tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21840827028878999562024-03-13T13:45:17.746+00:00YESTERDAY GIRLVintage life & styleYesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.comBlogger533125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-61370350923370825362015-08-29T22:23:00.000+01:002015-08-29T22:23:02.756+01:00I've Moved!<h2>
<span style="font-size: small;">I've finally made the move to a more grown up blog. You can find it here</span> <a href="http://www.yesterdaygirlblog.com/">www.yesterdaygirlblog.com</a></h2>
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<br />Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-4954798066572182922015-08-26T20:25:00.003+01:002015-08-29T20:24:56.717+01:00Summer Tales Part 2 - The Wild WestThe next part of our journey was very exciting! We were heading to Lee Vining, a little town situated next to Mono Lake, just North of Yosemite. We had a long drive ahead of us that we hoped to do in one day, and on the way we wanted to stop at Lake Tahoe. The drive was supposed to look something like this:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FyM6MtBq6f4/Vd26xUH5O1I/AAAAAAAAF_E/_LDk3Qe-kDY/s1600/Capture.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FyM6MtBq6f4/Vd26xUH5O1I/AAAAAAAAF_E/_LDk3Qe-kDY/s400/Capture.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>However, unfortunately as we were headed towards Lake Tahoe, we ended up driving towards a road block and got very close to some very large forest fires. We heard on the radio that they had been raging for a few days and covered a huge area, something like 17,000 acres. We were redirected and lost a bit of time; we had planned to visit the ghost town, Bodie later that afternoon but didn't have time.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BklI5iIAy-0/Vd4MQrmlS6I/AAAAAAAAGAA/YNO4p9SJnIg/s1600/L1001513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BklI5iIAy-0/Vd4MQrmlS6I/AAAAAAAAGAA/YNO4p9SJnIg/s400/L1001513.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We did see Lake Tahoe in the distance, but that's as close as we got....</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-03pXlgzkMHY/Vd4MRTT8nyI/AAAAAAAAF_s/UeUpTGWCw38/s1600/L1001527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-03pXlgzkMHY/Vd4MRTT8nyI/AAAAAAAAF_s/UeUpTGWCw38/s400/L1001527.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />We did however have time to stop for a bit of vintage shopping. We crossed over the State line into Nevada just after we were redirected, and ended up stopping in a town as we passed by a huge antique mall. Well, getting out of the car at this point was the first time we felt the full effect of the heat, and boy was it hot?!! The lady in the antique mall said that it was unusually hot for the time of year and that they were having a heat wave. When we had been out towards the coast it hat been warm, but not particularly hot, and even quite chilly in the evenings. But here it was almost 30 degrees hotter, which is a very strange feeling when you've just driven for a few hours in a car, in the same country! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gx-Gi5BjtxU/Vd4MQ9QoFpI/AAAAAAAAF_o/-hGhdvohhuA/s1600/L1001511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gx-Gi5BjtxU/Vd4MQ9QoFpI/AAAAAAAAF_o/-hGhdvohhuA/s400/L1001511.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MKadeAKsxL0/Vd4MR4s1PsI/AAAAAAAAGAE/2vVo4ACvGTU/s1600/L1001533.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MKadeAKsxL0/Vd4MR4s1PsI/AAAAAAAAGAE/2vVo4ACvGTU/s400/L1001533.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Huge ANTIQUES sign. Yes please!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aO9y3eIJ64g/Vd4M9P-KxEI/AAAAAAAAGAM/6q4-a2QYpaU/s1600/L1001534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aO9y3eIJ64g/Vd4M9P-KxEI/AAAAAAAAGAM/6q4-a2QYpaU/s400/L1001534.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We picked up a few goodies including a lovely 40s blouse with 'Willows Hotel' embroidered on the back, a California charm bracelet, some 40s Sailor pants and a bunch of vintage photos, including some of an actor dressed as Superman, and Clark Kent!<br /><br />We hopped back into the amazingly air- conditioned Dodge and headed to Lee Vining. What a picturesque little town greeted us! We were delighted with our digs for the night, The Yosemite Gateway Motel which overlooked Mono Lake, we even had a friendly cat that kept coming into our room and purring outside the door. We ate at the local grill and had the best night sleep after our journey!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OX6RahtoyFU/Vd4NI4WoZRI/AAAAAAAAGAU/0PZ6qfT-qjA/s1600/L1001555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OX6RahtoyFU/Vd4NI4WoZRI/AAAAAAAAGAU/0PZ6qfT-qjA/s400/L1001555.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skipping through Lee Vining in my Willows Hotel blouse</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The next morning after a stack of pancakes at Nicely's Restaurant, we drove back to Bodie, because we didn't want to miss it. We knew we had a long drive ahead of us again, but we would have regretted it totally if we had skipped it. We gave ourselves just over an hour to look around, but it was so worth it!!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7g2GKYbaT6E/Vd4NLDKu3GI/AAAAAAAAGBA/9S39yYYCGNM/s1600/L1001576.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7g2GKYbaT6E/Vd4NLDKu3GI/AAAAAAAAGBA/9S39yYYCGNM/s640/L1001576.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast. What the hell is that white stuff? Certainly isn't butter as I know it!! First I thought it was ice cream and got a nasty shock</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mKc4XcuHT4Q/Vd4NJek58XI/AAAAAAAAGAY/TtBwtrZxHn8/s1600/L1001580.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mKc4XcuHT4Q/Vd4NJek58XI/AAAAAAAAGAY/TtBwtrZxHn8/s400/L1001580.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View behind the hotel of lake Mono </td></tr></tbody></table><br />Hanson took photos around Bodie on his Hasselblad, and they are such beautiful images:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8nD-NbFdl1s/Vd4NLgbKxPI/AAAAAAAAGBc/q_VB1kck8_I/s1600/Roll4ColMFScan-150714-0010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8nD-NbFdl1s/Vd4NLgbKxPI/AAAAAAAAGBc/q_VB1kck8_I/s400/Roll4ColMFScan-150714-0010.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2Zlblj6QGo/Vd4NM9ek2OI/AAAAAAAAGBY/37--41dwvQc/s1600/wedmfcol3bScan-150709-0006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2Zlblj6QGo/Vd4NM9ek2OI/AAAAAAAAGBY/37--41dwvQc/s400/wedmfcol3bScan-150709-0006.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Bodie is was a gold prospecting town that had its heyday in around 1880 when there were up to 7,000 residents living in 2,000 properties, but by 1910 this had dropped to 698 residents. Most people had followed the boom to other prosperous mining towns. Even though people still lived there, it was first labelled as a ghost town in 1915, and by 1920 there were just 120 recorded residents. In 1932 a fire destroyed much of the downtown district, and by 1943 there were just 3 people left in Bodie, including the caretaker. Bodie is a real Wild West ghost town, and you can read about tales, of murder, gambling and prostitution. One young girl famously wrote in her diary 'Goodbye God, we are going to Bodie'<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vc6rYKcNFRc/Vd4NMBrjVKI/AAAAAAAAGBM/RSigBphVdw8/s1600/wedmfcol3Scan-150709-0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vc6rYKcNFRc/Vd4NMBrjVKI/AAAAAAAAGBM/RSigBphVdw8/s400/wedmfcol3Scan-150709-0001.jpg" width="396" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WC9PaXC0VQc/Vd4NMj3-2vI/AAAAAAAAGBQ/JLgWA10TfB4/s1600/wedmfcol3Scan-150709-0002%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WC9PaXC0VQc/Vd4NMj3-2vI/AAAAAAAAGBQ/JLgWA10TfB4/s400/wedmfcol3Scan-150709-0002%2B2.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VpG5kX6wx2Q/Vd4NLOb2VxI/AAAAAAAAGBg/Sf_HCi8JIvE/s1600/Roll4ColMFScan-150714-0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VpG5kX6wx2Q/Vd4NLOb2VxI/AAAAAAAAGBg/Sf_HCi8JIvE/s400/Roll4ColMFScan-150714-0002.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Byx9De8yyus/Vd4OwmXAx6I/AAAAAAAAGBo/qKP5LvmTO54/s1600/35mmcraw1Scan-150714-0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Byx9De8yyus/Vd4OwmXAx6I/AAAAAAAAGBo/qKP5LvmTO54/s400/35mmcraw1Scan-150714-0001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_BhUXkb55hM/Vd4Ow3Z3vHI/AAAAAAAAGBs/fJ0tngPyKOo/s1600/35mmcrl1Scan-150712-0019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_BhUXkb55hM/Vd4Ow3Z3vHI/AAAAAAAAGBs/fJ0tngPyKOo/s400/35mmcrl1Scan-150712-0019.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t0jvfvITd8Y/Vd4O0M3ySfI/AAAAAAAAGB8/Id4DH6pkGDA/s1600/wedmfcol3Scan-150709-0002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t0jvfvITd8Y/Vd4O0M3ySfI/AAAAAAAAGB8/Id4DH6pkGDA/s400/wedmfcol3Scan-150709-0002.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><br /><br />Oh yes, worth mentioning because it's funny - there is a 3 mile gravel track that leads you into Bodie, and all along the road these tiny creatures kept flinging themselves in front of the car, or scurrying across at speed forcing us to slam on the brakes! I'm still not entirely sure what they were, possibly chipmunks? But they were very cute, and obviously had some kind of death wish!<br /><br />Next stop - Death Valley!<br /><br />Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-67791178695743314732015-08-26T20:25:00.002+01:002015-08-29T20:27:18.238+01:00Summer Tales Part 2 - The Wild WestThe next part of our journey was very exciting! We were heading to Lee Vining, a little town situated next to Mono Lake, just North of Yosemite. We had a long drive ahead of us that we hoped to do in one day, and on the way we wanted to stop at Lake Tahoe. The drive was supposed to look something like this:<br />
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However, unfortunately as we were headed towards Lake Tahoe, we ended up driving towards a road block and got very close to some very large forest fires. We heard on the radio that they had been raging for a few days and covered a huge area, something like 17,000 acres. We were redirected and lost a bit of time; we had planned to visit the ghost town, Bodie later that afternoon but didn't have time.<br />
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We did however have time to stop for a bit of vintage shopping. We crossed over the State line into Nevada just after we were redirected, and ended up stopping in a town as we passed by a huge antique mall. Well, getting out of the car at this point was the first time we felt the full effect of the heat, and boy was it hot?!! The lady in the antique mall said that it was unusually hot for the time of year and that they were having a heat wave. When we had been out towards the coast it hat been warm, but not particularly hot, and even quite chilly in the evenings. But here it was almost 30 degrees hotter, which is a very strange feeling when you've just driven for a few hours in a car, in the same country! <br />
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We picked up a few goodies including a lovely 40s blouse with 'Willows Hotel' embroidered on the back, a California charm bracelet, some 40s Sailor pants and a bunch of vintage photos, including some of an actor dressed as Superman, and Clark Kent!<br />
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We hopped back into the amazingly air- conditioned Dodge and headed to Lee Vining. What a picturesque little town greeted us! We were delighted with our digs for the night, The Yosemite Gateway Motel which overlooked Mono Lake, we even had a friendly cat that kept coming into our room and purring outside the door. We ate at the local grill and had the best night sleep after our journey!<br />
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The next morning after a stack of pancakes at Nicely's Restaurant, we drove back to Bodie, because we didn't want to miss it. We knew we had a long drive ahead of us again, but we would have regretted it totally if we had skipped it. We gave ourselves just over an hour to look around, but it was so worth it!!<br />
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Hanson took photos around Bodie on his Hasselblad, and they are such beautiful images:<br />
