A Sparkling Vintage Life

The 1950s: What’s to Love?

by | Apr 27, 2014 | Uncategorized

I stumbled across this older post by Dr. Julie-Ann at Modern Retro Woman titled “Seven Reasons I Love Being a 1950s Style Woman” that so gracefully expresses what I feel about vintage living that I want you to head over there right now and read it. My...

Fashionable Friday: Vintage-style shoes

by | Apr 25, 2014 | Uncategorized

If you like vintage-style shoes (Renaissance, 18th century/Regency, Victorian/Edwardian, and 1920s), American Duchess is the last gasp. From their website: “American Duchess is a small, historical, reproduction footwear company based in Reno, Nevada, USA. It was...

Retro Recipe Wednesday: Orange Soup

by | Apr 24, 2014 | Uncategorized

This odd-sounding recipe caught my eye in a 1929 copy of Modern Homemaking. As I read it over, it began sounding kind of nice–maybe as a dessert on a warm day, if we ever again experience warm days (she said in discouragement, gazing out the window at the chilly...

Down to Business: The independent woman of 1934

by | Apr 21, 2014 | Uncategorized

In The Complete Book of Etiquette, published in 1934, Hallie Erminie Rives reflected the changes wrought on society by the modern businesswoman of the day, and the image she might have projected to younger women: “With the financial independence of woman has...