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Apologies……

I could give you any number of reasons why, without warning, I stopped posting on my blog My hands fell off and I’ve been busy learning to type with my toes My cat ate my laptop I was abducted ...

16 feb 12 1 person likes this

Vintage Hollywood Scandals

Imagine growing up as the adopted daughter of the beautiful starlet Loretta Young. Then you find out you are not actually adopted and that Loretta was in fact your mother, that she had become pregnan...

05 dec 11 1 person likes this

Vintage Designer Vera Maxwell

Vera Maxwell. A massive name in the design world from the 40′s to the 70′s and now forgotten about. Her fashion mantra was designing clothing to be both fashionable and functional and in ...

23 nov 11 1 person likes this

Blog Event Spring/Summer shows 2012

Every now and again I participate in a group blogging event; this time I am joining Kristy Elena on her blog for The Sunglass Hut and the theme of the day is the 2012 S/S shows . I must confess, up u...

16 nov 11

Model History Sunny Harnett

Ah. foiled again. I had all these images found and saved upon the ol’laptop for my next post, only to discover that there is next to no information on my model of the week Ms. Sunny Harnett. Th...

15 nov 11 1 person likes this

Model History Lisa Fonssagrives

Not a name that really rolls off the old tongue, that’s for sure. Not that I can talk, my actual last name is Inveninato, but it doesn’t matter, because I’m not famous….yet. ...

08 nov 11 1 person likes this

Vintage Viewing

My new tv love. Pan Am. I know it’s been getting mixed reviews since it aired, but I watched the first 5 episodes online yesterday (call it, research, ah hem) and I’m hooked. I love the c...

01 nov 11 1 person likes this

Model History Carmen Dell’Orefice

Carmen Dell’Orefice. (with a name like that, she was bound to be famous) Born in New York in 1931, Carmen was discovered when she was 13 on a bus. (the glamour of it all) Her initial test sho...

26 oct 11 2 people like this

Model History Dovima

Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba, better known as Dovima, was one of top model names of the 1950′s. Some would debate she was the model of the 1950′s and not Suzy Parker. I still prefer Suz...

19 oct 11 1 person likes this

Model History Suzy Parker

Suzy Parker. THE model of the 1950′s, red hair, green eyes and at 5’10 was told she was too tall. (ha!) Dorian Leigh‘s younger sister, who was the first model to make 200 dollars an...

11 oct 11 1 person likes this

Viva Espana

I’m back. I’ve returned from the blissful care free life of sunshine, sangria, and eating tapas. Lots and lots of tapas. Tapas for breakfast, tapas for lunch, tapas for dinner. I can offi...

04 oct 11

Off to a nicer place

Im off to Spain for a few days… consequently I will not be posting anything on the blog until October. Try not to miss me too much. I will be off finally enjoying the sunshine that I am always ...

18 sep 11

Model History Dorian Leigh

I was watching Americas Next Top Model the other day (I love it) and a thought occurred to me. (what? it does happen occasionally) I am missing a crucial part to my vintage histories section! I̵...

15 sep 11 1 person likes this

Film Festival Fashion

Its raining. Again. WTF. Usually September weather is decent. So far it has been a big disappointment, much like that joke of a summer we just had. Worst one ever. Blah. Am I always moaning about the...

05 sep 11 3 people like this

Links a La Mode

Hello everyone and happy Friday! Last night while I was out enjoying just 1* glass of wine (eh hem) I saw in my emails that I had been selected for this weeks Independent Fashion Bloggers weekly roun...

02 sep 11 1 person likes this

Balmain Past and Present

Pierre Balmain was right along side Dior and Balenciaga in the 1940′s, bringing back the kind of lavish, luxurious clothing, women wanted after the war. He was the personal couturier to the Her...

29 aug 11

Its an 80′s dream

      Its Monday! Blah. Im not feeling the love for it today. I am however feeling the love for this 80′s dress. I love the fitted halter top with the rhinestone buttons and the ...

22 aug 11 1 person likes this

Its all about Burlesque

On Saturday, I went to Dublin to visit a very good friend of mine and she brought me to my first burlesque show. (Long overdue it was) The show was amazing, plenty of talented acts, lots of dancing ...

16 aug 11 1 person likes this

Lanvin through the Years

  It is no coincidence that the Lanvin logo features a mother and daughter together, as it was Jeanne Lanvin’s love for her daughter that inspired her to make clothing, resulting in one of...

09 aug 11 1 person likes this

Enchanted Vintage at the Races

  Oh, so another race week has come and gone and all the locals of Galway can breath a sigh of relief. Phew. Yes, of course it brings in a huge amount of people and creates a bit of a ‘buz...

03 aug 11 1 person likes this

Vintage Style in the AW collections

So, summer hasn’t even arrived and already Im thinking of the onset of Autumn. It is with out a doubt, my favorite time of year for shopping. The A/W shows so far have not disappointed. While ...

26 jul 11 1 person likes this

Vintage Hats for the Races

So, the Galway races are fast approaching and while I am not really a fan of gambling, I do love an excuse to get dolled up. (any excuse really. Im mad excited about my dress this year, but I wont te...

19 jul 11

FTF Blog Event Seaside Inspired

A few weeks ago I actually did a vintage inspired seaside shoot, and it is with hind site I realized I probably should have saved it for today, but, its done know and today instead Ive gathered toget...

13 jul 11 2 people like this

Not another grey sky

I feel like this dress is really more of a spring dress, than a summer dress. Not that it matters since the season we call summer is currently playing hard to get. Im so sick of looking at the washed...

08 jul 11 1 person likes this

Mildred Pierce part 2

Oh crap, its Thursday. Where does the time go anyway? This week has totally gotten away from me again and Im sorry! I’m afraid this will only be a quick post and my only one from this week as I...

30 jun 11

Jayne Mansfield The Other Blonde Bombshell

For some reason the image of Jayne Mansfield in my mind always consists of…… well, her blonde head and her rather enormous boobs. (How’s that for an opening sentence?) With seemingl...

23 jun 11 1 person likes this

Mildred Pierce

So I was at the vintage fair yesterday and of course, dum dum here, forgot to take her camera… didn’t i do that last year? I’ll never learn. Never fear though, I took a few iphone s...

20 jun 11

Women In Pants

While putting together my vintage look of the week post, I started thinking about how unacceptable it was back in the 1900′s for women to wear pants. The picture I referred to in the post, wher...

15 jun 11

Vintage Seaside

Its Monday and I have a post up to go along with it. Yup. Im feeling pretty darn pleased with myself. I WILL be organized this week. Oh yes, yes, I will. Ok then, now that the self affirmations are ...

13 jun 11 1 person likes this

Vintage Hairstyles

I am doing a WOEFUL job on keeping up with blogging and working. It was much easier before when I had a desk with computer in front of me all day. Yikes. I now know how hard it is for the majority o...

10 jun 11

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