Honored indeed to be picked a the best Retro Hairstyle Blog on Londons Channel4.com!Hear that, Nashville? Im ready to start styling country music stars now! ;-)
Hot Sticks are beginning to annoy me. Yes, its true. They still give a great authentic curl...I use the heck out of them. And that is the rub. Because the more I use them, the more limber they get. A...
When a friend of mine recently posted a lukewarm video review of the book now no longer in print called Vintage Face-I was thinking how great it would be to have a more successful book available, sim...
Another year done come and gone. Cant believe how fast this one flew! Anyway, I thought Id share a few of my favorite things this year, as a blog post. Its been a year of busy days and new discoverie...
So Scott H. Biram is returning to the Hitone Cafe on January 28th and I have a few words for Memphis Tennessee.Why is it that so few of you blues fans are showing up for his shows? Hes performed at t...
Hup, Two, Three, Four...!So here we are only four months away from The VLV Rockabilly Weekender and the Viva Fit Club Facebook Group is SWINGIN! 356 members and counting! So have you joined up yet? I...
No posts since the 18th of November? I have been far too busy and have sadly neglected my blog! I promise to try to post at least once a week from now on!I hope all of you are well!Ashley
Thats right. Katherine, the designer extraordinaire of Whirling Turban is sponsoring a giveaway in celebration our affiliation and the wonderful new updates in store for her site!ENTRY RULES: The pri...
What would Terry Malloy Say?
Its time again to pay homage to those brilliant businesses that keep the hair curling, here on Lisa Freemont Street!Im so excited by some of the new additions to the respective sites of my lovely spo...
Ihad an idea. Today I filmed a video called Barbarella Bodies, in which I lamented the fact that even though I have always been inspired by Jane Fondas physique in the 1968 film, I have really done l...
For this installment of the Whatcha Got Cookin? series, I chose to do my own family favorite recipe for the Aussie traditional dessert, Pavlova. I first learned this recipe on the food network but ta...
Ready to break some hearts? Heartbreaker Fashion has been helping gals do it for years! One of my favorite vintage inspired lines out there, Heartbreaker Fashion is the brain child of mother/daughter...
She might have been slightly overdressed for the Emmys. Looks like an Oscar dress to me. But... holy cow.
Time again to pay homage to those lovely companies that help keep Lisa Freemont Street on the map! Im proud to have as my sponsors those websites that put a little extra emphasis on beauty and form. ...
Directed by: James IvoryStarring: Julian Sands, Helena Bonham Carter, Maggie SmithA hopeless romantic since grade school, this movie is an inevitable choice as my favorite sweeping period romance. I ...
So perhaps youve heard the rumors...the ones that I spread myself. Lisa Freemont Street is joining forces with her very favorite online company for vintage reproduction clothing...Whirling Turban! Se...
This installment of The Dressing Room Series is dedicated to Queen of Heartz, an LA based clothing line created in 2001 by vintage enthusiast Letty Tennant. Queen of Heartz sets themselves apart thro...
Starring: Bette Davis, Ann Baxter, George Sanders Directed By: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Another of my top ten favorite films, All About Eve is the quintessential show business film. If you are a fan of s...
In an ardent desire to prevent damage to my hair, I have significantly cut down on the amount of heat I use in styling. Whenever I can, I let my hair dry naturally before setting it, and for curls-I ...
The first company Im featuring in my Dressing Room series on Youtube is Le Bomb Shop, an Ebay based company specializing in retro inspired dresses and separates.Le Bomb Shop offers clothing that rang...
I am so pleased to be trying my hand at viewer contributed family recipes on my Youtube Channel! The recipe for this weeks tutorial was offered by viewer Karen, who claims he Grandma Millers homemade...
As promised in my recent product review, Im hosting a giveaway for Fortune Cookie Soaps, absolutely the Cats Meow in whimsical, lusciously scented bath products. The prize will be four 25.00 Gift Cer...
A couple of weeks ago, I was visiting my mother and came across these fabulous prints which I felt you all might enjoy.My grandfather and mother were both fashion illustrators. My grandfather, Frank ...
To quote Jo:"My head feels deliciously light and cool!"
Gheesh. Where did Spring go? Summer has hit us with a full frontal assault, here in Tennessee. The heat has been bad but with the humidity, 90 degrees feels like an easy 120. All I wanna do is hit th...
This weeks tutorial featured my interpretation of Rocky and Bullwinkle baddie, Natasha Fatale. I decided to go for a look that would be wearable for some...not so much, for others. It is a tribute to...
So evidently, this is what happens when you apply Manic Panic Flaming over red hair with chunks of blonde. A month into it, I had already tired of the blonde steaks with their rapidly expanding roots...
I love Besame Cosmetics and everything it stands for. The above photo is such a lovely tribute to those beautiful cosmetic ads of the 1950s...I instantly want to purchase the product. Modern advertis...
Sixteen years done come and gone...where does the time go? Anyway, for this years wedding anniversary we got tickets to see one of my favorite bands, Social Distortion, at an excellent Nashville venu...
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