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Sep 28

Vintage Fairground

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Sep 20

100 years of fashion and dancing

Fashion has dramatically changed over the last 100 years this video shows how much in the space of a few minutes.

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Mar 08

March TV

Even though the sun is shining outside it’s still freezing so have a look whats on TV this March. ( Read more )

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Feb 16

Spots and stripe fabrics are a popular choice when it comes to retro fashion. Stripes will be big again this season they don’t seem to have gone out of style and judging by the Marc Jacob’s fall collection spots may be back towards autumn. ( Read more )

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Feb 13

Sunglasses 2011

Being Petite means i have a petite head and sunglasses usually swamp my face so finding the right pair is difficult. Hopefully we will have some petite sunglasses in stock soon this year. I find Glasses from Claire’s accessories and New Look the best fit. As in the previous post spring fashion trends of 2011 i discussed how the 50′ 60′s and 70′s are fashionable this year and this includes the sunglasses with the Cat eye sunglasses being the most popular choice for spring/summer this year. ( Read more )

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Feb 11

Retro beauty Tips

photo credit: James Paterson Art

Today a mass of products are available to beautify ourselves but before these where available home remedies where used from whatever was lying around the house. ( Read more )

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Feb 06

Petite Hollywood Stars

Petite Celebrities may seem to be a modern trend but many of the old school celebrities were and are petite too. ( Read more )

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Jan 30

Retro TV series

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Boredom made me reach for my DVD Collection the other day and Bewitched cried out to me, I love the series and it inspired me to go and look for some other vintage treasure series. ( Read more )

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Dec 22

Celebs Who Rock the Retro Inspired style

Retro seems to be everywhere these days and it’s here to stay. These Celebs give the retro style their own unique modern twist.

Gwen Stefani

Gwen Stefani always looks flawlessly stylish but with an edge in her 1940s/1950s style. I particularly like the retro stying of the cool video shown below.

Gwen Stefani
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Dec 22

Greatest Retro Toys

Toys of yesteryear are some of the best around from Barbie’s to Trivial Pursuit we all remember toys from our childhood many of which are still around today. I remember the Furby coming out they sold out in a matter of days, everyone was desperate to get their hands on them reminded me of the action toy in the movie Jingle all the Way, with people on a mad dash to buy them in time for Christmas. Oh and remember the Tamagotchi, the small handheld interactive pet that you would spend hours looking after. ( Read more )