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  1. Grant Fan

    Help creating a 1920s evening/flapper look.

    Ok ladies, I am a 1940s and 50s gal wi my look most of the time but we have a 1920s themed party coming up and I have decided to wear 1920s evening / flapper look (go big or go home right?). My dress is blush pink with silver and pewter beading, my shoes are silver t-straps and I have a silver...
  2. Grant Fan

    Circle Skirt Patterns

    Forgive me if this has already been touch on I have looked and couldn't find it. Anyway o have been. Looking for a good circle skirt pattern. One that can be worn without a crinoline and still look vintage, and I would prefer it not have pleats as I tend to feel pleats make my hips look huge...
  3. Grant Fan

    Eyebrow help

    Hi ladies, I used to be on here but it has been a while, a very long while. Anyway my husband and I recently moved to Monterey California from Virginia (we go where the Navy sends us). Is has been just over a month and a half since I got my brows waxed in Virginia and they are a mess. I am...
  4. Grant Fan

    Need Help Finding A Pin-Up Girl Name

    Hi all a couple of years back I came up with a pinup name but am not all that happy with it. " Teal Darling" as teal is my favorite color. But I think I can have a better one. My favorite actresses are Rita Haywoth,, and Betty Grable, and Katherine Hepburn. Not sure if that info makes any...
  5. Grant Fan

    Vouge pattern 8789

    Has anyone made this dress http://voguepatterns.mccall.com/v8789-products-16431.php?page_id=850 and, if you have, how have you been successful making the cummerbund? I made style A last summer with a pink and green stripe, and tried to make a green cummerbund to go with it and failed miserably...
  7. Grant Fan

    Need help finding a formal gown.

    Hi ladies, I need you help. I have been looking for a formal gown for a ball for my husbands job ( he flys for the Navy) that will be in October. I k ow it is early but I like to shop around. Here is a link to the dress I bought for the centennial of Naval Aviation back in 2011, I have worn it 3...
  8. Grant Fan

    Clothes line question

    Hey ladies, my husband has finally caved and is going to put a clothes line in for me ( as most of my clothes get air dried) . Anyway is it best to put it in a place with a lot of sun? And do clothes pins leave dents or wrinkles in the clothes? If they do what should I use to hang them?
  9. Grant Fan

    Clothes line question

    Hey ladies, my husband has finally caved and is going to put a clothes line in for me ( as most of my clothes get air dried) . Anyway is it best to put it in a place with a lot of sun? And do clothes pins leave dents or wrinkles in the clothes? If they do what should I use to hang them?
  10. Grant Fan

    How do I get vintage hair after the gym?

    I go to the gym 3 mornings a week and love it, what I don't love is the hair predicament I find myself in 3 days a week. I must wash my hair afterward as it is alway in a state of yuck. But there in lies my problem, my hair. I haven't been doing vintage near as much because of my wet hair. So...
  11. Grant Fan

    Downton Abbey style dress

    Hey ladies I am looking for a gown to wear to my huabands Military ball I really like the dress below that Lady Mary wears in season 1 of Downton Abbey. I am not sure about the red only because in am a red head. But any vintage style gown would do I have a while to look but I just haven't found...
  13. Grant Fan

    Wedding photos I thought you might enjoy

    Not sure if this should go here. As some of you know about a month and a half ago my long term boyfriend and I got married. I did quite a lot of vintage look in the wedding. The only thing that I had that was truly vintage was my grandmother's rosary that she smugled out of Cuba in the late 50s...
  14. Grant Fan

    How to secure a wedding veil

    Hi ladies I am not sure this is the correct place for this but. My wedding is rapidly approaching, and I need advice on how to secure my drop veil. I am wearing my hair iRita Hayworth style down with a dramatic wave. I am wearing a drop veil but have no clue how to secure my veil. Anyone know to...
  15. Grant Fan

    Bridesmaids Hair Help (all ideas welcome)

    Hi there ladies, I am getting married in November, and my 8 bridesmaids have agreed to hair their hair styled in vintage styles. I have found a woman who specializes in vintage hair to do their hair but I need pictures to give them ideas. I have the vintage hairstyling book but many of the...
  16. Grant Fan

    Sewing help, how to get thin straps right side out again.

    Hello ladies today I stared working on Vogue pattern 8812 ( http://voguepatterns.mccall.com/v8812-products-22894.php?page_id=850) it is a pattern from 1940. I have however hit a screeching halt. I am working on the ties in the front and the shoulder straps and they are very thin, I don't know...
  17. Grant Fan

    Retro style wedding invites

    Hi ladies. I am getting married in November and my fiance and I are looking for invites. He has a propensity toward rather bland invites with a border and nothing else but script writing on it. But anyway he said if I found the right thing he would be ok with less bland invite. I was wondering...
  19. Grant Fan

    Elastic Headband Curls

    Ok so a friend mine of the modern style persuasion, has been talking about no heat curls and head band curls for a few months now. When she first said no heat curls to me I mentioned pin curls, and she sort of laughed and brushed me off. Anyway today we were talking about it again and she...
  20. Grant Fan

    Looking seamstresses

    Hi ladies. I could really use some help I am looking for a few reputable seamstresses for my bridesmaids. My girls are having their dresses made (from vintage re-issue Butterick and Vogue patterns of their choice) and we need to locate a seamstress in the Atlanta area, and in the Norfolk/...
  21. Grant Fan

    Cigarette Pants/ Pedal Pushers/ Capris/ Cropped Pants

    Hi ladies. I hope there isn't a thread about this already, I looked but to be honest it doesn't mean it wasn't right in front of my face. I really love the cigarette pant (pedal pusher, capri, cropped pant) look of the late 50s and early 60s, like Grace Kelly and Audrey Helpburn are both...
  22. Grant Fan

    Vintage makeup tutorials

    Hi ladies. I am looking for some good vintage makeup tutorials. I am getting married in November and I have asked my 8 brides maids to do their makeup in vintage style. I have offered to let them watch me do my makeup but that can't happen for some of the girls. I am looking for a simple...
  23. Grant Fan

    Need a makeup artist and hairdresser for my wedding

    First off I am not sure I have this is the correct place, if it isn't please feel free to move it. I am getting married in November in Annapolis MD and I have asked my 8 (I know tons) bridesmaids to all get dresses made from a their choices of 10 Butterick and Vogue retro pasterns. I want all...

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