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Looking for Vintage Events?

Looking for Vintage Events?

I really look forward to the vintage events I go to each year, but I tend to stick to the same events each year (mostly Goodwood Revival and various events at Brooklands Museum). It’s not because I don’t want to go out and do more, but just because they are the only events I really(…)

Win Some Exquisite Handmade Lingerie

Win Some Exquisite Handmade Lingerie

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. THE WINNER IS Annaloa Hilmarsdottir. CONGRATULATIONS ANNALOA, MISS JONES WILL BE IN TOUCH TO ARRANGE DELIVERY OF YOUR PRIZE. It’s been a bit of a lingerie-themed week this week, with my pick of the best 50 vintage undies yesterday, so what could be more appropriate than offering some amazing lingerie(…)

Sign up for your chance to win a vintage art print by Dupenny

Sign up for your chance to win a vintage art print by Dupenny

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THE WINNER IS LesAMseBain. CONGRATULATIONS, WE’LL BE IN TOUCH TO ARRANGE YOUR PRIZE! Sign up to receive lovely updates fresh from We Heart Vintage and you might be the lucky winner of one of these vintage art prints by Dupenny. Dupenny was founded in 2009 by Emily Dupen-Hopkins, and is(…)

Win a piece of silk Burlesque-style lingerie

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. WE HAVE ANNOUCED THE WINNER HERE. YOU CAN SEE OUR LATEST COMPETITION HERE. This week’s competition prize has been donated by the delicious Miss Jones Lingerie. Miss Jones is exquisite bespoke lingerie, handmade to order from pure silk, with French Chantilly lace, and adorned with Swarovski crystals. For romantic Brides,(…)

How did 1950s models get such tiny waists? The low down on waist training

How did 1950s models get such tiny waists? The low down on waist training

I’ve often marvelled at the different body shapes which have been in fashion over the decades: from the skinny boyish figure of the 1920s and 1960s to the fabulous hourglass figures of the 1950s. It also got me wondering why people don’t look like that today. Above: 1950s model and pinup Betty Brosmer. Image courtesy(…)