I have five glorious pairs of 1940s (some maybe very early 50s) for sale in the shop this month. All fine examples of the many shoe styles that were available at the time. One pair is pretty much deadstock and comes with it’s original box, dated 1944. My favourite is the beaded shoes with the plastic vamp. Very elegant. If my shoe size wasn’t an 8.5 I’d be keeping two of these pairs for myself!
   
   
This week I decided to feature 1930s gowns from Etsy as my picks. I adore all of the styles shown here. From the flutter sleeves and slinky satins to knits to drapey silk velvet. All gorgeous.
  
  
  
  
Some beautiful new outfits in Series 4 of Downton Abbey so far. As always, Lady Edith seems to always sport the most stunning enembles sand revealing gowns. Many are bright colours and heavily beaded. She wears head scarves so well.
   
   
Carole Lombard was my favourite actress from the 1930s and if I had only 1% of her style and beauty I would be happy! On October 6, 1942 she was killed when the TWA DC-3 plane she is traveling in crashes en route from Vegas to LA. She was only 33.
The vintage-inspired online store ViNSiNN.com, is an official sponsor for this year’s European Swing Dance Championships. They are offering a special discount on their amazing collection of vintage-inspired apparel starting TODAY and running the entire month of October! Use the discount code [ESDCstyle2013] to save 10%!
