50 years ago today President John F. Kennedy was assassinated during a visit to Dallas, Texas. The news shocked the world. These photos look perfectly normal snaps until you find out more about them and then they become incredibly powerful. The photo above was taken earlier that day when the President and a smiling Jackie(…)
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. THE WINNER IS: Amanda Louise Milton. CONGRATULATIONS, I WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU TO ARRANGE DELIVERY OF YOUR PRIZE.I’ve got some exciting news that I’ve been bursting to tell you for the last few weeks. I’ve been busy squirreling away at a *brand new vintage project*! My new obsession(…)
I’m not sure quite what the story is behind these photos of the Statue of Liberty. It seems that various body parts went on a world tour before they were finally assembled an put into place in 1886. Does anyone know a little more about the history of this? Either way, the photos are fascinating.(…)
You know my feelings about real fur by now, and if you’ve somehow missed that you can read about it here. I have to remind myself though that the past was a very different place, where wearing fur was aspirational and fashionable and the ethics of it weren’t questioned at all. One thing I still(…)
Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or more precisely haven’t stopped by my blog in the last few days) you probably know that it was Goodwood Revival at the weekend. I haven’t really posted anything about my outfits so I thought I’d share those with you today. On Friday I wore a 1960s houndstooth(…)
I’ve got an incredibly busy weekend, including Goodwood Revival, taking my 7 year old go karting, seeing friends plus lots of chores and other bits and pieces shoe-horned in between, but I thought I’d quickly post a few photos from Friday’s Goodwood Revival. I’ll do a proper post next week when I’ve got a little(…)
Princess Margaret with Sir Raynor Arthur during a brief visit to Nassau in May 1958 Source and copyright: No known copyright restrictions
Elvis Presley & Richard Nixon in the Oval Office in 1970 – don’t they make a strange couple? Elvis wrote to Nixon saying that he wanted to become a Federal Agent in the fight against drugs (rumour has it that he just wanted the badge since he collected police and military paraphernalia!). In the meeting(…)
1930s movie star Paulette Goddard in a beautiful dress on the cover of Cinegraf Magazine. Source and copyright: This image is in the public domain because the copyright of this photograph, registered in Argentina, has expired.
I’m delighted to have a guest post today from the lovely French blogger Anne who blogs at chicandgeek.com. She has agreed to share some of her wonderful family wedding photos from the 20s through to the 70s. Enjoy, and merci Anne! The pictures I’m happy to share with you today came in my mailbox (the(…)
Above: Marilyn Monroe receives an escort while in Korea for her USO tour. In February 1954 shortly after marrying Joe DiMaggio, Marilyn Monroe took a detour from a trip in Japan to entertain the troops in Korea. She performed ten shows in four days, in front of audiences that totaled more than 100,000 soldiers and(…)
There’s been a bit of a Marilyn Monroe theme to my blog this week – which wasn’t planned, it just sort of snowballed. Anyway, it’s turned into an unplanned celebration of Marilyn which is appropriate as today is the 50th anniversary of her death on August 5th 1962. I’m not sure that’s really something to(…)
THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED AND WE HAVE ANNOUNCED THE WINNER HERE. YOU CAN SEE OUR CURRENT COMPETITION HERE. Audrey Hepburn is one of the most enduring beauties of our time – her photos are also the second most popular on We Heart Vintage (behind Marilyn)! The grace and effortless charm of Hepburn has been captured wonderfully(…)