Modern vintage magazine issue 7 by Phill Palmer

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THE BIG REVEAL

Find our who ED is, and the story behind Modern Vintage Magazine

COMPETITIONS!

Pages of competitions in this issue. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve really gone all out to bring you the best in prizes.

IS BODY IMAGE DRIVING YOU CRAZY!

A great article to read from one of our writers

HOW TO CREATE

Bethany Jane Davies shows us how to create the perfect smokey eye.

This months cover star

Wayne Hemingway MBE

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Contents THE BIG REVEAL

GOOD CHOICE

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BODY IMAGE

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THE REVEAL We bring you the story behind Modern Vintage Magazine.

COMPETITION TIME A list of

our competitions throughout the magazine.

TOP 10 Our top 10 facebook pages that you should check out.

WAYNE HEMINGWAY Our cover star’s story and interview.

COMPETITION - Little pea and

bertie

THE ICONIC Bettie Page

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OUR READERS QUOTE - Marlon Brando BODY IMAGE Is body image driving you crazy.

COMPETITION - 2 Retro Alphabet Posters

HOMEMADE KETCHUP A recipe for homemade ketchup!

LET’S BAKE - Chocolate and marmalade cake recipe.

COMPETITION - Win a Sophie Allport commemorative mug.

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COLLECTIONS - Vintage Vixen explains her collections.

COMPETITIONS - Win a £100 Makeover with HMS Vintage

THE LOOK - Get the Gatsby

Look

COMPETITION - Win an exclusive girls dress from I Love Bread and Jam.

HOW TO - Create the Perfect Smokey Eye with Bethany Jane Davies.

BOOK REVIEWS - Four of our favourite books to read this month.

READERS - Two of our readers adverts.

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pages Issue 7 is BUMPER!

“We’ve tried to include as many of the submissions and great images as possible. If you’re not in we’re sorry but try again next issue x”

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WAYNE HEMINGWAY

Our cover star

MY MESSAGE FOR ED This issue I would like to write a message instead of ED. I want to say a personal thank you to everyone that has submitted to this magazine, and the 6 before. ED works very hard to keep everyone happy with submissions, articles and content and all of your support goes a long way to saying thank you. So this ones to you ED, thank you for 7 fantastic issues and may they all continue!

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QUOTE - Dorothy Parker VINTAGE FINDS - A small selection of our readers finds.

MVM STORE - A small selection

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PINUP PAGES - 10 Pages of your submitted Pinup images.

SUBMIT HERE - Modern Vintage Magazine Need you!

of products for you to have a look at.

WEDDING STORIES - All you

need is love!

of the images sent in that are vintage inspired.

ALT.STUDIO - Manchester based Makeover Studio

based Pinup Photographers

Looking for a printed copy? Based on how this goes we will be launching a Kickstarter campaign to be able to offer a worldwide printed copy!

SMOKEY EYE

VINTAGE INSPIRED - A selection

ROYAL TOUCH - Shropshire

PP x

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The hardest part was the secrecy and the funniest part was when people would claim to have spoken to Ed on the phone!!

Modern Vintage Magazine is a Success Story Out of thin air a vibrant, vintage loving community has gathered around and supported this now well loved publication. But where did it really come from? Who is profiting from it and who is in charge.....who is Ed?

he short version is that we made it; my Husband Phill and I.

e are Modern Vintage Magazine. There is no team, no boss and no funding, it’s just us and we haven’t made a penny. We’ve kept it a secret, we’ve avoided questions and somehow we created a beautiful monster!

“I am Ed!”

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Well like all good love stories, this one starts in a spare room in Lancashire! Phill and I had been married just a few weeks when I was made redundant and it hit me like a tonne of bricks. It wasn’t that I’d been doing my dream job, but at least I had a job. I thought I’d find a new position straight away and when I didn’t it affected me really badly. After a few months I’d begun to slip into a very bleak mood indeed. One evening Phill sat me down for ‘a talk’. “I’m worried about you. I haven’t seen you properly happy in weeks. Where is that girl that used to laugh all the time? I know you’re upset about the job search, but you can’t carry on like this. What are you going to do?” I cried and didn’t say anything because I didn’t know what to say. “What do you want to do? In your heart of hearts what do you enjoy, what would you like to do every day?” “I want to write” page 6

I had always wanted to write. When I was a little girl I would make my own newspaper articles and I had planned to study English at University

with a view to eventually write for magazines, for newspapers and even to write books. But life had other plans. When my daughter came along when I was eighteen, I made the decision to put my dreams aside and concentrate on raising her and providing for her. Fast forward ten years and here I am sat in the spare room with no job, a runny nose, smudged mascara and the sneaking suspicion that Phill might be regretting having this ‘talk’ at all!!

“I had always wanted to write” I explained to Phill that amongst the dozens of jobs that I’d applied for, I’d put myself forward for a few media-type jobs and been shot down immediately. To get a job with a magazine or newspaper it seemed that I needed at least one of the following: a relevant degree, experience, a friend in the business. I had none. The next day Phill had an announcement to make. “I’m going to build a magazine and you’re going to write for it. It’s called Modern Vintage Magazine and once you’ve released a couple of issues, you can put it on your CV. That way you have experience and although you’ll have to tell them the truth, being able to ‘tick that box’ might just get you in the door long enough for them to see how much they need you.”

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I really wasn’t sure about the idea, though I thought the name, ‘Modern Vintage’ was truly inspired!! There are a few vintage magazines around but none that specifically embrace a modern take on vintage looks/ideas. I knew Phill was more than capable of ‘building’ a publication: he designs websites in his spare time, including my blog site Vintage Folly and a hyperlocal newspaper in the South West. He’s a self taught computer whizz!! It was me that I wasn’t sure of!! Could I write an entire magazine? Did I have the vision to make the final call on layouts and images? Would people read it? Would readers feel duped when they found out it was just us? But Phill had already done half the work. The website had been purchased and the bare bones of the magazine

had been built. “All it needs now, is you”, he said. He had literally worked through the night and all for me, I had to give it a go. Even if I didn’t have faith in myself at that moment, Phill believed in me. And so it began. I started to write but everything just sounded like my blog. I realised that a magazine was far more than just words and pictures, it needed people. We needed interviews, events, interaction and crucially we needed a cover star to entice people into reading. I knew straight away who I wanted: Angelique Noire.

“I thought the name Modern Vintage was truly inspired.”

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I have adored Angelique for some time. For me, she is the epitome of class and beauty and when you read about her, you realise that she is as beautiful inside as she is on the outside. But Angelique was a proper bonafide pin up star and when I contacted her, I never dreamt that I’d even receive a reply let alone the massive co-operation and support that she gave me. Now that I had a striking cover star, I knew I had to make the magazine work. We decided to include reader’s images of their vintage finds and events and to allow people to advertise their own events for free. We had to badger people for the first issue but after that, we were fighting them off!

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Issue one was a massive success, issue two was a bit of a struggle and by the end of issue three, Phill and I were at each other’s throats!! Very quickly the magazine had taken off and neither of us really knew how to deal with it. Actually we both thought we knew how to deal with it but our ideas were very different indeed! It tested us.

The worst part was the secrecy. A novice writer, I had created the persona of ‘Ed’ the editor (not very original I know) so that I could refer to a bosslike figure when responding to questions, making decisions or asking for things. Ed was particularly useful when it came to saying no, as it was never my fault, always Ed’s! But having Ed meant that people assumed that Phill and I were part of a larger team, which we were not. A lot more was expected of us than would have been had people known the truth.

