This time it appears to be me that inspired a dress from Woman’s Own: This is a picture from last year when my school won a big party from Vodafone. It wasn’t actually at Granada Studios, it was at some boutique hotel (the name of which escapes me now) in Manchester. Fabulous night and I…
Category: Vintage Magazines
Woman’s Own Illustrations: More Jon Whitcomb
Found another one whilst flicking through to search for pancake related paraphenalia. I want her dress, jewellery, matching lipstick, earrings and nails. I do not want the strangely orange tanned man! Related Articles Jon Whitcomb: Couples in Love (littleowlski.wordpress.com)
Mad Men Inspiration from Woman’s Own
I watched the season 3 finale of Mad Men on Thursday night while Aidan was out playing squash for Glossop. Actually, I watched two episodes. In ‘The Grown-ups’ (the penultimate episode), I spotted Jane Siegel wearing this outfit: My eyes immediately turned to the stack of old Woman’s Own magazines by my bed. This magazine was…
Sweet or Savoury? Vintage Bird’s Custard Ads
From Woman’s Own, Thursday September 2nd, 1954: “Fluffy Top Custard 2 level tbsps Bird’s Custard Powder 4 level tablespoons Sugar 1 Egg White 1 pint Milk Mix the custard powder with 2 tablespoons of the milk. Boil rest of milk with 3 level tablespoons sugar. Whisk the egg white very stiffly, fold in 1 level…
Vintage Woman’s Own: Happy New Year!
Is it getting a bit late to say ‘Happy New Year’? I must admit, I’m not one of these people that does say it as a rule, and I find it particularly awkward when someone says it and it’s the 16th of January or some time about then… Anyway, this will be my first and…
New Year 1940s Fashion with Marie France
It’s Friday! I’m a bit excited by the thought of a sleep in tomorrow… oh no, hang on that’ll have to be next week as I’ve got the dreaded Masters assignment to write tomorrow. Pictures of pretty, French, Forties’ fashion it is then to console myself: This advert has popped up in a few of the…
Galaxy Magazine: Christmas Sci-Fi!
Hmmm, aliens and Santa Claus… who knew they’d go together quite so well? I think that one might be my favourite. I like the idea of Santa being a robot! That one freaks me out slightly – it’s the way it looks quite normal, then you notice that Santa’s got four arms… creepy. Alien babies…
Vintage Christmas Advert: Kia-Ora 1955
I’m not a fan of orange squash, but I do like these little reindeer.
Wishing You a (Vintage) Merry Christmas!
How I wish that it was December 1950! I’m attempting to recreate the Christmas feel of a time gone by with these gorgeous images from one of my Woman’s Own magazines. I imagine there will be many chocolates eaten over this festive period: mostly by me! I won’t be smoking though; despite my inclusion of…
Vintage Woman’s Own: Winter Wonders
Today was the first day that I really had that Christmassy feeling. This is particularly amazing for me as I often don’t get into the mood until a couple of days before; perhaps it’s all the frost and talk of snow around the North of England. Whatever the reason, it has inspired me to write…
Adverts from ‘Woman’s Own’
I’ve been up early today. Having managed to catch my dad’s cold, after my parents’ visit earlier this weekend, I woke up about seven feeling a bit bunged up. So for the past hour and a half, I’ve been catching up on X Factor ( I know, I know… it’s a guilty pleasure!); whilst writing a…
Hairstyles from the 1950s
Really, really quick post as I’m supposed to be leaving the house to go to a German lesson… I’m currently trying to grow my hair; however, I spotted these in one of the Woman’s Own magazines and am now wondering if I should maybe keep it short: What does anyone else think?
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