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How to Wear 1940s Hats

There’s a real soft-spot in my heart for 1940s fashions. Perhaps it’s because I grew up seeing the big shoulder

Oh my, it’s definitely getting colder out there. The nights have drawn in and Christmas lights are starting to spring

The news is littered with stories of the latest auctions of iconic clothes and accessories, with price tags that still

Jeepers creepers it’s COLD out there! About 5 minutes after I finished taking these photos it started hailing and then

We’ve just had the first sleet of the season outside, so I think I’m justified in looking forward to the

From the 1920s to the 1980s there are so many wonderful vintage dresses out there you could wear this party

I can’t ignore it any longer: the Christmas ads started in major style yesterday and once M&S and John Lewis

Wearing vintage means different things to different people. Some simply have a love of the 1940s and want to relive

I’m totally engrossed in Downton Abbey this season. I was a late starter and only began watching it at the

Ziegfeld Girls: The gorgeous Fairbank Twins photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1922

1920s silent movie star Theda Bara looking a lot less vampish than she was generally made out to be! I

I have a secret soft-spot for the Seventies. Despite being horrified by flares, paisley and anything brown throughoutt my younger

It’s strange I suppose, but I never really thought about Judy Garland as being sexy. I think my image of

The height of Hollywood stars is something which has always fascinated me. I’m not sure why, but actresses always seem

1930s movie star Myrna Loy wearing an elegant halterneck dress. I’m slowly but surely falling for 1930s fashions, they were

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. THE WINNER IS: Mary Heatley. CONGRATULATIONS MARY, THISBLUEBIRD WILL GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU ABOUT

While I spend a lot of my life in relaxed 70s-style jeans or little sixties-style minidresses, it’s nice sometimes to

It’s time I broadened my vintage horizons. When I first started wearing vintage I took baby-steps and invested in easy