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    Any other gals growing their hair out?

    I wasn't kidding when I said it was pathetically fine! :( I'm sure a normal person would get quite a few a year. Oh, also, I only save the hair that comes out when I comb after my shower/hair wash because its all clean then.
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    Asian-Influence Retro

    Ladies, this is such wonderful information. I need to have a copy of Kimono hime and the 90 years of kimono book! And shindeco, what beautiful clothing at Shanghai Tang! sigh...... I found some scans of Kimono hime online: http://community.livejournal.com/kimonoworld/44366.html#cutid1...
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    Any other gals growing their hair out?

    I do that! I have such pathetically fine hair that it really helps to augment rolls and any kind of updo with extra hair. I have a hair receiver (those little celluloid dishes with the lid with a center hole) that I use to save up hair from my comb after I wash my hair. When I get enough hair...
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    For the seamstresses out there...

    *How long have you been sewing? since I was 5 *How did you learn to sew? with my mom--she made almost all my clothes until I was in junior high *What was the first project you made that you remember? one of those cookie cutter looking stuffed animals (simplicity?) that end up with narrow...
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    Cute Vintage-y Shoes

    Rosie, I LURVE those shoes you posted! so perfect. I have to tell you all about some shoes I just found too--they are from Sofft, and they really are soft! They are also super supportive, wide enough for my clodhoppers, and with a vintage feel. I loved the brown pair I got so much, I went...
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    Any other gals growing their hair out?

    I am SO sympathetic. seems like I have been growing out betty page bangs for 200 years (really only about 1 year), and Im SO tired of them getting in my eyes, but I too have reached the tuck behind my ears or (gasp) catch up in a high ponytail stage, and Im really happy about it. I recently...
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    Everyday Bags

    this is my current bag: except that the image on mine is the one of a couple kissing: its starting to get scuffed, though, and Im beginning my hunt for a new bag. I hate that everything nice in leather I look at has 40 pounds of decorative hardware. I want something sturdy but...
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    Show us what you've made!

    Lauren and Lady Day and Leslie, you each made such wonderful outfits! Well done to all three of you. I'm inspired. I always have big plans, but I'm kinda slow to realize them. This blouse was started in summer, and I just today finished it. I always put off those darn button holes...
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    Beauty Tricks for Women Who Wear Glasses

    Put a pan of water on to boil and dip your frames in the hot water for a few seconds till they are slightly bend-y. Dont submerge them or leave them in there, just get them warm. You might even be able to do this under the tap if you have your water heater set hot enough. The trick is to make...
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    Out of the Closet?

    This explains the funny looks my friend and I kept getting! Last week we were in the Boston area wearing really tame vintage, stuff that would be totally under the radar here in the San Francisco area (60s hawaiian sheath sundresses, 50s blouses with print skirts, that sort of thing), but...
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    Back to zits

    Like several of you, I thought I had terrible skin, but it turned out I am just sensitive. Im sensitive to sulphates. I stopped using soaps and shampoos with sodium laurel sulphate and sodium laureth sulphate, and now I break out very very little even in the heat and my hair is less oily...
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    Bargins and favorite pieces!

    Wow! What a great arrangement. And I am in love with your white cloche.
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    Cardigans, cardigans, cardigans!

    knit cardigan instructions I scanned the instructions for that 1936 golf cardigan. They are here: http://www.anewmanvintage.com/patterns/golf_sweater_back.jpg
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    Cardigans, cardigans, cardigans!

    Here's another option, if you know how to knit. Sadly, I don't know how myself, but I do have the instructions for this 1936 cardigan and have saved the pattern for years hoping someday to learn. Vintage knit/crochet patterns seem less popular than sewing patterns, but some of them are...
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    Bargins and favorite pieces!

    I have a big head, so I was very happy to find this really large cloche hat for $20 last time I went to the Alameda Antiques by the Bay fair.
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    Vintage Wedding Dresses

    The first ceremony wasn't legal, just spiritual! We had absolutely everything but a license. If we got married by a minister, but didnt have a license, were we "living in sin" for four years??? lol We got all legal in Louisianna. I know, it all sounds a bit crazy and confusing, but my...
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    Capes (not in the superhero sense)

    Jennifer--that print would be perfect. Thank you! I should dash over to Thai Silks and check it out. Except that it's always very dangerous to the pocketbook to go there in person.....
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    Vintage Wedding Dresses

    Everyone looks so lovely! Since it was my anniversary yesterday, I'm indulging myself and posting photos of my 2003 wedding in New Orleans. Actually, it was our second ceremony because when my husband and I got married, we didn't do the civil ceremony, just the religious; for financial...
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    Capes (not in the superhero sense)

    Perfect Timing! Ladies, I'm having sewing block-- I need suggestions on a replacement lining for this cape. It's currently lined in a really cool plaid rayon, but it must have gotten wet or something because the colors have run. (glad I didn't do that--I just hate it when I mess up...
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    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    Thanks for the welcome, Jennifer. I think your hats are pretty wonderful too!

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