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  1. TOTTIE

    Handsome Fellas!

    ooh, I've come to this a bit late, but... I don't usually go for actors. Or Romans. But I'd vote for James Purefoy: (I haven't been doing too well at posting images, though... so it may not be there. sigh)
  2. TOTTIE

    Vintage Food Packaging

    how funny, I'm making a programme about this right now! These are pretty British brands but: Marmite (same packaging since the 1920s - and I have an original jar to prove it), Perrier (same packaging since 1900s)... Euthymol toothpaste... lots of others.
  3. TOTTIE

    Girdles, Corsets, and Underpinnings

    sorry GOK, I don't usually let anyone photograph me in my undies! Incidentally, I do think that many of the problems people describe are solved in the original designs. I one of those long-line bras with no elastic, and the first time I wore it with a girdle it was SO uncomfortable - the...
  4. TOTTIE

    Girdles, Corsets, and Underpinnings

    oh, and I meant to say Landgirl, a woman's waist is usually about 1 - 1.5 inches above her navel. A man's waist, weirdly, is usually below the navel.
  5. TOTTIE

    Girdles, Corsets, and Underpinnings

    I make corsets from time to time... but mostly 16th century ones. I have a lovely repro of an 18th century corset too - but haven't worn it recently. Incidentally, I know most of you aren't talking about a particular period, but if you're after a 1930s or 40s shape (pre-new look) you...
  7. TOTTIE

    Instruments - what do you play?

    Just the one trombone? My Dance Band has at least 4 at any one time, and 6 in total. However, we are rich in trombones. Most bands stuggle to get one. Sadly my band leader also insists on massive amplification for all instruments - however often I point out that the combination was invented to...
  8. TOTTIE

    Show us your vintage hats!

    I have a huge head (size 23) and I have managed to find some beautiful 1930s hats to fit - cheaply too (I don't like to pay more than $10 if I can help it) - so don't despair Lady Day!
  9. TOTTIE

    How did you find the lounge?

    I've been researching the early history of the Queen Mary for a 1930s re-enactment from the UK, so I found the lounge whilst researching the ship -- but I joined on the recommendation of friends, really. Very nice it is, too. Tottie
  10. TOTTIE

    Victory Rolls!

    dry (unless you are rolling to take your hair out again with curls) I'll leave the Kirby grips for those in the USA - although anyone in England with dark hair, Muji (they have a website) do the best kirby grips in the world - powerful steel ones which grip like nothing else! Designed for...
  11. TOTTIE

    Long Vintage Hair

    hey, that's great. When I see those 'cheating' bobs in period dramas, I always assume it's because they couldn't find enough short haired actresses. Good to see they were doing the same thing in the 30s....
  13. TOTTIE

    Victory Rolls!

    oops, that wasn't Ann Sothern! Here she is:
  14. TOTTIE

    Victory Rolls!

    Don't despair! Very, very occasionally I see photographs from the 40s where girls have big thick fringes. In fact here's a wonderful one of Marlene Dietrich from 1941. Just put a wave in it, and you're away! You might also be able to CURL your fringe - you see people who had cut the front of...
  15. TOTTIE

    Stockings and peep toe shoes?

    Ah-ha! Sis - fancy meeting you here. Tottie x
  16. TOTTIE

    Long Vintage Hair

    She did kind of look like a man. Which obviously showed off 30s style to its best advantage but... not the look for me.
  17. TOTTIE

    Hair dye - vintage style

    Actually, I used pure peroxide once on my very dark hair to make a blonde streak (when I was a teenager, naturally) and it took about 4 applications to take it beyond orange, but it did eventually work. It really did not do my hair much good - went all frizzy and brittle.
  19. TOTTIE

    Hair dye - vintage style

    the famous 'Black Dahlia' who was so horifically murdered in the 40's was supposed to have had dyed black hair. She also dressed in black with black underwear, making her, officially, one of the first goths! People really didn't talk about dying their hair back then, of course...
  20. TOTTIE

    Long Vintage Hair

    Yes, I've tried pinning into curls to cheat those short styles... but it does tend to look 40s if I'm not careful. Thanks for the welcome, by the way... and Dorothy Lamour! Hadn't thought of her. Though I won't be trying that centre parted look. It makes me look like the Duchess of Windsor!
  21. TOTTIE

    Long Vintage Hair

    LONG HAIR in the Thirties! Well, I've been looking at all those wonderful cropped hairstyles from the 20s and early 30s, but I have very, very long hair. I have always succesfully rolled it into 40s styles, but I have yet to come up with a really convincing early 30s one. So:Can anyone help...
  22. TOTTIE

    I didn't know where to put 1920's London

    ooh, thank you! Those are really interesting.
  23. TOTTIE

    What do you look like?

    hmm this may not work... But if it does, that's me on the right, watching a spot of Croquet.

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