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Bodie is was a gold prospecting town that had its heyday in around 1880 when there were up to 7,000 residents living in 2,000 properties, but by 1910 this had dropped to 698 residents. Most people had followed the boom to other prosperous mining towns. Even though people still lived there, it was first labelled as a ghost town in 1915, and by 1920 there were just 120 recorded residents. In 1932 a fire destroyed much of the downtown district, and by 1943 there were just 3 people left in Bodie, including the caretaker. Bodie is a real Wild West ghost town, and you can read about tales, of murder, gambling and prostitution. One young girl famously wrote in her diary 'Goodbye God, we are going to Bodie'<br />
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Oh yes, worth mentioning because it's funny - there is a 3 mile gravel track that leads you into Bodie, and all along the road these tiny creatures kept flinging themselves in front of the car, or scurrying across at speed forcing us to slam on the brakes! I'm still not entirely sure what they were, possibly chipmunks? But they were very cute, and obviously had some kind of death wish!<br />
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Next stop - Death Valley!<br />
<br />Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-24294870038260892922015-08-21T13:13:00.001+01:002015-08-29T20:24:56.762+01:00Summer Tales Part 1Hello!<br /><br />I hope your Summer/Winter (wherever you may be) has been as wonderful as mine.<br /><br />In June, we flew out to Sunny California to photograph the wedding of two special people that we are delighted to call our friends, in the beautiful Sonoma County region surrounding the Russian River . What a magical place! <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KTUQN4EjSvc/VdcRQ3oZ8XI/AAAAAAAAF9U/aHB27z5iAd0/s1600/11705447_10152894302351268_2698826958590480729_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KTUQN4EjSvc/VdcRQ3oZ8XI/AAAAAAAAF9U/aHB27z5iAd0/s400/11705447_10152894302351268_2698826958590480729_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We didn't really know what to expect but as we hadn't done too much research into the area we were staying, as our heads were sort of focussed on the hard work aspect of photographing a wedding, the day itself and planning a big trip! But we couldn't have been more pleasantly surprised. <br /><br />The teeny tiny town of Duncan's Mills had its boom time in the Victorian era when two brothers set up their logging business there. Unfortunately most of the town was flattened in the great earthquake of 1906, but what remains and what has flourished there since, in Duncan's Mills and the nearby towns is a happy, sleepy, friendly atmosphere of life by the waters of the beautiful Russian River. We especially loved Guerneville and the quaint little Monte Rio with its wonderful sign 'Welcome to Monte Rio, Vacation Wonderland'. <br /><br />As an English girl, born and bred in dirty old London town, although it sounds such a cliché; this side of America really is like a film to me. Being in the great big, beautiful outdoors gave me such a sense of space, freedom and complete awe at nature, that I have only experienced before on <a href="http://jennyjenny-yesterdaygirl.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/the-american-adventure-part-2.html">our last visit to the States in 2013.</a> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zMFphuYmLDk/VdcRQ6Afp0I/AAAAAAAAF9Y/RRCGqmKTTtk/s1600/11224129_10152894302421268_4966204267981965666_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zMFphuYmLDk/VdcRQ6Afp0I/AAAAAAAAF9Y/RRCGqmKTTtk/s400/11224129_10152894302421268_4966204267981965666_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m9_yvSDHq10/VdcRRdx5GjI/AAAAAAAAF9g/mfpnNnH2YsQ/s1600/11792001_10152894301691268_5743152190864261340_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m9_yvSDHq10/VdcRRdx5GjI/AAAAAAAAF9g/mfpnNnH2YsQ/s400/11792001_10152894301691268_5743152190864261340_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ool_WGWB1tg/VdcTaYkk_dI/AAAAAAAAF-Y/dlDLGgXX934/s1600/11145177_10152894302521268_6450026365837725390_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ool_WGWB1tg/VdcTaYkk_dI/AAAAAAAAF-Y/dlDLGgXX934/s400/11145177_10152894302521268_6450026365837725390_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1I2C_uODGXQ/VdcRRk7nQ2I/AAAAAAAAF9k/LY8EO7mJdo0/s1600/11802526_10152894302241268_4094084853901204255_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1I2C_uODGXQ/VdcRRk7nQ2I/AAAAAAAAF9k/LY8EO7mJdo0/s640/11802526_10152894302241268_4094084853901204255_o.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lF-pEeOBAqA/VdcRQpDp-8I/AAAAAAAAF9c/agUf6KCDNqw/s1600/11779951_10152894301896268_2353110826517587504_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lF-pEeOBAqA/VdcRQpDp-8I/AAAAAAAAF9c/agUf6KCDNqw/s400/11779951_10152894301896268_2353110826517587504_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />We spent 4 days in this area, exploring, spending time with wonderful friends, and photographing the *most* incredible and beautiful wedding I'm sure we are ever likely too. The day after the wedding our pals took us to the Town of Bodega where Hitchcock's The Birds was filmed and then went to the BEST seafood restaurant, which I believe was called Tony's (?). I have a really bad iphone pic of it which is too crappy to share, but the clever GPS on the phone tells me that Tony's is on Petaluma. 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In June, we flew out to Sunny California to photograph the wedding of two special people that we are delighted to call our friends, in the beautiful Sonoma County region surrounding the Russian River . What a magical place! <br />
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We didn't really know what to expect but as we hadn't done too much research into the area we were staying, as our heads were sort of focussed on the hard work aspect of photographing a wedding, the day itself and planning a big trip! But we couldn't have been more pleasantly surprised. <br />
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The teeny tiny town of Duncan's Mills had its boom time in the Victorian era when two brothers set up their logging business there. Unfortunately most of the town was flattened in the great earthquake of 1906, but what remains and what has flourished there since, in Duncan's Mills and the nearby towns is a happy, sleepy, friendly atmosphere of life by the waters of the beautiful Russian River. We especially loved Guerneville and the quaint little Monte Rio with its wonderful sign 'Welcome to Monte Rio, Vacation Wonderland'. <br />
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As an English girl, born and bred in dirty old London town, although it sounds such a cliché; this side of America really is like a film to me. Being in the great big, beautiful outdoors gave me such a sense of space, freedom and complete awe at nature, that I have only experienced before on <a href="http://jennyjenny-yesterdaygirl.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/the-american-adventure-part-2.html">our last visit to the States in 2013.</a> <br />
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We spent 4 days in this area, exploring, spending time with wonderful friends, and photographing the *most* incredible and beautiful wedding I'm sure we are ever likely too. The day after the wedding our pals took us to the Town of Bodega where Hitchcock's The Birds was filmed and then went to the BEST seafood restaurant, which I believe was called Tony's (?). I have a really bad iphone pic of it which is too crappy to share, but the clever GPS on the phone tells me that Tony's is on Petaluma. Oh man, what I wouldn't do for a bowl of that clam chowder now<br />
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When we left the area and our pals, (although he wouldn't like to admit it) we both had a little tear in our eye, but we were excited for the BIG adventure to come, and I'll be back soon to tell you all about it.....Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-20280915999878336052015-04-27T17:41:00.002+01:002015-08-29T20:24:56.787+01:00Picture a wedding <h4>Are you getting married soon and seeking a wedding photographer?</h4><br />If you follow my social media channels you may already be aware of this fact, but sometimes when I'm not doing my day job in the museum, I photograph weddings with my partner Hanson.<br /><br />We started <em><a href="http://www.midcenturyweddings.com/">Mid Century Weddings</a></em> as an off-shoot to Hanson's other photography freelance work, because we both felt it was something creative and fun that we would love to get involved with.<br /><br />Hanson's main inspirations for all his photography work come from mid-Century photojournalism and the images from the lenses of celebrated LIFE Magazine photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, to name but a few. So that's the approach we like to take, discreet and laid back, not directing the day or the action in any way, but letting the events happen and making sure we are in the right place at the right time to capture the memories.<br /><br />We have been lucky enough to photograph some beautiful weddings so far and met some wonderful and welcoming couples who have invited us to be part of their special day.<br /><br />I will not lie, photographing weddings is hard work! But its extremely gratifying, and I like to think that we do a good job too! Here's a selection of the lovely couples that we've had the pleasure of photographing<br /><br /><img alt="" class="s11imageItemimageimage" src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/15b54c_fc9ae9922d5e4ae1973b0931c3567d57.jpg_srb_p_600_692_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" data-reactid=".0.$siteAspectsContainer.$imageZoomComp.0.0.2.1.0.$image12c9.0" id="imageZoomCompimage12c9imageimage" style="display: block; height: 692px; margin-left: 69.5px; width: 461px;" /><br /><br /><img class="s11imageItemimageimage" src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/15b54c_77a386f7ebb54b6ab54feed163fd542a.jpg_srb_p_600_692_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" data-reactid=".0.$siteAspectsContainer.$imageZoomComp.0.0.2.1.0.$image_1r23.0" id="imageZoomCompimage_1r23imageimage" style="display: block; height: 692px; margin-left: 69px; width: 462px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="" class="s11imageItemimageimage" src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/15b54c_6d64cd3098eb43dfa36e82a7e5ae37bf.jpg_srb_p_600_692_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" data-reactid=".0.$siteAspectsContainer.$imageZoomComp.0.0.2.1.0.$image130u.0" id="imageZoomCompimage130uimageimage" style="display: block; height: 692px; margin-left: 70px; width: 460px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="" class="s11imageItemimageimage" src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/15b54c_ce21e6b1c6bc48c4b77555f80c881a9c.jpg_srb_p_600_692_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" data-reactid=".0.$siteAspectsContainer.$imageZoomComp.0.0.2.1.0.$image_1mqo.0" id="imageZoomCompimage_1mqoimageimage" style="display: block; height: 692px; margin-left: 69px; width: 462px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="" class="s11imageItemimageimage" src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/15b54c_df87935ecd1e4c52a5286c75f95db41c.jpg_srb_p_600_692_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" data-reactid=".0.$siteAspectsContainer.$imageZoomComp.0.0.2.1.0.$image_7e9.0" id="imageZoomCompimage_7e9imageimage" style="display: block; height: 692px; margin-left: 87px; width: 426px;" /><br /><br /><img class="s11imageItemimageimage" src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/15b54c_52855af34a244994add09344daaec3c7.jpg_srb_p_600_672_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" data-reactid=".0.$siteAspectsContainer.$imageZoomComp.0.0.2.1.0.$image_xka.0" id="imageZoomCompimage_xkaimageimage" style="display: block; height: 672px; margin-left: 75.5px; width: 449px;" /><br /><br /><img alt="" class="s11imageItemimageimage" src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/15b54c_d04e6d46160d417e9eb99ef5f8a607f3.jpg_srb_p_600_692_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" data-reactid=".0.$siteAspectsContainer.$imageZoomComp.0.0.2.1.0.$image8k1.0" id="imageZoomCompimage8k1imageimage" style="display: block; height: 692px; margin-left: 70px; width: 460px;" /><br /><br /><br />So that question I posed at the beginning - are you getting married soon and looking for a photographer? If you are, then we have a special offer for you, just because you read this! This is what our package includes:<br /><br /><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;">Full day of photography starting from your desired time. This could be the 'getting ready' shots with the bride or groom in the morning, or we'll just meet you at the ceremony venue. We will shoot the full day and normally finish after the first dance when everyone’s getting a little squiffy!