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    Native French speaker wanted for help with summary!

    Hello! I was wondering if there are any native French (or quebecois?) speakers here that could be talked into helping me with correcting a one-page summary of my MA thesis in French. As said, it's only one page, and I would be ever so grateful since my French isn't as fluent as it used to be...
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    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    Whoo! Sarai, I've been following your blog for a while, it's great to see you here. I especially love your posts on the subjects of vintage lingerie and pattern making. Hope you have fun here :)
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    50s pencil skirts

    I think the thing with girdles nowadays is that many women don't want their bum flattened - today it's all about perkyness, whereas in the 50s and earlier the point was to create a mono-butt instead of two separate discernible mounds, right? Do you think this girdle could substitute as an...
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    Back to zits

    PT, I'm having the same problems ... but are you sure it's due to a hormone imbalance, and not just the way it is? I always assumed that the faux oestrogene in pills suppresses the natural testosterone, killing your sebum production as well as your libido, which was one of the reasons I got off...
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    Cute Vintage-y Shoes

    Another pair of cute vintage-y shoes from Chie Mihara:
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    Clothing color combinations

    Thanks for your opinion, Paisley. Good to know that I'm not completely off track. Chanteusecarey, it's amazing how flattering peach is. It seems to enhance almost every skintone, doesn't it? I wonder if that's why it was the most common colour for lingerie.
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    Vintage shopping in Berlin?

    There's an antique market at the Friedrichstrasse S-Bahn station. I haven't been there myself, but I wish I'd gone there on my last trip to Berlin, instead of going through one gazillion stalls of defect walkie-talkies at the local flea market. But surely some of the German lounge ladies know...
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    Clothing color combinations

    I seem to fit in the Autumn category, but I'm curious as to what the experts say? I'm on the left to the lovely Laura Chase in this photo. The colours of that dress, black and cool, bold colours, don't seem to do anything for me whatsoever (I like the dress anyway, though, and wear it...
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    Elle's No Makeup Issue

    YES! I've been thinking somewhat along these lines ever since I got into dressing vintage, but I could never put it as precisely and articulate as you just did. I have been trying to explain this to female friends who do the 'androgynous' gender bender thing, but I never feel my point come...
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    Girdles, Corsets, and Underpinnings

    Lillemor et al., for you EU-based women I can recommend this site for granny-style underwear: http://www.woods-online.co.uk Their Naturana bras are good quality and relatively inexpensive (the ones that are copied from the Triumph 'Doreen', like the Trofé one above, are quite bullet-y) They...
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    Vintage style "exercise" clothes?

    Great thread! I do ballet and sometimes pilates. Ballet people wear old-fashioned leotards all the time. The hard thing is to find one with really low-cut legs, I still haven't found the perfect one. I want legs that are cut straight across, without any cheeky bum action going on. Bloomers sound...
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    Vintage Streetstyle Thread

    This girls is so badass. Very accurate early 60s look, too. Edwardian teddy girl style ... All pics from gademode.dk.
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    Who does BPAL?

    Yes! That's exactly the kind of rose perfume I'm looking for, how did you know?! A more fresh and fruity rose. So thanks for the recommendation. :) I'm also looking for a saffron scent, I tried Sherezade but it wasn't quite what I had in mind. A complete scented bath scent sounds lovely. I'm...
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    Who does BPAL?

    My BPAL favourite is New Orleans: "Reminiscent of hothouse blooms on a humid night, ripe, but touched with decay. Sweet honeysuckle and jasmine with a hint of lemon and spice." It really is like walking into a hothouse - slightly suffocating but in a nice way. I like it better on me as a...
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    Cute Vintage-y Shoes

    That's so sweet! I try to make a point out of realizing my childhood dreams. Look like a princess every day, eat all the cake you want, stay up late, wear Dorothy shoes. Go ahead!
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    Cute Vintage-y Shoes

    Laura Chase, I agree about the buckles on the red Chie Miharas being a little too much of a good thing. But cute, nonetheless! These have a very definite 30's evening shoe flair to them:
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    Is Paris Hilton the modern day flapper?

    I think Paris Hilton is extremely clever at acting as if she's stupid! I'm also wondering what 'true' rebellion or 'independent thinking' would imply today, could anyone come up with some examples? It seems to me that a so-called rebellious lifestyle is bound to end up as farcical reenactment of...
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    Show us your hair do's....

    Kadri, you are from the 1930s, it's almost uncanny! I am getting a major Ungleichzeitigkeit moment here.
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    Can you help me date this item??

    Thanks for the useful information. Yay for sleeve geekiness! And my dress thanks you too for all the fan mail. :p
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    Cute Vintage-y Shoes

    Lily Powers, are those original vintage shoes? If not, they sure could have fooled me. These wellies are a reproduction/reinterpretation of a 1939 design. I'm not sure what to think of them, the toe area doesn't look quite right to me. From the new Chie Mihara collection <3 <3

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