“When we first met, Phill thought vintage was just a fancy word for second hand!” Over the last year Phill has accompanied me to dosens of vintage events. I used to watch him; taking photograophs at vintage fairs, chatting swing dancers and ladies with victory rolls. I wondered whether he was truly developing an interest in ‘the scene’ or whether he was just doing

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this out of love for me. Now I know, it was both. I’ve never considered myself a ‘vintage expert’ but I did my research and as time went on, my confidence grew. As the magazine became more and more popular, I grew into my vintage self. After a few issues, we decided we needed fresh voices, but when we offered people the opportunity to come onboard and write for the magazine, I had mixed feelings. The elusive Ed, for whom nobody could ever get hold of a phone number, would give deadlines but often these weren’t met. As contributions are unpaid, Ed didn’t feel he/she could get cross. Some of the writing was really good though and proof reading and editing the contributions made me realise that perhaps my skills went further than putting words on a page. Truly the magazine was difficult to put together without a team, but it was a labour of love: a love of writing, of vintage, of the community that had embraced us and it had been born of a gesture of love from Phill to me. By December, we were putting together our sixth issue amid a flurry of requests, offers, queries, submissions......my inbox was always full of emails and my ohone never stopped beeping!!

“it was a labour of love: a love of writing, of vintage, of the community that had embraced us” Christmas and New Year take their toll on everyone, but over Christmas we had a serious illness in the family and all three of us came down with a very nasty bug that knocked us back for a few weeks. I didn’t know how/if we could get back on track for the January-February issue of the magazine: we had an amazing cover star and interview ready but very little else. I hadn’t read a single email in three weeks. Ultimately we decided to miss an issue out rather than release something lack lustre. But one issue turned into two and then we pretty much decided that too much time had passed and that MVM should be put to bed. One day Phill opened his magazine inbox on a whim and found scores of emails asking where the magazine had disappeared? I checked mine and found the same and let’s just say some were from very well respected people indeed. We still had that amazing cover star to show off after all. Should we revive the magazine? YES!! Yes we should! So we did and here it is, better and brighter than ever before.

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We’ve talked long and hard about the good, the bad and the fabulous aspects of our past issues and we think we’ve developed a winning formula at last. This has been a massive learning experience for us as a couple and one of the biggest things I’ve learnt is that I’m a very lucky lady to have Phill.

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We want to be completely honest. This magazine is just us two crazy fools. We wanted to create something that we would want to read and amazingly an awful lot of other people wanted to read it too. It has been our priviledge to work with some incredible people over the last year. The magazine has some long term fans and contributors that we’ve come to think of as friends and we look forward to seeing the images they create and the things they do, week after week. We’ve watched like proud parents as people have networked and made friends and business connections on our Facebook page and website and we’ve wondered so many times, how many amazing opportunities we may have created for people thanks to a tearful conversation in our spare room. We try so hard to give the Modern Vintage community what they want and deserve and most of the time I hope we succeed. The magazine can and should be a platform for anyone who has something to say, sell or show off, so please keep submitting. I think it goes without saying, that we’d be glad of the help and the inspiration! I want to thank Phill, with all my heart, for giving me the chance to do what I love. From the two of us, thank you all, for your support and love, I hope we continue to receive it.. And thank you to Beth. our beautiful girl, for putting up with our nonsense. From Ed (who is actually Rachel) Photography by Simon Hunt, Alt.Studios in Manchester http://www.altstudiouk.com MUAH by Rhian Jones Bespoke Polka Dot Dress by The Buttonhole http://www.thebuttonholefabrics.co.uk Send us a tweet: Rachel Palmer @TheRachelPalmer Phillip Palmer @ThePhillPalmer Modern Vintage @ModVintageMag

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COMPETITION TIME

AND THE WINNER IS... Every month we get offered amazing gifts and prizes to offer to our readers and we’ve managed to get enough for these pages! As we are a social magazine these prizes and competitions will be posted on our Facebook Page for all of our readers, likers and fans to compete for. We will set a date on this page so keep your eyes open on our FB page and ensure that you take part if you are wanting to win. (P.s make sure you read the rules properly as you may have to comment, share or like)

WIN 2 RETRO ALPHABET POSTERS FOR YOUR NURSERY

Win a Limited Edition Girls Dress from I Love Bread and Jam

Thanks to Andy Tuohy Designs we have two amazing posters to give away. The competition details are on a full page in this issue. So make sure you read it all!

Visit I Love Bread and Jam here http://www.ilovebreadandjam.com/ specialoffers/ Enter ‘Modern Vintage’ in the ‘How did you find us’ section, to enter the competition and a winner will be chosen random when the competition finished on the 30th June 2013 and the winner will be able to select a girls dress of their choice from our website.

WIN FREE ADVERTISING SPACE IN THE MAGAZINE page 10

We will be offering as normal two half pages in our magazine to show off your adverts, businesses, etsy pages or events. We will be putting the competition on our Facebook Pages on the 17th of June!

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Win £100 Makeover Voucher with HMS Vintage Courtesy of Hms-Vintage.co.uk we have a Vintage Makeover worth £100 up for grabs for one lucky reader who can make it to their Manchester Studios. You will get: Hair & Make up consultation with a professional make-up artist - Two outfit changes from our wardrobe & dressing up box Home made Afternoon Tea with a complimentary bottle of fizz - Glamorous photo shoot - One image to keep as a memento of the day.

WIN A SOPHIE ALLPORT

COMMEMORATIVE MUG TO CELEBRATE THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE QUEEN’S CORONATION To win one of these mugs keep an eye on our Facebook page on the 10th of June 2013. WIN ONE OF TWO PILLOWS FROM THE MAGIC CUPBOARD Courtesy of the MagicCupboard.co.uk we have two handmade cushions in their vintage fabric. To win take a look on our facebook page. For more info Visit: www. themagiccupboard.co.uk

THIS COMPETITION WILL BE RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF JUNE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE! IF YOU CANNOT FIND THE COMPETITION EMAIL US AT ADMIN@ MODERNVINTAGEMAGAZINE.COM

All winners are chosen at random and we welcome reviews or images of the competition winners with their prizes. If you have a prize or giveaway for our readers email details through to phillip@ modernvintagemagazine.com

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Top 10 Facebook Pages...

Our picks of the last month

achel’s facebook page for all her mad, crazy and creative adventures. Facebook.com/pages/ Vintage-Folly/167929299956670?fref=ts

Vintage Folly

imon Hunt’s creation in the heart of Manchester’s

Northern Quarter. Worked with us recently and created our amazing images.Facebook.com/ altstudioNQ?fref=ts

North West’s vintage event co-ordinator. Such inspiring promotional material and great selection of stall’s. Facebook.com/ craftyvintage?fref=ts

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Alt.Studio

ant great tutorials, or just inspiration. Check out Lisa’s Facebook page. Facebook.com/ pages/Lisa-Freemont-Street/155249469150?fref=ts

Lisa Freemont Street

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ounded by Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway in 1981 and focuses on affordable and social design, with a core philosophy of aiming to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;improve things that matter in life.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Facebook.com/HemingwayDesign

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hat great vintage makeovers and lovely images! Facebook.com/BethanyJaneDavies

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n inspiring story regarding their fantastic photo print dress. An amazing Classic Airforce Shoot! Facebook.com/Sillyoldseadog

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f you loved our Iconic article and want to see more images, stories or info on Bettie Page, be sure to like. https://www.facebook.com/BettiePage

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Worldwide delivery available for all items. Facebook.com/HickoryVintage

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his is our page! Take a look, like and comment on our images and statuses. Facebook.com/ ModernVintageMagazine

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Wayne Hemingway AS A DESIGN TEAM, THE HEMINGWAYS ARE QUITE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH, CREATING EVERYTHING FROM WALL PAPER TO DOC MARTENS TO SOCIAL HOUSING. FIRST FINDING RECOGNITION WITH THEIR BRAND ‘RED OR DEAD’, WAYNE AND GERARDINE HAVE MORE RECENTLY TURNED THEIR HAND TO ORGANISING VINTAGE INSPIRED EVENTS ALL OVER THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Rachel Palmer fulfills one of her lifelong dreams and interviews Mr Vintage himself: Wayne Hemingway MBE. I don’t even know where to start! Did you always want to be involved with design?