</div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;">Hanson as the main photographer and Jeni as 2nd shooter </div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;"> Roughly 250-300 digital images provided via an online image sharing service for you to download.</div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;">Images are provided in a mix of black and white and colour. This is dependent on Hanson’s editing and experience understanding which images look better in each colour way. If you want any particular images in black and white or colour after you have received them they can be provided at no extra cost</div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;">Images will be ready 4-6 weeks after your wedding</div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;">Normal Price: £1000</div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;"><strong>Yesterday Girl Reader Offer: £850</strong></div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;"><strong></strong> </div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;">If you like what you see here and you want to know more then please drop us an email at <a href="mailto:info@hansonleatherby.com">info@hansonleatherby.com</a> and tell us that you saw the offer on the blog. We are always delighted to meet for a consultation first to chat through your plans and expectations for your wedding photography, and of course - to see if you like us!</div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="s7imgimage" src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/15b54c_39f01fe132a142f8a79d75b57fd1697e.jpg_srz_p_735_1058_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz" data-reactid=".0.$SITE_ROOT.$SITE_STRUCTURE.$PAGES_CONTAINER.1.1.$SITE_PAGES.$component_73913.1.$WPht1.0.0.0" height="640" id="WPht1imgimage" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="442" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.midcenturyweddings.com/">www.midcenturyweddings.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;"></div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;"><strong></strong> </div><div class="font_8" style="line-height: 1.4em; text-align: center;"><strong></strong> </div>Note - if your wedding is outside London we charge an additional cost for petrol which will be calculated by an online fuel calculatorYesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-40581514406971265822015-04-27T17:41:00.001+01:002015-04-27T17:42:43.890+01:00Picture a wedding <h4>
Are you getting married soon and seeking a wedding photographer?</h4>
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If you follow my social media channels you may already be aware of this fact, but sometimes when I'm not doing my day job in the museum, I photograph weddings with my partner Hanson.<br />
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We started <em><a href="http://www.midcenturyweddings.com/">Mid Century Weddings</a></em> as an off-shoot to Hanson's other photography freelance work, because we both felt it was something creative and fun that we would love to get involved with.<br />
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Hanson's main inspirations for all his photography work come from mid-Century photojournalism and the images from the lenses of celebrated LIFE Magazine photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, to name but a few. So that's the approach we like to take, discreet and laid back, not directing the day or the action in any way, but letting the events happen and making sure we are in the right place at the right time to capture the memories.<br />
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We have been lucky enough to photograph some beautiful weddings so far and met some wonderful and welcoming couples who have invited us to be part of their special day.<br />
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I will not lie, photographing weddings is hard work! But its extremely gratifying, and I like to think that we do a good job too! Here's a selection of the lovely couples that we've had the pleasure of photographing<br />
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So that question I posed at the beginning - are you getting married soon and looking for a photographer? If you are, then we have a special offer for you, just because you read this! This is what our package includes:<br />
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Full day of photography starting from your desired time. This could be the 'getting ready' shots with the bride or groom in the morning, or we'll just meet you at the ceremony venue. We will shoot the full day and normally finish after the first dance when everyone’s getting a little squiffy!</div>
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Hanson as the main photographer and Jeni as 2nd shooter </div>
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Roughly 250-300 digital images provided via an online image sharing service for you to download.</div>
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Images are provided in a mix of black and white and colour. This is dependent on Hanson’s editing and experience understanding which images look better in each colour way. If you want any particular images in black and white or colour after you have received them they can be provided at no extra cost</div>
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Images will be ready 4-6 weeks after your wedding</div>
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<strong>Yesterday Girl Reader Offer: £850</strong></div>
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If you like what you see here and you want to know more then please drop us an email at <a href="mailto:info@hansonleatherby.com">info@hansonleatherby.com</a> and tell us that you saw the offer on the blog. We are always delighted to meet for a consultation first to chat through your plans and expectations for your wedding photography, and of course - to see if you like us!</div>
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Note - if your wedding is outside London we charge an additional cost for petrol which will be calculated by an online fuel calculatorYesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-19943288027824238032015-03-02T19:41:00.003+00:002015-08-29T20:24:56.830+01:00Fashion on the Ration<h4><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">On the 5th of March, IWM London opens a brand new, (and very exciting!) exhibition - </span><a href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-london/fashion-on-the-ration" style="color: #90cee7; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Fashion on the Ration</span></a></h4><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6078234533504952184" itemprop="description articleBody" style="position: relative; width: 520px;"><div style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you collect or wear vintage clothing from the 40s and 50s, then you will be well aware of the value that the little CC41 label can add. <i><a href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-london/fashion-on-the-ration" style="color: #90cee7; text-decoration: none;">Fashion on the Ration</a> </i>explores the history behind the Utility scheme and the effect it had on the British public. Themes explored include how people adapted to austerity measures and the results of their ingenuity in tough times, the introduction of uniform for the massses, new 'functional fashion' styles, and how this all surprisingly allowed fashion to flourish in the most pleasing of ways.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 229, 153); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: #777777; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gzMfvHX52qs/VPSpG0hEvsI/AAAAAAAAF7A/MRJFXFGvQ_k/s1600/D%2B2937%2B%C2%A9IWM-2.tif" imageanchor="1" style="color: #90cee7; 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line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong style="line-height: 1.4;"> <em>The exhibition brings together 300 exhibits including clothing, accessories, photographs and film, official documents and publications, artworks, wartime letters, interviews and ephemera, some of which have never been on display before, Fashion on the Ration </em></strong><span style="line-height: 1.4;"><strong><em>presents a sense of what life was like on the home front for men and women during wartime Britain.</em></strong> </span></span></strong></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"></strong></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"><i style="line-height: 1.4;"><a href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-london/fashion-on-the-ration" style="color: #90cee7; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Fashion on the Ration</span></a></i><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.4;"> is divided into 6 sections and here's a little bit about what you can expect to see in each section:</span></i><br /><i style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.4;">Into Uniform</strong><span style="line-height: 1.4;"><b> </b>looks at the effect of the sudden swathes of uniform clad guys and gals seen on the streets of Britain, what the most and least popular styles were; so the darlings of the armed forces in the RAF aka 'Brylcreem Boys' and the jealousies of the boys of the Army, and how military uniform came to influence civilian clothing</span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong style="line-height: 1.4;">Functional Fashion</strong><span style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.4;">explores the influence of wartime measures on everyday life such as siren suits, blackout buttons and gas mask handbags</span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Luminous flowers to wear in the blackout - just one of the ways that functional fashion had commercial value</span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; 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This section also explores the lengths women were forced to go to to do so in the face of shortages of cosmetics and the introduction of politics in the women's daily routine such as slogan printed headscarfs and advertising campaigns such as 'lips in uniform'</span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">One of the beautifully decorated propaganda scarfs that can be seen in the exhibition</span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 229, 153); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: #777777; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p9D8F6nQb7Q/VPSoSjRT9UI/AAAAAAAAF60/B2nxlvpqeHU/s1600/EPH_003931%2B%C2%A9%2BIWM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #90cee7; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p9D8F6nQb7Q/VPSoSjRT9UI/AAAAAAAAF60/B2nxlvpqeHU/s1600/EPH_003931%2B%C2%A9%2BIWM.jpg" height="381" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">©IWM</span></span></td></tr><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"></span></span><br /><div style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong style="line-height: 1.4;">Rationing and Make do and Mend</strong><span style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span><span style="line-height: 1.4;">Shortages of fabrics and rationing of clothing meant that people were forced to make clothes last longer by mending, knitting and transforming old clothing. This section uses the great example of a men's suit, adapted and changed into a women's skirt suit. The introduction of rationing in 1941 changed the nation's shopping habits and forced people to be more creative with their wardrobes</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 229, 153); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: #777777; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-deE5Hem3uts/VPSoQHNyEfI/AAAAAAAAF6k/TzBO00E-8_w/s1600/D%2B014826%2BUTILITY%2BCLOTHES.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #90cee7; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-deE5Hem3uts/VPSoQHNyEfI/AAAAAAAAF6k/TzBO00E-8_w/s1600/D%2B014826%2BUTILITY%2BCLOTHES.jpg" height="640" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">©IWM</span></span></td></tr><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.4;">Utility Clothing</strong><span style="line-height: 1.4;"><b> </b>Although CC41 has now become extremely collectable amongst vintage enthusiasts, during the war the idea of 'Utility' clothing was not greeted with such enthusiasm. This section of the exhibition has a beautiful and somewhat surprising collection of colourful clothing all made to Utility regulations, and explores what that actually meant for clothing manufacturers at the time.