Updated my blog with my first ever "How To" video.. didn't go too well. At least it shows how fast you can do a 30s manicure :)
http://stumfilm.blogg.no/1381955656_30talls_manikyr__vide.html
Winter have arrived in Norway and I'm one of the few who have been looking forward to it. Now I can wear my lovely glamorous 1930s coats !
Don't look at the modern background, I'm in the process of moving and am staying in a apartment while I search for my new dream home :coffee:
I have a new blog, it's in Norwegian: http://stumfilm.blogg.no/.
Mostly write about my work with film restoration but also everyday stuff like vintage and antiques...and bunnies <3
I find that 1930s coat combined with merino wool undergarments can keep me quite warm and cozy.
A large thick knit beret and some knit gloves.
For shoes/boots I usually wear Norwegian "labber", or Nesnalobben is the name to look for, we just call them labber or lobber:
One of my 30s...
Can you use a curling iron ?Or maybe a wave iron - That won't take long. I also have problems with my right arm and can relate :)
I am actually thinking about getting a perm. Anyone have experience with bleached hair and perms ?
Nobody will be looking at my dress today ! Look at this car !! I was on the corner of Nearly Weeping and Squealing Like a Girl..what a ride..
Back in the day when even the train looked good..
EDIT.
One more..I know you guys appreciate a sweet car lol
Well...as many lovely girls as there were back then, I only have eyes for this fellow:
Al St. John - stunt man, acrobat, comedian and the list of skills go on pretty much forever.
He was the nephew of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, this photo was given to Roscoe and his wife Minta in 1916 when...
My parents do not like the tattoos, but that's fine, I didn't ink my skin for them ;)
As for reasons behind them and if they are "nobody else's business"..well..people get them for various reasons and we all feel different about them. I don't mind talking about them but I didn't put ink on my...
I'm a perfume junkie and will gladly starve in order to afford one I want.
Here are some of the ones I use the most.
Chanel 5 - Angelique Encense - Tabac Blond - Shalimar - Yvresse (not super vintage but still..love it !) - Mitsouko - Quelques Fleurs l`Original - Narcisse Noir.
I also...
Thank you all so much !
Taking care of ones everyday hairdo is such a forgotten art these days, few understand it, it's truly nice to come over here and see all these beautiful people :)
Thank you all for the nice comments !
You all look so stylish, I only wish there were more like you around here. In Norway one is doomed to stand out when wearing "full" vintage :)
Here is one of my tattoos.
It's the signature and a quote of my hero, Al St. John - "Yours For Fun", something he would write when he signed autographs (both signature and quote is in his "handwriting", plus his date of birth and death.
I am a film historian, my mission in life, so to speak...
I collect Al St. John memorabilia, here are a few ..
LIVE COWARDS - Silent comedy from 1926.
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER from 1934, A DESERT HERO 1919, HOLD YOUR HAT 1926, CURSES! 1925.
LOVEMANIA 1924, LOVE 1919, SPECIAL DELIVERY 1922, FIRE AWAY 1925.
I have a Tumblr.
It is about a silent comedian - I write about my project - Restoring the films and history of this comedian, but I also post images of various antique gadgets, and of course a lot of film memorabilia as well as films.
http://alstjohn.tumblr.com/
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