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When I was growing up, I made no plans for the future. I knew what I liked doing, I liked going out, dancing, fashion, music….. The only dream I really had was to be in a cool band!!

So how did your love affair with vintage begin? Well I’ve worn second hand clothes since I was a child!! When I was growing up, there wasn’t a lot of money to spend and wearing second hand was the easiest way to look different. When you’re young and out and about in town, you want to stand out. You and your wife Gerardine, a fellow Northerner met at a disco, did you always know she was the one?

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You never know that. I knew that she looked fantastic, made her own clothes and had style! Then we got to know each other; we had the same interests, laughed at the same jokes, liked each other a lot, it didn’t take long.

The story goes that one day, strapped for cash, you and Gerardine took the contents of your wardrobe and set up a stall in Camden Market. The stall was a huge success and you went on to source other used clothes to sell. How did that stall develop into Red or Dead? We started selling Gerardine’s hand made clothes alongside the vintage pieces. After just three weeks, Macy’s in New York ordered a line of her designs. My Mum and Gerardine’s sister and then eventually Since we started on that journey, we’d had four my Step Dad left their jobs to help the stall grow into children and the fashion industry is very unforgiving to those with a young family. We were sad to say a factory. It was and is still a real family business. goodbye to Red or Dead, initially Gerardine didn’t Eventually we opened Red or Dead stores but want to sell at all. Eventually we decided, it was time worked hard to keep the Camden stall going for to call it a day and do other things. years afterwards. The area is such a rich source of “thanks to Red or Dead, two learning about fashion and a rich source of funds working class Northerners too. Really the success we achieved in Camden managed to put a couple of million facilitated the creation of the whole brand.

in the bank!”

What made you decide to sell Red or Dead? We ran Red or Dead for eighteen years. That’s a long time to be in any job; certainly it’s a long time for a couple who never set out to have a fashion company. But thanks to Red or Dead, two working class Northerners managed to put a couple of million in the bank!

It seems as though each season the high street is inspired by a different decade in history. Modern fashion changes so much, do you think there ARE any new design ideas to be had and in the future? The reason we are running out of ‘new ideas’ is because the human body stays the same shape. Some people are taller, some shorter, some thinner, some less thin, but basically the body has a standard form. So there are only so many skirt shapes you can do, so many trouser lengths. Designers aren’t thinking ‘vintage’ all the time, but they can’t really do things that haven’t been done before: those things have become the norm, because they look good and to a degree, the options have been exhausted.

If a designer were to create something wildly different, it would look weird. Wearing it we’d look like we’d come of the set of Star Treck! Technology “When I was growing up, I made no can change the way that fabric performs, so there are possibilities there, but when it comes to certain

plans for the future”

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things, we are at the limit.

What do you think will be considered the iconic designs of the 21st century so far?

The Preston Guild was a roaring success, do you think it served as a sign that the vintage scene is huge all over the country and not just in Camden and Shoreditch?

There is a thriving vintage ‘scene’ in the North West of England, there has been for as long as there has I’m on the panel for the ‘Designers of the Year been one in London! The reason why there are Award’, so I see a lot. There’s a huge amount of more vintage shops in capital cities is because there talent out there. are more people and people are very different there. Up north, people have more time to find the stuff I think some designs are iconic already, particularly themselves, they can get to know the old dears in in architecture. We are building a lot of half decent the Charity shops. In London they’re chasing time, things! We build a lot of rubbish too of course but they have no time to look around and need someone buildings like The Gherkin and The Shard we should else to collect all the best things together in vintage be very proud of, those designs will stand the test shops. of time. As far as concerns clothing, I thought our Olympic uniform was pretty good. “There are quite a few snooty

vintage people who try to control Designers aren’t thinking ‘vintage’ things and judge others; I think all the time, but they can’t really they need to get a life. “ do things that haven’t been done before

Iconic or not, today’s fashion will eventually become You are a real ambassador for inclusion when it vintage. If it’s 20 years old, good quality and there’s comes to the Vintage scene. I was at the Vintage not a lot of it; it achieves that cache of vintage. Preston Guild and it really struck me how many different types of people there were; different ages, accents, clothing. Why is it so important to you? Or is it inclusion in general that you feel so What inspired the Vintage Festival? strongly about? We all have ideas. As designers we have loads and some you just have to see through.

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We worked really hard on that, on getting the balance right. From a completely practical point of view, if you get some elderly people at an event, Gerardine and I, we enjoy festivals, but a lot of UK it calms trouble. You get naughty folk at festivals, festivals are just about getting drunk; we’ve never been into that. We’re into music, we’re into fashion, (I suppose you get naughty folk everywhere) but somehow when you put them in front old people, we’re into meeting people. We though about creating something that we would go to: it was time suddenly they don’t want to misbehave! for something more glamorous. As it was a vintage event, it was important to us to have people who were there the first time. It was We always design things for ourselves, things that incredible to see people from all different walks of we like. We have to trust ourselves and that our tastes and ideas will be at least a little bit commercial life, learning about and enjoying vintage fashions and not so narrow that we’re considered weirdos. and music. The Spirit of ’42 Ball was particularly brilliant. I was taken aback to be honest; there were The rest of the team was very motivated to create a glamorous, vintage festival and between us that’s so many different types of people and they just threw themselves into it. But that’s Northerners for just what we did. you. It’s been one hell of a tough journey, but worth every minute. We’ve been involved in other events since, “If it’s 20 years old, good quality and there’s not a lot of it; it such as The Vintage Preston Guild and The New achieves that cache of vintage.” Year’s Event on the South Bank. The Vintage Preston Guild was a success because

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people didn’t know when they’d get to do it again. It was our most enjoyable event to date.

So you encourage lots of different kinds of people to attend vintage events. What do you think of people who aren’t particularly welcoming to those who are new to or not fully immersed in the vintage scene?

There are cliquey groups amongst vintage lovers, but there will always be those sorts in any ‘scene’. You just ignore people like that. There are quite a few snooty vintage people who try to control things and judge others; I think they need to get a life.

So what’s next for Hemingway Design? We’ve just won in our bid to head up a great project: the World’s first heritage theme park. Dreamland in Margate is a grant funded, multimillion pound project. It will be a place where rickety old rides will be reconditioned and made safe. Dreamland will be years in the making but if a job’s worth doing, it’s worth taking a bit of time to do properly.

One last question: you’re one of the best known fashion designers to come out of the UK and you’re a Dad of four...have your children ever made fashion decisions that have just made you despair? Oh yeah, haven’t they just! But with a bit of gentle nudging over the years, they’ve come round. They’ve learnt!

