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Vintage hair, Vidal and me

For someone who loves vintage clothing and jewellery, especially the 1950s, I have not embraced the hairstyle of this era. Don’t get me wrong it looks great on other people…victory rolls, short rollered fringes and curls…but to me it is just too much hard work. Mummy Christmas’s bob 2008 I have never owned or used rollers. [...]

Our blue period

Mr YVL went on a great buying trip earlier this week. Amongst Panton style lamps, teak sideboards, industrial filing cabinets and vintage leather cases he bought 2 1960s Picasso prints. I absolutely love them. I particularly love the painting of Picasso from the early 1900s called the blue period and have been fascinated by the forms [...]

The 1950′s home: Get the Look!

Here is our latest article for Vintage Life magazine with ideas of how to create a 1950s home with the must have items from the day. Homes in the 1950′s were evolving fast. The Festival of Britain in 1951 showed the world that we had style and with rationing ending in 1954, we began [...]

Vintage Barcelona

We are back from a child free weekend away in Barcelona. It was lovely to have a rest, to spend time together and discover a few vintage finds on the way. We both have been a few times before so the usual sight seeing wasnt the priority. Instead we wanted to chill, eat nice food, drink wine [...]