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  1. Frk.W

    Vintage trains

    STEVIEBOY1, yes, it does! One train a day in either direction during the summer season, I think - I did a check on that last year. It still services several small, fairly isolated towns and villages, in some places it's virtually the only available public transportation. The museum weekend at...
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    Vintage trains

    I'll bite! I like trains and other forms of rail transport, and do railway-related things every now and then. In September I'm going in the annual vintage train journey to the Swedish national railway museum in Gävle, which is always fun, and this year the train will be drawn by the only...
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    WWII Photos - Taken / Collected by Family Members

    Thank you! He did, and I'm very fond of those WWII era Swedish uniforms. I should scan a few more, pretty sure there's a full-figure one in dress uniform from the wedding, and one taken in the field during the winter, too, with a snow blouse of some sort.
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    WWII Photos - Taken / Collected by Family Members

    Bit different: My grandfather with his air defense regiment, Lv5 in Sundsvall, Sweden, sometime in the early 1940's. Grandpa at in the back, at the very top of the group. Mixed bag of Swedish uniforms; most of them are in m/1939, but there are a couple of m/1923 too, easy to spot at the...
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    Refrigerator Dishes

    I have a set of clear glass refrigerator dishes that came with my grandmother's old refrigerator, probably when she was married in the early 1940's. Various sizes and shapes, all square with rounded corners, stackable, and the old cursive Electrolux logo on the lids. She used them until the end...
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    What vintage won't you wear?

    Another one who won't wear very frilly, ruffled styles, pastels, certain florals and overt femininity of that dainty sort. Lovely on others, not my thing. I like structured, tailored styles, including the starker, more business-like side of New Look - those fitted suit jackets with nipped waist...
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    Clothing Choices A 1941 Survey

    I think the relative cost of clothes was different from today as well, that's one thing we tend to forget today - we generally don't pay what clothes would cost to make in the same economy that we live and work in, and much of the new clothing people buy and wear is constructed much more simply...
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    Show us your vintage undies!

    They have to be longer, I'm afraid, otherwise they'll just ride up. It is hard. Damella make nice, cool viscose ones, but they're not very pretty. I have a few pairs, though, and I really should make my own, but it's one of those boring things to sew. I like the culotte type that looks like a...
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    Men (or women) What is your favorite perfume for women?

    I like a lot of fragrances, and I have a lot of fragrances. My own favourites change from time to time, and I like a lot of different things on others. I don't like "fresh" fragrances that smell like fabric softener, and I don't like sweet fragrances that smell like candy, pastries or desserts...
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    Show us your vintage undies!

    Dear Lord, I think that might the blog of my dreams. Thank you for posting it! I wear longlines on a daily basis, long line bras in vintage cuts may be the best thing that ever happened to my bust, my silhouette and the fit of my wardrobe. Often panty girdles, waist cinchers and open bottom...
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    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    Hello everyone! I'm Karin, I live in Stockholm, Sweden and I decided to delurk out of sheer gratitude for the enormous amount of vintage hair knowledge being generously shared over in the Beauty section. Thank you! I am a seamstress, trying to quit doing it professionally and just do it for...
  14. Frk.W

    UK stocking suppliers

    I buy from http://www.uktights.com/ every now and then. They stock a few different brands, Cervin, Gio and others, and often have wearable imperfects at a lower price, which is nice. They are fairly shiny, though.
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    Dying bras

    I do regular searches for vintage long line bras on Etsy and Ebay and come across a lot of dyed items there. It's an easy way of getting an idea of how it might turn out. In general, I think peach and other pale colours should work fine, but richer colours often don't look that great, in my opinion.
  16. Frk.W

    Best beauty decision you've made?

    Sunscreen, easily. My face does not look my age. Reading art and costume history helped me reject the narrow, normative current beauty standard in favour of a more open and liberated way of looking at the idea of beauty, style and body image, that would be number two on the list. The...
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