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Tips and tricks for living and decorating with a non-vintage guy

Lena — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:59:21 +0000

Co-habiting with a partner who doesn’t think living in an atomic era house is something to aspire to can be difficult. Angel Cutsforth knows the reality of life with a non-vintage guy all too well. Here she shares her best tips and tricks on how to come to a compromise when living and decorating with your [...]

Storm Thorgerson: Right but Wrong – new exhibition on the cutting edge album artist

Lena — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:50:33 +0000

From Led Zeppelin to Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath to Megadeath, Muse to the Mars Volta, the Idea Generation Gallery presents a retrospective of one of the greatest album artists of all time. The art of Storm Thorgerson is as famous as the music it accompanies. As a childhood friend of the founding members of Pink [...]

Kings of Vintage: Bring the cravat back!

George — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:00:11 +0000

Is there any other item more dapper than a cravat? When was the last time you saw these bibs of silk or satin out on a weekend stroll? This week George Walker is on a mission to bring back the cravat as the ultimate choice of neckwear for the manly debonair gent. Will you be [...]

Flapper invasion in Manchester: we went to the Charleston flashmob

Lena — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:59:19 +0000

It’s Saturday afternoon in Manchester and shopping area Piccadilly Gardens is teeming with shoppers and pedestrians going about their business. A man in a velvet frock coat casually sets down a stereo by a grassy verge and presses play. ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’ by big band legend Louis Prima is soon blaring from the speakers. Two smartly [...]

Win: a pair of vintage sunglasses in time for spring

Lena — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:01:47 +0000

If you are looking for the perfect pair of vintage sunglasses look no further. QueensOfVintage.com has teamed up with fabulous online shop Giant Vintage to give away a pair of vintage sunglasses to a vintage loving girl or chap. Now that we’ve spotted a glimpse of sunshine we’re eager to reach for our sunnies – better enjoy [...]

We love your Hawaiian take on Fifties style, Vintage Queen no 62

Lena — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:00:12 +0000

Our fabulous Vintage Queen number 62 was born in Hawaii, and her roots still very much influence her own interpretation of Fifties style. With her colourful, bright dresses, flowers worn as hair accessories and red lipstick she looks like Hawaii’s answer to the bombshells of the Fifties. My name is Melodie but I am also known as A Vintage [...]

The Vintage Librarian reviews: The Pampered Paramour

Lena — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:55:54 +0000

This week our lovely Vintage Librarian Claire Pursglove is reviewing a book that my solve the age-old kitchen dilemma: how to get your man cooking. The easy answer: vintage nudes. Yes really! The Pampered Paramour…Your Mistress in the Kitchen by Nina Faull Available from www.thepamperedparamour.com, $14.95 (shipping charges vary) As a young lady who has yet to establish [...]

Vintage shopping tips: we’ve asked the expert!

Admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:00:58 +0000

Do you know your Bertex from your Biba? Could you spot a Forties wiggle dress from a pile of Eighties puffball prom dresses? There’s one lady who can, and unsurprisingly she makes her living from it! Vintage Secret’s Naomi Thompson offers QueensOfVintage.com readers her insider tips on what to look out for when shopping for [...]

Berlin for vintage film enthusiats

Lena — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +0000

Vintage film enthusiasts have a number of notable sights to explore in Berlin, after all the city was once the film capital of Europe. Our Berlin correspondent Holly has found the perfect sights for old-school movie lovers. Start your day with a delightfully strong coffee at Berlin’s old world coffee house, Cafe Einstein, on Kurfürstenstrasse there [...]

British street style: Mod

Lena — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:00:30 +0000

The ultimate Sixties youth movement, Mods were a quintessentially British phenomenon, despite their Italian Vespas and love for US soul and Jamaican ska. Christopher Raymond Brocklebank takes a look at one of our favourite vintage subcultures. Mod has oft been described as ‘clean living under difficult circumstances’, which is an eloquent line, but perhaps misleading, after [...]