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    Is chivalry dead?

    Yesterday I let an older lady who was walking, with obvious great difficulty, with a crutch go in front of me on the bus, and she thanked me and told me I was one in a million and how she wished there were more people with manners about. I really hate to think what kind of behaviour she...
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    Johnny Depp told to drop the hats by Vanessa Paradis

    I remember Ms Paradis from way back when she was just getting known in France. I don't want to turn this into a "let's slag off Vanessa" fest but she always had this faux-ingenue way about her, like she'd play naive when it was painfully obvious that she was incredibly self-aware and very in...
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    Show Us Your Purchases!

    The most perfect LBD! Love it!
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    George Raft - Forgotten Style Icon.

    You beat me to it, Tomasso. :)
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    Bar soaps

    Just a little addendum to my opinion about Claus Porto soap...I'm still using it and enjoying that wonderful violet scent, but I did use it on my face a few times and had the worst case of dry flaky skin on my cheeks than ever I think (my skin is normally, well, normal with a slight tendency to...
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    Sewing Lessons & FAQ

    Thank you so much Virgi and sorry for the late reply. As it happens, after all that, the instructor pointed out that these size guidelines are completely different on the pattern envelope and on the pattern itself! I am squarely a size 12, with no problem! I was so stunned that I didn't...
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    Fist bump vs hand shake

    I guess the cheek kissin' is out of the question, then! I'd never much thought about the greetings thing outside of the fact that I really really cannot bear a limp-wristed hand shake; eeeewww, it's like shaking a dead fish! I tend to extend my hand as a matter of course when meeting someone...
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    Big band orchestras?

    I'll have to add Bunny Berigan to that list, being a huge fan! Enjoy your journey, Heather!
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    Dressing Up for Eating Out - WSJ article

    ...or he could spend some of his multi-millions on a transplant or Rogaine, if he's that fussed :) Not in my part of London - you'd be more likely to bag yourself a snipe than one of the aforementioned "new subculture" members. Round where I am you'll be lucky to find one who can at make it...
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    Sewing Lessons & FAQ

    I need some help! I've finally commando enrolled myself onto a sewing course but unfortunately am starting a couple of weeks into it. We'll be making a dress from a modern Vogue pattern (2900). I'm supposed to cut the calico before the next session and I have this big quandary. The only...
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    George Raft - Forgotten Style Icon.

    And if memory serves from reading his biography aeons ago he was taxi dancing alongside Valentino and also earning a good living hoofing... Great link, HadleyH! Like I said - smokin'!!!
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    George Raft - Forgotten Style Icon.

    Not forgotten here either! A revelation when I got the opportunity to see him on the big screen in a showing of "Bolero". That gent could move! Smokin'! An underrated performer for sure.
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    Vintage Pattern WANTED list

    I acquired the following recently but unfortunately the instructions are missing...would anyone out there happen to have this one? Cheers!] http://www.vintagepatterns.wikia.com/wiki/Simplicity_2143
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    Sewing Lessons & FAQ

    I believe the latter may be the solution for this pesky dress, for the other thing that annoys me about it is that it has 3/4 sleeves, which I can't bear to wear. Looking at Sheeplady's post, is there a way to perhaps raise the underarm bit of the armscye to get some ease in there (and then...
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    Sewing Lessons & FAQ

    Unfortunately there's no extra fabric on the hems, and if the frocks were any shorter my knees would be on show (shock, horror!), so I think that gussets would be a no-go. I had not thought of gussets, so thanks for that idea; it may come in handy when I get the courage to go through more of...
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    Sewing Lessons & FAQ

    I have a couple of dresses (one a vintage repro and the other vintage-y) that have been hanging in my wardrobe for months which I don't wear, pretty much because I'm unable to raise my arms in either comfortably without the whole kit and caboodle coming up. What would be your advice for making...
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    Bar soaps

    Lareine, I've only used my violet soap once, but it doesn't seem as "filmy" as other soaps I've tried and the smell is heavenly. I can layer it with my (very strong) Yardley's violet talc, now.
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    Which Haircut? Decisions, Decisions.

    Another gal's 2 pence: stick with the slicked short back and sides. The 'do of the Duke, funnily enough, looks pretty "now", and this is not a compliment. He looks like he's not bothered to go for a decent cut for an age and hasn't seen the business end of a grooming implement for as long...
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    Bar soaps

    I'm not much of a bar soap user even though from a tactile point of view I prefer it, as most of what I've tried seems to leave a filminess that shower gels don't. That having been said, funnily enough, I've just purchased a bar of Claus Porto violet soap, mostly because I adore pure violet...
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    Vintage Exercise Techniques

    I don't know if this will be of any help, as I don't pincurl but "cheat" and use one of those dryers with circular brush attachment which takes me all of 35 minutes to "do my 'do", with satisfactory results. I only do this 2x/week on average, and dry shampoo a couple of times during the week...

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