Last night we all headed to The Candlelight Club to celebrate Gemma's belated birthday. The club night has grown into one of London's most popular nights out due to the appeal of dressing up in prohibition clobber and getting drunk on cocktails whilst pretending you know how to Charleston. It isn't attended by a large vintage crowd, as it tends to be popular amongst those who like to dabble in dressing up, although it is always fun and the music is great.
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| Its is almost impossible to get a picture of the 6 of us, where we are all looking at the camera, with all of our eyes open! |
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| Naomi channelling the 20s via the 60s |
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| I wore the most stunning dress, circa 1950. I love a peplum! |
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| Lisa, Bethan, Naomi, Lena, Fleur, Me, Margaret and Gem |
I love my girls!
Photos by Hanson Leatherby
You all look lovely, and I do love me some peplum too :)
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It must be so wonderful to be able to share so many interests with such a beautiful group of girls. You all look just stunning!
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WOW...just the best dressed group of gals I've seen!!!
ReplyDeleteYou girls look so cute together and it sure looks like tons of fun! I wish I lived on your side of the world.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fun night out and of course you all look fabulous!
ReplyDeleteAll of your dresses are fabulous indeed! This looks an amazing night, I've not been myself but will keep an eye out for it in future.
ReplyDeleteWhat delish frocks, ladies, love the embroidery and the hairdos. Please come and open said club and set up a beauty parlour near me!!
ReplyDeleteYou all look a treat!
ReplyDeleteyou do still have your original eyebrows, do you not...? I know you have a "signature look" but it would be refreshing to see them once in a while...that near-vertical arch can simulate an expression of displeasure, if viewed from several angles...I'm pretty certain that isn't your intent! I frequently wear my brows in a high arch, too, but we must be careful to appear en vogue rather than theatrical...right...? Otherwise lovely!
ReplyDeleteThe high arch on my brow is natural, I simply draw over it and darken it with an eyebrow pencil. I can assure you that I smile enough in real life for those around me to know I am not displeased...
ReplyDeleteMaybe Jeni likes her eyebrows just as they are? They practically have their own fanpage on facebook. Who cares about appearing en vogue rather than theatrical? What ever floats her boat is just fine!
ReplyDeleteUmmm, they are her eyebrows, after all. To my mind there are better things than being en vogue, which is merely following the herd, tedious.
ReplyDeleteThank you ladies for the eyebrow support ;-)
ReplyDeleteI think the way we all dress is precisely the opposite of what is 'en vogue'. Our clothes are theatrical, why should eyebrows be different? I don't think Jeni's are, though. I can vouch for the fact they a: follow her natural brows exactly and b: do not make her look displeased.
ReplyDeleteIt would be refreshing if people on the internet didn't feel the need to pass rude and superior-sounding criticisms on other peoples' appearance. Or maybe that wasn't your intent, but perhaps consider how things sound when typed next time.
Well thank you all for the attention!
ReplyDeleteJen, I did not mean to be grandstanding here in your blog space - just writing a comment.
Ms. Fleur, I'll address you first, as you seem to have taken it upon yourself to speak on behalf of many. I do not consider your (this is the plural you as in "you all") clothing to be "theatrical" in the least,as your clothing is not a costume. These are the garments you wear on a daily basis. I might find that term, "theatrical", disrespectful if I were to still be dressing mostly in vintage and retro attire, but if you enjoy looking like a caricature rather than an actual woman, that's your choice, Fleur. You go right ahead and play dress-up with your costumes, while the rest of us sport our vintage attire.
As far as the "natural brow" in question:
http://jennyjenny-yesterdaygirl.blogspot.com/2012/02/pretty-little-things-bow-and-crossbones.html
Jeni, if your eyebrows extend to the inner facet of your nose, please forgive me, I did not mean to be cruel. Although I see in the (very lovely) photo at the header of your blog that your eyebrows have a much different, subtle shape. Perhaps you plucked them for that pohoto?
Or perhaps you chose not to draw the arches quite so high that particular day...hmm...?
I know you're a happy (and, hello? stunning! you're in catalogues! a book! "style me vintage", am I correct?) girl...but, sorry, your eyebrows from this post belong on a dominatrix. *haha! sry! Now I'm sure you're a good sport and can tell that is not a malicious statement!
Now everyone else please get over yourself, learn to take a less-than-positive comment with a grain of salt (Jeni, you handled this very gracefully. Your 'supporters' should take a lesson from you.) and realize that the internet is made up of many varying sorts of people, who may have different opinions from day to day, and who may actually express them in a manner that differs from what you, the blogger, are accustomed to...Oh, lovely, oh, pretty...so sweet...I love it...how nice...predictable questions with easy answers...