</span><span style="line-height: 1.4; text-align: center;"> </span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.4;">Peace and a new look? </strong><span style="line-height: 1.4;">This section looks at how the end of the war impacted upon fashion, and considers the long-term impact. On display will be a ‘VE’ print dress worn by the comedienne Jenny Hayes to celebrate the end of the war - which I am very excited about, and an example of the ubiquitous demob-suit, issued to men leaving the military services. In 1947, the launch of Christian Dior’s ostentatious ‘New Look’ shook the fashion world desperate for something new after years of pared down wartime fashion.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 229, 153); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; color: #777777; line-height: 1.4; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><tbody><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L7HLAlkynZc/VPSoRIi-CcI/AAAAAAAAF6s/S3rzz3uYiHc/s1600/Fashion1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #90cee7; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-L7HLAlkynZc/VPSoRIi-CcI/AAAAAAAAF6s/S3rzz3uYiHc/s1600/Fashion1.jpg" height="640" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="360" /></span></a></td></tr><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Sneak peek!!</span></div></td></tr><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></tbody></table><div><div style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">Here's the surprise - not so much of a surpise if you know me - I work at IWM London, so you maybe that makes me a bit biased. At the time of writing this, I havent actually seen the finished exhibition yet, so only have the press release to go on and the information from my passionate and hard working colleagues! However, even if I didnt work there I would be as equally excited about this and think its a great time to have such an exhibition on in London. As some of you may know, not long after this opens, across town in South Kensington, the V&A also have the much anticipated Alexander McQueen exhibition opening. I think its wonderful to see two of London's leading museums have 2 major fashion exhibitions at the same time - one depicting an important and influential name in modern British fashion, and one looking back at an incredibly important time in British fashion history, and making us reflect on the influence that the style of the time has on our fashion industry now.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ksFlk-ji6xk/VPSqI2mSKGI/AAAAAAAAF7M/myoPXHIxfoM/s1600/254EA28100000578-0-image-m-37_1424971741078.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #90cee7; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ksFlk-ji6xk/VPSqI2mSKGI/AAAAAAAAF7M/myoPXHIxfoM/s1600/254EA28100000578-0-image-m-37_1424971741078.jpg" height="400" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; background-color: #eeeeee; border: 1px solid rgb(255, 229, 153); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="303" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.4;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">There is also book to accompany the exhibition - </span><i style="line-height: 1.4;">Fashion on the Ration </i><span style="line-height: 1.4;">by Julie Summers. This gives a thoughtful and in depth look into the main themes of the exhibition. Its </span></span><a href="http://www.iwmshop.org.uk/product/24843/Fashion_on_the_Ration_Style_in_the_Second_World_War?_ga=1.182145827.561918650.1423081617" style="color: #90cee7; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">on sale here </span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.4;">for a special exhibition price.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.4;">Tickets to Fashion on the Ration are £10 and there are concession prices to - you can book them </span><a href="https://www.maximweb.net/LambethV8_UI/Events.aspx?_ga=1.186211117.561918650.1423081617" style="color: #90cee7; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">here</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"></span><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.4;">The museum's cafe are also running a group package where you can book tickets to the exhibition and enjoy an afternoon tea. </span><a href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/sites/default/files/public-document/Fashion_on_the_Ration_package.pdf" style="color: #90cee7; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tickets available here</span></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.4;">One last thing you might enjoy! If you follow Imperial War Museums on </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/@I_W_M" style="color: #90cee7; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Twitter </span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.4;">they are running a lovely campaign user the hashtag #whatmyfamilywore where you can share photos of your family in the 1940s. There are some wonderful pictures that have already been shared!</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.4;">If you do go and visit the exhibition, please let me know what you thought - and if you see me in the museum, be sure to say a cheery hello! ;-)</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"></span></span><br /><div style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.4;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div></div></div>Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-28919279180571257552015-03-02T19:41:00.002+00:002015-03-03T09:42:23.610+00:00Fashion on the Ration<h4>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">On the 5th of March, IWM London opens a brand new, (and very exciting!) exhibition - </span><a href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-london/fashion-on-the-ration" style="color: #90cee7; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Fashion on the Ration</span></a></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">If you collect or wear vintage clothing from the 40s and 50s, then you will be well aware of the value that the little CC41 label can add. <i><a href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-london/fashion-on-the-ration" style="color: #90cee7; text-decoration: none;">Fashion on the Ration</a> </i>explores the history behind the Utility scheme and the effect it had on the British public. Themes explored include how people adapted to austerity measures and the results of their ingenuity in tough times, the introduction of uniform for the massses, new 'functional fashion' styles, and how this all surprisingly allowed fashion to flourish in the most pleasing of ways.</span></div>
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<strong style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong style="line-height: 1.4;"> <em>The exhibition brings together 300 exhibits including clothing, accessories, photographs and film, official documents and publications, artworks, wartime letters, interviews and ephemera, some of which have never been on display before, Fashion on the Ration </em></strong><span style="line-height: 1.4;"><strong><em>presents a sense of what life was like on the home front for men and women during wartime Britain.</em></strong> </span></span></strong></div>
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<span style="line-height: 1.4;">Here's the surprise - not so much of a surpise if you know me - I work at IWM London, so you maybe that makes me a bit biased. At the time of writing this, I havent actually seen the finished exhibition yet, so only have the press release to go on and the information from my passionate and hard working colleagues! However, even if I didnt work there I would be as equally excited about this and think its a great time to have such an exhibition on in London. As some of you may know, not long after this opens, across town in South Kensington, the V&A also have the much anticipated Alexander McQueen exhibition opening. I think its wonderful to see two of London's leading museums have 2 major fashion exhibitions at the same time - one depicting an important and influential name in modern British fashion, and one looking back at an incredibly important time in British fashion history, and making us reflect on the influence that the style of the time has on our fashion industry now.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.4;">One last thing you might enjoy! If you follow Imperial War Museums on </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/@I_W_M" style="color: #90cee7; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Twitter </span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.4;">they are running a lovely campaign user the hashtag #whatmyfamilywore where you can share photos of your family in the 1940s. There are some wonderful pictures that have already been shared!</span></span></div>
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Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-70633617360796824222015-02-21T16:10:00.002+00:002015-08-29T20:24:56.861+01:00She's wearing my dress!<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A while ago<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I stumbled</span> upon this picture of Magda Gabor wearing this pretty dress. It's a bad quality image and I've scoured the internet trying to find another version of it to no avail. As soon as I saw the picture I <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">gasped</span> 'that's my dress!' Well.... I have what I believe, is exactly the same dress. I so wish the picture of Magda was in colour so I could see if it matches exactly! </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UTx6wfOU9GA/VOikdBWowEI/AAAAAAAAF4o/C-zKJITiKWA/s1600/gabor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UTx6wfOU9GA/VOikdBWowEI/AAAAAAAAF4o/C-zKJITiKWA/s1600/gabor.jpg" height="640" width="260" /></a></div><br />Here's me in the dress, snapped a couple of months ago at Christmas. Don't you just love it when that happens in the vintage world? Its up there with finding an old advert for an item of clothing you own or seeing someone you know online on the other side of the world has an identical item of vintage as you.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PRy27bxtnw4/VOimwxAuyDI/AAAAAAAAF48/p8iIuch6Dsw/s1600/L1053740.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PRy27bxtnw4/VOimwxAuyDI/AAAAAAAAF48/p8iIuch6Dsw/s1600/L1053740.jpg" height="640" width="425" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vjmxTLSUAZk/VOimv0anI4I/AAAAAAAAF40/Ss5DUQV4Vnc/s1600/L1053744.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vjmxTLSUAZk/VOimv0anI4I/AAAAAAAAF40/Ss5DUQV4Vnc/s1600/L1053744.jpg" height="640" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6jBbaNjBtus/VOisX5uTvkI/AAAAAAAAF5s/DTdB7KefV6I/s1600/IMG_5149.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6jBbaNjBtus/VOisX5uTvkI/AAAAAAAAF5s/DTdB7KefV6I/s1600/IMG_5149.JPG" height="320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I bought mine about 5 years ago from Beyond Retro on Cheshire Street for £75.00. Red velvet Anne Fogarty's don't seem to be particularly rare, as I've seen a few in different styles before. A quick internet search brought up these below, however she is still a sought after vintage designer who was known for making great quality clothing at affordable prices.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_1FSNt-yN8o/VOir5qc1fvI/AAAAAAAAF5k/McQDt1oqI9Y/s1600/il_570xN.676314271_auwe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_1FSNt-yN8o/VOir5qc1fvI/AAAAAAAAF5k/McQDt1oqI9Y/s1600/il_570xN.676314271_auwe.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/209512422/50s-red-velvet-fit-and-flare-party-dress?ref=market">Source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tasNOblHEmU/VOiqzv2LgpI/AAAAAAAAF5I/NxBida7CoK0/s1600/il_570xN.414910078_9arz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tasNOblHEmU/VOiqzv2LgpI/AAAAAAAAF5I/NxBida7CoK0/s1600/il_570xN.414910078_9arz.jpg" height="249" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/120196883/vintage-1950s-red-velvet-dress-50s-red">Source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ciodnlQevn4/VOirJmjLjLI/AAAAAAAAF5Q/h-m4kjSndRo/s1600/d4e836cd725c8e9b64b74a3588882557.image.300x516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ciodnlQevn4/VOirJmjLjLI/AAAAAAAAF5Q/h-m4kjSndRo/s1600/d4e836cd725c8e9b64b74a3588882557.image.300x516.jpg" height="320" width="186" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.poshgirlvintage.com/1950s-red-velvet-designer-anne-fogarty-evening-dress-m-p-3290.html">Source</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Anyone else had a similar experience with discovering an item of clothing in an old photograph matching something that you own?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-40554185772129025532015-02-21T16:10:00.001+00:002015-03-03T09:42:40.676+00:00She's wearing my dress!<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A while ago<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I stumbled</span> upon this picture of Magda Gabor wearing this pretty dress. It's a bad quality image and I've scoured the internet trying to find another version of it to no avail. As soon as I saw the picture I <span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">gasped</span> 'that's my dress!' Well.... I have what I believe, is exactly the same dress. I so wish the picture of Magda was in colour so I could see if it matches exactly! </div>
