As you all know I live in a quiet little beach hamlet on the Mornington Peninsula - well it's normally quiet!!! Yesterday - Boxing Day to be exact - the tourists arrived!!! My little town of Rye triples in size at this time and becomes a thriving metropolis!!!
People in our town are divided regarding the tourists - love or hate 'em - we have to have them every year, so that we can enjoy the amenities our little town has to offer!! And anyway we can't be selfish we need to share this little piece of heaven don't you think?
So in celebration of beach culture I have found some images of vintage bathing costumes that would have been seen on my little beach at some time or another.....
When I was a little girl, my Dad used to sing to me while I sat on his knee... it was one of my favourite times, and I squealed with delight everytime he would sit me up there!!
So imagine my squeals when I found this book while out thrifting the other day and saw that the original singer was no other than Lita Roza - a 50's singer I am ashamed to say I had never heard of!!!
I always thought it was a song from my Father's childhood that he just sang to me - a Number 1 hit - get outta town!!!
Apparently Lita thought it was a "rubbish song" and didn't rate it amongst her best - but I certainly loved it and have been humming it all week!!! (I know, I know!! No I don't have a life!!)
Looking at the lovely Lita, she looks to have been a sexy siren and very beautiful!!
This is one of the many reasons why I love vintage it brings back so many great memories!!!
So watch this and sing along and remember - sometimes things you think are rubbish a real treasures to others!!!
I have always thought that one's luggage tells a lot about you. Whenever I am at the airport I admire ladies with matching sets of luggage - it looks so chic and stylish. In past decades luggage was very important and made to last much longer than most that is available today.
When I cam across this gorgeous piece of Revelation Luggage called a Rev-Robe I was so excited!! I had never seen such a wonderful piece of luggage here in Australia. I have since found out that it was the luggage favoured by James Bond in the 60's films of the same name, and that Revelation Luggage was quite upmarket in it's day, and is still around today under another name.
This bag is silk lined (in an utterly gorgeous salmon pink). The lid comes completely off and the bag itself can hang on the wall so that you can use it as a "wardrobe"!!! Oh the joy of finding such a piece! (Please excuse me if this is old news to some of you)
Then I got to wondering.... what kind of clothes this gem held, who was the lady who travelled from England to Hong Kong and Australia with this bag, and why did it end up here on the Mornington Peninsula? I guess I'll never know, but I'm sure glad it did - it is a wonderful part of our travelling history - a real "ladies" piece of luggage, something to cherish forever.....
My Aunty Claire passed away last week. She was a very warm and caring person, who loved beautiful things - her china cabinet was the envy of many. She was remembered at her funeral this week by her sons for her fabulous culinary skills (she was an amazing cook), but I remembered her best for her love of pretty feminine things (my Mother had no time for such frippery, she was a beautiful "no nonsense" woman).
I found this magazine my Grandmother gave me many years ago because I loved the dresses in it. It belonged to my Aunty Claire, and I got to thinking - which dress would she have liked - did she make one (you could send away for the patterns for these dresses).
I guess I'll never know, but I do know how beautiful she was then, and how full of the expectation of life she was - she was just married and building her own home.....
I also know that she was one of those women on our life's journey who teaches us a little bit of how to "be" a woman, how to appreciate beautiful things and pretty dresses, how to sashay when we walk, how to take care of our best assets,and most of all how to love our femininity...
