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Tamar has opened a shop specialising in vintage frames 3 doors down from us at What Katie Did. Although his site features his fashion stuff he does have some great '40s and '50s frames and can fit prescription lenses. 2 of the girls in our boutique have bought great frames from him...

Hi, it's Katie from What Katie Did. We specialise in faux vintage lingerie inspired by the '40s and '50 and are opening our first store on Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood in the next couple of months. We're looking for staff: preferably staff who are passionate about the '40s and '50s, which...

Platforms Those shoes are crazy! Mae West was a titch so I reckon they were made to go under a full length gown with just the bottoms sticking out so they looked 'normal'. I certainly wouldn't put it past her as she did go to extreme measures - like the story of her being pushed around on a...

Missy Malone Yes, it is Missy Malone in some of our pictures. It's been good to work with her more since she'd moved south. Katie

For those in the UK Rocket Originals have just started doing saddle shoes and very comfy they are too! http://www.rocketoriginals.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=AA%2DSADDLE Katie

Bullet bras Our bullet bras are made from vintage patterns so the sizing should be the same as for vintage bullet bras (Maidenform and the like) hence the sizing info below should be useful. There are a couple of areas which might cause problems - the first is the underbust band which on...

Rayon Stockings Yes, the rayon stockings are expensive and I did think seriously before stocking them, but I had a conversation with a lady at the War and Peace show last year who was paying over £30 for a pair on Ebay - and that's having no idea about the quality or sizing. As for saving a...

New footage The new footage is of the north coast of Devon, not Slapton Sands which is on the south coast. Maybe they practised more delicate operations on the north coast which were less likely to be discovered by the Germans? Coming from Devon I was certainly unaware of anything happening on...

Vintage handbags Although I've had to resort to a modern bag for my laptop I use a smallish (12 by 7") 1950s bag for everyday and it's amazing what you can fit in it. It really is my mobile office: blackberry mini filofax organiser purse/wallet make up big fob of keys plus, if needed, a...

Foyles War They're currently filming a new series of Foyles War. I was talking to the company that supply the stockings. I mentioned that Honeysuckle Weeks caused a bit of dismay amongst stocking fans by saying that she wore seamed tights in the series and the stocking supplier told me that...

Vintage Shopping You should come along to the Rockabilly Rave nr Rye, Kent in June as it is the place for '50s shopping (they have a big hall of traders and you don't have to wade through all the '70s and '80s stuff. If you want to treat yourself hair wise (actually it's no more expensive...

Rago pink and black cincher The Rago code 721 pink and black cincher is very different from the code 21 powermesh plain black (or white one). Whilst the powermesh one gives a great shape the pink and black one doesn't seem to do anything. It's made from heavyweight lycra which might have...

Cup sizes In the 40s and 50s cup sizes only went up to a D cup. I think, because bras weren't wired then that the cup sizes could fit more people. Take the Rago corselette for example which is a soft cup - I've fitted girls up to a G cup in one of their D cups. I know it isn't ideal, but that's...

Woolly lingerie We bought up an old lingerie store a couple of years ago and in one of the boxes was a load of woollen all in ones - with open crotch no less! God knows what we're going to do with them. If anyone has any ideas please let me know! Katie

Christmas List Elizabeth Arden are releasing their 8 hour cream in a vintage container in the UK from 4th December. I don't know if it's going to be available in the US but it's on my list! Also, the Vogue hat patterns. I bought a pattern a few weeks ago and it was very disappointing as the...