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Prints with Personality

Little Pea and Bertie started as a boutique selling gorgeous products for mums and children by a range of wonderful suppliers not widely available on the highstreet. We soon began to miss the creative control of designing and producing our own products and introduced the Little Pea and Bertie artwork range. We’re now so busy working on commissions and our own range that we’ve re launched our website to concentrate solely on Little Pea and Bertie printed artwork for both children and adults. We know how important your Interior Design is so we’ve now introduced the ability to fully bespoke your chosen work of art to match your desired colour scheme.

We are also stocked by www.tworedtrees.co.uk www.bouf.com www.wowthankyou.co.uk www.tillyandrose.co.uk www.kidsonestopshop.co.uk Find Little Pea and Bertie at http://www. littlepeaandbertie.com, https://www. facebook.com/pages/Little-Pea-and-Bertie/143132795733078

HOW TO WIN To win this exclusive print based on Joy Division’s Famous Track Email Admin@ModernVintageMagazine.com Tell us what your favourite song is and why! Winners will be picked on the 30th June 2013 and will also be featured on our Social Media Pages.

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The Iconic

BETTIE Page

I never was the girl next door In the decades before photo shopping and elaborate sets, Bettie Pageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing body and trademark hair made her a pin up icon. So why were 1000s of her images destroyed by court order in the 1950s? Why did she disappear shortly afterwards. page 20

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“A body is a terrible thing to waste”

Born April 22, 1923, in Nashville, Tennessee, Bettie was the second of six children. Her childhood wasn’t easy, Bettie was only 10 years when she and her two sisters were placed in an orphanage by her impoverished Mother. She found solice in centres where she learnt how to cook and sew and found enough quiet to do her homework. As a teenager, Bettie and her sisters imitated their favorite movie stars: experimenting with makeup styles and hairdos.

Bettie was a determined student, at school, she was even voted “Most Likely to Succeed.” She won a scholarship to Peabody College where she studied education while dreaming of becoming an actress. After graduating, Bettie moved to San Francisco to be with Billy Neal, her new husband. It was there that Bettie got her first modeling job at a local furrier where she modeled fur coats for clients. For the next few years, Bettie traveled around the United States and beyond. Her marriage to Billy ended in 1947 (though she would go on to marry twice more) and in 1950 Bettie met Jerry Tibbs, a police officer

with an interest in photography, whilst walking in Coney Island. Tibbs took pictures of Bettie and put together her first pinup portfolio. Bettie would have had no idea how much her life was about to change. Over the next few months Bettie worked with numerous photographers: her modeling career had taken off. She posed magazines such as Wink, Eyeful, Titter, and Beauty Parade, but it wasn’t until her photographs were published in Robert Harrison’s magazines that Bettie became a pinup star. 1955 saw Bettie win “Miss Pinup Girl of the World” and feature as the centerfold in Playboy. She earned

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the nickname “Girl with the Perfect Figure” and her photographs appeared all over the place. In 1957, Bettie moved to Florida for good. Little did she know her provocative photographs, taken from1950 to1957 violated all manner of sexual taboos and would ultimately invoke a United States Senate Committee investigation. So Bettie’s modeling career was over, at the very height of her success.

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“Sex is a part of love. You shouldn’t go around doing it, unless you are in love.” Bettie tried numerous jobs and she traveled around the United States, but sadly never seemed to find her place in the World. When people would recognize her and ask if she was Bettie Page, she’d answer, “Who’s that?” Seaking privacy, she disappeared from the public eye. Through the 1980s and the 1990s, Bettie Page reappeared as a modeling icon. Bettie’s confidence in herself and in her body has inspired women all over the World. She was ahead of her time, in a time when it was not fashionable to be so. Sadly many images of Bettie Page destroyed by law and the ones Bettie began to study acting in 1953 were that remain are often of poor quality. and secured several roles in New What a gift she must have to still York productions as well as various speak to us now in the 21st century, television appearances. despite the damaged film and sometimes amateurish photography. Though she lived in New York, Bettie often returned to Florida. Bettie Page suffered from mental While she was there, she posed illness in her later life and never had for photographers Jan Caldwell, the chance to enjoy her re-surgance H.W. Hannau, and Bunny Yeager. in popularity. She was diagnosed From 1952 to 1957, she posed for with schizophrenia after a number of photographer Irving Klaw for mailviolent ourbursts. order photographs with pin-up, bondage or sadomasochistic themes, She died in 2008 and her grave stone making her the World’s first famous reads... bondage model.

...Bettie Mae Page.....Queen of the Pin Ups.

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It’s a biggie for all women; all shapes, all sizes. As a BBW (Big Beautiful Woman!) I am constantly obsessing about my body. I try to dress immaculately to best suit my shape, I always have my hair always done and make up perfect. As I feel out of control with one aspect of my appearance, the rest that I CAN control must be perfect and I feel good about it. Well that is until I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror and go back to obsessing and it drives me CRAZY! But I have come to realise that it drives most women crazy, no matter what shape or size and this makes me sad. A recent skincare advertisement asked a group of women: “What do you love about your body?” None of the women involved had an answer. “What do they love about your friends’ body?” The lists where endless.

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It really struck a chord with me. Beyonce describes women as ‘strong enough to bear the children and then get back to Business’. Women are so strong and so full of love and we are capable of so much, but it would seem that the one thing we do not do well at all, is love ourselves!

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So, I have decided that I will no longer diet so that my body does not offend the eyes of others. I hate it and the fact that I feel like I must limit myself or cut things out completely makes me want them more!! When I’m not dieting I enjoy a nice glass of wine in the evening; when I am dieting, I feel guilty about it and I want the entire blooming bottle! Instead I shall just try to become a healthy version of me, at whatever size I happen to be. I shan’t set myself goals in inches or pounds; I will just become more aware of what I eat and how regularly I exercise and set my sights on happiness and acceptance of myself. I will wear what I want to wear and walk down the street channelling my inner Marilyn! Every day I am going to look in the mirror and recognise one thing that I like about myself. One thing that feels nice/looks nice/is nice about ME!

Today it’s my hair! It feels nice and the hair fairy didn’t visit me in the night making me look like Rod Stewart first thing this morning: this is a very good thing! Tomorrow it could be that I did a nice thing for someone, the next day it could be something completely different. I’m going to stick to this like no resolution I’ve ever made before and one day, when someone asks me “what do you like about yourself?” I will look them square in the eye, tilt my head, twinkle my eyes and pout my big retro red lips….and give them a list as long as my arm!

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The rest of my body, I will say, is work in progress....but isn’t it the most fabulous work in progress you have ever seen dahling!

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“What do you love about your body?”

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Look in the mirror and instead of thinking, aww lordy! The bags under my eyes, the second chin, the imperfections: look at yourself and say, today THIS is good. Written by Kat Saul

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Keep your chips tasty and your sauces homemade with this tasty tomato ketchip receipe.

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This Summer, if you’re trying to deal with a glut of tomatoes from the garden and no more will fit in the freezer, ketchup is the answer. Ingredients • • •

3Kg tomatoes roughly chopped 4 onions sliced 1 red pepper, chopped

Place in a large pan and cook until soft. Push this through a sieve into a large pan. Add • 100g soft brown sugar • 200ml cider vinegar • 1/4 tsp english mustard powder Add the spices in a muslin bag • Piece of cinnamon stick • 1 1/2 tsp whole allspice • 1 1/2 tsp whole cloves • 1 1/2 tsp ground mace • 1 1/2 tsp celery seeds • 1 1/2 whole black peppercorns • 1 bay leaf • 1 garlic clove, bruised Method Bring to the boil and simmer , remove the spice bag after 20-30 mins , cook until pulpy , pour into sterilised bottles. Thank you to Linzi Barrow of lancashire-food.blogspot.co.uk for this fantastic recipe. If you would like to see your recipe featured, email admin@modernvintagemagazine.com

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Let’s BAKE

Chocolate and Marmalade Cake You Will Need:

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This cake is amazing if we do say so ourselves and although it contains chocolate and orange is doesn’t taste strongly of either.

