Glamour Magazine 1944
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Here’s the Glamour Magazine 1944 College Girl

Last month Madge was rummaging around in one of her favorite Savannah antique haunts and came out with a fab haul of vintage fashion magazines.   After blowing the dust off the stack she found this gem, and since it's Autumn, here's a fun back-to-college issue of Glamour from 1944.  It's interesting...

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Life Magazine 1957
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A Slice of Life, October 7, 1957

Madge loves vintage advertisements.  You can read all of the history books you want but to see how Americans really lived pick up a vintage magazine and flip through the pages. Here's a slice of  Life, October 7, 1957.

My Dream Kitchen

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Song parodies
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Song Parodies
Doing the Masochism Tango

The announcement of  the movie WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story,  got me thinking of all the great song parodies through the years. and the artists who made those songs famous.  My love of the genre begins with Spike Jones and his City Slickers.  I blame my mom.

Spike Jone...

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Vintage intermezzo
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Value of Vintage – Norma Kamali, Iris Apfel & Stephanie Solomon

Originally published in 2017.
Vintage Intermezzo, with Norma Kamali, Iris Apfel & Stephanie Solomon
Intermezzo, a fashion and accessory wholesale trade show held twice a year at the Javitz Center in New York City, did something revolutionary this month. In addition to the regular wholesale booth...

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