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Vintage Travel Essentials For a Weekend Trip

Vintage Travel Essentials For a Weekend Trip

Vintage Wardrobe Travel Tips: The Ultimate Guide A travel outfit should be as simple and practical as possible, with a rather sporty, casual character—never fancy! An extravagant travel outfit is a sign of poor taste and a complete lack of knowledge of dressing etiquette. The greatest elegance in travel attire lies in the excellent quality of the fabric and the…

Authentic Vintage Look: Reviewing Cervin’s Best Fully Fashioned Stockings

Authentic Vintage Look: Reviewing Cervin’s Best Fully Fashioned Stockings

Best Cervin Fully Fashioned Stockings Who Makes the Best Fully Fashioned Stockings? In this article, I’m excited to share my heartfelt review of the five best Cervin fully fashioned stockings for an authentic vintage look, my personal favourites, which I have tried, tested, and worn with several of my 1940s and 1950s ensembles. Once an essential item in every woman’s…

Dior’s New Look: Vintage-Inspired Outfit for Fall

Dior’s New Look: Vintage-Inspired Outfit for Fall

Fall, my favourite season, is finally upon us, the perfect time to dust off my 1940s suits with matching hats and weather-appropriate gloves. As I was carefully packing my summer vintage wardrobe into Tyvek covers, you can find out how to properly store vintage in my article; ‘How to Store Vintage Clothes Like a Pro‘, and unpacking fall ensembles, I…

Gilded Age: The Łódź Edition 1. Gilded Age glamour, Łódź...

Gilded Age: The Łódź Edition 1. Gilded Age glamour, Łódź...

One museum in Łódź. Three exhibitions. Endless vintage inspiration. During...

One museum in Łódź. Three exhibitions. Endless vintage inspiration. During...

A 1940s CC41 Utility dress is proof that true elegance...

A 1940s CC41 Utility dress is proof that true elegance...

My I Love Lucy look in a 1940s Dorothy Hubbs...

My I Love Lucy look in a 1940s Dorothy Hubbs...

I recreated Lucille Ball’s iconic I Love Lucy makeup using...

I recreated Lucille Ball’s iconic I Love Lucy makeup using...

I told myself I’d stop romanticising the past… and then...

I told myself I’d stop romanticising the past… and then...