Recent content by MegamiOrchard

I bought these on Saturday at the Vegan Fayre. They are from beyond skin, a UK company. If you look on their website, this style is called 'Amelia' and they are amazingly comfortable.

Getting Lutterloh made Firstly - mods, if this fits somewhere, please merge it. I was not sure! I live in the UK. I have some great Lutterloh vintage pattern books (early 1950s) I can not sew to save my soul, and am willing to pay someone to sew some of the patterns from these books for me...

Shoes and bag usually match - if not it is usually shoes and coat match with bag in accent colour. But I nearly always wear a palette of red, black and white, so it always seems to 'go' :)

The Cancer Council of Australia has pointed out that the amount of foundation with SPF you would have to use to have any reasonable level of sun protection would mean layering and layering it on like a paste, so it is not really practical. Not 100% sure about tinted moisturiser, but it is worth...

Another Vegan here :) Have a look at Inika cosmetics - they are an Australian brand of mineral cosmetics, widely available online in the UK (not sure about the US). Their eye colours are amazing. Clarins is mainly vegan - there are no 'direct' animal products, and if you ask they will...

Bought today: The Art and Craft of Hairdressing - A Standard and Complete Guide to the Technique of Modern Hairdressing, Manicure, Massage and Beauty Culture Edited by Gilbert A.Foan - Secretary of the Hairdressers' Parliamentary Committee etc. etc. Illustrated with 10 plates and nearly...

Many thanks LaMedicine, I will post photos once my belongings arrive, and also try and describe the fabric etc. as much as I can. I am pretty sure it is not actually worth much, but I love it so much I don't really care, it would just be nice to know more about it.

I have a beautiful red kimono I bought pre-loved in Kyoto in 1997. It is currently in a shipping container making its way to the UK with all my other possessions. Do you have any advice on websites or experts who would be able to look at a photo of it and tell me if it is 'any good' - as in what...

Has anyone see this book? Is it any good? http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/WEBSITE/WWW/WEBPAGES/showbook.php?id=0955272335

After a long (and sad) absence from the Lounge, I am back, and I have finally moved to the UK! I am living in Kent, so any tips on where to buy vintage here or in London would be very very welcome. Heck, any tips - where to go to learn to do something with my hair, where to buy things, sales...

I have a tattoo with the Kanji for Megami (Japanese for Goddess). Orchard was my grandparents' surname, and they were the most wonderfully stylish people. So it works for me.

As someone who does 'vintage inspired' more because they like the look than because they are into the history/recreation, I have no problem if people are not authentic - if a look works, it works. BUT I am overly critical (silently) of just about everything other people wear. Not...

This thread is pure evil - especially considering the rate of the GBP to the Australian dollar!! But thanks for all the links!

Firstly it was seeing photos of my grandmother from the 1950s - she was so stylish and beautiful. (Due to family dramas photos are now with an uncle who won't release them:eusa_doh: ) Then it developed further with my love for fashion. The fashion of the early fifties is something I adore...

I know, I know, I am always being told to smile more in photos ... my standard response is I smile in photos once a decade - I smiled in my wedding photos in 2001, so a few years to go yet ... I will have to try and smile when I have my better half take some of me in vintage.