Perhaps you’ve seen them in the magazine pictures, you know, the paparazzi shots of celebrities with their babies, and you just had to have a pair like them for your little star. Or maybe you don’t know who...
Everything old is new again… again. Retro colors ands style lines are popping up all over the place from your local Target to Macey’s. Although you can now easily walk into a store and decorate a whole room or...
This is the first of two guides I shall write on Spanish mantilla combs or Peinetas. In this first one I will be concentrating upon the historical aspect of how they developed. I shall also show illustrations...
The purpose of this guide is to assist the collector/wearer of reproduction Victorian and Civil War clothing to appreciate the sources of such garments on Ebay. As a seven year seller (Heritage Fashions) and...
Here I discuss the changes in fashion and hairdressing, linking them to events in the wider social world which affected the design of ornamental hair combs in the period 1870 - 1880. This account draws upon...
We think it is important to help in saving our Universe for all. Our items are vintage, retro, deco, Eames Era, antiques, primitive, cottage, shabby and every other decor you can think of. Recycling jeans and...
This guide, the second on the Victorians, deals with the so-called High Victorian period of 1860-70. This account draws upon sources by Norma Hague (1982 1985) which are cited in the reading list at the...