November 29, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Advent Giveaway

DAY THIRTEEN – A 1930s Cocktail Party Pack for you to Download

We’re halfway to Christmas and todays prize is a chance for you to attend a glamorous 1930s cocktail party, without ever leaving the comfort of your sofa. Claire Wade designs and sells downloadable holidays and party packs. Aimed at people who are housebound, whether that’s through illness, location or circumstances. Each pack contains a recorded

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Advent Giveaway

DAY TWELVE – A Vintage Style Sherlock Holmes e-Reader Cover

Todays lovely prize comes courtesy of the Crime Readers Association, the perfect place for you if you love Poirot, Sherlock Holmes and other vintage crime fiction, or even if you’re a lover of contemporary crime fiction. They’ve donated an Adventures of Sherlock Holmes e-reader cover, in a size that caters for e-readers and tablets up

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

Exercise, My Body and Me

When I took up running 18 months ago my first thought was that I wanted to lose some weight. I’ve lost some, not as much as I’d perhaps like, but exercise has changed my relationship with my body in ways I never even expected. When I first started running I wore baggy tracksuit bottoms and

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Vanity Sizing

Figure "Flaws", Fashion and Futility

Oh dear, Retro Chick is getting ranty about dress sizes again. I’ve written a lot on the topic of vanity sizing and our relationships with our body size, but this morning I read an article entitled “Would you rather be a ‘Marilyn’ than a size 14” on the Guardian website and I felt the urge

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Advent Giveaway

DAY ELEVEN – A Vintage Handbag and Scarf from What Alice Found

Todays prize will be a great addition to your vintage wardrobe. Vintage boutique What Alice Found has donated a vintage Claire Langford handbag and colourful Liz Claibourne scarf, perfect for keeping your pin curls covered, or for tucking into the collar of your coat for a splash of colour. There are 3 ways to get

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Advent Giveaway

DAY TEN – £50 to spend at Heyday! Vintage Style

Hiding behind today’s door is the chance to update your vintage wardrobe with some fabulous repro from Heyday! Vintage Style. I’ve got a £50 voucher to spend on whatever you want to give away, so you could use it to buy yourself a beautiful blouse or skirt, or put it towards a more expensive item

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Fashion & Beauty Vintage

Retro Chick Reviews: Vintage Hairstyling and Retro Make Up

Most vintage lovers have heard of the books I’m going to review today. Lauren Rennells books on Vintage Hairstyling and Retro Make Up are often talked about as amazing resources. They’re not cheap to buy, particularly if you live in the UK, so many people Um and Ah over it for a while. Can they

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Advent Giveaway

DAY NINE – Vintage Hair & Make Up Books and Pin Curl Tool

If you’ve always wanted to create gorgeous vintage hair and make up looks, but just don’t know where to start, then todays giveaway is a GREAT one for you. The Lauren Rennells Vintage Hairstyling and Retro Make Up books are widely considered to be the best vintage hair and make up guides available and I’ve

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Advent Giveaway

DAY EIGHT – A Tala Baking Set worth £40

Todays delicious Advent prize is a must have for any of you that bake. Tala have been making good quality baking utensils for over 100 years, and their baking equipment still has a deliciously retro feel to the designs. Behind door eight Tala have kindly offered a special Christmas baking set, worth £40, to one

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