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Here's me in the dress, snapped a couple of months ago at Christmas. Don't you just love it when that happens in the vintage world? Its up there with finding an old advert for an item of clothing you own or seeing someone you know online on the other side of the world has an identical item of vintage as you.<br />
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I bought mine about 5 years ago from Beyond Retro on Cheshire Street for £75.00. Red velvet Anne Fogarty's don't seem to be particularly rare, as I've seen a few in different styles before. A quick internet search brought up these below, however she is still a sought after vintage designer who was known for making great quality clothing at affordable prices.</div>
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Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-45793818952527849022015-02-14T14:01:00.004+00:002015-08-29T20:24:56.884+01:00To dye forThis week I had my first experience with hand dying clothes!<br /><br />I bought this knit dress last Autumn at a vintage fair for the grand sum of £15.00. Although I really like the dress itself, I found the cream colour quite difficult to wear - especially in Winter. Well....last week I found a box of black dye lying around in a drawer of odds and sods and thought 'hmmm, what I can use this for?' I rifled through the wardrobe until said dress appeared, and then I proceeded to get really excited about the prospect of having a new dress that I will actually wear!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CRR2Hf-qXAY/VN9Tmwc_Y2I/AAAAAAAAF0k/lIFLcWuQUuI/s1600/IMG_5098.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CRR2Hf-qXAY/VN9Tmwc_Y2I/AAAAAAAAF0k/lIFLcWuQUuI/s1600/IMG_5098.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></div><br />I followed the instructions carefully but wasn't sure what kind of results to expect. I know there are lots of variables when it comes to dying clothes, but as long as the colour was even all over, I was going to be happy, if it turned grey rather than black.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nySljDACMxQ/VN9TnzxUWqI/AAAAAAAAF0s/2pby6xrGavM/s1600/IMG_5099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nySljDACMxQ/VN9TnzxUWqI/AAAAAAAAF0s/2pby6xrGavM/s1600/IMG_5099.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1x1kv-zRt6U/VN9TpBGV33I/AAAAAAAAF00/k_sjE5wwg8o/s1600/IMG_5100.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1x1kv-zRt6U/VN9TpBGV33I/AAAAAAAAF00/k_sjE5wwg8o/s1600/IMG_5100.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In progress.........</td></tr></tbody></table>The actual results couldnt have been less black, yet I am super happy with how its turned out! Goodness knows why its gone this lovely greeny/bluey/sea foam shade, but I really like it, and it is a flattering colour on me. What do you think!!??<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eGVF_hu9PL4/VN9Tk8NCjII/AAAAAAAAF0c/Gr9vYZVapdg/s1600/DSC_4481.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eGVF_hu9PL4/VN9Tk8NCjII/AAAAAAAAF0c/Gr9vYZVapdg/s1600/DSC_4481.jpg" height="640" width="426" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PMxEREhNkPs/VN9TjoQYcpI/AAAAAAAAF0U/NLbZ-ikrD6Q/s1600/DSC_4489.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PMxEREhNkPs/VN9TjoQYcpI/AAAAAAAAF0U/NLbZ-ikrD6Q/s1600/DSC_4489.jpg" height="640" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dress from Pickering//Headscarf from <a href="http://www.beyondretro.com/">Beyond Retro</a>//Lipstick MAC Ruby Woo</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br />Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-11765952423642111872015-02-14T14:01:00.003+00:002015-02-14T14:01:47.513+00:00To dye forThis week I had my first experience with hand dying clothes!<br />
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I bought this knit dress last Autumn at a vintage fair for the grand sum of £15.00. Although I really like the dress itself, I found the cream colour quite difficult to wear - especially in Winter. Well....last week I found a box of black dye lying around in a drawer of odds and sods and thought 'hmmm, what I can use this for?' I rifled through the wardrobe until said dress appeared, and then I proceeded to get really excited about the prospect of having a new dress that I will actually wear!<br />
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I followed the instructions carefully but wasn't sure what kind of results to expect. I know there are lots of variables when it comes to dying clothes, but as long as the colour was even all over, I was going to be happy, if it turned grey rather than black.<br />
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The actual results couldnt have been less black, yet I am super happy with how its turned out! Goodness knows why its gone this lovely greeny/bluey/sea foam shade, but I really like it, and it is a flattering colour on me. What do you think!!??<br />
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<br />Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-14949781353870945552015-02-05T14:44:00.001+00:002015-08-29T20:24:56.915+01:00Horst, Adelaide and MeA little while before Christmas, I stumbled upon the Instagram account of <a href="http://instagram.com/tanithrowan">Tanith Rowan</a>. Tanith designs and makes beautiful hats, and decided to launch a most exciting project - The Sisterhood of the Hat! The idea is that one of her lovely designs would wing its way around the world, landing on the doorsteps of bloggers, vintage fashioistas and just plain hat lovers from all over the globe. I was lucky enough to be the first stop on Adelaide's journey (yes the hat now has a lovely name). <br /><br />Having a photographer for my other half means that I get to come up with fun ideas and he can help make them reality. For Adelaide's visit to London we decided to do a shoot inspired by Horst P.Horst, the famous fashion photographer whose work we had recently seen at a wonderful V&A exhibition.<br /><br />His colour work includes some of my favourite fashion photography EVER. Just breathtaking<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://dakiniland.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/horst-p-horst-models-wearing-hats-and-reading-newspapers-1943-ca-xl.jpg" height="640" width="512" /> <img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5616" src="http://ihazabucket.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/vintage31.jpg" height="458" title="vintage31" width="400" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5610" src="http://ihazabucket.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/vintage21.jpg" height="459" title="vintage21" width="400" /></div><a data-ved="0CAcQjRw" href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=horst+p+horst+colour+shoes&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Febdaprato%2Fhorst-p-horst%2F&ei=un3TVMSdAsPgaNnjgtAC&bvm=bv.85142067,d.d24&psig=AFQjCNGQ1UMjkt0GdW9WkfVglJJnlrVt4w&ust=1423232745451224" id="irc_mil" jsaction="mousedown:irc.rl;keydown:irc.rlk;irc.il;" style="border: 0px currentColor;"></a><br />He also uses hands to become an almost sculptural feature of the image. Such as this one<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5615" src="http://ihazabucket.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/vintage29.jpg" height="438" title="vintage29" width="400" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>So, as an ode to Horst, and very much inspired by his use of colour we decided to shoot lovely Adelaide atop my head in 'Horst fashion'. Apologies of you have seen these on Instagram already :-)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-za27Y_EV1zU/VLif0IQwPRI/AAAAAAAAEQs/w24GhgnS9CA/s1600/1940s%2Bstyle%2Bhat%2Bthermofelt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-za27Y_EV1zU/VLif0IQwPRI/AAAAAAAAEQs/w24GhgnS9CA/s1600/1940s%2Bstyle%2Bhat%2Bthermofelt.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qKasxgrREyM/VLif9Z63THI/AAAAAAAAEQ0/aDp9IrSQr0M/s1600/vintage%2Breproduction%2Bforties%2Bfelt%2Bhat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qKasxgrREyM/VLif9Z63THI/AAAAAAAAEQ0/aDp9IrSQr0M/s1600/vintage%2Breproduction%2Bforties%2Bfelt%2Bhat.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LeR2gDbwzaQ/VLigHajIQxI/AAAAAAAAEQ8/22E8TSgIq9I/s1600/travelling%2Bhat%2Bjeni%2Byesterday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LeR2gDbwzaQ/VLigHajIQxI/AAAAAAAAEQ8/22E8TSgIq9I/s1600/travelling%2Bhat%2Bjeni%2Byesterday.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8I-owkQsY5A/VLigOphulDI/AAAAAAAAERE/XlvNKykv4AI/s1600/horst%2Bp%2Bhorst%2Binspired%2Bphoto%2Bshoot%2Bmillinery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8I-owkQsY5A/VLigOphulDI/AAAAAAAAERE/XlvNKykv4AI/s1600/horst%2Bp%2Bhorst%2Binspired%2Bphoto%2Bshoot%2Bmillinery.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z7-JcREp908/VLigVsfQsQI/AAAAAAAAERM/hQcvj2VfHzU/s1600/forties%2Bstyle%2Bhat%2Bvogue%2Bcover%2Bphotoshoot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z7-JcREp908/VLigVsfQsQI/AAAAAAAAERM/hQcvj2VfHzU/s1600/forties%2Bstyle%2Bhat%2Bvogue%2Bcover%2Bphotoshoot.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photography by <a href="http://www.hansonleatherby.com/">Hanson Leatherby</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out <a href="http://tanithrowan.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/sisterhood-of-hat-jeni-yesterday.html">Tanith's blog here</a></div>Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-21741858989547799252015-02-05T14:44:00.000+00:002015-02-21T16:13:18.696+00:00Horst, Adelaide and MeA little while before Christmas, I stumbled upon the Instagram account of <a href="http://instagram.com/tanithrowan">Tanith Rowan</a>. Tanith designs and makes beautiful hats, and decided to launch a most exciting project - The Sisterhood of the Hat! The idea is that one of her lovely designs would wing its way around the world, landing on the doorsteps of bloggers, vintage fashioistas and just plain hat lovers from all over the globe. I was lucky enough to be the first stop on Adelaide's journey (yes the hat now has a lovely name). <br />
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Having a photographer for my other half means that I get to come up with fun ideas and he can help make them reality. For Adelaide's visit to London we decided to do a shoot inspired by Horst P.Horst, the famous fashion photographer whose work we had recently seen at a wonderful V&A exhibition.<br />
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His colour work includes some of my favourite fashion photography EVER. Just breathtaking<br />
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<img src="http://dakiniland.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/horst-p-horst-models-wearing-hats-and-reading-newspapers-1943-ca-xl.jpg" height="640" width="512" /> <img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5616" src="http://ihazabucket.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/vintage31.jpg" height="458" title="vintage31" width="400" /></div>
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He also uses hands to become an almost sculptural feature of the image. Such as this one<br />
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So, as an ode to Horst, and very much inspired by his use of colour we decided to shoot lovely Adelaide atop my head in 'Horst fashion'. Apologies of you have seen these on Instagram already :-)<br />
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Photography by <a href="http://www.hansonleatherby.com/">Hanson Leatherby</a></div>
