Loving lately {tips, links and tutorials}

Lovely links

• Looking for some spring inspiration or a break from dreary autumn? Look no further than Vixen Vintage's Spring/Summer 1950 Montgomery Wards catalogue or The Fiercest Lilliputian's LIFE archives
• Esme and the laneway fills us in with an informative (and pretty) Bourjois make-up review
• For the crafty, learn how to make simple felt roses on Gertie's New blog for better sewing
• An interesting history lesson on pencil skirts at Retrochick
• Bellasugar shares some tips on how to get nail polish off most surfaces (including your hair!)
• Perhaps it's just my slight obsession with "day in the life of" style posts, but this 24 hour look into Karl Lagerfeld's life had me hooked. It's so full of nuances and contradictions complete with a strange honesty, that's both public and private... Plus, I want a "reading canopy"! Can't you just imagine it?
• My latest cooking fancy is lavender, particularly this recipe from {this is glamorous} - a chocolate lavender pie!
• A style icon I'd like to know more about: designsponge introduced me to Peggy Guggenheim

Fleur from Diary of a Vintage Girl looks stunning in the sunlight

Miss Tallulah Porkchop looks adorable in her confetti dress!

Judith Boyd and the healing power of fashion (found on Advanced Style, but she also has her own blog called Style Crone)

It takes a special lady to look so stylish on a rainy day, it's Atomic Redhead!

It's difficult to go past this photo of Solanah in a dirndl! (from Vixen Vintage)

Michelle from Ravishing Retro shows us that style needn't be confined to special occasions, enter this dashing trio (featuring Jesse and Tim of like Johnny and June)

Aren't Casey and Maverick just the cutest things in the whole world? (from Elegant Musings)

More burlesque beauties at The Freelancer's Fashionblog

For lover's of Disney's Up (or balloons), here's a real-life flying balloon house!

Have a nice weekend!

What are you loving lately?

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