21 February 2014

Editorial: Madame Germany Feb 2012

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Chic! Model Annabella Barber plays the role of ’50s vixen and soaks in the sights of California with classic looks. Personally I find this shoot to be early 60s, but since it is called Some Like it Hot let’s assume it is late 50s.

16 February 2014

Editorial: Numero June 2012

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Recently found this 60’s inspired editorial and thought it was fab. The model is Miranda Kerr and the photographer Nino Munoz. I want to live in that house!

11 February 2014

How to decorate your house vintage style

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A few 50’s interior illustrations for inspiration. I have been collecting these through time, so I haven’t got the source, just be sure credit does not belong to me. In my dreams, I would have a pink bathroom and a baby blue kitchen, a moss green living room and… I haven’t decided on the bedroom colour yet! If I had an office it would be red though.

There’s a few bits and pieces that I add to the flat where I live, a record player, a few analogue cameras, old magazines, vintage reprints, a nice lamp, etc. However, since we always live in rented places I cannot just go and paint the kitchen cabinets or buy much of my own furniture. And the time to move out and find a new nest has come once again. Our landlord is selling the place and we need to move out by the end of April. It is good news in a way that we might be able to find something better, but it is so time consuming to search for a new flat and then comes the dreadful moving day!

How wonderful it would be if we found something like a one of the pictures above for a reasonable price! Fingers crossed!!

10 February 2014

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

 

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Do you watch Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries? I’ve been watching season 1 recently and found it quite entertaining. The mysteries are cliché and I can find many period wrong facts. They could have done so much better with the makeup, I mean, who even wore contour in the 20s? And where’s the blush? Miss Fisher’s bob, although super fab, its so 1960’s Vidal Sassoon that it annoys me every time she’s not wearing a hat. However, despite all these little facts, the series is beautifully filmed and the costumes are to die for. I would kill to have all those pretty cloches!