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1930s
Erotica Inspiration
Here’s a bit of NSFW eyecandy, featuring French postcards, photos of Ziegfield girls, and girls from naughty stories.
Easterbunny Hijinks
Well, kittens – the Bunnyhop Bash was a blast and a half! The Easterbunny himself was there! We all ate too much candy, guzzled giggle-water, and did the Bunnyhop with Fatbottom Cabaret! Best Easter Sunday ever? Yeah, we would say so! Check out the fabulousness and hilarity from the photobooth! Your loving hostesses in our [...]
Bunny Hop Bash!
This Sunday, April 24th at 9pm, please join us at The Swan Dive for The Bunny Hop Bash, featuring The Fat Bottom Cabaret and Djamberry Caravan. The ladies of the Fat Bottom Cabaret will be donning bunny ears and hoppin’ their way into your heart, while Djamberry Caravan will swing well into the evening. We [...]
Eastertime in Flapperland!
It’s no secret that Easter is kind of a big deal for your hostesses, so imagine our delight when we deduced that the next Vintage Vivant fell smack dab on Easter Sunday! Could it be anymore perfect? To our way of thinking, there’s no better holiday (save maybe New Year’s Eve?) to show off your [...]
The Golden Photobooth
Wowie wow-wow and double shazam, cats! The photos from last Sunday are just so amazing, it’s hard to even know where to start – every single one is just so gorgeous! I’ve chosen a heaping handful of absolute faves here, but they’re all so fabulous, be sure to check out the full set over at [...]
Gilded Lillies
Our eyes are still half-blinded from the dazzle of so many gorgeous creatures flitting about like gilded butterflies under the soft light of Swan Dive’s crystal chandeliers. Once again, everyone turned it out in fine style! Sugar-daddies and jazz-babies alike jitterbugged and lindy-hopped to the Eastside Dandies, who really are just the eel’s hips – [...]
1930s Moon Manicure
I always notice 1930s manicures because in films, there is inevitably a close up of a woman holding a telegraph letter or clicking away at a typewriter. I’ve cut my nails into little sharp points for about four years, and it is a very satisfying, wearable shape. This manicure makes my nails grow longer because there [...]
Sponsor Spotlight
Some of you have been inquiring to Vintage Vivant headquarters with pleas for wardrobe help for the Paper Moon event. Fear not, unclothed masses! Today, with the help of Amelia’s Retro-Vogue & Relics vintage store, we have put together several looks from the 1920s, 30s and 40s using a simple black dress. You at least own [...]
December 14th, 2010
Brown beret – Army supply store, Seattle, WA Sea urchin & pearl earrings – made by me Kitten & teacup 1930s reproduction blouse – Jitterbuggin on etsy Green vintage belt – Decades Vintage, PDX Brown skirt with creme embroidery – Buffalo Exchange Brown striped socks – Payless Brown heels – Buffalo Exchange The parking lot [...]
December 11th, 2010
Creme Cloche from Yellowfield7 on Etsy Creme knit blouse with polkadot tie – Buffalo Exchange 1930s silk dressing gown worn as camisole Wine accordion pleated skirt – Banana Republic by way of Buffalo Exchange Wine stockings Bone Tstrap shoes – Dollhouse My only quarrel with Texas is that there are not nearly enough cold days [...]
Kissing Film Stills, pt. 31
Baby Face (1933) is one of my most favorite preCode movies. Barbara Stanwyck stars as a saloon hall girl who sleeps her way to the top. Her hair reminds me of a huge seashell. The girlfriend walks in while the secretary sneaks a snog. Kissing in furs. If you have 10 minutes, the following clip [...]
Talking Machines – Phonograph Documentary
Greetings modern anachronists and fellow phonograph enthusiasts! I have an exciting documentary to introduce to you. Bison Grass Films from the UK is making a film about modern-day phonograph collectors and creators. They are traveling this spring through the UK, Australia, Japan and the USA to find collectors & the like to interview. I am [...]
Choice Bit of Calico
Oh, excuse me! It’s been over a month since the last “Choice Bit of Calico.” Please forgive me, I am a busy lady. On my bike commute this morning I saw a pink sunrise and a V of geese soaring over the Congress St Bridge. Having a frank discussion about Coming Out Day made me [...]
Kissing Film Stills, pt. 30
When I watch movies, I always take pictures of the kissing scenes! Nancy Carroll goes in for a one-gloved smooch while her honey holds a dish of ice box pie. A rolling around kiss. You can tell these are precode! These stills are all from Hot Saturday (1932), and was Cary Grant’s first movie as [...]
Search for Beauty (1934)
Search for Beauty (1934) begins with Jean (above) and Dan’s release from jail. Teaming up with their crony, Larry, the three hatch a plan to make money by launching a fitness magazine with cheesecake and beefcake photos and salacious stories with tacked-on morals. It’s a very cute movie, and assembles some incredible young specimens of [...]
Tranarchy!
My striped ensemble for Tranarchy! this weekend & I ended up looking like a cross between a German Flapper, Louise Brooks, & Friend the Girl Which, is never a bad thing.
Kissing Film Stills, pt. 29
When I watch movies, I always take pictures of the kissing scenes! These are from the pre-code film Murder at the Vanities (1934). Close your eyes and think of me. This blondie is the little cutie who stars opposite from Dick Powell in the “Young and Healthy” number from 42nd Street (1933). I’m unsure of [...]
Kissing Film Stills, pt. 28
When I watch movies, I always take pictures of the kissing scenes! I live near a giant discount grocery store that carries a strange selection of $1 double feature movies. I bought a stack of them on a whim and I’ve been slowly going through them when I’m waiting for my Netflix to arrive. For [...]
Kissing Film Stills, pt. 27
When I watch movies, I always take pictures of the kissing scenes! A surreal kiss planted on a boy wearing a paper mache mask. These are all of Marlene Dietrich from The Glamour Collection DVDs. Not even a sweater can come between this kiss. Kissing while holding an empty wine class in Morocco.
Kissing Film Stills, pt. 26
Reefer Madness! Formally titled “Tell Your Children,” this cautionary tale from 1938 features a trio of drug dealers and innocent teens who become addicted to “reefer cigarettes.” Here are the teen sweethearts, smooching while studying Shakespeare and innocently drinking hot chocolate. After Mary’s mother busts up the amour, Jimmy falls into a fountain. In the [...]
Kissing Film Still, pt. 25
When I watch movies, I always take pictures of the kissing scenes! Ever since I met Stella Polaris earlier this year in Paris, I’ve been obsessed with watching Marlene Dietrich movies. Both women possess a remarkable grace and mysterious air about them. These kissing scenes come from two movies: “The Devil Is a Woman” and [...]
Kissing Film Stills, pt. 24
When I watch movies, I always take pictures of the kissing scenes! Here is Greta Garbo starring as the sultry and mysterious Mata Hari (1931). This story is loosely based on the persona of the real Mata Hari, a German exotic dancer who was convicted and executed as a spy during World War I. Garbo [...]
Choice Bit of Calico
Oh, gosh, what have I been up to? All of this heat makes the days melt together. Taking the dog on long walks in the August heat to get zucchini tacos at El Chilito. Listening to John Waters read his new book “Role Models” on my iPod everywhere: on the bus, on long walks, and [...]
Prix De Beaute (1930)
This is not my uploaded video, but I love LOVE in these old movies when lovers sing operatic solos loudly into their lovers’ faces. I’ve captured some quiet, overlooked snippets of the 1930 French film “Prix de Beaute.” The majority of these were panning shots or captures from a series of montages: Louise Brooks mournfully [...]
