Mastering the Wing: Keeping Your Eyeliner Sharp and Bold When it comes to modern pinup makeup, winged eyeliner is iconic. Eyeliner, especially the dramatic winged look, can be a powerful tool for enhancing your eyes and adding definition to your face. But smudged, faded eyeliner can quickly ruin your look. To avoid this, I've created … Continue reading How To Keep Your Eyeliner Sharp and Bold
Navigating Cultural Representation through Pinup Fashion Pinup fashion, with its bold colors, playful silhouettes, and emphasis on confidence, is a timeless style that empowers and celebrates all body types. But how can you incorporate this vibrant aesthetic into your wardrobe while staying true to your own cultural background? Here's how to achieve a stunning fusion of pinup flair and cultural pride, all … Continue reading Rock the Runway, Respect the Roots: Combining Pinup Fashion and Culture
Light Up Your Holidays: A Guide to Finding Vintage & Reproduction Ceramic Christmas Trees The warm glow of a ceramic Christmas tree adds a unique touch of nostalgia and charm to any holiday display. After a recent post all about the history of the iconic ceramic Christmas tree, I thought it was only fair to tell … Continue reading Where to Shop For Ceramic Christmas Trees
Something is rotten in the state of Golden Hollywood The 1950s might be remembered for poodle skirts, drive-in movies, and rock and roll, but beneath the seemingly wholesome surface, Hollywood was churning with scandals that captivated and shocked the public. Much like today, the Golden era of Hollywood was rife with scandalous celebrity behaviour and … Continue reading Tinseltown Turmoil: Top 5 Celebrity Scandals during the Golden Age of Hollywood
Although Valentine's Day is over for another year, I still find myself gravitating towards love heart core fashion especially if it's done in a retro or vintage style. We've looked at Sarsparilly many times on this blog but I've yet to do a review of their True Love collection which came out a year ago. … Continue reading Sarsparilly True Love Collection Review
Back in May, I wrote up a review of the Peony Blush Dress from Teuta Matoshi which is a stunning Grace Kelly Princess fantasy gown that we all fell in love with. Since posting, I've had a few messages regarding fit of other Teuta Matoshi styles. It just so happens that I have a few … Continue reading Garden in the Sky Dress from Teuta Matoshi Review
When you first start sewing with vintage sewing patterns, the pattern envelope may seem a little odd, confusing and pretty strange to read. Don't let vintage sewing envelopes put you off, once you learn the basics, they are informative and easy to understand. After sewing for a few years and learning how to read vintage … Continue reading How to Read a Vintage Sewing Pattern Envelope
Whenever I go op shopping, I always make an effort to look for sewing patterns. There's a plethora of cheap 80s patterns (with questionable garments all of which look shapeless and way too big), loads of children's patterns, some modern patterns and on the rare occasion, 50s patterns. I treasure any vintage pattern (not from … Continue reading Sewing Pattern Review: New Look 6508
If you follow my Instagram, you may have seen a few reels where I am wearing a stunning pink tulle gown from Teuta Matoshi. I bought this dress to wear to a wedding and ever since I posted it, I've been receiving lots of questions regarding it so I thought I'd write up a full … Continue reading Peony Blush Dress from Teuta Matoshi Review
February is Black History Month and throughout this month we have been sharing topics in order to share, educate and embrace figures from history who may not have gotten the recognition they deserved due to their skin colour. We have discussed iconic black figures who brought about significant change, vintage black celebrities who were iconic … Continue reading Modern Day Black Pinups You Should Know
I constantly remind myself how lucky I am to be living in Perth where we are feeling pretty safe and protected from Covid. Although we've gone through lockdown like most people, we are lucky that we haven't had any community transmissions for quite some time. Despite that, we have missed out on many events that … Continue reading Polka Dot Vintage Markets November 2020
If you live in a smaller city such as myself, you may have noticed that your vintage shopping options are pretty limited. So where else do you turn to find amazing vintage besides the three stores you have to drive an hour to, THE INTERNET! The online sphere has become a shoppers paradise but it … Continue reading How / Where to Shop Vintage Online
It's nearly autumn and I'm already starting to plan out my wardrobe and pull out all the stunning seasonal colors. Autumn is my favourite time of year, I love matching cardigans to dresses and trying to convince myself that I need more cardigans (I really don't but we all have our vices and cardigans are … Continue reading Lindy Bop Autumn/Fall Collection Review