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  1. Amy Jeanne

    does it ever bother you that vintage clothing is a deceased person's clothing?

    No. I'm a certified Death Hag. The fact that my belongings previously belonged to a person now dead just adds to the "awesome factor" to me.
  2. Amy Jeanne

    Style magazines for ladies?

    About 10 years ago there was a vintage magazine called Bloody Beautiful. It focused on Victorian up into the early 1930s. I was sent a free complimentary issue that came with a vinyl record. I don't think any more than 3 issues were ever made, but I could be wrong. Sites for the magazine are...
  3. Amy Jeanne

    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    Crazy. I am 5'7" and 157 lbs. My doctor told me I was "just outside" of my normal weight range -- not "borderline obese." I'd get a new doctor...lol
  4. Amy Jeanne

    Style magazines for ladies?

    There's an American mag called Reminisce Magazine, but it is just general nostalgia. I've seen it in Target, but nowhere else around my neck of the woods. I've never read an issue so I can't comment on the content.
  5. Amy Jeanne

    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    That really made me lol at work!! I *LOVE* the weight issues advertising from the 20s-30s. And none of them bother me in the slightest. I am in the camp with Lolita Haze -- "women's" magazines are just throwaway entertainment to me. I've never felt bad about myself because of a silly...
  7. Amy Jeanne

    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    Mixed messages. Both from 1932: I think the 1932 "Fats Girls" ad is pretty mean. If that doesn't make a woman feel bad, I don't know what would! It also appears to stress that a woman's worth is in her appearance and ability to snag a "sweetheart." Nothing has changed! :D
  8. Amy Jeanne

    Style magazines for ladies?

    No, it doesn't. That's why I said it was just "cute." It's nothing intellectual, but I like it -- fun to thumb through. Actually, I was a bit taken aback by some of the sophomoric, grade school-esque writing. I mean -- I didn't expect Shakespere lol but I've noticed even a lot of the books...
  9. Amy Jeanne

    DEATHS ; Notable Passings; The Thread to Pay Last Respects

    Celeste Holm http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-mew-celeste-holm-20120715,0,4366895.story
  10. Amy Jeanne

    Style magazines for ladies?

    Vintage Life. My MIL sends it to me each month. It's cute, but nothing in depth. Various gals from the vintage Internet world write articles and contribute photos. All styles from the 1930s purist to the "hipster"-esque 80s are featured. It is only available in the UK, though.
  11. Amy Jeanne

    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    HAHA!! ;) Well, I do believe women are more accepting to different variations of the vintage look -- hence why the PR is mostly where I post.
  13. Amy Jeanne

    Today's Pinup Fashion a Sly Wink to the Past - New York Times

    No problems with burlesque/pinupery here! I collect men's magazines from the 30s to the 60s and run a "naughty" Tumblr for such images. :D Also, LO, you are not the only one who is unclassy. My tattoos put me in that category lol But you already knew this.....lol
  14. Amy Jeanne

    Everyday Women of the Golden Era

  15. Amy Jeanne

    Golden Era Culture or Cultures?

    I love this sort of discussion. My grandmother, born in 1901, refused to bob her hair in the 1920s. According to my father, she said only "(loose women)" bobbed their hair lol. She had butt-length hair until the day she died so not every woman ran out to bob her hair in the 1920s as is...
  16. Amy Jeanne

    A commercial that promotes the worst of today

    That just brought back a repressed memory from our 1980s "pink bathroom" renovation!! The original medicine cabinet/mirror was incredibly mid-century with those great vanity lights surrounding it. My mother replaced it with one of those cheap, ugly wood things that were popular at the time. I...
  17. Amy Jeanne

    Deco World, Bideford, UK

    I wanted every single thing in that shop. EVERY. SINGLE. THING. Everything was perfect. Later on in the day we went into a junk shop in Barnstaple that had 1930s wardrobes in it for £10!!! My husband told me it was considered "junk" to most people in England (he's English himself)...
  19. Amy Jeanne

    Deco World, Bideford, UK

    I'm just wrapping up a week's vacation in Devon, England and my mother-in-law took me to a shop near her called DECO WORLD. It is not usually opened to the public, but a woman was standing outside smoking (awaiting a delivery) and she told us we could have a look around. I took some pictures...
  20. Amy Jeanne

    A commercial that promotes the worst of today

    The walls in the house I grew up in were one step up from cardboard. The original mid-century walls. They were cheaper than the Home Depot walls were recently replaced them with. I remember they began to just crumble -- like wet cardboard.
  21. Amy Jeanne

    A commercial that promotes the worst of today

    My dad has a pink bathroom in the house I grew up in (that he now lives alone in). In the 80s the walls needed serious renovation because of the years of showers. Then in 2005 we re-did it again because the 80s walls were warping due to damp and steam. By 2005, the original pink tiles on the...
  22. Amy Jeanne

    Is the powder room dying on it's feet.

    Many of the ladies who used to post in here are no longer on this board, unfortunately. They have left for various reasons, but many of them are on Facebook and we have our own little circle of vintage girlie topics there. Daily makeup, hairdos, manicures, sewing projects, products recs, etc.
  23. Amy Jeanne

    Everyday Women of the Golden Era

    Miss Tuppence look-alike lol
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