Glamour of the Golden Age of Hollywood – Ideas for a Wedding inspired by 1940s Hollywood
After spending a blissful afternoon watching classic Joan Crawford (in the fierce Mildred Pierce) and my post on Pin Curls – the ultra glamorous hairstyle synonymous with the roaring 40s, I was inspired to pull together an inspiration board for those brides wishing to channel the style and glamour of the starlets of the Golden Age of [...]
Sunday Style Icon: Anna Neagle
I can almost hear people saying “Who?” and a month ago I would have been saying the same, but then my Dad emailed me with the loveliest story detailing a wonderfully sentimental family link to this lovely lady, that just caught my imagination. When my Nan was a young lady, in the late 1920s early 1930s, [...]
The Most Distinctly Stunning Long Sleeved Wedding Dresses
I have always thought sleeves on a wedding dress give a blushing bride a demure air of elegance, creating a sleek silhouette and immediately evoking reflections of a more graceful and refined time. After so many years of strapless bodiced bridal gowns, I do believe it is time for a sleeve revival! The beautiful Toile Francais from [...]
Pin Curls – Ultra Glamorous Hair of the Roaring Forties
Hairstyles in the roaring forties were vivid and elegant and I don’t think there is any hair style (other than, perhaps, the Finger Waves or Marcel Waves of the 1920s) more elegant than the loose Pin Curls, so synonymous with the Golden Age of Hollywood and sultry stars like Veronica Lake! With her infamous peek-a-boo [...]
The Finest Vintage Inspired Bridal Gowns from NYC Bridal Fashion Week
If a vintage wedding dress, like the fabulous frocks I featured in Exquisite Vintage Bridal Gowns from The Frock, isn’t for you but you still want a vintage inspired wedding or theme, then despair not! Many of the oh so talented designers of today have been drawing inspiration from eras gone by for their recent collections and 2012 is no exception. Jenny [...]
Exquisite Vintage Bridal Gowns from The Frock
In my sneak peek of posts to come I teased you with the promise of showing where you can find the most fabulous Vintage Wedding Dresses and today I am finally getting round to keeping that promise! I have been so keen to share The Frock with you, but I confess to having been sidetracked by research [...]
Sunday Style Icon: Joan Crawford
With a career spanning 45 years and over 80 motion pictures, the subject of my Sunday Style Icon today was proclaimed, by no other than Life Magazine, to be the “First Queen of the Movies”. Joan Crawford is one of the most instantly recognisable and famous actresses of the 1930s and 40s – she is [...]
Sunday Style Icon: Veronica Lake
Very few women are remembered for their hair alone…. in fact I can think of only one…… (Images source FanPop) (Image Source Stirred Straight Up)
Designer Jenny Packham – Queen of Deco
I think it only right that the first designer I feature on my blog should be the designer I chose for my own wedding! Jenny Packham is the award-winning British designer (International Couture Bridal Designer of the Year in 2007 and British Bridal Dress Designer in 2008) now world-renowned for her stunning, vintage inspired bridal dresses – she [...]
Exquisite Vintage Headwear – ‘Twigs & Honey’
I love, love, love vintage headwear – if I could style myself vintage every day, I would have a different piece of headwear for every day of the year! And in my constant search for vintage headwear I always return to one exquisite brand in particular - Twigs & Honey, for their fabulously romantic and whimsical [...]
