Vintage Ads: Make Your Own Jewellery
When perusing through old women’s magazines, you will often come across ads like these, promising the tools you need to make money at home by creating your own jewellery. This one is from… Continue reading
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In the Stacks: Blond on Blond Bangles
I spend too many hours looking at street style look books. A lot of street style bloggers are attracted to accessories — especially stacks and stacks of bracelets and bangles. So I though… Continue reading
Beauty in the Ruins 2
Thoughts how to reuse broken jewellery
Label List: A Collection of Vintage Burberry’s Labels
A few tips for dating vintage Burberry Trenchcoats with Labels.
Drive By
I found the right strap for my vintage Zenith watch at the movies.
Midweek Modness: Vintage Robin Kahn Pewter Earrings
A pair of vintage pewter earrings by Coty Award-winning designer Robin Kahn.
Label List: A Collection Of Liberty of London Labels
A collection of vintage Liberty of London scarf signatures to help date vintage scarves.
Happy 90th Birthday, Gucci!
It’s Gucci‘s 90th birthday, everybody. The brand was born in Florence in 1921 when Guccio Gucci opened a leather goods convern. After working in the Savoy Hotel in London, he wanted to bring… Continue reading
My Thrift Trip To Scarborough
A summary of a day spent searching for vintage jewellery in thrift shops.
Seasonal Purse Swap
Fall is here. Time to bring out the heavy duty handbag. I’ve had this dyed cow hide Club Monaco purse for a couple of years now. I bought it during one of those… Continue reading