did last week, for which I fashioned a faux bang for the first time in ages. My hair had reached that stage...

08 apr 12

Angel things

Last Monday was no ordinary day in the life of me. For one thing, I touched up a tree... No but seriously, I had some really exciting things to do. The first was to film a very important piece for a ...

02 apr 12

Gardening leave

First of the month and time for my eighth trip to obscure yet interesting places for The Kings Ginger. Ive been wanting to do this one for a while, and with the arrival of both some unseasonably love...

01 apr 12

Happy snaps

So the other day, I got an exciting text from Shona Heyday, telling me that the latest incarnation of our Fleur dresses had just been delivered. She had to remind what they actually looked like, sinc...

30 mar 12

Springham

A-well-hello! A straightforward outfit post for you today, with a few more on the way... Ive been slightly neglecting the fashion side of my blog recently. Consider that worked upon, beginning now. W...

27 mar 12

Play Time

Writing this here blog, I get invited to lots of things, most fabulous and others, not so much. I go to some, and turn down still more. But the occasional invite makes me do a little jig of joy, and ...

25 mar 12

Fast forward

Hello and welcome to another slightly rambly update on my life at the moment! To coin a cliché: what a difference a year makes. Yesterday afternoon, at about 4pm, I was walking along the seafront in ...

20 mar 12 1 person likes this

Legs Eleven

Well I had meant to post this on the 11th, but its now (lucky for some) the 13th. Always full of good intentions, me. Great minds in the vintage word often seem to think alike, Ive noticed. Probably ...

13 mar 12

Bit Bobs

Yoo hoo! I did plan to put this up yesterday, but the cretinous people at o2 Broadband ruined that plan. Id love to have a full day of internet connection at some point... but enough about that. Id l...

06 mar 12 1 person likes this

What a card!

Just nipping in with a little giveaway for you all. I was emailed a week or two ago by artist Twinkle Troughton with a really interesting little story about her Nanna Trudy, who moved to the UK in 19...

04 mar 12 1 person likes this

Tuxedo Row

Number seven in my series of gingery jaunts for The Kings Ginger, and I thought it was time to pay a visit to that most famous of Rows... Savile Row! Take it away, me!   Savile Row isnt a place ...

02 mar 12

Run, Walk, Party.

 Oooooooh, what a week its been since my last post! I honestly thought it had been a few days, so I was quite surprised to see it had been an entire seven. Lets have a quick recap of all the thi...

23 feb 12

Now taking BOOKings...

Always one for leaving things to nearly the very last minute, I think its about time I filled you all in on a very exciting thing, a very wonderful person, and a very fabulous event thats taking plac...

17 feb 12 1 person likes this

Beaus & Arrows

Not to jump on a topical bandwagon or anything, but its Valentines Day. Did you notice? I certainly did. As virtually the only single one left of all my friends, from school mates, to college buddies...

14 feb 12

Celluloid clobber

... as opposed to the rather boring Film Fashion. Writing posts about outfits I like in films I have watched is not something that I have ever done before, but I have often thought about it. I dont h...

13 feb 12 1 person likes this

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