Look video! I’ve been being asked for a tutorial for this 20s/30s inspired pin curl hair do for a very long time, at least since this post from Paris in 2011! When I had longer hair and did this style at the front I used to pin my hair under at the back into a

I can’t resist a vintage brooch. The advantage of a good vintage brooch is that they can often be picked up for mere pennies at boot fairs and charity shops, though sometimes they’re a little more expensive. Mim from Crinoline Robot wrote me a guest post with some great ways to wear vintage brooches back

There’s never anything in this world that everyone loves. Whenever you see talk of Dior’s “New Look” arriving post war in 1947 it often comes attached to the idea that after the privations of the war women were all delirious to fling off their utilitarian clothing and prance around in petticoats and corsets again. But

I love berets, they’re the perfect versatile hat. You can wear a beret in different ways to create a different look, they roll up small to stick in a bag or pocket to protect your locks from rain or wind and they come in a gazillion colours to match every outfit. A beret is a

The Bob certainly isn’t a new hair style, even if by “new” you mean 20th Century. Shorter hair on women can be found in 2nd Century Rome, Ancient Egypt and the 14th Century (think Joan of Arc) but today I plan to have a quick look at the history of the bob haircut in the

“My friend/I have quite short hair, will I be able to do anything with it?” That’s one of the most common questions I get asked when at events like Great Yarmouth library, or at the Historical Sauces hair workshops. So I have decided it’s time for a blog to answer that question once and for

The largest proportion of the clothes in my wardrobe come from Charity Shops. I feel reluctant to spend huge amounts of money of things unless they’re really special. I once spent nearly £80 on a 1930s vintage dress on Etsy that turned out to be too fragile to wear and tore the first time I

The Stiletto heel is probably *the* iconic heel shape. Heels come in many other shapes, but none is as instantly recognisable, even to people who aren’t obsessed with shoes, as the stiletto. The word stiletto is an Italian word for a long slim dagger. Although Roger Vivier is often credited with creating the stiletto heel