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beauty secrets
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 [...]
Deer de los Muertos & The Sinking of The Titanic
This Halloween, The East Side Show Room was host to a Titanic Party. The outside of the venue was outfitted with smoke stacks, and indoors, life rafts were hung from the rafters. The bar staff were all dressed as drowned sailors and sirens. My favorite guy dressed as an enormous ice berg! The menu for [...]
September 2, 2010
Violet millinery flowers pinned in hair – vintage shop in Seattle Teal earrings – urban outfitters 1940s? floral dress with flower baskets and purple ric rac – buffalo exchange purple plastic flats – Melissa, from my trip to Brazil What a lovely little frock I’ve found! At first, I was drawn to it because it [...]
May 1st, 2010
Brown beret – military supply store, Seattle, WA Green polka dot scarf – thrifted 1940s butterscotch Gabardine dress – Decades Vintage, PDX Green belt – Decades Vintage, PDX Green stockings Brown wedges – Buffalo Exchange I’ve been watching 1940s house for the last few days. What a show! It’s so exciting and emotional, furthered on [...]
April 23rd, 2010
German glass bead earrings – made by me 1920s onesie as blouse – from Uncommon Objects, ATX 1970s Sailor Pants – Military Supply store, Seattle Green Greta Shoes – From Remixvintageshoes Here’s my spin on a 1930s Chorus Girl outfit – I’m ready to dance! I love this color of peach – and the garment [...]
January 22nd, 2010
Green knit beret – I literally found this in the trash. 1960s rust dress with attached striped collar – Big Bertha’s Bargain Basement, Austin, TX Green belt – Decades Vintage, PDX Black knee socks – Target Green Greta Shoes – Remix Vintage Shoes Black fingernails It’s the end of the week! Hello! I made it! [...]
January 15th, 2010
Plum sweater blouse with puffy sleeves – Buffalo Exchange, Portland, OR 13 button sailor pants – Red Light Vintage, Seattle, WA Plum socks – American Apparel Black flats – Target When I was in Seattle, I got my hair fingerwaved on Tuesday. Here it is, Friday, and my set is still quite convincing! I got [...]
Vintage Vivant Traveling Essentials
“Excuse me, you speak English, right? You are my personal hero, hiking the rainforest like that.” – Girl from Chicago Here I am, pictured above, on the sea-facing coast of Ilha Grande, Brazil during my vacation there to see G. this past summer. Before this photo was taken, G. and I had hiked several miles [...]
December 17, 2009
Red corduroy bow – snipped off one of my Hello Kitty plush dolls and affixed to a pincurl clip Red Scarf – Thrifted in Lawerence, KS Red leather gloves – estate sale, Eugene, OR Black jacket with Red/Yellow/Blue flecked Tweed Details – Buffalo Exchange, ATX 1930s dress with Primary color daisy details – Buffalo Exchange, [...]
Hair Bows & Ribbons
Girl and Taxidermied Bird, 1920s Yellow Floofy Bow from a 1930s Valentine The Gale Sisters Trivia from IMDB: When June was performing with her twin sister Jean Gale and her other two sisters, Joan Gale and Jane Gale (also twins), they were billed as quadruplets instead of two sets of twins. Ann Dvorak Jeanette MacDonald [...]
I Love Redheads
Red headed woman on an airplane, 1940s One of my favorite movies, starring Jean Harlow Red head from John Galliano’s Boudoir Doll collection Red head from John Galliano’s Boudoir Doll collection Red head from John Galliano’s Boudoir Doll collection Source Unknown. 1920s Card Roxanne from Persephassa My Gentle River Blythe. I took her into my [...]
Vintage Beauty Secrets – part I
My list of beauty secrets reads as if my grandmothers penned it Eleanor Boardman My list of beauty secrets reads as if my grandmothers penned it: – I cut my nails at a sharp angle so that they resemble kitten claws. This helps them to grow longer because there is less surface area for the [...]
Flapper Makeup How To!
The lovely Betty Amann – notice her very waxy eyelashes and downward sloping eyebrows! When I was younger and not quite living as a full blown Vintage Vivant (that is, dressing in vintage styles every day) I used holidays such as my Birthday, New Year’s Eve and Halloween to dress in full vintage and emulate [...]
September 25, 2009
Green vintage dress with Pennsylvania Dutch-ish pattern – $7 at Nobody’s Baby, Eugene, OR Yellow poppy pinned in hair – from a craft store Yellow and white gingham bows made into earrings – did that meself! Black knit socks Yellow shoes – Buffalo Exchange Today is my third day of using Jojoba Oil on my [...]
