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- July 05, 2024
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- 1940s
- 40s
- 40s fashion
- Fashion Rationing
- history
- Second World War
- Vintage Fashion
- Wartime Clothing
- WW2
- April 26, 2024
- 6 min read
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Her remarkable journey through the 20th century bore witness to transformative cultural shifts, from the glamorous heights of the fashion world to the harrowing depths of war-torn Europe.
- 1940s
- 40s
- 40s fashion
- Fashion Rationing
- history
- London
- Second World War
- Utility Clothing
- Vintage Fashion
- Wartime Clothing
- WW2
- December 19, 2023
- 9 min read
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- October 13, 2023
- 6 min read
At this time of year, there are vintage events and festivals dotted all around the country to celebrate bygone eras. The annual Goodwood Revival from the 8th to the 10th of September is a firm favourite vintage event with us here at The Seamstress of Bloomsbury, and we want to help you look as fabulous as possible!
- 1940s
- 40s
- 40s fashion
- Fashion Rationing
- history
- Hollywood
- Second World War
- Vintage
- Vintage Fashion
- Vintage Hollywood
- Wartime Clothing
- WW2
- June 21, 2023
- 13 min read
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From protecting factory workers hair, to saving prisoners of war in WW2, silk was one of the most sought after and versatile fabrics of the time! But just how did silk keep so many at home and abroad safe?
- 1940s
- 40s
- 40s fashion
- Fashion Rationing
- history
- London
- Second World War
- Utility Clothing
- Vintage
- Vintage Fashion
- WW2
- May 05, 2023
- 9 min read
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We’ve put together a small list of some events taking place in 2023 across the UK!
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- 1940s events
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- Goodwood Revival
- Second World War
- Vintage
- Vintage event
- Vintage Fashion
- Wartime Clothing
- April 26, 2023
- 3 min read
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The pin-up models of the 1940s/50s are iconic symbols of the time, with scantily clad ladies being painted on military vehicles, appearing in war propaganda, and being popular in general in America especially throughout the war and post-war period. Pin-ups were nothing new though, and the idea of ‘pinning up’ art and photos has been around since at least the 1800s, if not earlier!
- 1940s
- 40s
- 40s fashion
- history
- Hollywood
- Second World War
- Vintage
- Vintage Fashion
- Vintage Hollywood
- WW2
- March 23, 2023
- 7 min read
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- 1940s
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- 40s fashion
- history
- London
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- Vintage
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- Vintage Fashion
- August 23, 2022
- 7 min read
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This year Her Majesty The Queen of England will be the first-ever British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee with an impressive 70 years of service!
With over 70 years service, we’re taking a look back to the Second World War, when The Queen was simply Princess Elizabeth, and how The Queen and her family supported the nation through bleak and uncertain times.
- May 23, 2022
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- February 11, 2022
- 6 min read
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