tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68701105412299486952024-03-05T01:07:18.864-08:00Crimson Crimplene VintageA blog about all things vintage - clothing to ephemera - and with guest appearances by my dog Scottie and cats Sylvester and Miss Molly!!Crimson Crimplene Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551221310145555285noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870110541229948695.post-62718911659031764892012-04-25T00:38:00.002-07:002012-04-25T00:38:23.619-07:00A Tale of Two UnclesMy Grandfather had two uncles. <br />
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They both answered the call of "Mother England" as Britain was called in NZ in 1914. Strange isn't it, how even after several generations have lived in another country it is still not home.<br />
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No doubt both their parents were both proud and very torn that their beautiful young sons were about to board a ship that would take them to the other side of the world to fight a battle for "King and Country"<br />
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This is Uncle Henry Fulton, my Great Grandfather's brother, a beautiful young man off to France on a grand adventure (or so he thought). He thankfully returned....<br />
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My Great Grandmother apparently adored her brother Gordon, so it must have been truly devastating to receive this.....<br />
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My dear Great Grandmother never got over it, this was by her bed until she died. Florence named her baby (my Grandfather) after her brother, but I don't think it was ever the same...<br />
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He was buried in England at a Military Cemetery, so no one could grieve at his grave,<br />
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Anzac Day is always Uncle Gordon's day for me. He went to War to defend what he believed to be right. There was no conscription in NZ, so he went willingly, he volunteered along with thousands of other bright young men in their prime. He died in a foreign country, with no loved ones by his side, he died so that we could live in freedom, and I am fiercely proud of him for that....<br />
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<br />Crimson Crimplene Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551221310145555285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870110541229948695.post-50669697601109675782012-04-17T19:21:00.003-07:002012-04-17T19:21:59.477-07:00Princess Mary's Gift Book - 1914<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I came across this amazing book several weeks ago on one of my thrift shop adventures, and absolutely feel in love with it. Not only the book itself, but the sentiment behind it, which was to raise funds for the then Queen Mary's "Work for Women" Fund, set up to help the enormous amount of needy women during WW1 (not only British women, but the floods of refugees that came into the country as well).<br />
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The thinking behind the fund was that it was better for women to work than to accept charity, so the fund provided money to help women secure paid employment - feminism at it's best - empowerment rather than penury.<br />
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Princess Mary was the daughter of King GeorgeV and Queen Mary and was born in 1897. Here she is at the time of the publication of this book. (photo taken from the book). She would have been about 17 years old.<br />
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The book itself includes short stories and poems from all sorts of well known authors of the time, such as J.M.Barrie and Rudyard Kipling. The coloured plates are simply stunning and I have captured (somewhat badly) a selection of them to share with you!!</div>
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This is "Fleur-de-Lis" painted by Carlton A. Smith, R.I.<br />
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"Instructing her dolly in the art of going off nicely to by-byes" - Painted by M.E. Gray<br />
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"A Spell for a Fairy" by Claude A. Shepperson, A.R.W.S.</div>
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Princess Mary died in 1965, leaving a wonderful legacy - that of women helping each other to succeed in life.</div>
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Source: Wikipedia.</div>Crimson Crimplene Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551221310145555285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870110541229948695.post-69596833810906658162012-04-05T00:13:00.001-07:002012-04-05T00:14:55.243-07:00Today I Made Strawberry Jam.....Today I made some Strawberry Jam. The house smelt of strawberries, outside smelt of strawberries. My husband, who shall from henceforth be known as "Himself" came in to see what I was doing and he was super impressed...<br />
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First of all I got 2 kilos of these beautiful strawberries and hulled them...<br />
