I LOVE TASCHEN

This is porn for us vintage (fashion) loving gals!


TASCHEN 20th Century Fashion - 100 Years of Apparel Ads
by Jim Heimann and Alison A. Nieder

I'm a huge fan of Taschen and I've had my eyes on this
one for a while but the bookstore didn't want me to flick
through it and I didn't want to give them my money, since
they weren't very nice towards me as a potential buyer, so
I borrowed from my local library instead.
The book contains 100 years of apparel ads and a lot of
history too, as most Taschen books, this one is a really
great resource.
Make sure you borrow it or get a copy of your own as a
Xmas/Hanukkah gift this year.


This is one of my many favorite ads!

THE HOLY GRAIL

Yesterday must have been the longest day in history.
Mixed feelings.
Gary Day, Morrissey's former bass player, came over
for a little jam session and a cup of coffee but left just
before the party started.
He showed me his new baby, a Volvo Amazon estate
from 1964, I love Amazon's, I used to have one.
He even offered me a ride around the neighbourhood.

I was pretty miserable for a while.
It wasn't just because of the lost handbag, some of my
man's so called friends that was invited to my party were
lying about working that evening but it turned out that
they were going to another party instead!
Gee, thanks...
If you're gonna be false and lie about something , don't
write about your other plans on Facebook!
OK, enough ranting.
As I was crying over this my man felt so sorry for me that
he put another package in front of me and said he didn't
have the heart to wait until the party.
It turned out to be the handbag! It wasn't lost after all!

The party was fun.
My man had cooked all day, bless him.
A small but yet lovely bunch of friends came over and I
cheered up, relaxed and had a good time.


This is my Holy Grail.
It was made in America in the 1950's.
It's made out of acetate instead of Lucite.
This particular one is nowadays very rare.


The lid got studded metal butterflies.


My lovely man gave me the white one two years ago
for my birthday.
It used to belong to a Hollywood producer's wife back
in the 1950's.
I'm so happy to have them both, they are a really cool
addition to my growing collection of rare and unusual
vintage handbags.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

I can't really believe I turned 30 today.
I do like the thought that age is just a number,
guess I'll be 23 forever.
Childish to say but I'm a bit sad that I haven't
got a single present so far...

Not long ago my man got hold of the Holy Grail
of handbags (really cheap too!) that I wanted
for so long, he said it got lost on the way here but
I didn't believe him because he pulls that stunt
pretty often. Had my hopes up but it turned out
that he told me the truth and I'm pretty sad right
now. Silly me.

BARGAIN!

My father in law came over for lunch yesterday and
he gave me an envelope with some good ol' cash for
my birthday.
I used some of it on something I wanted for many
years, Charley Harper - An Illustrated Life.
I got it from The Book Depository for less than £28
and they have free shipping world wide.
(Amazon.co.uk is selling it for £78!)
Now that's a bargain!

REHAB

I'm going to rehab next week.
No, no, no, I do not have a drinking or drug problem
and I won't be locked up for weeks.
I suffer badly from Seasonal Affective Disorder and I've
been having deep depressions since I was 11 years old.
Nowadays I'm not as bad as I used to be and I don't use
any medications (they've done more damage than good)
so to prevent a huge depression I'm entering a wellbeing
program where I can go swimming, play badminton, go
bowling, use a gym and attend pilates and yoga classes.
I'll be living at home as usual but I can come and go to
the center as I please until March.
Best of all, for me it's free.

FINISHED!

I thought I would be finished with the tie tops by now but
my local haberdashery shop had run out of white and dark
green bias, they only had enough white bias for me to finish
one of the tops, I hope they got more in tomorrow because I
really don't want more unfinished projects laying around.

I also finished another butterfly fascinator.
I'm working on a red one at the moment, just waiting for the
red veiling to arrive.

Here's the results:

TO DAD

You might not have been the best of dads over the
years but you're the only one I got.
You're the one who let me sit on your shoulders on
my very first gig when I was two or three years old.
You're the one who drove me around in your old Saab
to point out haunted houses.
Thanks to you I got a good sense of culture, an ear
for music and an eye for architecture.
I love you and wish you a very happy birthday today.

This video is dedicated to you...

This is the Swedish doo wop/rockabilly band called
The Boppers that I saw with my dad back in the early
1980's.