And if someone should dare to say something that goes against the grain, you can count on your other regulars (yes, I read your blog on the regular, along with Lisa's, when she has time to update. Fleur, I used to read yours, but you're too into yourself and your own social status, and I quickly tired of your tedious writing style) to come to your defense...
I've commented "nicely" many times and nobody's ever said sh!t to me ~ this really makes me laugh ~ a few slightly "off" words from me and here come the flaming pitchforks! *hahaha
have a great day Jeni ~ do whatever the f^%k you want with your dam eyebrows!! Shave em off and draw them on with a sharpie! get tattoos! Bleach! You're young and free....
<3
I have one thing to say to this...
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I think I just wet myself laughing
ReplyDelete'your eyebrows from this post belong on a dominatrix. *haha! sry'
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of a crazy lady comment is that?!
Actually Fleur and Jeni are both in that book, both looking gorgeous. As they always do. Looking just as they want to.
I wet myself laughing as well! And Jenny, as I said on twitter: your eyebrows are stunning! Whole you are stunning as well.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely evening! <3
What a nasty, pathetic dose of spite and bile from a person who thinks they can be foul because they are at a distance, typical. And, oh, the irony of accusing others of being too into themselves. An attention seeker par excellence I think.
ReplyDeleteAh. Fleur, it appears I have stunned you into silence, as you have chosen to direct us to an irrelevant clip of video rather than reply to me. (A rebuttal was not necessary! *hahaha)
Delete"open ID", I'm happy to have amused you, and yes, FYI, I am a "crazy lady" - certified. Bipolar II. You must be psychic, you get a gold star! Now, perhaps you can concentrate on developing enough confidence to reveal your OWN screen name when commenting, as the rest of us do.
There must be a lack of urologists in the U.K. as you all seem to have incontinence trouble, pissing your panties right and left. Why say that online? *haha! "That was hillarious", I find, is a much more suitable expression! or just, "how funny!" but diversity is the spice of life, and you Brits do give us a giggle with your quaint, albeit blunt, claim of having "wet yourselves". Say what you will, but that is a distasteful image for many of us others. As a testament to the high degree of my humor, though, I must thank you all!
Lastly, dear Lolly, "a nasty, pathetic dose of spite and bile...typical. Well. I know you are, but what am I?
Must be jelly cause jam can't seem to
shut
her
hole.
Now.
I think we've taken up enough of Jenny Yesterday's blog comment section with this discussion, don't you? Of course, any of you are welcome to visit MY blog...oh wait, you need to be invited, so, no, some of you aren't.
Please do remember that Jenny (or is it with an "i"? sorry Jen) had the option of deleting my comment at once, if it angered or offended her, so the spectacle of the bunch of you racing to ingratiate yourselves with her because of ONE opinion (mine) has really been very interesting. Thanks so much for engaging me!
See you around!
(and if any one of you insists on "replying" to this, you really need to let it go, mmmmkay?)
Whats wrong with her eyebrows? Mine are the same. I didn't realise personal preference of eyebrow shape concerned other people. Why should people leave their eyebrow natural if they don't want to.
DeleteThe comment 'Well. I know you are, but what am I?
Must be jelly cause jam can't seem to
shut
her
hole.' was just hilarious. I havn't seen or heard people talk like that since school. Long live fake eyebrows, thats what I say.
I think what makes this sad is the fact that a lot of people come together (from across the internet in many cases) and meet for their love of all things vintage, because not a lot of people in their real lives share that interest. What I love about groups like the Vintage Mafia is that they're trying to bring this to reality, to make it more commonplace. I may not know Jeni or Fleur, but when I see tripe like this, it makes my blood boil.
ReplyDeletePeople like you are shunning this sense of being together- the supportiveness and the appreciation that I see when I read Jeni or Fleur's blog (to name but a few) cracks when you make vile comments like the one above. I was always told when I was young "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it", and I think a lot of people stand by this rule. It's a shame there are a few stragglers.
It seems to me that you are simply vying for attention, and by going on a popular blog such as this to make unnecessary rude remarks, you have definitely got it. But, in doing so, you've proven that you don't even have enough of an argument to be able to continue in a civilised discussion. The jelly comment? By stooping that low you've proven yourself to be nothing but a little child, and now, thanks to what you've said, that's what everyone who reads this blog thinks you are.
You look stunning in that dress!
ReplyDeleteExcuse me, but EVERYBODY looks smashing! Even Fleur's hamming. I love the Vintage Mafia. I always go to Fleur's blog and here at YESTERDAY'S GIRL. I am so much a fan. We can't get things like this, let alone in plus sizes, here in California in the USA. I will always read and view the pictures. You ladies and gents, I salute you!
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