Wearing a Belt on your Head was actually a thing in 1960s Paris.

You know when get a little drunk and put a belt around your head because it seems fun at the time … no? Well me neither then, but in 1960s Paris, apparently you didn’t have to be drunk to think head belts made your head look more fashionable. From yet another LIFE magazine gem dug…

Wall Art is like, SO Hot right now.

If you trawl the internet and its design blogs as much as I do, you might have already come across this wall art trend that seems to be happening. I’ve finally discovered the company behind most of it, with their clever faux headboards that I’ve been eyeing and various other creative graphics for walls around the…

Prince Charming was a Sex Offender!

Sorry to ruin your childhood memories on this fine afternoon, but during my back alley stumblings of the internet today, I came across a rather disturbing fact that I think you should know. Prince Charming, Disney’s favorite stock character who managed to get with both Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and Cinderella, he was so damn…

Vintage Matchy-Matchy Fashion was sometimes Chic, mostly Awkward

I came across some photos in the LIFE Archives by fashion photographer Nina Leen, and it seems that back in the day, people liked matching a whole bunch of stuff; shoes, hats, gloves, jackets, umbrellas, you name it. The idea of walking into a shop and seeing a skirt or jacket being sold with a…

10 Summer Shorts for Girls who aren’t into Booty Shorts

Over the weekend I was doing a spring clean of the ol’ closet and decided to say goodbye to a well-worn, much-loved pair of red denim booty shorts. You see, there comes a point when you get over the mid twenties hump and make the wise decision to stand up and say, “I’m not going…

10 Reasons to Build a Time Machine and go back to the 1960s

It’s Monday, so let’s contemplate time travel… 1. For the Cars (obviously) 2. We could have gone to a school like this: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_1ne8WJUvI&feature=player_embedded] 3. Everything was Cheaper. 4. In the 60s Brigitte Bardot looked like this: Today she looks like this: Okay okay, so she aged naturally which is highly commendable of her but…

Venus gets Photoshopped: BEFORE & AFTER

At first, seeing these celebrated paintings which have been photoshopped by Italian artist Anna Utopia Giordano, would probably leave many women feeling a little disheartened. Isn’t there enough worshiping of the skinny female frame today? Must we manipulate the only form of art left in the world that still honours the beauty of a curvaceous…

Celebrities: Then & Now

Just a bit of fun, not intended to be snarky in regards to how they’ve aged. I’ve been posting a few vintage pictures of our favorite celebrities on my Facebook fan page and they always go down a treat! So here’s an entire post of them … Milla Jovovich Steve Martin Kim Basinger Jamie…

PHANTOMS of PARIS: The Midnight Wanderers

We all have it; that itch for exploring, to discover what’s behind the closed doors of our cities, under our feet and overhead. Urban environments hide buried secrets of the past all around us and if curious enough, we can find them. For a while now, I’ve been following the online imprint of a small…

A French Girl’s Search for the Meaning of Hipster

You know there’s something seriously wrong with a generation when most of us don’t want to admit what we basically just are. Whether extreme or moderate, hippies were proud of being hippies, punks were proud of being punks, but hipsters?! Well how very dare you call us hipsters! A French ex-pat living in New…