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Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F Beat the butter/ margarine until creamy.

If you have a recipe feel free to email the recipe and pictures to

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Commemorative Mug to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation Remember a very special Coronation year with this delicate and tasteful fine bone china mug created by British Designer Sophie Allport. Featuring Sophie’s illustrations of Royal crowns, bunting, carriages and a grand procession. The Queen’s carriage is flanked by horses and soldiers. Can you spot the cute corgies?! After the huge success of the ‘Kate and Wills’ mug in 2011 and the ‘Jubilee’ mug in 2012, Sophie Allport is very excited to launch her fine bone china mug to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation in 1953.

TO WIN CHECK OUT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE COMPETITION ON THE 10TH JUNE

Copy on the inside rim of the mug reads ‘Congratulations Queen Elizabeth II 1953 – 2013’ in Sophie’s signature handwriting. Sophie explained; “I have so much admiration for the Queen and really wanted to design something to mark such a happy occasion. I’ve designed a mug that complements our other fine bone china commemorative mugs so it makes a nice collection to have at home.”

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Collections

100 years since the birth of her Grandpa, Vintage Vixen took a fresh look at her collection of family treasures.

“Coming from a long line of hoarders I’ve boxes of family photos, daguerreotypes, certificates, paperwork, clothing, jewellery and ephemera going back over two centuries. Call me dim but I never thought the stuff I grew up with and took as commonplace would be so desirable and sought after. Miniature prayer books, Whitby jet, jewellery made with butterfly wings and even dead people’s hair! It’s a shame not to enjoy these family pieces, passed down the generations. This locket is monogrammed with the initials, AC, after my Grandpa’s mother, Alice Chapman. She’s actually wearing the locket in the picture inside. The dapper chap with the ‘tashe is her husband, Thomas Harris. Nice to see that my female ancestors were also fans of massive jewellery. Nothing dainty in our family!

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Courtesy of Hms-Vintage.co.uk we have a Vintage Makeover worth £100 up for grabs for one lucky reader who can make it to their Manchester Studios. • Hair & Make up consultation with a professional make-up artist • Two outfit changes from our wardrobe & dressing up box • Home made Afternoon Tea with a complimentary bottle of fizz • Glamorous photo shoot • One image to keep as a memento of the day

Keep an Eye-Out for our Facebook Competition running until the 30th

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Get TheLook

The movie may have met with a rather mixed reception, but one thing’s for sure; everybody loves the costumes! Channel the spirit of the bright young things of the 1920s, with elegantly beaded dresses, neat ladylike hats and stunning hand made headbands.

Handmade 1920s inspired headband: This beautiful piece is just £28.39 from MSaHeadbands. We think it’s very similar to one worn by Daisy Buchanon at Jay Gatsby’s party Lilac and cream cloche: Given that the weather is unpredictable these days, this elegant hat, £20.00 from River Island is useful aswell as beautiful. page 36

Patisseirie Day dress: Priced at $49.99 this darling little day dresss from Modcloth is perfect for creating a relaxed 20s look. Beaded Evening Dress A little more fancy but just as wearable, this glitsy dress from Frock and Frill is a bargain at £50.00 Carmen T-Bar Shoes. These shoes are £165 from Rachel Simpson and are so comfortable that you’ll be able to dance all night.

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The Great Gatsby

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CHILDRENS DRESS COMPETITION

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Win a Girls Dress of your choice from I Love Bread and Jam Sticking to their unique formula, the creators of Bread and Jam have launched their new collection of Runaway dresses for 2013, packed with inspired prints, from bees and barbeques to ships and narwhals.

“I really think this our best range yet”, says Sofia Dyson, founder of Bread and Jam. “We’re proud that all dresses are still handmade in the UK. They’re 100% cotton, machine washable and definitely not to be kept for best”.

There are 12 prints to choose from, with a further four to be launched later in spring. The retro theme continues with a quirkiness that has become Bread and Jam’s trademark, along with the traditional smattering of irresistible florals.

This year, Bread and Jam are offering something more for their loyal fans. Join the ‘Teeny Club’ by signing up to their mailing list (www.ilovebreadandjam.com/contact) and you’ll be part of an exclusive group that get to hear about a secret launch on the first of every month of a super-limited edition dress. Just five or six dresses made in each size, sold from a secret web location revealed only to Teeny club members.

The dresses come in one classic shape - some with an apron-style pocket to store collectibles - and with a print to suit everyone, the only problem may be deciding which to chose. As ever, each print is limited, so snap them up quickly!

HOW TO WIN Visit I Love Bread and Jam here http://www.ilovebreadandjam.com/specialoffers/ Enter ‘Modern Vintage’ in the ‘How did you find us’ section, to enter the competition and a winner will be chosen random when the competition finished on the 30th June 2013 and the winner will be able to select a girls dress of their choice from our website.

Please note that all Bread & Jam dresses are Limited Edition and never repeated so your choice will be subject to availability. A winner will be chosen at By entering in this competition you will receive updates about Bread and Jam and the exclusive ‘Teeny’ club.

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How to Create The Perfect Smokey Eye T

o celebrate the release of Baz Luhrmann’s “The Great Gatsby”, Bethany Jane Davies shows us how to create the iconic “Smokey-Eyes” look in your own home.

The “Smokey eyes” make up style originally came to the forefront of ladies’ fashion during the 1920s. At the time, silent movie stars where fashion icons, starlets such as Louise Brooks and Clara Bow championed what would become a lasting trend; combining bright lipsticks with a heavier eye make up. The Smokey eyed look has endured and continues to lend itself to current trends, it is a look which can accompany any outfit and is a makeup technique no girl should be without.

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Traditionally grey eye-shadow was popular throughout the 1920s; it worked well on the silver screen and was readily available. Coloured eye-shadows would have been a scarce luxury before the rise of synthetic colours. Today however we can pick any shade of eye-shadows which accentuates one’s eye colour.

Modern Vintage We used golden browns to bring out the Annaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blue eye colour, a look suitable for daytime wear. The technique of application could be used with greys and blacks for a more sultry, evening look, but any colour combination can work. Experiment and see what shades work best for you. For this look you will need 2 shades of shadow, one darker than the other. 1. Apply your foundation base and set with a translucent powder. 2. Sweep a neutral eye primer over the entire lid up to the brow bone. 3. Using a flat eye-shadow brush, apply the lighter shade all over the lid towards the brow bone, blending upwards (do not take it right up to the brow bone, leave a space between). (See Fig.1) 4. In comparison to the 1960s Smokey eye shape which extended out at the outer corner in a wing, the 1920s look was a very rounded shape, so keep this in mind when applying the shadow. 5. Next taking the darker colour, apply the shadow into the socket line (you can look in the mirror as you do this to help with placement) (See fig.3). 6. Take a clean blending brush and using very small circular motions, gently blend this into the base colour and up towards the brow bone. Repeat until the colour is of your desired intensity. 7. Use a small amount of black liner on the upper lash line to define (I use a gel liner but you could use a khol pencil if you prefer) 8. Using a pencil brush, run the lighter shadow all the way along the lower lash line from the outer to the inner corner. Using the same brush take

