Category: Lifestyle
10 Top tips for selling and buying at UK vintage fairs
Sooner or later vintage fairs will return in the UK. Get the most from your vintage fair experience with these top tips.
UK Vintage fairs 2021. Is there hope?
My love-hate relationship with vintage fairs and other associated musings.
Jane Woolrich Couture
Because life's too short to wear mediocre underwear.
What is Lastex fabric?
Lastex is a stretchy elastic yarn that can be made to give either a one-way or two-way stretch that is made from a single latex (r...
On the record: Captivating vintage nightgowns and negli...
Saucy and stimulating - vinyl glamour girls in the groove.
It's Totally Beyond Her Control. And mine.
Emma Benitez interviews the inimitable and truly lovely Dominique de Merteuil, vintage fashion and travel writer and the girl behi...
7 little-known things to look for when buying a vintage...
How to avoid the 7 most common mistakes when buying a vintage slip. Insider secrets explained in this helpful guide with photo ill...
Objects of Desire: 1940s all-in-one sheath girdles.
Let's talk 1940 girdles. The notoriously unforgiving 1940's sheath dress required perfectly designed foundation underwear to match...
Nylon: The Story of a Fashion Revolution.
Revealed and reviewed, this best selling book by Susannah Handley lifts the lid on the story of Nylon - the insider story.
Heavenly vintage silk lingerie by Fischer.
US lingerie manufacturer Fischer & Company, Inc. first started using the brand name 'Heavenly' way back in 1941, but didn't offici...
CC41 utility stockings by Plaza Hosiery Ltd
Recently I was fortunate enough to obtain a box of 6 pairs of CC41 utility mark 1940's fashion stockings in perfect unworn conditi...
How to leave Etsy and start your own vintage fashion we...
Are you ready to quit Etsy and start your own independent vintage fashion selling website? Here are some helpful tips and advice f...
Faerie vintage lingerie style and label dating resource...
The beautiful 1940's and 1950's slips and nightgowns of
Wolsey Vanity Fair - a rocky transatlantic lingerie tal...
The 1960's dalliance between staid, traditional Wolsey and 'winner takes all' Vanity Fair lasted barely ten years. What went wron...
1950s Vanity Fair vintage lingerie label dating guide.
How to date your Vanity Fair vintage lingerie labels. Your essential step-by-step Vanity Fair label dating resource.
Look away - don't show your face. 1950's Vanity Fair ad...
The photography of Mark Shaw and Richard Avedon in vintage Vanity Fair lingerie advertising of the 1950's.
12 sexy Gothic slip dresses for goth damn amazing Goth ...
Learn to love the darkness. Here are just 12 of Nylon Nostalgia's Goth slips - authentic alternative vintage gothic fashion for go...
Bullet Bras. Comically conical? What was the point?
Nylon Nostalgia's 1940s style bullet bras. Real vintage, not 'vintage inspired'!
1950s fashion petticoats - flouncy memories recalled.
The truth about wearing vintage petticoats is maybe not what you think. Here, just for the fun of it, are some comments made by wo...
Do women still wear slips? Are slips still worn?
Do ladies wear slips anymore? Are slips really old fashioned? Yes, some women do still wear slips, although numbers are far less...
