Fashion Illustrations

During the crayfish party I wrote about yesterday, out hostess Liv brought out two sketchbooks full of the most gorgeous fashion illustrations from the 40s! They had been made by her grandmother, Berit Braaten, who was a seamstress, so she hadn't just designed all these lovely clothes, she had actually sewn them too! The illustrations are so well kept it looks like they could have been made yesterday, with vibrant colors! I just hope me and Tifa didn't ruin them with our drooling...Here comes some pictures of my favorites!

"To mother Christmas 1940."

Risqué!

The lady who created these drawings - and clothes - is actually still alive! I wouldn't mind sitting down to have a little chat with her...

Little Vintage Love Fair

Yaaaaaaaawn! Excuse me, I went to bed at 03:30 am this morning, after partying both Friday and Saturday. But I'll tell you about that some other time. The most important thing that happened today was that Little Vintage Love Fair was held in Stockholm. Despite my lack of sleep, I was up bright and early to visit the event. The first person I met there was gorgeous Tifa DeLeone.

She was there to sell her own magazine "Min Boudoir" ("My Boudoir") that just came out with the first issue. She started it as a web magazine, but now it exists in paper form. Of course I bought one for myself - I've been waiting for it for quite some time now - and I've just had time to quickly look through it. But after just this quick look, I have to say I'm sorry for all you people that doesn't understand Swedish...

The magazine is full of vintage, pin up, burlesque, and all the things people like me want to read about. This is the kind of magazine I've been lacking for years, so I'm really glad miss DeLeone did something about it and created "Min Boudoir"!

If you have worked as hard as you have to to create your own magazine, you're allowed to graze the cover of it too! Especially if you look like that! Tifa wasn't the only hot babe at the fair though...

...The fabulous Fanny was there too - selling stuff for her shop "Kellerman Vintage". I have plans for the pretty vintage dress she's wearing in the picture. One night when she's sleeping, I'm gonna steal it! But that's a seacret, so don't tell anyone else. Especially not her!...I might give it back after I've used it a few times though. I like Fanny very much, so I don't want to be too mean to her. Today she gave me a banana! I haven't eaten a banana in years, so she showed me how to peel it - I obviously didn't do it right - and made sure I put it in the right bodily orifice...I saw a TV show a while ago, where a girl did something she called "The Banana Trick" with this yellow fruit. I'm not going to delve into exactly what she did deeper here, but after seeing that I was a bit confused about exactly what you're supposed to do with a banana. Luckily I had Fanny there to make sure I did it the right way. No "tricks" included...

There was a band too!!!

Except for the magazine I didn't buy anything. I'm saving my money for a secret vintage mission me and Fanny are going on in France, next week. Reports about that will of course end up here afterwards...