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the darker shadow and apply this from the outer lower lash line to the middle of the lash line(Fig.4). 9. If the line created is too harsh you can use a cotton bud to blend it to your desired intensity. 10. I also lined the lower waterline with a white eyeliner to help create the doe eyed 1920s feel and added strip lashes which I cut in half and applied to the outer edges of the eyes. Apply mascara to blend these with your natural lashes. 11. The eyebrows of the 1920s were thin, extended in length and the shape was very flat. I used an eyebrow powder to define Annaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brows and exaggerate the length. 12. As we were going for a more daytime look I chose a rosy pink for my models lips and exaggerated her cupids bow. This would look wonderful with a deep red or classic plum shade which was very popular in the 1920s. 13. Finish the look off with blusher. I used a plum shade and concentrated the colour on the apples of her cheeks as this was the technique of the era. Extra Tips and Tricks to get the look right. You can use a concealer on the edges of your brows to thin them and create a more 1920s shape. Set with powder. Wobbly lip lines can be neatened with a small amount of concealer on a make up brush. Let lash glue dry for about 20 seconds until tacky before applying as this makes application easier.

Hair, Make up and Article Bethanyjanedavies.com Photography Madame-boudoir.com Wardrobe & Accessories Kikuboutique.co.uk Model Anna Bailey Heath

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Felt Sew Good Christine Leech This is a very, very sweet book. Beginning with a charming foreward from HRH The Prince of Wales, ‘Who Was Betty?’ is a collection of short stories, in which well loved writers explore who they believe the famous Betty really was. From Alan Ayckbourn to Jilly Cooper, the greats are here and the stories are fantastic. With the right mixture of wit and sentiment, stories range from a few lines to a few pages and it’s difficult to choose a favourite. Is it Betty the cavewoman, the inventor of the teapot or the girl who works on a Saturday? Lovingly illustrated by Emily Sutton, ‘Who Was Betty?’ would may a great gift.

Girl’s Night In Hannah ReadBaldrey

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As you’d expect, ’The Handmade Home’ features pages of glossy, richly coloured photographs and step by step instructions that are well written and easy to understand. But what you might not expect is the amount of book that you get for your money! Cherry was clearly thrilled to be making this book and her sheer excitement is evident in the fact that she has put so much into it. The Handmade Home is literally jam packed see what I did there with advice, ideas and projects. The book’s layout is simple, tasteful and it works. The writing is easy and friendly and never patronizing. The ideas are ‘do-able’, worthwhile and inventive. As you read this book, you’ll wonder why you don’t make things more often.

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When most people think of felt, they imagine ‘fuzzy felts’, those brightly coloured felt shapes that you play with when you’re little. Maybe people need to think again!

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This is a book of stylish and quirky felt designs inspired by Christine Leech’s travels to Japan and Finland. It features gift ideas, toys, items for the home and seasonal projects and is just brilliant. ‘Felt’ explains Leech ‘is so easy to work with. It doesn’t stretch or fray and as a novice sewer, you really can’t go wrong with it.’ You may never have considered felt crafting before, but reading this book, you’ll see that felt can be delicate, artistic and beautiful.

Who Was Betty....? Various Authors ‘Girls’ Night In’ is a beautiful book, Hannah Read-Baldrey’s style is evident in every single page. The book is crammed full of delicious recipes and inventive crafts, most of which would translate well into other events such as parties, dinners and even wedding. Aswell as recipes, crafts and cocktails, the book includes make up tips, pampering treats and game suggestions. These are all really good ideas as you can make them suit your group of girls: their age, their personalities and where you know them from! You wouldn’t necessarily want to play the same games with your work colleagues as you would with your old school friends!

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VINTAGE FINDS What treasures have you found on your travels?

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FABRICS

FURNITURE

ACCESSORIES

1940’S FABRICS FOUND AT MALVERN FLEA MARKET

1960S FLORAL TOPPED

1960S GOLD

CAMPING TABLE

HANDBAG 4 POUNDS VINTAGE RUBY

KITCHENWEAR

SUPRISES

CARS

LA VIE NOSTALGIQUE

VINTAGE SHOE SHINE

VINTAGE CAR NICOLE

VINTAGE FRENCH COFFEE POT

BOX ST ANNES

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Betty Boyns www.bettyboyns.co.uk

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Betty Boyns is a Cornwall based company who design and produce our own fabrics from which we produce affordable quality Kitchen Linens.

To feature in Prostore, please contact: Phillip@modernvintagemagazine.com

Scarlett and Argent Wollen Blanket www.scarletandargent. co.uk Dale & Moor Throws are beautifully lightweight and neatly hemmed on both sides. Colours include: Sky Blue, Soft Lime, Heather, Dark Olive, Copper and Natural. Each Throw is 153x200cm. Priced from £75.

Hairpin Legs from Rockler

CONKCA www.conkca.com NEW British designer brand Conkca launches its collection of heritage leather accessories with a focus on boosting sales for stores across the UK. Their range of vintage leather wallets, bags and purses combine bespoke packaging, affordable RRP’s and a minimal closely-monitored online presence to help promote retail sales in high street stores.

Dotcom Giftshop www.dotcomgiftshop.com.

www.Rockler.com Rockler Woodworking and Hardware has added Hairpin Legs to its I-Semble line of do-ityourself furniture components. Priced from $69.99

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Spring-Summer selection of gorgeous new soft furnishings, kitchen accessories and framed wall art

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he Spring/Summer 2013 collection comprises of 18 dresses and 11 skirts with matching tops pieces and is sectioned into three quirky style themes – English Country Garden, Natures Playground and Fifties Fun.

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A giant vintage wooden ruler for measuring the growth of your little monkeys! Track your children s growth and compare generations No more marked walls and this moves house with you. Great gift for father’s day.

Sarah Moore, renowned vintage designer, author of author of Homemade Gifts Vintage Style (Kyle Books, £16.99) and resident vintage expert for Country Living magazine, has announced a series of master classes in vintage making.

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All You need Is Love WE ARE LAURA CAPALDI AND RICKY DAMIANI We got married on 23rd June 2012 at Cornish Tipis, Cornwall The inspiration for our Wedding day was our love of all things vintage especially clothes and ......Glastonbury. That probably sums it up best! We really wanted that raucous, togetherness feeling that you only get at festivals: we had bands playing all day long. My favourite part of the day without question was the ceremony. We worked really hard to make sure that was the focus of the day rather than just the party. We wanted everyone to know that was why they were there; to get married and not just to get dressed up and drunk! It was very emotionally charged and very beautiful and we even had a flash mob! Laura wore an Edwardian wedding dress and fabulous Jimmy Choo shoes.

Wed Fest! A unique wedding day inspired by Glastonbury Photographer: Mike Kelly

At Modern Vintage Magazine, we love a bit of romance. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to share your wedding or engagement photos, send a few high resolution images to admin@modernvintagemagazine.com Be sure to include the names of the couple, When you met, got married and where, what inspired your day/shoot and pf course, the photographer

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WE ARE DREW COX AND RACHEL DEE. We met in high school in south Florida, but Drew moved to Tennessee shortly after we met...and we didn’t speak for almost 10 years!! We found each other on MySpace and started talking on the phone, 4 months later I came to visit and never left.

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Photographer: Michael Masack

Our wedding has been pushed back a year to may 2014 because the Universe decided we needed baby first, little Silas Cash was born march 22 2013!

