Bomb Girls

My fave TV show is Bomb Girls, a Canadian show on the REELZ channel about women from various backgrounds who come together to work in a munitions factory during WWII.  Alot of drama, scandal, suspense and romance, plus tons of awesome music, great clothes and killer cars and furnishings. I love the style portrayed in the show. My photos are a little blurry but you get the idea.

Hey Doll Vintage Magazine

Check out Hey Doll Vintage Magazine, a new, free online magazine about all things vintage! Its really cute and nice.  I am really happy to have found this magazine so I can see what other fans of vintage are up to. Plus I have an article in the new issue! WooHoo!  The May issue has a Great Gatsby theme, and my article is called Decorum for Daisy: Etiquette in the Era of Gatsby. Here is the link to the magazine.
http://glossi.com/vavoomvintage/4619-issue-four-may-1920s-gatsby

 

 

Also  below is a photo from an old advertising campaign by a trash bag company. My friend's mom showed this to me and said "this is what you will turn into, I know it." I was clueless as to what she was talking about since I wasnt into old stuff or anything at the time. Well, it turns out that she was quite prophetic, although I am not a senior citizen! That kitchen has my name all over it! And I will admit that I do buy pink trash bags at the dollar store! Even the garbage has panache at my pad. And I love her outfit! What is not to love about this woman. seriously? She rules.

 

Gorgeous 40s gowns in The Gay Falcon

The Gay Falcon is a 1940s era crime caper about a dashing playboy who solves crime when he isnt chasing the babes. One night at a swank penthouse party with the swells some jewels go missing. The playboy, first name Gay and known in crime fighting circles as The Falcon, must step in and find the thief.  While juggling several women in stunning dresses. Behold:

 

 These two look fantastic!  Is one a cold blooded killer?

Dig that deco bar!!!

Gene Tierney in Leave Her to Heaven

The other nite I watched the beautiful Gene Tierney in Leave Her to Heaven, an awesome, excellent 1940s era movie. The colors in the movie are stunning, as are Gene's outfits.  I was going crazy over her clothes.  The plot can be summarized as follows:   An innocent lad meets hot stuff Gene and marries her a week later.  All is well, until a few suspicious deaths occur.  Is Gene the culprit? How could she be, she's so sweet and lovely.  Is Gene's sister going to be next on the chopping block? She has been hanging out with Gene's hubby a little too much. Way too much, as far as Gene is concerned. Below, Gene is glamorous in the club car on  a train.

 Her lounging pajamas are to die for! And someone just might die for them, since Gene has a devilish streak.

 Bopping around the house in a caftan.

 The sister, the object of Gene's ire. Quite prim and proper even though she's been eyeing up her very married brother in law.  Hell hath no fury, people!

Ice Ice Baby!

I got a new (well, new to me anyhow) vintage AQUA ice crusher for sprintime cocktail preparation, woohoo! Aqua is the color of the gods, retro-speaking. Pink and turquoise are my colors!  After alot of scrubbing and santizing and it's ready for deployment. It looks rather fetching in the kitchen.  Perhaps a frozen mudslide is in order.




 
I also got a new 3-cd set of WWII era favorites. Ive got a WWII article coming out in the April issue of Delicious Dolls pinup magazine, so this is appropos.

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Stuff!

Here is a pretty glass necklace that i found at the bottom of a dollar box lot that I bought at an auction. SCORE! This will probably go to Viva with me in March. Also a pretty rose pin made out of some sort of celuloid plastic. FREE!!! Someone left it behind at the auction so I sprang into action. I cannot believe what some people think is garbage. Here is my 1950s aluminum pan which has a pleasing light blue lid and swirly handles that become hotter than hades when I actually use it on the stove. Such are the hazards of vintage kitchenware. my vintage woven beach bag! Frankie and Annette! Beach Blanket Bingo!! The endless summer! Here is my new (well new to me anyhow) terrier shaped purse in delightful red vinyl. Thrift score, found in Lancaster PA. They have a good thrift out there, unlike here in the hamlet in which I dwell. I am thinking of gluing a googly eye onto it to give it more presence and perspective.

My new old stuff

I have been to several local thrift shops and come out empty handed. I always do better at out of town thrifts. Over the summer I got 3 of these these super cool 1950s cups and saucers up on Cape Cod (the third one is in the dishwasher.) I have been on the hunt for this exact set but in yellow and green plaid, since I inherited a partial set of those from my aunt. Imagine my delight to find these in pink! And there were a few dinner plates and bowls all taped together with a $12 price tag. I was stressing in the thrift shop aisle because The Saint was waiting in the car and I knew he'd go bananas if I bought all of the dishes. It was like Sophie's Choice right there in the Salvation Army store. True. So I only got the cups and saucers. Tis better to have thrifted and lost than to have never thrifted at all.

I still have my Xmas stuff up. I got these crocheted carolers at the estate auction. Someone won them and then left them behind, so I pounced. FREE!! They have an innocence that appeals to me. Some poor grannie made these and then her heartless family tossed them into the auction. I placed them near some crocheted snowpeople. I am accumulating crocheted Xmas decor at a rapid pace.

Feast your peepers on this KILLER wool blanket in a pleasing atomic pattern!!! Estate auction score-a-rama!! Keepin' me toasty in retro style after a lengthy session in the washer on a hot cycle. I know that breaks the rules for wool items but I am a fan of hygeine and have Howard Hughes-like germphobe tendencies.

This is a 1940s era print in a carved frame on the living room wall. Auction purchase by The Saint a few years ago. Ignore the camera flash. I swear to you my wall is not that ugly in person.

This is my super duper awesome CASHMERE vintage coat that cost me the mere sum of FIVE DOLLARS! Wow!!! I got this over the summer at an antiques fair. I was so excited! I showed it to everyone and they all said the same thing, namely "what did you want that for?" WHAT? Have my associates no concept of my existence? Its CASHMERE and its VINTAGE and it was FIVE DOLLARS! Obviously I feel the need to shout this in capital letters. Ignore blurryness of photo. Concentrate instead on mouton lamb style collar, which is faux thank goodness.