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Check out <a href="http://tanithrowan.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/sisterhood-of-hat-jeni-yesterday.html">Tanith's blog here</a></div>
Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-30796412814450855582015-02-04T15:07:00.003+00:002015-08-29T20:24:56.938+01:00Back to Business with a Valentine's Bang!Ok, so that was probably my longest blog break ever. I'll be honest, I was seriosuly considering getting rid of the old girl....hitting Delete, and saying bye bye to blogging. But I had a change of heart. So I'm back, and I'm here to stay...for now! I've actually got the *MOST* exciting year coming up, I can't tell you about it now, but it will all become clear in time....<br /><br />First on the list of excitements is the Ric Rac Club! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/thevintagemafia">The Vintage Mafia's</a> lovely club night is re-launching after a break at the most beautiful new venue in town, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/fontaineslondon">Fontaines</a>. What an absolute art deco dream the lovely Manageress, Ruby, has created. Even if you can't make it along to the Ric Rac Club you should definitely try to pop along and sample a Fontaine's cocktail at some point!<br /><br />We are hosting a Valentine's special with superb Canape's and a Cocktail included in the ticket price of £15, or if you just want to come and dance later on downstairs in the Bamboo Lounge where DJ Ginger Fizz will be spinning her stax o' wax, then tickets for after 10pm are £8. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ric-rac-club-roses-are-red-tickets-14995029537">Both tickets are available here</a> and the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/719836061418699/">FB event page is here</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" aria-busy="false" aria-describedby="fbPhotosSnowliftCaption" class="spotlight" height="617" src="https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/10398682_996534020375831_7435417936330319562_n.jpg?oh=db8de4d6ad25a4aad431ce9fde582182&oe=556CD4FA" style="height: 617px; width: 500px;" width="500" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span id="goog_681928145"></span><span id="goog_681928146">The dress code is 'Something Red' and here is a little peek back at our last Valentine's Ric Rac Club 2 years ago....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" aria-busy="false" aria-describedby="fbPhotosSnowliftCaption" class="spotlight" height="960" src="https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/421939_585021464860424_171134171_n.jpg?oh=48c55231deef1894ede96dbadaf2d0b1&oe=556E84E7" style="height: 805px; width: 536px;" width="639" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" aria-busy="false" aria-describedby="fbPhotosSnowliftCaption" class="spotlight" height="960" src="https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/v/t1.0-9/223440_585020968193807_330250498_n.jpg?oh=8306deeb99b1a7977e3a615660fdbbf4&oe=555AE7C9" style="height: 805px; width: 536px;" width="639" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" aria-busy="false" aria-describedby="fbPhotosSnowliftCaption" class="spotlight" height="960" src="https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/v/t1.0-9/62091_585021324860438_283844776_n.jpg?oh=983329253fcfed86f873f74f1899cb96&oe=555EC8C3" style="height: 805px; width: 536px;" width="639" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" aria-busy="false" aria-describedby="fbPhotosSnowliftCaption" class="spotlight" height="960" src="https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/267891_585021391527098_2004489785_n.jpg?oh=2b099e48a5b4437b8bed817f3afd336b&oe=556B91B3" style="height: 805px; width: 536px;" width="639" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" aria-busy="false" aria-describedby="fbPhotosSnowliftCaption" class="spotlight" height="960" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/166750_585022598193644_2086272481_n.jpg?oh=42e505ba483cda8e1cc8f71505948109&oe=554C2998&__gda__=1431519609_abb4d889b5d46b7f4dbb06b36ecd198b" style="height: 805px; width: 536px;" width="639" /></div>Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-51436813243419567062015-02-04T15:07:00.002+00:002015-02-14T14:02:08.183+00:00Back to Business with a Valentine's Bang!Ok, so that was probably my longest blog break ever. I'll be honest, I was seriosuly considering getting rid of the old girl....hitting Delete, and saying bye bye to blogging. But I had a change of heart. So I'm back, and I'm here to stay...for now! I've actually got the *MOST* exciting year coming up, I can't tell you about it now, but it will all become clear in time....<br />
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First on the list of excitements is the Ric Rac Club! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/thevintagemafia">The Vintage Mafia's</a> lovely club night is re-launching after a break at the most beautiful new venue in town, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/fontaineslondon">Fontaines</a>. What an absolute art deco dream the lovely Manageress, Ruby, has created. Even if you can't make it along to the Ric Rac Club you should definitely try to pop along and sample a Fontaine's cocktail at some point!<br />
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We are hosting a Valentine's special with superb Canape's and a Cocktail included in the ticket price of £15, or if you just want to come and dance later on downstairs in the Bamboo Lounge where DJ Ginger Fizz will be spinning her stax o' wax, then tickets for after 10pm are £8. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-ric-rac-club-roses-are-red-tickets-14995029537">Both tickets are available here</a> and the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/719836061418699/">FB event page is here</a><br />
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Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-42326792399592781492014-09-12T13:07:00.001+01:002015-08-29T20:24:56.959+01:00Autumn Colour Palette<div style="text-align: center;">I'm freshly back from my Summer holiday in Spain and already thinking of the wardrobe possibilities of the coming season. Autumn in London is wonderful, and it has an exciting atmosphere as we creep closer to Winter (yay coats!) and the thrill of Christmas.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have to say, I prefer dressing for the colder seasons. I'm much more of a sweater and skirt girl than a cotton dress girl, so I can really get animated about possible purchases and digging out old favourites for the coming months.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a little bit of inspiration for my Autumn vintage colour palette</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DHeCzKNzIG4/VBLQudkr-5I/AAAAAAAAFwY/0jLuYWJ7zfo/s1600/yellow%2Bknit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DHeCzKNzIG4/VBLQudkr-5I/AAAAAAAAFwY/0jLuYWJ7zfo/s1600/yellow%2Bknit.jpg" height="400" width="295" /></a></div><div align="center">A knit to add to my list from <a href="http://www.thevintageknittinglady.co.uk/images/12Sept2012/ROBIN674a.jpg">The Vintage Knitting Lady</a></div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-esb4xJaXjFQ/VBLRbsvsitI/AAAAAAAAFwg/qLUdSBgAweg/s1600/pendleton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-esb4xJaXjFQ/VBLRbsvsitI/AAAAAAAAFwg/qLUdSBgAweg/s1600/pendleton.jpg" height="400" width="296" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gorgeous autumn colour palette from Pendleton. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/49398927136154713/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oZGzBUEWNiM/VBLUvt4B3RI/AAAAAAAAFw4/1WXgn3TLNDA/s1600/twinset.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oZGzBUEWNiM/VBLUvt4B3RI/AAAAAAAAFw4/1WXgn3TLNDA/s1600/twinset.jpg" height="400" width="335" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ooh delicious twinset loveliness! <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/208713763953201818/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O3qcWnhh4A4/VBLVvgIAJKI/AAAAAAAAFxA/RoIsRfocZQc/s1600/jacket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O3qcWnhh4A4/VBLVvgIAJKI/AAAAAAAAFxA/RoIsRfocZQc/s1600/jacket.jpg" height="400" width="287" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">J'adore the cuffs! Little jackets are an Autmun staple. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/158118636891649358/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L7YPfOyPqq4/VBLWn47iMbI/AAAAAAAAFxE/1zJEnZ7o-CQ/s1600/jeans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L7YPfOyPqq4/VBLWn47iMbI/AAAAAAAAFxE/1zJEnZ7o-CQ/s1600/jeans.jpg" height="400" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jeans make the perfect Autumn casual outfit...especially when accesorised with pumpkins! <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/208924870186964934/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5Vhn8tBbNXs/VBLYN5LJ0dI/AAAAAAAAFxU/W16YvVP98YI/s1600/mustard%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5Vhn8tBbNXs/VBLYN5LJ0dI/AAAAAAAAFxU/W16YvVP98YI/s1600/mustard%2B2.jpg" height="400" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't tell you how much I love everything about this. It actually does funny things to me the more that I stare at it. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/543457880004336870/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span> </a></div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ynfs7qpF4PI/VBLYm5qBYZI/AAAAAAAAFxc/rIkDymrsnl4/s1600/dovima.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ynfs7qpF4PI/VBLYm5qBYZI/AAAAAAAAFxc/rIkDymrsnl4/s1600/dovima.jpg" height="400" width="292" /></a></div><div align="center">The Goddess Dovima in perfect autumn colours. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/158118636888753111/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i7xoDi6Gbas/VBLZlPLsfMI/AAAAAAAAFxo/R4uOWaBm0T4/s1600/greens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i7xoDi6Gbas/VBLZlPLsfMI/AAAAAAAAFxo/R4uOWaBm0T4/s1600/greens.jpg" height="400" width="198" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> All the greens. Chunky knits. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/37999190577096593/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FGZChQW7ayU/VBLaEmaOZ3I/AAAAAAAAFxw/Fcy-gJIt1QI/s1600/rust.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FGZChQW7ayU/VBLaEmaOZ3I/AAAAAAAAFxw/Fcy-gJIt1QI/s1600/rust.jpg" height="400" width="281" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rust can be beautiful. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/10273905375085418/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RW-PNBHzlWU/VBLa-LeIVMI/AAAAAAAAFx8/eX6YJ4_Y7XE/s1600/pendleton%2Bsports.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RW-PNBHzlWU/VBLa-LeIVMI/AAAAAAAAFx8/eX6YJ4_Y7XE/s1600/pendleton%2Bsports.jpg" height="400" width="282" /></a></div><div align="center">Tartan is wonderful in Autumn, and Pendleton does perfect plaid. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/252272016600538212/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u-OCzWm53nU/VBLgiUrvUrI/AAAAAAAAFyM/2kqhzU6Kmyc/s1600/suits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u-OCzWm53nU/VBLgiUrvUrI/AAAAAAAAFyM/2kqhzU6Kmyc/s1600/suits.jpg" height="400" width="287" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't forget suits, courts and bags! <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/43910165089010160/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Ok...I'm excited now!!</div><div align="center"></div>Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-6028171631731911562014-09-12T13:07:00.000+01:002014-09-12T13:07:50.536+01:00Autumn Colour Palette<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm freshly back from my Summer holiday in Spain and already thinking of the wardrobe possibilities of the coming season. Autumn in London is wonderful, and it has an exciting atmosphere as we creep closer to Winter (yay coats!) and the thrill of Christmas.</div>
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I have to say, I prefer dressing for the colder seasons. I'm much more of a sweater and skirt girl than a cotton dress girl, so I can really get animated about possible purchases and digging out old favourites for the coming months.</div>
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Here's a little bit of inspiration for my Autumn vintage colour palette</div>
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A knit to add to my list from <a href="http://www.thevintageknittinglady.co.uk/images/12Sept2012/ROBIN674a.jpg">The Vintage Knitting Lady</a></div>
