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  1. W-D Forties

    Show Us Your Purchases!

    You have a city-wide garage sale? Wow, why don't more places do that, what a great idea!
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    Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

    I think it's because people genuinely find it hard to put an age on a woman who isn't either dressed like something from Jersey Shore or Mrs Thatcher. They probably just don't know how to take you. There's a wonderful history teacher in my school who's very into the 50's, with a beehive and...
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    Ladies show us your best.

    Congratulations! You look lovely in the Fleur dress, I have coveted one for ages!
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    FL Cult Films

    I have probably said this before but I think that 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' is a modern cult classic. Robert Downey Jr and Val Kilmer are great and it is very funny, the bit in the bar with the lookalike celebs is a killer.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I really liked that the kids really arn't very sympathetic at all, but you do 'get' where they are coming from. The aliens are waaay cooler than E.T. though!
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    Curtains?

    As they are essentially black, white and red, could you get matching checkerboard fabric for the top and bottom of replacement white panels and just not have the embriodered bits on those?
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Attack The Block, again. Not a FL film by any means but very funny and the aliens are brilliant in it. I also used to live around the corner from where it was filmed. We moved when we had kids!
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    Elastic Headband Curls

    I have tried this a couple of times and both times have come out looking like a bag lady! I think my hair is just too fine and slippery to hold the band properly. If I had longer and thicker hair it'd probably be fine. Some of the results I have seen on here with it are lovely.
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    Washing rayon?

    Update! I washed my dress in the bath with some baby shampoo (yes, I know, but I didn't have time to go any buy some Woolite and I couldn't wait) - and it turned out just fine! I just hung it on a hanger and left it to drip dry, job done.
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    Vintage for the over 40 crowd

    I think a lot of us on the Lounge (as in life) got into vintage through the various youth cults of the 80's. Fast forward and a most of us are now in our 40's and still like to 'dress up'. I wore a lot of vintage when I was a teenager in the 80's mainly because it was cheap, available, unusual...
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    Best beauty decision you've made?

    I started to colour my own hair again after I lost my job and it's not bad (and I have saved a fortune). I do my white streak myself every 3 weeks or so. If i'm honest I have overdone the timings on that a couple of times and my (white) hair is very damaged now, but as it's only a streak I don't...
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    FL Cult Films

    Death Line (aka Dead Meat in the US) - a true cult classic and very influential, John Landis references it a lot in his films. I like Swingers too.
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    FL Cult Films

    Boy On a Dolphin. A luminous Sophia Loren and slightly past-it Alan Ladd (with an ever marvellous Clifton Webb). Not the worlds greatest film by any means and I hardly know anyone who has seen it but I just love it. 1950's Greece and Sophia in glorious technicolour - just wonderful. I have seen...
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    What's Your Fav Hairspray?

    Treseme Freeze Hold - spray glue!
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    Do you think it is sexy if a man dresses in Vintage clothes?

    My husband went completely vintage a few years ago and I do find it attractive....but.. I do occasionally find it ages him somewhat. He's 43 with a handlebar moustache and if he's head to toe in tweed, or in a fairisle tank top (as is often the case) I think it makes him look like an Edwardian...
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    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    Aha! That's why I couldn't place her. It's the one episode that failed when I set it record on my Sky+ box! Thanks fortworthgal.
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    "Mad Men" on AMC (US) - (Spoilers Within)

    I may be having a senior moment but I can't for the life of me remeber who Beth was! She looked familiar but... I swear I have seen all the episodes but I think I may subconciously 'forget' anything to do with Pete as she has such a smackable face! Can anyone please remind me? I think I may...
  21. W-D Forties

    Washing rayon?

    Thanks all, especially Alice~ that's just great and I shall now wash with confidence! I always thought that baby shampoo was super gentle, I have heard it's good for washing woollens.
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    Washing rayon?

    Whist I sure this question has been asked many times I did a search and couldn't find the answer: can rayon be handwashed? I have a lovely late 40's dress that I usually get drycleaned but I'd really rather handwash it so I can wear it more often. I was thining of gently handwashing in baby...
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    If I looked like these, I'd be on sale too.

    I think this would be just the kind of outfit to wear to our dear Queen's Jubilee this weekend. Not on TV though, I imagine it would strobe terribly.

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