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  • V39: 1920s Beaded Flapper Dress Design

    February 8, 2012

    Today Lady Carolyn invited me to participate in a presentation on 1920s fashion coming up at Reno’s National Automobile Museum at the end of March.  How could I resist! I have a…

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  • V22: More 19teens and Early 1920s Hairstyles {Videos!}

    January 22, 2012

    I’ve been talking a lot about hair lately.  It seems to be the thing we have the most trouble with.  In the first post,  “Introduction to Hairstyles in 1912,” I showed contemporary…

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  • V21: Vintage Bead Binge

    January 21, 2012

    A belt, but also a headband, perhaps. I was thinking just the other night about where to find heavily beaded bandeau materials for my 1912 (and also 1920s) hair styles, and lo…

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  • Book Review: “Vintage Hairstyling” by Lauren Rennells

    December 27, 2011

    Vintage Hairstyling: Retro Styles with Step-by-Step Techniques Lauren Rennells 2nd ed. (c) 2009 Lauren Rennells ISBN 978-0-9816639-1-3 If you are like me, you have pretty much no knowledge of how to create…

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  • It’s “Boardwalk” Sunday!

    December 11, 2011

    A photo of the original Boardwalk – older then the 1920s, but you get the idea I love Sunday.  Sunday is the day of period dramas … Pan Am, Downton Abbey, and…

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  • The Charleston. I Must Dance The Charleston

    December 10, 2011

    Who here is obsessed with the 1920s? /raises hand I don’t even know why, but over the years I’ve become more and more enchanted with the Jazz Age.  My initial reaction to…

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  • 1920s Flapper Hairstyle Tutorial + Halloween Speakeasy Party

    November 2, 2011

    This past weekend we attended a speakeasy/housewarming party for friends who have just bought a 1920s home.  This presented the perfect opportunity to practice more vintage hairstyling techniques, which I will share…

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  • The “What If I Were…” Historical Photo Project

    August 19, 2011

    As most of you know, I love photography.  It’s not only a very important aspect of presenting our work on our blogs, but it’s also something we can have a lot of…

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  • Back from The Lake Tahoe Gatsby Festival, 2011

    August 15, 2011

    Sunday – picnic at the Pope Mansion, replete with vintage cars, great music, and wonderful costumes to oggle. The Lake Tahoe Gatsby is a lovely, miniature-version of the Oakland Gatsby.  It’s a…

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  • How to Make a Quick and Easy 1920s Bathing Suit

    August 9, 2011

    In honor of the delightful 1920s events we’ve had this Summer, including the Lake Tahoe Gatsby coming up this weekend, I want to share with you a fun little project you can…

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  • 1920s Fun at the Ehrman Mansion, Sugarpine Point, Lake Tahoe

    July 31, 2011

    On Saturday, four Great Basin Costumers “invaded,” as we do, the Sugarpine Living History Day, a mildly 1900-1930s event held at the old Ehrman Mansion on West Shore at Tahoe. We went…

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  • How to Take and Make 1920s-style Costume Photos

    June 29, 2011

    Last time, I posted a number of lovely 1920s portraits and asked you to take a look and be inspired, so that in this post I can show you how you can…

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  • 1920s Photo Inspiration – Portraits of Pretty Pretty Ladies

    June 28, 2011

    This one is lighted with artificial lights from 2 directions – shot on a black backdrop, a persian rug, and with a cool chair.  This is a good shot to show off…

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  • SideCar: The Gatsby Picnic at Lake Tahoe

    August 16, 2010

    1931 Buick, in front of the Pope Mansion What a lovely Sunday it was, at Tallac, on the lawn of the Pope Mansion, surrounded by 1920s and 30s automobiles, listening to jaunty…

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  • SideProject: The Worst Little 1920s Slip Around

    August 14, 2010

    This Sunday is the highly anticipated Gatsby picnic at Lake Tahoe, and I’ve got a GREAT vintage dress to wear.  Of course, it’s transparent, so I had to make a slip to…

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