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Jeremy Scott
I think this season’s shows basically passed me by completely. Today when I was going through pictures for work I found all sorts of treats. Glad to see my hair circa 2000 is back in style, looking better than I ever made it.
Don’t really go in for beauty pageants but the contests at Miss Sevilla looked fantastic in their traditional dress. Much better than an evening wear round.
I don’t know much about Lachlan Rattray, aka Dreamguts, but I do know that this jumper is probably the best thing I’ve ever seen.
HOLY SHIT I love the 1920s. For some reason this year has been the year of the 20s obsession for me. I’m not sure what started it. Every single book I’ve read this year (bar Katie Price’s latest, obvo) has been 1920s fiction or a cultural history of the era. I’M LEARNING STUFF FOR FUN. I’m obsessed. Can’t get enough. I am maxing out my Amazon Prime membership (thanks, Amazon PR!) to the, well, max.
BBC4 has had an awesome series of programmes this month as part of the Glamour’s Golden Age season. You can watch a lot of it on the iPlayer and I really recommend it. Lots of my favourite historians (lol, what?Lawrence Napper is a braincrush) are on there and some of the footage is just amazing. Because I’ve been so fucking nerdy on the subject, it’s not taught me much, but it’s a totally brilliant watch all the same.
My favourite actress from the era (for this week, until I get onto my next biography) is Theda Bara [pictured throughout], aka the original vamp. Clearly a total babe, Theda was born Theodosia Burr Goodman and rumour has it she changed her name to Theda Bara ‘cos it was an anagram of ARAB DEATH. Fucking awesome and way better than Yma Sumac’s name/wordplay fun. She was one of the era’s best-paid and well-loved actresses and while she might not have had the mysterious lifestyle or shady background that someone like Clara Bow or Pola Negri, she was definitely the most exotic-looking of the bunch. Check out this rare footage then go watch some of the BBC documentaries.
A couple of months ago a reader asked me for advice on vintage shopping in my hometown of Sheffield. I finally returned to the motherland this weekend and took the opportunity to do a bit of shopping… all in the name of research. Sorry for the shit pictures, people in Sheffield seemingly get weirded out [...]
Hi guys! This page got deleted when I moved over from my old blog but after some extraction work down at the coal face, it’s back in its rightful home. This guide is now… several years old so undoubtedly some stuff is out of date and I guess a lot of places will have closed. [...]