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Gorgeous autumn colour palette from Pendleton. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/49398927136154713/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div>
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Ooh delicious twinset loveliness! <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/208713763953201818/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O3qcWnhh4A4/VBLVvgIAJKI/AAAAAAAAFxA/RoIsRfocZQc/s1600/jacket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O3qcWnhh4A4/VBLVvgIAJKI/AAAAAAAAFxA/RoIsRfocZQc/s1600/jacket.jpg" height="400" width="287" /></a></div>
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J'adore the cuffs! Little jackets are an Autmun staple. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/158118636891649358/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div>
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Jeans make the perfect Autumn casual outfit...especially when accesorised with pumpkins! <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/208924870186964934/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5Vhn8tBbNXs/VBLYN5LJ0dI/AAAAAAAAFxU/W16YvVP98YI/s1600/mustard%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5Vhn8tBbNXs/VBLYN5LJ0dI/AAAAAAAAFxU/W16YvVP98YI/s1600/mustard%2B2.jpg" height="400" width="212" /></a></div>
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I can't tell you how much I love everything about this. It actually does funny things to me the more that I stare at it. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/543457880004336870/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span> </a></div>
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ynfs7qpF4PI/VBLYm5qBYZI/AAAAAAAAFxc/rIkDymrsnl4/s1600/dovima.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ynfs7qpF4PI/VBLYm5qBYZI/AAAAAAAAFxc/rIkDymrsnl4/s1600/dovima.jpg" height="400" width="292" /></a></div>
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The Goddess Dovima in perfect autumn colours. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/158118636888753111/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div>
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All the greens. Chunky knits. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/37999190577096593/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div>
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Rust can be beautiful. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/10273905375085418/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div>
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Tartan is wonderful in Autumn, and Pendleton does perfect plaid. <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/252272016600538212/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div>
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Don't forget suits, courts and bags! <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/43910165089010160/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Source</span></a></div>
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Ok...I'm excited now!!</div>
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Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-41742661278132345442014-08-12T20:54:00.001+01:002015-08-29T20:24:56.981+01:00The Vanity Case - I'm a big fan<div style="text-align: center;">I am a very happy girl, because I got a new fan from my pal Sadie at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheVanityCase?ref=s2-header-shopname">The Vanity Case</a>. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o3Vzu9S7zZw/U-pqz0l59WI/AAAAAAAAFlA/jGvCBdvlYAs/s1600/HLeatherby-1002615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o3Vzu9S7zZw/U-pqz0l59WI/AAAAAAAAFlA/jGvCBdvlYAs/s1600/HLeatherby-1002615.jpg" height="640" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Sadie made us some custom fans last year for <a href="http://www.thevintagemafia.com/">The Vintage Mafia</a>, which we love, but this Summer I decided that I needed me a little bit of beatnik to keep myself way cool with, and had a rough idea of what I wanted. Sadie interpreted my idea perfectly and I love it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AhlCpE4-r6s/U-ptHeKiH8I/AAAAAAAAFlw/DxcA96hTQlM/s1600/HLeatherby-1002611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AhlCpE4-r6s/U-ptHeKiH8I/AAAAAAAAFlw/DxcA96hTQlM/s1600/HLeatherby-1002611.jpg" height="640" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can choose from some of Sadies' own designs on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheVanityCase?section_id=all">her Etsy page</a>, or she'll happily take a custom order too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-egNRMXq37jI/U-pu7Nje8PI/AAAAAAAAFmI/Pt3wWYWsGaY/s1600/1480573_437421913046362_879120046_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-egNRMXq37jI/U-pu7Nje8PI/AAAAAAAAFmI/Pt3wWYWsGaY/s1600/1480573_437421913046362_879120046_n.jpg" height="298" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vanity Case Fan Fans</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Her designs include the beautiful 'Les Fleurs', perfect for your Tiki ensemble. Modelled by Acid Doll wearing <a href="http://franticaboutfrances.co.uk/">Frantic about Frances</a> clothing</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TclCSI684Oc/U-psIj92dtI/AAAAAAAAFlg/dyZ63V8vgNI/s1600/HLeatherby-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TclCSI684Oc/U-psIj92dtI/AAAAAAAAFlg/dyZ63V8vgNI/s1600/HLeatherby-.jpg" height="640" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0RtRXl3e9BI/U-prmpP9IRI/AAAAAAAAFlQ/zOabr4DK68E/s1600/il_570xN.597206072_h648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0RtRXl3e9BI/U-prmpP9IRI/AAAAAAAAFlQ/zOabr4DK68E/s1600/il_570xN.597206072_h648.jpg" height="298" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Personally, this one bowls me over........(sorry)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2iH-e7li28/U-psKePJuZI/AAAAAAAAFlo/KHoqiEsDZaQ/s1600/HLeatherby-1003351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2iH-e7li28/U-psKePJuZI/AAAAAAAAFlo/KHoqiEsDZaQ/s1600/HLeatherby-1003351.jpg" height="640" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I think Sadie is particularly good at hand painting text as you can see here</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fGbYI0AnOqA/U-pvWi_cJ5I/AAAAAAAAFmQ/g5jGeo6ZGO0/s1600/14460_407982359323651_1017315901_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fGbYI0AnOqA/U-pvWi_cJ5I/AAAAAAAAFmQ/g5jGeo6ZGO0/s1600/14460_407982359323651_1017315901_n.jpg" height="400" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I simply can't imagine a night out dancing with the girls without a Vanity Case fan, they are a neccesity for hot, sweaty dancefloors!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can catch Sadie at her stall at The Mid Century Market in London this coming Saturday! If you haven't been before, this is a great market and a fab day out!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nmdErhf6L1M/U-pt5LslWkI/AAAAAAAAFl4/a5gGd4mYUUk/s1600/155771-440x610.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nmdErhf6L1M/U-pt5LslWkI/AAAAAAAAFl4/a5gGd4mYUUk/s1600/155771-440x610.jpg" height="640" width="460" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And here's Bethan who runs the market with her own personalised fan!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VwEtENO99Ss/U-puntQQTnI/AAAAAAAAFmA/A9RgMLsHUWk/s1600/10154196_510814525707100_4476315491774708086_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VwEtENO99Ss/U-puntQQTnI/AAAAAAAAFmA/A9RgMLsHUWk/s1600/10154196_510814525707100_4476315491774708086_n.jpg" height="640" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">All the fans are handpainted and you get a choice of fan and paint colours. Price: £20.00<br />You can also visit <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.407982325990321.1073741828.399849493470271&type=1">The Vanity Case Facebook Page </a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bAiQbATHL9k/U-pvkyHPR-I/AAAAAAAAFmY/oJG0aJg5ukY/s1600/HLeatherby-1002612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bAiQbATHL9k/U-pvkyHPR-I/AAAAAAAAFmY/oJG0aJg5ukY/s1600/HLeatherby-1002612.jpg" height="640" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-11515052195092811812014-08-12T20:54:00.000+01:002014-08-12T20:55:51.473+01:00The Vanity Case - I'm a big fan<div style="text-align: center;">
I am a very happy girl, because I got a new fan from my pal Sadie at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheVanityCase?ref=s2-header-shopname">The Vanity Case</a>. </div>
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Sadie made us some custom fans last year for <a href="http://www.thevintagemafia.com/">The Vintage Mafia</a>, which we love, but this Summer I decided that I needed me a little bit of beatnik to keep myself way cool with, and had a rough idea of what I wanted. Sadie interpreted my idea perfectly and I love it!</div>
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You can choose from some of Sadies' own designs on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheVanityCase?section_id=all">her Etsy page</a>, or she'll happily take a custom order too.</div>
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Her designs include the beautiful 'Les Fleurs', perfect for your Tiki ensemble. Modelled by Acid Doll wearing <a href="http://franticaboutfrances.co.uk/">Frantic about Frances</a> clothing</div>
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Personally, this one bowls me over........(sorry)</div>
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I think Sadie is particularly good at hand painting text as you can see here</div>
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I simply can't imagine a night out dancing with the girls without a Vanity Case fan, they are a neccesity for hot, sweaty dancefloors!</div>
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You can catch Sadie at her stall at The Mid Century Market in London this coming Saturday! If you haven't been before, this is a great market and a fab day out!</div>
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And here's Bethan who runs the market with her own personalised fan!</div>
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All the fans are handpainted and you get a choice of fan and paint colours. Price: £20.00<br />
You can also visit <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.407982325990321.1073741828.399849493470271&type=1">The Vanity Case Facebook Page </a></div>
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Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-88796427089328781812014-07-29T20:54:00.003+01:002015-08-29T20:24:57.007+01:00Summer in the City<h3>Seasonal workwear from <a href="http://www.hawesandcurtis.co.uk/">Hawes and Curtis</a></h3><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Its hot. Very hot, and very sticky. There is a definite temptation to throw on a cotton day dress and sandals everyday, but when I go to work - sometimes - I like to feel that I'm not wearing all my best vintage, and that I also like to try and keep my wardrobe office appropriate.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am delighted to show you blouses from Hawes and Curtis, who have been making shirts here in Britain since 1913. A short read of their website and I discovered that they have a proud history - Queen Elizabeth's <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Auxiliary Territorial Service</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></span>uniform during World War II bore their name</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pP1x94mJGhs/U9f107eKdBI/AAAAAAAAFj0/LtHnb3PYqWg/s1600/queen01.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pP1x94mJGhs/U9f107eKdBI/AAAAAAAAFj0/LtHnb3PYqWg/s1600/queen01.jpg" height="145" width="400" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px currentColor; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px currentColor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Left: The future Queen changing a truck tyre as Junior Commander Mildred looks on. </em><em style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Right: Princess Elizabeth in full Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform posing next to an Austin K2 Ambulance. </em></div><div><em style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px currentColor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></em></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KnI_eaIdPis/U9f10pV72xI/AAAAAAAAFjw/l5NjpBenA-M/s1600/queen03.