1940s – StrangeBlog

Pink Room Pinup Pictures! I’m in Retro Lovely #205, photographed by Marilee Caruso Photography with hair and makeup by Marilee Caruso, as well. You can get a copy here: https://www.magcloud.com...

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Check out the latest regular issue of Bombshell Magazine to see me in a cool film noir-themed set photographed by Marilee Caruso. I’m even on one of the covers! Fabulous Rockwell DeVil once aga...

https://www.strangegirl.com/2022/02/14/even-moar-new-pinup-im-in-the-february-regular-issue-of-bombshell-magazine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=even-moar-new-pinup-im-in-the-february-regular-issue-of-bombshell-magazine

I collect vintage midcentury “Hawaiian label” clothing from brands like Alfred Shaheen and Kamehameha. Unfortunately, none of my real vintage fits at the moment due to health issue-related we...

https://www.strangegirl.com/2019/12/29/unique-vintage-kamehameha-reproduction-hawaiian-dresses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unique-vintage-kamehameha-reproduction-hawaiian-dresses

So Black Friday is almost upon us! Heart of Haute is having a 20% off Black Friday sale – which goes live Thanksgiving Day (tomorrow) at noon PST and ends Black Friday night (11:59pm PST) – a...

https://www.strangegirl.com/2018/11/21/black-friday-is-nigh-save-at-heart-of-haute/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-friday-is-nigh-save-at-heart-of-haute

Last year, Missy of Miss Missy Photography and I put together some beautiful old Hollywood-inspired images. I’ve posted at least one already, but there are more that I’ve saved for a special ...

https://www.strangegirl.com/2015/11/02/old-hollywood-glamor-pinup-for-the-holidays/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=old-hollywood-glamor-pinup-for-the-holidays

Summer school is over and I finally have some time to blog pose for oversaturated selfies! Because hot summer weather lasts forever until November here in my part of NorCal, I figured it was time...

https://www.strangegirl.com/2015/08/06/heart-of-haute-eden-floral-erika-set-perfect-for-summer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heart-of-haute-eden-floral-erika-set-perfect-for-summer

One of my favorite things to do in my hometown is wear vintage and reproduction outfits to see classic movies at the historic Fox California Theater, also known as the Bob Hope Theater. After a m...

https://www.strangegirl.com/2015/04/11/fox-california-fashion-classic-movies-and-nifty-vintage-dresses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fox-california-fashion-classic-movies-and-nifty-vintage-dresses

I don’t really watch the Academy Awards for the films, the artists, or even the fashion. I watch it for the excitement and the feeling of impending springtime it’s come to represent. It reall...

https://www.strangegirl.com/2015/02/22/in-honor-of-the-oscars-fancy-vintage-gowns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-honor-of-the-oscars-fancy-vintage-gowns

When I was in college in the mid-1990s, I shopped at I. Magnin on Union Square. I didn’t buy much – mostly makeup – but I had as good a time as anybody at this bay area institution. I was r...

https://www.strangegirl.com/2015/01/18/the-i-magnin-bathroom-lives-department-stores-from-san-franciscos-past/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-i-magnin-bathroom-lives-department-stores-from-san-franciscos-past

Recently, my friend Gailynne asked me to write an article for our costumers’ guild newsletter. She knows I love mid-century fashion, and she needed someone to write a piece on “beatnik” fas...

https://www.strangegirl.com/2014/09/18/beatnik-fashion-not-every-member-of-the-beat-generation-wore-a-beret/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beatnik-fashion-not-every-member-of-the-beat-generation-wore-a-beret