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    Vintage Bathing Suits

    Otago Museum (Dunedin, New Zealand...that's in the Southern Hemisphere :) ) is currently staging an exhibition about vintage swimwear. Not much on the museum website I'm afraid, but I received through my workplace, a 2008 calendar with piccies of mostly older one piece swimwear. If you...
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    Vintage eyebrow shapes

    Kevyn Aucoin recommended using white pencil to draw your preferred shape. You're able to 'preview' what it would look like before committing with a pair of tweezers.
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    Goodnight Sweetheart Anyone?

    The Wikipedia page for the show describes how it ends. Warning about spoilers, etc. :) The show is being rerun in Australia at the moment on Saturdays, ABC, around 6.00 pm I think, for any Australians who haven't seen it before. I chuckle at how Gary sings a Beatles song (or other modern...
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    Loungers' Pets

    Wow Hydronaut. We've had a few 'dachsies' in my family, but I've never seen a piebald dachsie. She's beautiful (and a sweetie, no doubt). :)
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    Halloween Costumes

    Edward, your Jack Skellington costume was brilliant. :eusa_clap (And I loved the other fellow's Shaun of The Dead costume too). For anyone wanting a dash of realism for their fake blood, add one drop of blue paint or food colouring to any red paint/food colouring you are using. :)
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    My First Vintage Automobile

    Nick Park (from Aardman Animation/Wallace and Gromit fame) is selling his 1958 Austin on ebay for a children's charity. Pick up within the United Kingdom only! :)
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    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    I must go to the War darling, they won't start without me. ;) Occasionally, our public radio station plays an abridged version of Dorian G and it's quite chilling.
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    Cate Blanchett

    Cate is indeed a class act. She guest edited an edition of Australian Vogue a year or two ago.
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    Powder Room Pets?

    The blondie Silky Terrier was Mr Hobes the Doddery Butler Dog. I had to make the gut-wrenching decision to euthanise him about one month ago. The white, wire-haired Jack-Russell terrier is Whiskey (or Whingey, because she likes to 'complain' a fair bit).
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    Your local stations

    Australians might like to check if their local community radio station broadcasts Hit Parade of Yesterday which is recorded in Cairns, Queensland, but is broadcast in my local town (within NSW/ACT). The DJ's background is American, so he has links to US-based radio shows. This site also has...
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    The Cat's Meow

    I'm an Izzard fan, so I didn't mind him in The Cat's Meow. (I read that he tried to replicate Chaplin's insecurities as a womaniser rather than recreate a caricature). I did enjoy the movie, but I'll warn the dancers out there that their Charleston in one scene is...very ordinary. :eek:
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    Long house dress/dressing gown

    At a local heritage house that has remained almost unchanged since the 1920s, they sometimes do tours of the clothing still held within the wardrobes. One item is a 1940s 'Hollywood' style dressing gown. Apparently, the husband used to wake up, get the kids ready for school and leave for work...
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    Rockabilly baby!?

    Just noticed that Revamp (LA) is holding the following course: Vintage Children's Pattern Modification Choose from a selection of three children's ptterns and learn to pattern to fit your vintage child.. One day class will last 3 hours . Sewing knowlegde recommended. Sunday, May 14...
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    Chinese Dress

    Apparently, there was a strong art deco/oriental influence (that I'm just starting to investigate) which included the incorporation of cheong-sam-style dress into those times. (It seems to be a little like the Egyptian influence on 1920-1940 dress in correspondence with excavations of certain...
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    Sanitary Belts

    Lauren, your last photo shows a Tass-ette which looks just like The Keeper. I guess the Ancient Egyptians were using pulped papyrus like a tampon, so tampons would have come and gone through history! :)
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    Great Hat Site

    Those hats are truly gorgeous!
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    Sanitary Belts

    Don't read the following if you're squeamish or not wanting to learn about womanly menstrual habits (visiting gents, you've been warned, so no complaints!) The belt with disposable napkins were still around in the very early 1980s. The metal 'buckles' dig in and the napkin shifts. Really not...
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    What do you wear to do aerials?

    A cheap (although non-vintage) option would be to sew strips of lace around cotton-lycra bike shorts (those gym tights that go mid thigh to knee-length). I've heard of (though not seen) a lady who wore a modern g-string during an aerials performance. :eek: Not recommended!
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    Men's red/black shoes on ebay

    An Australian friend is selling the following Men's shoes (description below) and is happy to post world wide if you're keen on them. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8402735031&ru=http://search.ebay.com.au:80/8402735031_W0QQfromZR40QQfviZ1 These leather shoes have...
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    Show us your vintage patterns!

    Lauren, your patterns are indeed a treasure trove. Do you make copies of your patterns, rather than cut up your originals?

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