The inspiration behind the photos was our love for ‘vintage everything’, tattoos and of course, each other! We are looking forward to finally being married. Our wedding will be completely untraditional, complete with Chuck Taylor’s for the Bridal party and our son coming down the aisle in a hot rod pedal car!

Darren and Jessica Photographer: Tisha Johnson - Intrigue Photography

Darren and I met in June 2010 through an online dating website. We have always said it’s funny that we lived only 20 minutes apart but our paths never crossed until that faithful day. Our relationship blossomed from day one and we have been inseparable ever since! Oddly enough, our parents worked together and had mutual acquaintances but fate wasn’t quite ready for our paths to cross until many years later. Our engagement photos were inspired by my passion for all things vintage. I live the vintage pinup lifestyle everyday and write a blog (Pin Up Persuasion) dedicated to the era I love so very much.

Photographer Tisha Johnson - Intrigue Photography

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My favourite saying comes from Winnie the Pooh “If you live to be 100, I want to live to be 100 minus 1 day so I never have to live without you”

Charlotte and Peter Photographed by Daring to Dream Photography

It’s a saying I included in my own wedding but one that really came home to me on a wedding I photographed recently. When we find ‘the one’ I think most of us take for granted that there will be years and years of happy ever after and hopefully that will be the case. As a wedding photographer I see many couples and all different types of weddings. As beautiful as they all are, I have a secret love for anything vintage. They really are my favourite, which is why when I was asked to photograph the most special of wedding days and one which had a wonderful vintage railway twist, I was very excited to be part of it.

“Most of us take for granted that there will be years and years of happy ever after” From the railway table plan, the ticket confetti, the daffodil and tulip bouquets, handmade vintage lace shoes to the customised lace capped shoulders of the Maggie Sottero gown each part of it was very unique and very much an expression of the couple but there was something a little more special about this one. This wedding was going to be emotionally different for me to any that I’d photographed before. “All Weddings are different and all weddings are unique. Nothing new there!” I hear you say but imagine being able to do something to make an already perfect day just that little bit more special for a couple who’s only wish is to spend the rest of their lives together, no matter how long, together. Well, that’s what the Wedding Wishing Well Foundation do and this is how I came to photograph the union of Charlotte and Peter. Their wedding was arranged by the Wedding Wishing Well Foundation, after Peter’s mother, unbeknown to the couple, contacted them whilst Peter was in hospital undergoing extensive treatment for Cancer. I’d been following the work of the foundation for several months and put myself forward as a potential supplier should they ever need me. I was very touched when they contacted me to say that Charlotte and Peter wanted me to photograph their wedding.

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The Wedding Wishing Well Foundation is coming up to it’s first year and it is going from strength to strength. Supported by suppliers and businesses but also tremendous fundraising efforts from people across the UK. Naomi Thomas, the founder of this inspirational organisation works tirelessly to ensure that people with terminal illnesses and life limiting conditions not only have the opportunity to marry their life partner but also to have the wedding day of their dreams without the stress, uncertainty and financial burden that cancer inevitably brings to families.

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Having been diagnosed with Breast Cancer at 26 and believing she had beaten it, she was then diagnosed over a year later with incurable Secondary Breast Cancer. Naomiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own story of how the Wedding Wishing Well Foundation became what it is, is both moving and incredibly inspirational and she is exceptionally determined and passionate about what they do.

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Charlotte is a midwife and Peter is a law student. They are an amazing couple, truly grateful for everything in their lives and seeing them together, to me just epitomises love and fun. They were married on 20th April, 2013 at St Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church in Chailey, East Sussex. Followed by an elegant white and yellow, lace trimmed marquee reception at Stanmer House. Stanmer House is a Grade 1 listed mansion on the north-east outskirts of Brighton and the grounds were a beautiful backdrop for this magical event. Complete with vintage sweet trolley, birdseed favours, beautiful grounds, toast master and what more could you want than a bouncy castle. This was truly the wedding of their dreams. Because of their specific love of steam trains, we took a little time out after their ceremony to visit the Bluebell Steam Railway where I was able to capture some extra special moments just for them. Theirs truly is a happy ever after.

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Vintage Style is timeless and beautiful images like these should be shared with everyone. Wether your a lover of 20’s Art Deco or 1950’s Glamour, we’d love to see what create. To submit your images send through with Subject Vintage Inspired to Admin@ModernVintageMagazine.com

Alison Ballard

Photo Credits, Classic Air Force Shoot 19/5/2013: Clothing: Silly Old Sea Dog: www.facebook. com/sillyoldseadog Photos: Lisa Parkinson, Kernow Dream Photography: http://www. kernowdreamphotography.com/ Make Up & Hair: Madam Tashy’s Beauty

Princess Suga Rush

Model Princess Suga Rush from milton keynes England Photographer Wakefield Photography Clothes from New Look Fascinators from TK Max Hat from Primark

Betty Noir MODEL DETAILS TO BE SENT THROUGH

Alison Ballard

Clothing: Silly Old Sea Dog: www. facebook.com/sillyoldseadog Photos: Lisa Parkinson, Kernow Dream Photography: Make Up & Hair: Madam Tashy’s Beauty Boutique: Models: Ashlyn Coyne, Katie Louise McLoughlin, Steph Thomas and Bella Styling: Alison Ballard Location: Classic Air Force: http://www. classicairforce.com/

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Virginia Smith

Model Virginia Smith of www.facebook.com/ PaintTheTownRedBaby and also my fan page Facebook.com/VirginiaDoesVintage. Photo by www. facebook.com/ SarahPardewPhotography

Kim Serra

Model/MUAH: Kim Sierra Pin Up Model www.facebook.com/ PinUpKimSierra Photographer: G. Pearson, October Images Photographic Services

Hannah Morris

Model: Hannah Morris from Lancaster Photo location: Liverpool Albert Docks Photo credit: CTI Images/Cope Taylor phototgarphy. Hair and Makeup by Kitty Wink Vintage

Betty Noir MODEL DETAILS TO BE SENT THROUGH

Miss Lula Mae

Model- Miss Lula Mae Photos Terry Mendoza and retro photo studio

Denise Valentine

Im a model photographer and latex designer in Milton Keynes and all images here were taken by Pirate Pete Photography edited by Follyhouse

Amanda Thurlow

A vintage hair and makeup stylist at Bombshell Boutique Makeovers and also novice vintage/ pinup model. www.facebook.com/ bombshellboutiquemakeovers Photographers ,Lindsay Wakelin at Lindsay Wakelin Photography https://www.facebook.com/ LindsayWakelinPhotography

Gemma Cullen

Model: Gemma Cullen www.facebook.com/ gemmacullenmodel Photographer: Mizz Dee’s photography MUHA: Sarah Pearce.

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Lizzie May Vintage

Images submitted by Lizzie May Vintage at https://www. facebook.com/pages/Lizzie-MayVintage/205862256093270

June Bellview MODEL DETAILS TO BE SENT THROUGH

Lizzie May Vintage

Images submitted by Lizzie May Vintage at https://www. facebook.com/pages/Lizzie-MayVintage/205862256093270

Victoria Plum Submitted by Victoria Plum Images courtesy of Dave Warren

Women’s Food and Farming Union

A promo photo for their Woman’s Land Army Tribute event on May 18th at the Staffordshire County Show ground . https://www.facebook.com/ DancetoVictory https://www.facebook. com/PitchinforVictory Twitter @PitchIn4Victory

Virginia Smith

Model Virginia Smith of www.facebook.com/ PaintTheTownRedBaby and also my fan page Facebook.com/VirginiaDoesVintage. Photo by www. facebook.com/ SarahPardewPhotography

Hayley Hollister Hayley Hollister a 20 years old model from Abergavenny, Wales.

