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Carole Lombard 1934

Carole Lombard from Cinegraf Magazine 1934. The colours seem to be very strange in this picture, any idea why anyone?

I’ve heard a few people claim they’re ‘too old to wear vintage’ over the past few months, and it got

Katharine Hepburn received four Academy Awards for Best Actress – I think this is a record but I couldn’t verify

Is it morally acceptable to buy and wear real fur just because it’s vintage? This is a question I’ve asked

2 stylish ladies and a baby on board a boat sometime in the 1930s. I’d love to know what colour

A beautiful flower-print 1950s dress with a big circle skirt on the cover of the 1958 Spiegel Catalog Cover. I

I love cookery books. I have an enormous collection of them. So many in fact that they’ve spilled out of

A striking photo of Joan Crawford in the 1920s. I love the way the silhouette and shadows really add to

Marilyn Monroe‘s costume test for the unfinished 1962 movie Something’s Got to Give. She’s absolutely hypnotic, even just trying out

I’m not sure quite what’s going on in this photo. Are they a lesbian couple (which I’m guessing would have

This is my first attempt at colorizing a vintage photo (below), what do you think? I love the original photo

Photo of an unidentified woman photographed (I would guess) in the 1920s in Sydney, Australia. I love her outfit, from

I get contacted a lot by readers who ask me to recommend vintage stores and online resources. So I decided

A very pretty 1920s advert for Ivory Soap. Never has soap sounded so appealing! Hidden springs of beauty in your

I realise caricatures are generally quite unflattering, but this seems to be quite poisonous for no apparent reason! The artist

Did you know that Audrey Hepburn wasn’t Capote’s first choice to play Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s? Hope you

Two very stylish ladies in their 1930s race day fashions at Warwick Farm racecourse. I particuarly like the long striped

Coco Chanel wrapped up in a big fur coat sometime in the 1920s. The photo looks like it might have