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KnI_eaIdPis/U9f10pV72xI/AAAAAAAAFjw/l5NjpBenA-M/s1600/queen03.jpg" height="145" width="400" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px currentColor; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 16px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px currentColor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Left: Princess Elizabeth’s Auxiliary Territorial Service battledress uniform on display at Kensington Palace. </em><em style="border: 0px currentColor; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Right: An Auxiliary Territorial Service name-tagged shirt worn by Princess Elizabeth during the Second World War. </em></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The infamously stylish Duke of Windsor picked <a href="http://www.hawesandcurtis.com/">Hawes and Curtis</a> as his shirtmaker of choice, and they designed the spread collar for the Windsor knotted tie, so-called because he invented it (you learn something knew everyday!). He was a proud supporter of British clothing, as am I, and have tried to demonstrate in the past with the selection of brands I have chosen to promote and support.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ap320xv7gyk/U9f3AIsJQhI/AAAAAAAAFkE/jx1AnKpQP_8/s1600/dukeofwindsor01.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ap320xv7gyk/U9f3AIsJQhI/AAAAAAAAFkE/jx1AnKpQP_8/s1600/dukeofwindsor01.jpg" height="215" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16px;">The Duke of Windsor exiting Hawes & Curtis' first shop in London's Burlington Arcade.</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J1Cyyrhh2Sk/U9f3BeBe-oI/AAAAAAAAFkM/LcjyWycOK8c/s1600/dukeofwindsor02_(2).jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J1Cyyrhh2Sk/U9f3BeBe-oI/AAAAAAAAFkM/LcjyWycOK8c/s1600/dukeofwindsor02_(2).jpg" height="215" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px currentColor; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The day of the Duke of Windsor’s marriage to Wallis Simpson June 3, 1937 at Chateau de Candé, near Tours. He is wearing a Hawes & Curtis blue and white pinstriped shirt with white collar. And t</em><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px currentColor; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">he morning coat and trousers worn by the Duke of Windsor together with a Hawes & Curtis blue and white pinstriped shirt.</em></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Wearing a well made shirt is not surprisingly, a very nice experience. 90% of my wardrobe is vintage, but it is a lovely change to put something on that is new, and well made and has the benefit of having a little bit of vintage style. I even managed to find a vintage 50s bracelet and earrings to match in my collection!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Please excuse my hair, which was ruined by the hot and humid tube journey home!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QvLTFloItYM/U9f4MUadw8I/AAAAAAAAFkc/Mi3nLnINbfo/s1600/HLeatherby-1000893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QvLTFloItYM/U9f4MUadw8I/AAAAAAAAFkc/Mi3nLnINbfo/s1600/HLeatherby-1000893.jpg" height="640" width="434" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GwTLJk0G5K0/U9f4N0ILB3I/AAAAAAAAFko/iC2fx8kMfM4/s1600/HLeatherby-1000895.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GwTLJk0G5K0/U9f4N0ILB3I/AAAAAAAAFko/iC2fx8kMfM4/s1600/HLeatherby-1000895.jpg" height="266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RuTTMDkojG0/U9f4MNcFSGI/AAAAAAAAFkY/vSMUpzQ6F2I/s1600/HLeatherby-1000897.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RuTTMDkojG0/U9f4MNcFSGI/AAAAAAAAFkY/vSMUpzQ6F2I/s1600/HLeatherby-1000897.jpg" height="640" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9NT0L7bqyUs/U9f4X3XK1MI/AAAAAAAAFkw/SvTQemWL3mI/s1600/HLeatherby-1000900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9NT0L7bqyUs/U9f4X3XK1MI/AAAAAAAAFkw/SvTQemWL3mI/s1600/HLeatherby-1000900.jpg" height="640" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.hawesandcurtis.co.uk/ladies_green_and_orange_indiana_floral_print_slim_fitted_short_sleeve_shirt_low_collar-hodml027-e09"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.hawesandcurtis.co.uk/ladies_green_and_orange_indiana_floral_print_slim_fitted_short_sleeve_shirt_low_collar-hodml027-e09">Indiana Floral Print Shirt - Now on Sale £25.00 - Hawes and Curtis</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.freddiesofpinewood.co.uk/product/250-black-cigarette-pants">Black Cigarette Pants - Freddies of Pinewood - £50.00</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1950s Shoes - Vintage - eBay - £13.00</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bracelet and Earrings - Vintage - eBay</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Handbag - Vintage - Etsy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Historic photos and descriptions from the <a href="http://www.hawesandcurtis.co.uk/blog">Hawes and Curtis Blog</a></div>Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-13379475813922353662014-07-29T20:54:00.002+01:002014-07-30T11:59:38.425+01:00Summer in the City<h3>
Seasonal workwear from <a href="http://www.hawesandcurtis.co.uk/">Hawes and Curtis</a></h3>
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Its hot. Very hot, and very sticky. There is a definite temptation to throw on a cotton day dress and sandals everyday, but when I go to work - sometimes - I like to feel that I'm not wearing all my best vintage, and that I also like to try and keep my wardrobe office appropriate.</div>
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I am delighted to show you blouses from Hawes and Curtis, who have been making shirts here in Britain since 1913. A short read of their website and I discovered that they have a proud history - Queen Elizabeth's <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Auxiliary Territorial Service</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></span>uniform during World War II bore their name</div>
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The infamously stylish Duke of Windsor picked <a href="http://www.hawesandcurtis.com/">Hawes and Curtis</a> as his shirtmaker of choice, and they designed the spread collar for the Windsor knotted tie, so-called because he invented it (you learn something knew everyday!). He was a proud supporter of British clothing, as am I, and have tried to demonstrate in the past with the selection of brands I have chosen to promote and support.</div>
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Wearing a well made shirt is not surprisingly, a very nice experience. 90% of my wardrobe is vintage, but it is a lovely change to put something on that is new, and well made and has the benefit of having a little bit of vintage style. I even managed to find a vintage 50s bracelet and earrings to match in my collection!</div>
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Please excuse my hair, which was ruined by the hot and humid tube journey home!</div>
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1950s Shoes - Vintage - eBay - £13.00</div>
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Bracelet and Earrings - Vintage - eBay</div>
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Handbag - Vintage - Etsy</div>
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Historic photos and descriptions from the <a href="http://www.hawesandcurtis.co.uk/blog">Hawes and Curtis Blog</a></div>
Yesterday Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03503742865266845937noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2184082702887899956.post-19413201803460587742014-07-22T22:02:00.003+01:002015-08-29T20:24:57.031+01:00The Decade Hop<div style="text-align: center;">I realise that lately I have been very busy organising and/or just enjoying many amazing events and in the process have worn clothing from numerous decades. So, by way of a catch up I present to you 2 months worth of outfit posts. Hold on to your (vintage) hats!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1I2sD8ts1ck/U87JWpHga0I/AAAAAAAAFhI/bAlDaQKmQS8/s1600/HLeatherby-0001.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1I2sD8ts1ck/U87JWpHga0I/AAAAAAAAFhI/bAlDaQKmQS8/s1600/HLeatherby-0001.jpg" height="273" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At Bar Italia's 65th birthday celebration in my 1950s French linen jacket </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7vLxGla-MVI/U87JbEVzpAI/AAAAAAAAFhU/kWdAJgDTGUg/s1600/HLeatherby-0009.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7vLxGla-MVI/U87JbEVzpAI/AAAAAAAAFhU/kWdAJgDTGUg/s1600/HLeatherby-0009.jpg" height="640" width="432" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the same event in a vintage 1950s blouse</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sFVn46WFObo/U87JYsmINyI/AAAAAAAAFhQ/5bFjfGyHZGE/s1600/HLeatherby-019.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sFVn46WFObo/U87JYsmINyI/AAAAAAAAFhQ/5bFjfGyHZGE/s1600/HLeatherby-019.jpg" height="640" width="384" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hanging with Hayley on Brick Lane in a <a href="http://www.vivienofholloway.com/women-c70/skirts-c13/pencil-skirts-c103">Vivien of Holloway skirt</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IyJYf3zttKE/U87J2T_e-EI/AAAAAAAAFig/5wvDsCix4fk/s1600/HLeatherby-8996.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IyJYf3zttKE/U87J2T_e-EI/AAAAAAAAFig/5wvDsCix4fk/s1600/HLeatherby-8996.jpg" height="265" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Enjoying myself way too much in the silent disco at the RA's Midsummer Nights Fete, which we (The Vintage Mafia) organsied the fete in the courtyard for</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A7BQdhIbTXc/U87J7a2R7NI/AAAAAAAAFiw/EGS3TDlxfoA/s1600/HLeatherby-9112.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-A7BQdhIbTXc/U87J7a2R7NI/AAAAAAAAFiw/EGS3TDlxfoA/s1600/HLeatherby-9112.jpg" height="640" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the same event - tired and cleaning up the bunting! 1950s Horrockses dress</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SgJbTsNN33o/U87Jd1zAlQI/AAAAAAAAFhg/5OAxSqGUFx4/s1600/HLeatherby-1002326.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SgJbTsNN33o/U87Jd1zAlQI/AAAAAAAAFhg/5OAxSqGUFx4/s1600/HLeatherby-1002326.jpg" height="193" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With Louise at the Double R Club being a Twin Peak's 52 Card Pick Up Girl</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-65BosYgA0CI/U87Jt7bzyCI/AAAAAAAAFiI/Qozwk-b8bJk/s1600/HLeatherby-1007421.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-65BosYgA0CI/U87Jt7bzyCI/AAAAAAAAFiI/Qozwk-b8bJk/s1600/HLeatherby-1007421.jpg" height="266" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Being all fancy with my pal Charles at the Excelsior Club. 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At Bar Italia's 65th birthday celebration in my 1950s French linen jacket </div>
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At the same event in a vintage 1950s blouse</div>
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Hanging with Hayley on Brick Lane in a <a href="http://www.vivienofholloway.com/women-c70/skirts-c13/pencil-skirts-c103">Vivien of Holloway skirt</a> </div>
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At the same event - tired and cleaning up the bunting! 1950s Horrockses dress</div>
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With Louise at the Double R Club being a Twin Peak's 52 Card Pick Up Girl</div>
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Being all fancy with my pal Charles at the Excelsior Club. All clothing 1950s vintage</div>
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Charlestoning the night away with Auntie Maureen at The Vintage Mafia's secret Ric Rac Club at Prohibition</div>
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The Vintage Mafia - clothing all from <a href="http://www.angelsfancydress.com/shafts_full.php">Angels</a> </div>
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At Kew Gardens in 1950s Jacket - part of skirt suit and Freddies of Pinewood pedal pushers</div>
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Chap Olympiad - Outfit No.1 from <a href="https://www.collectif.co.uk/">Collectif</a> </div>
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Chap Olympiad - Outfit No.2 Vintage 1950s from Portobello Market</div>
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At Kelmarsh History Live! French Resistance. All clothing vintage french workwear from eBay etc</div>
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