Tips for Making Your Next Car Show Amazing for Everyone Chrome gleams, engines purr, and a bygone era comes alive at a vintage car show. These events enjoyed worldwide offer a delightful journey through automotive history, showcasing meticulously restored vehicles and the passionate people who care for them. But with all the excitement, it's important to remember proper etiquette to ensure … Continue reading Cruisin’ with Class: A Guide to Proper Etiquette at Vintage Car Shows
How a Vintage Boudoir Photoshoot Can bring out your Inner Goddess In today's world, particularly women are bombarded by unrealistic beauty standards and filtered images which can make feeling confident in one's skin a bit of a challenge. Moreover, social media constantly sharing and boosting body shapes and lifestyles that aren't achievable by many can … Continue reading A Vintage Journey to Self-Love: Why a Vintage Boudoir Photoshoot Can Be Empowering and Fun
The 1950s were a golden age for pin-up models, whose glamorous images graced magazine covers, calendars, and soldiers' barracks walls. These women embodied a certain ideal of beauty, often characterized by curvaceous figures, playful smiles, and a touch of innocent sensuality. Their captivating looks and confident personalities made them cultural icons, inspiring artists, photographers, and … Continue reading Top 10 pinup girls from 1950s
I've always been a reader so whenever I develop a new skill, passion or interest, I try to find the best books on the subject. Although I've read a lot of books about pinup, burlesque and biographies of iconic Hollywood figures, I still have people asking if I have books I'd recommend to those also … Continue reading 8 Books about Pinup You Should Read
We recently covered how to get ready for your pinup photoshoot, so it only makes sense to now have a look at what to do when the day of your photoshoot arrives. If you haven't read that post, do so before continuing this one as there are lots of great tips and ideas in there … Continue reading What to do the Day of your Pinup Photoshoot
I'm not one for birthdays and if it were up to me, the day would just pass like any other but I've had those closest to me really try to make me more excited about the day despite my protest. This is a milestone year and I've got quite a few mixed feelings. Life isn't … Continue reading 30th Birthday Cake Smash
Growing up, I remember watching movies with my mother and whenever there was a wedding in the film, we'd "ooh" and "ahh" and discuss future wedding plans very excitedly. I couldn't believe that my own wedding day had finally arrived and now I get to share all the wonderful moments with you over the next … Continue reading My Vintage Wedding: Getting Ready
Today is the first day of 2021 and I thought I'd kick it off with a look back at one of my favourite photoshoots from (I'm actually embarrassed by how long ago this was) way back in 2019. Yes, it's now 2021 and I'm only JUST sharing these images but honestly, with so much going … Continue reading That’s a Wrap – The Diamond Bombshell
We are officially in spring meaning all the flowers are in bloom, I'm becoming addicted to hay fever tablets and I can dress aggressively floral. Spending time amongst the new season flowers is always a highlight of Spring and I try to be outside as much as I can to enjoy the simplicity of natures … Continue reading That’s a Wrap – Chasing the Cherry Blossoms
Growing up, I loved listening to fairytales; they made me believe in inner strength, inner beauty, kindness and magic. My favourite story was always Beauty and the Beast; I loved reading and would always have my nose stuck in a book so I found the character of Belle really relatable. She didn't really fit in … Continue reading Daisy Jean Beauty and the Beast Collection
This post is a continuation of Instagram's Monster; Part 1. This mini-series explores our relationship between real life, our selves and social media. There is a heavy focus on selfies and Instagram. Although not pinup or vintage related, I wanted to use my academic skills to start a discussion about how we use social media … Continue reading Instagram’s Monster; Part 2
Online, the way one presents themselves and their identity is fluid which means that users of media, such as Instagram, can create and generate several different versions of themselves (Kendall 1998, Turkle 1999). Turkle described the computer as a means of creating a ‘second self’ (1984), Instagram can be seen as a popular way of … Continue reading Instagram’s Monster; Part 1
A little while ago, I wrote up a post all about how to organise a photoshoot whilst travelling (link here) and thought it would be fun to share just what such collaborations can create. When I knew I was going to be travelling to Poland last year, I really wanted to grab the opportunity to … Continue reading That’s a Wrap – Fields of Gold
As some of you know, I have recently become the Australian face for Daisy Jean Floral for 2020. It's such an exciting venture but also a very scary one. As one of my yearly resolutions, I am trying to be kinder to myself and stop putting myself down even as a joke, so to … Continue reading Daisy Jean Alice in Wonderland Collection
I have a weird habit of wearing out my clothes until they are literally hanging on by a thread before I throw them out; one of my favourite items whilst living in Dublin was my black faux leather jacket which I wore until the sleeves were all peeling, the zip was busted and the lining … Continue reading Sarsparilly – Veronica Biker Jacket Review
Continuing on with my new Look Book series, today we are off to the farm. There are some really classic images of Audrey Hepburn surrounded by baby animals which have always been an inspiration to me. I loved her natural beauty and how at home she was with all the animals. I grew up on … Continue reading Day at the Farm Look Book – Miss MonMon Styling
I've decided to do something a little bit different and see how it goes; I wanted to share a look book on how I put together a couple of Autumn inspired outfits and share some more images from a recent shoot with Daniche Creative. In case you are wondering how you can wear vintage/pinup and … Continue reading Autumn Look Book – Miss MonMon Styling
**Please Note: since the release of this review, it has been drawn to my attention that Retro Stage has been engaging in unethical practices. Customers have not been receiving their orders and all attempts at corespondance has fallen on deaf ears. Furthermore, pinups have had their photos used to promote a dress of Retro Stage … Continue reading Retro Stage 1920’s inspired Review – Part 1