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    Excuse me Miss, do you Blog?

    Thank you, it's my favourite era and there is so much to talk about! x
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    Excuse me Miss, do you Blog?

    What a great thread, I have spent all evening looking at these! I have lurked on blogs for ages but only started my own in December called 'Hat's That' to document my felt craft millinery but I found I had more to talk about than just hats alone so I set up 'That Forties Girl' this month to...
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    Help! Outfit suggestions needed

    Oh I LOVE Blanche! Are you looking for clothing of Blanche herself or of the era? I don't know if you have seen A Streetcar Named Desire but Blanche has ideas of grandeur and beauty about herself that had long faded from her life. There are several scenes depicting Stanley ripping apart her...
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    Your Girdle: Make and Model

    This is so true. WKD is staple foundation wear for everyone I know into vintage in the UK. I love them and recommend the following: The CC09 Bra The Josephine Bullet Bra These bras are great when wearing vintage as they are so flattering but also give the correct shape for the...
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    CC41 and Double Eleven Utility Labels

    Thanks Baron Kurtz, I am really pleased with that! I am almost 100% sure it was late 40s through the style and where the lady I bought it off got it from herself but had no idea you could date using zips.
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    New Ladies and Gents Step Forward

    Hi! I have already posted a couple of times but thought I would do a proper introduction on this thread. I am a 23 year old from Oxford, England with a passion for anything from 30s - 50s. I started off as what I suppose would be called a WW2 're-enactor' but we have military vehicles as a...
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    Comments You Get When You Dress Vintage

    I had that comment the other week. A friend's girlfriend who I had just met said I look like a 30s film star. I wasn't even dressed vintage, just curled my hair like Dita's. I thought that was nice :)
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    CC41 and Double Eleven Utility Labels

    It's two separate u shapes
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    What Hat Are You Wearing Today 1?

    Ooh I love a good hat! Any excuse! ;) I made this little number to match my outfit for an event on New Years Eve and have worn it everywhere since. :cool:
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    CC41 and Double Eleven Utility Labels

    Hi, That would be great! Here is a pic taken on an ipad. If it's not good enough quality let me know and I will get one off a camera. I couldn't capture the writing on the puller. It's engraved with the word 'Lightning.' Thanks :)
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    CC41 and Double Eleven Utility Labels

    Cool I will have to have a look. Thanks
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    CC41 and Double Eleven Utility Labels

    Lol yeah I am new to this and couldn't work out how to post a pic but here they are now though! This is the one of the label in the neck: And this is one of the label in the seam: Thanks herringbonekid for the link! :p
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    CC41 and Double Eleven Utility Labels

    Hi everyone! I am a newbie to this forum and would like to introduce myself. I am in my twenties and live near Oxford in the UK and have been collecting WW2 military uniforms for a few years now but I have recently began a collection of vintage womenswear. I have a question and wondered if...

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