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  1. St. Louis

    Time travel shopping trip

    This question was inspired by a visit to Retro 101, my favorite vintage clothing store in St. Louis. This is an impressive shop, and it's set up to look exactly like a neighborhood 1940s store. I'm thinking specifically of some department stores I used to visit in the Polish neighborhood when I...
  2. St. Louis

    Would you spend a few days in the rural 1930s?

    Technically I think this thread belongs in a different part of the forum, but I was hoping to float this question in the ladies' lounge first. Then if there's any interest at all, perhaps the moderators would consider moving it (or it'll fizzle out on its own accord!) I know a family in...
  3. St. Louis

    What's in your lunch box?

    Technically I would not have carried a lunch box to work, not as a gainfully employed woman. I presume I would have eaten lunch in the employee cafeteria or brought my tunafish popovers to eat in a nearby park. (This is from a scene in one of my all-time favorite movies, The Devil And Miss...
  4. St. Louis

    Would anyone be interested in a sew-along?

    Just for fun, I thought I'd challenge myself to a ten- or twelve-project sewing marathon in 2015. I want to make one garment from each year (give or take) beginning with the early thirties and moving into the mid-forties. I have a sizable collection of vintage patterns dating from the 1930s...
  5. St. Louis

    A Day in the Life

    As I've slowly migrated & retrofitted the bungalow back to the late 1930s, I've been thinking a great deal about how I would actually have lived back then. I ask because I've really enjoyed the whole experience, and in fact many of the retrofits have been quite beneficial (e.g., not replacing...
  7. St. Louis

    Christmas cards

    Does anyone remember that last year we talked about exchanging vintage Christmas cards? Some folks liked the idea,but felt that we didn't have enough time to organize such an exchange. I seem to remember that it came up in the middle of December. If I recall correctly, people said they'd be...
  8. St. Louis

    Your Christmas dress?

    I'm in the planning stages for a new Christmas outfit. Nothing too dressy--I plan to spend Christmas at home--just a nice warm woolen dress made from an early 1940s (or possibly late 1930s) pattern. Anyone interested in a sew-along? Even if you're not thinking of making a new Christmas...
  9. St. Louis

    What's in your drawers?

    Sorry, couldn't resist. I did not mean that in a naughty way, actually. I'm working on a project to turn all my various bureau, desk, night-stand, vanity, and sewing table drawers into authentic Golden Age drawers. So, if someone went snooping in my home and opened any of those drawers, I...
  10. St. Louis

    Golden Era treats

    So today I finished a major horrible project that nearly did me in, for which I will get no recognition (at least not unless I toot my own horn, which is embarrassing & generally only produces irritation anyway) so I decided to treat myself. My treat will be to play hookey from work & take a...
  11. St. Louis

    A Girls' Weekend Out, circa 1939

    I'm looking for suggestions and ideas. A friend of mine, who lives about 550 miles north of me, wants to take a long weekend vacation for a Girls' Weekend Out. We only see each other once or twice a year, so this is a way of getting together on our own just for fun and relaxation. The idea...
  13. St. Louis

    1930s and 1940s sewing ease?

    Over the holiday break I've been working through my stash of 1930s and 40s sewing patterns and fabrics. I have a question for the more experienced dressmakers here. I understand basically how to fit myself, but I don't know exactly how much ease I'm supposed to build in. That is, I find that...
  14. St. Louis

    Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use

    So all these threads about vintage things you feel have disappeared or are glad have disappeared reminded me that there are things that have been revived, too. I don't mean the obvious ones like swing dancing, big band music, or retro fashions. I mean things like hand-written letters or rotary...
  15. St. Louis

    Housework in winter?

    For those who wear vintage all the time, what do you wear around the house in the winter? I've decided that this winter I want to wear vintage at home, not just at the office or to go out. But I'm a bit stumped. During the summer I usually wear a vintage cotton dress or skirt with a blouse...
  16. St. Louis

    My Personal Nine-Day Challenge

    In nine days I'm flying overseas for a work-related trip to Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. I've been thinking about this trip all summer, and have been concentrating on preparing the work -- but forgot all about clothes and style! I don't want to go to England looking frumpy. And I've been wanting to...
  17. St. Louis

    Golden Era movies for material culture?

    I was watching Letter to Three Wives recently, one of my favorite postwar films. I get a huge chuckle out of the kitchen scenes in Lora Mae's Mom's home. Whenever a train rattles by, everything shakes and all conversation stops. I'm particularly intrigued by the little details in the kitchen...
  19. St. Louis

    The Little Things

    Hi there. I'm still new to the FL, though I've been living in the past for most of my adult life (in one decade or another) and have been lurking on here for a while. Now I have a question for those of you more experienced in recreating an environment from the golden era. What small-scale...
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