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One happy cockatoo!!!</div>Crimson Crimplene Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551221310145555285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870110541229948695.post-24999132409132232622012-02-20T21:28:00.000-08:002012-02-20T21:28:06.332-08:00Vintage Ramekins......I love my collection of vintage ramekins. There is something about holding one in your hands that is full of delectable morsels of yummy food....fabulously cold ice-cream with strawberries and chocolate, fruit salad and yoghurt, yummy leftovers heated up for lunch, piping hot pumpkin soup on a cold Winter's day.... A ramekin holds them all and usually has a little handle to make eating your favourite tidbit on the couch watching a movie all the easier!!Here are some photos of some of my favourites from my own collection...<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So the book stays on my shelf instead of in my stall which is where it should be</span> ...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because maybe, one day, I'll use this book to teach myself to do this amazing stuff... or maybe not, but I'm not over looking at it yet.....</span>Crimson Crimplene Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551221310145555285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870110541229948695.post-28356418001589664022012-01-25T22:31:00.000-08:002012-01-25T22:31:45.115-08:00Oh I Do Love to Be Beside the Seaside.....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we here in Australia are celebrating our National Day today, I got to thinking about how enormously blessed we are to live in a part of the world where the beaches are free to sit on and beautifully clean to swim in. I have lived within a 10 minute drive of a beach my entire life and I sometimes take it for granted, but I know I would find it hard to live without.</span><br />
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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.....</div>
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I love my little beach town .......</div>Crimson Crimplene Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551221310145555285noreply@blogger.com0Rye VIC 3941, Australia-38.3708857 144.8248398-38.4206822 144.7458758 -38.3210892 144.90380380000002tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870110541229948695.post-23066236045478560102011-12-17T22:20:00.000-08:002011-12-17T22:52:13.935-08:00LITA ROZA - HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW. No1 U.K.<div style="text-align: left;">
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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!!!</div>
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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!!)</div>
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</div><div>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.</div><div><br />
</div><div>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)</div><div><br />
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</div>Of course not!! They are just amazing - stockings of such quality, 15 denier if you please, where only used for very special occasions and obviously these stockings haven't found one yet....<br />
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Maybe you have one - so check them out in my EBay store <a href="http://stres.ebay.com.au/Crimson-Crimplene">here</a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kayser are and were such a great Company for the stylish girl. I also found some fantastic old magazines at the Meet, purchased from some very macho men, once again in the midst of their car parts, dating from 1929 to 1941 and here are some of the ads I found for Kayser in them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div> This one is taken from "The Australian Woman's Mirror of Sept 2, 1941 - a nightgown and bolero - so beautiful and elegant!<br />
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</div> This ad is taken from the The Australian Woman's Mirror of Sept 10, 1940 - even in Wartime one could look FABULOUS!!!!!!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And finally from The Australian Woman's Mirror of October 22, 1929, the above ad for Kayser Pure Silk hose...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Crimson Crimplene Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551221310145555285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870110541229948695.post-87758673132133394062011-11-05T00:30:00.000-07:002011-11-05T00:30:43.073-07:00I'm a "Change Daily Girl"!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmaDJMXx3EB6PYIQuAle1zTJW_ESMkAEvI9CQaIrvZh8NS6hFl8kwcfrHA9YrOozrovSz2TehNI2Sk_i_BvcorSmbPIhrSTZM7s2-iKLt7LWYbDnuuXdQfUSOWwGyPsd4JQ2HIgQQjURw/s1600/IMG_3229.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmaDJMXx3EB6PYIQuAle1zTJW_ESMkAEvI9CQaIrvZh8NS6hFl8kwcfrHA9YrOozrovSz2TehNI2Sk_i_BvcorSmbPIhrSTZM7s2-iKLt7LWYbDnuuXdQfUSOWwGyPsd4JQ2HIgQQjURw/s320/IMG_3229.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I was looking through some of my vintage knitting patterns the other day, of which I have many, (they are but one of my many addictions), and I came across this advertisement in a 1938 Lux Book of Knitting Designs. I just love the line, "......and of course you know the golden rule for daintiness? Never to wear undies twice without a Lux wash in between!" And here was I thinking that everyone was a "change daily girl" - apparently not in 1938! And aren't their slippers adorable - I would LOVE to own a pair of those babies!<br />
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So anyway, after reading this lesson in daintiness, I thought I would share with you two pieces of the 1930's underwear I have from my own collection, that have been handmade by some genius, with infinitely better sewing skills than my good self (which I have to admit are close to zero!).<br />
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I found these two pieces quite by chance whilst opportunity shopping and I absolutely adore both of them! The knickers have the most divine embroidered circles on the sides and are made of the softest crepe with satin binding. The chemise is likewise hand embroidered and is in the softest shade of green I have ever seen, similarly made of crepe and satin bound. Isn't the black embroidery on the chemise just beautiful?<br />
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I would never part with either of these items - they will not be up for sale - they are a exquisite part of a bygone era - a time when many women had the time and knowledge to create such stunning creations!Crimson Crimplene Vintagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551221310145555285noreply@blogger.com0