Posts Tagged ‘vintage’

To celebrate their 70th anniversary, British lingerie house Rigby & Peller has released this gorgeous set, inspired by pieces from their lingerie archive (wouldn’t you love to look through that!?). It includes a pair of high-waisted ruffled briefs and a pointed bullet bra, both in vintage ballet pink. I’d love to own them, but at £109.00 for the bra and £89.95 for the briefs (and the pound sterling creeping up the chart at the Bureau de Change again), I think I’ll have to go without. Sigh.

Get them here.

Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse is a historical consultant living in Amsterdam, and she’s what us swing dancers call a “lifestyler.” She lives and breathes the 1930s and 40s everyday, dressing in authentic clothing, living in an historically decorated home, the whole shebang!

Photos from her Flickr Stream, via Lark About

Such a classic swing girl look from the early 1940s. I wear this combination all the time – striped top, high waisted skirt. I have a pair of dance shoes with a similar look:

They’re from Remix and my lovely boyfriend bought them for me!

Lovely and delicate, it would look as lovely worn over a vintage dress, as it would thrown over a white singlet with blue jeans and kitten heels. I can’t remember how this image ended up in my collection, but in searching for similar things, I’ve discovered that the loveliest boleros seem to be reserved for brides. Pah!! Buy a bridal bolero and wear it as you please, I say!

Here are a few dainties from Bonzie on Etsy: