Vintage photo love

I'm loving these beautiful, old daguerreotypes, I think the scratches and smudges add to their beauty. The link is here.

Vintage photo love

David Bowie

Jack Kerouac

Sophia Loren

Audrey Hepburn

Paul Newman

Marilyn Monroe

Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall

Brigitte Bardot

Twiggy

Picture credits: Foto Decadent, We Heart It, Vintage Photo's at Livejournal

Vintage photo love

Right now I can't get enough of classic vintage fashion photography. These images are by photographer Tom Palumbo and were featured mainly in Vogue and Harpers Bazaar. You'll notice the same model in a few of the pictures, she is Anne St Marie, wife of Tom Palumbo, and one of the most famous models of the 1950's. She continued to model during the sixties but was not as popular. The link to Tom's Flickr page is here, you'll find many more great fashion images from the fifties and sixties.

Vintage photo love

Jackie Kennedy

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo and Diego Riviera

Greta Garbo

Elvis

catherine Deneuve

Shirley Temple

And a few of Marilyn Monroe

Today I'm indulging my love for vintage celebrity photo's. I hope you enjoy.

(Picture credits: Livejournal Vintage photo community)

The height of elegance

I love fashion photography through the decades. These pictures by photographer Henry Clarke are quite exquisite. I love their elegance and simplicity, and that 1950's classic ideal of feminine beauty. I found these photo's on Flickr. Luckily I saved them on my computer because the page unfortunately no longer exists.

New vintage finds

I recently got back from a short holiday in Port Alfred, a small seaside holiday town in the Eastern Cape. Although the winter cold has started to set in, I was hoping it would be at least warm enough to picnic on the beach. Unfortunately it was cold and rainy the whole time we were there. I still enjoyed it though, it's always nice just to get a change of scenery. It was fabulous to be by the sea, and to rest and relax, go for walks, explore the town, and eat great food.

On our last day there, we stopped in town quickly on the way to the airport to go to the chemist, and I stumbled upon the most amazing little vintage & antique shop. I barely had time to look around because we were in a hurry. The shop was crammed full, and lined from top to bottom with a wonderful array of treasures, and it was the kind of place I could have happily spent an hour in, slowly exploring everything. And, I couldn't believe how cheap everything was, about a fifth less than what similar vintage items cost in Joburg. I was truly in vintage heaven. I only had about fifteen minutes to rush around but I managed to pick up a few cute finds. Nothing comes between me and my thrifting :)

This is my husband walking along the pier in Port Alfred. He soon beat a hasty retreat after getting drenched by the waves.

This is a collection of vintage perfume bottles I found in the shop. I'll be giving them to a friend as a birthday present.

I also found this cute little ceramic deer penholder.

And this ceramic vintage Cango Caves souvenier. It's incredibly kitch, but it belongs to a particular era of South African "Africana" from the fiftiess and sixties, and I like to pick up a few pieces in this style here and there, although it's not something I'd ever go overboard with.