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Nikki Ready

Model: Nikki Ready Photo: Dynamite Dames MUAH: Cherry Dame

Betty Noir MODEL DETAILS TO BE SENT THROUGH

Alison Ballard

Victoria Plum Submitted by Victoria Plum Images courtesy of Dave Warren

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If you love Pin Ups, you’ll love these ladies!

If you’d like the chance to be featured , submit your hiresolution images on www.modernvintagemagazine.com

Acid Doll Model is Acid Doll from Belgium http://www.aciddoll.com

Gwenda Wilkes Model Gwenda Wilkes from www.VintageFloralDesign.co.uk

Melanie

Model Melanie, Photographer is Chris Jones and the car club is Victory Wheelers

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Ana Longoria Model is Ana Ricaurte. Photographer is Jordan Ricaurte.

Cat Sleigh

Cat Sleigh - Model Anna Nordlicht - Photographer Joanne Shillito - MUA Zoe Pointing - Hair Lucy Baxter - Stylist

JK-SW Submitted through our website. They built the diner for the shoot.

Debbie Jean Lemonte Model Debbie-Jean Lemonte Images by DAGiMagesNYC.com

Victoria Plum Victoria Plum and images courtesy of Jez Brown

Amanda Thurlow

Model Amanda Thurlow and Images by Michael Lake at Diesel Punk Studios http://www.dieselpunkstudios.co.uk/

Ruby Sparkles

Model: Ruby Sparkles Photographer: Todd Newland Hair: Jen Marks

Dawn’s Vintage Model Dawn, photos by Bruce Neville www.inframe.co.uk

Twinkel Pink

Image of Twinkel Pink and edit by Debbie Underhill of Tiptop Photography

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Miss Dixiebelle

Coral Macias

Alison Ballard Clothing: Silly Old Sea Dog: www. facebook.com/sillyoldseadog Photos: Lisa Parkinson, Kernow Dream Photography: Make Up & Hair: Madam Tashyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Beauty Boutique: Models: Ashlyn Coyne, Katie Louise McLoughlin, Steph Thomas and Bella Styling: Alison Ballard Location: Classic Air Force:

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Model - Coral Macias Photographer - Ron Detrick

Kitty Crystal Lonneberg

Model and Acctress Kitty Crystal Lonneberg. www.modelmayhem.com/MsSailorJerry www.imdb.com/name/nm3008160 www.facebook.com/thetattooedart

Maud Moonlight

Model is Maud Moonlight submitted through our website. A vintage/pinup model and singer. www. facebook.com/MaudMoonlight

Betty Noir Photos by Betty Noir Photography Model is Lisa Perry

Kim Sierra

Model/MUAH: Kim Sierra Pin Up Model facebook.com/ PinUpKimSierra Photographer: Robbie McClean, Bayline Studios, Baltimore, MD Photographer: Luke Milton

Lady Lace

Model Lady Lace submitted through our website. (www. facebook.com/missladylace)

Rhonda Adams Model Rhonda Adams of BOSS Babes of Sinners and Saints

Connie Millar

Model Connie Millar and photography by Royal Touch Photography www. royaltouchphotography.co.uk

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Jacque Ostrom

Model - Coral Macias Photographer - Ron Detrick

Model Name: Jacque Ostrom https://www.facebook.com/ JacqueOstromModeling Photographer: Jeni Madden Cook with Humble Beginnings Photography https://www.facebook.com/ HumbleBeginningsPhoto

Gail Kilker Model Gail Kilker http://www.kilkerphoto.com

Jessica Holly Model Jessica Holly photos by Alex Mills for Rothfink. Credits

are: http://www.alxmls.co.uk/

Maud Moonlight

Model is Maud Moonlight submitted through our website. A vintage/pinup model and singer. www. facebook.com/MaudMoonlight

Marlen

Model Dasha Marlen http://www.facebook.com/ DashaMarlenPublicpinUpGirlsCzCommunity

Princess Suga Rush

Model Princess Suga Rush from milton keynes England Photographer Wakefield Photography Clothes from New Look Fascinators from TK Max Hat from Primark

Miss Jenny Frances

Model Jenny Frances photography by Sarah Oliver Photography

Melissa Cornell

Model- MissyCae Muah- Classic Cherry Photography- Simply TcPhotoclient

Judy Kelly

Model Judy Kelly https:// www.facebook.com/ JudyKellyPinupPage Photos by DJ Woodard Photography

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Michelle Masso

Miss Dixiebelle

Nikki Ready

Photographer/MUAH: Michelle Masso / www.kramerstudios.com / www.facebook.com/kramerstudios Model: Shayna Ballou / www.facebook. com/model.ShaynaBallou

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Model Miss Dixiebelle by photographer Sam Williamson

Model - Coral Macias Photographer - Ron Detrick

Kitty Crystal Lonneberg

Model and Acctress Kitty Crystal Lonneberg. www.modelmayhem.com/MsSailorJerry www.imdb.com/name/nm3008160 www.facebook.com/thetattooedart

Skyflower

Model is Skyflower with photography by Brian Conran from Pyramid Clicks

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Raeven Irata Photographer: Natalie Pluck Model: Raeven Irata

Acid Doll Model is Acid Doll from Belgium http://www.aciddoll.com

Gemma Cullen Model Gemma Cullen Photographer: Double 8

Nikki Spice Model Nikki Spice

Aimee Louise Owens

https://www.facebook.com/pages/ ALO-modelling/16044239405696 8?ref=ts&fref=ts. This is Aimeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s modelling page

https://www.facebook.com/ misslottielou?ref=ts&fref=ts This is Lottie Lou page

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We don’t like snobs. MVM is a welcoming environment to those people who are just starting to take an interest in vintage, because we don’t look down on newbies or part time vintage dressers. Vintage experts and their amazing wealth of information are always welcome as we’re all learning every day.

Things you should know about us...

High resolution images make our day!!

Before you submit your image or article, make sure you know who we are and what we’re about.

The magazine is called Modern Vintage for very good reason. We like vintage clothing, homeware and activities, but we are modern thinkers. We don’t believe for a second that everything was better ‘in the good old days’ and as such we aren’t slaves to authenticity. Modern reproduction clothing for example, is easier to wash and more likely to fit your average person. So we promote both a love of genuine vintage items and an appreciation of modern repros.

Just a little note on explicit/fetish images. Although we have nothing against them, we’d like MVM to remain appropriate for under 18 year olds. Please bear this in mind when posting.

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.We’re nice people. We believe that everyone deserves the chance to put forward their words or their pictures and have them taken seriously. We’d love to give you the chance. If you submit an article, don’t worry about word counts, just write, we’ll sort out the rest! Photographs should be high resolution where possible and should always be credited to the photographer. If we publish an image that you send us, it is with the understanding that you have acquired the owners permission.

We believe that beauty has no size, shape, age, colour or gender. Everyone is encouraged to share and get involved in the Modern Vintage community. Under no circumstances will any words of hatred be tolerated on our website or Facebook Page. We believe in equality and even more important than that, we believe in inclusion. Life is just so much more fun when you surround yourself with variety!

We can’t make this magazine without you. According to our statistics, MVM is read all over the World. That’s a lot of vintage festivals, swing dances and car shows that we just can’t get to....but you can! Why not be our eyes and ears? We need to know about your events, your vintage finds and anything else that you think the `modern Vintage Community will find interesting

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