The Story of an Expat Girl in 1960s Paris
“Nadja à Paris” is a short 13-minute film by a French New Wave director, Eric…
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Run Your Own Vintage Bistro in the South of France this Summer
Nope, sorry, I refuse to stop imagining that I live in the past. This time…
The Most Famous Street in Paris You’ve Never Heard Of
Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Rue de Rivoli, Avenue Montaigne, each year millions of tourists follow the…
Surprise Surprise, a Medieval Feminist Movement Left Out of the History Books
Women have undeniably had a roller-coaster ride throughout the ages. Forever pawns in a power…
Vintage Muse du Jour: Glorious Gloria, the Ultimate Heiress
The daughter of an American family whose name means “filthy rich” in common parlance, was…
That Time they Stripped the White House Down to its Bones
When American President Harry S. Truman took office, there were many signs that the White…
Oh, The Fun We Could Have With This 1960s Ghost Town For Sale
In today’s atypical real estate news, we head to Warsaw, Missouri, where a 20-cabin pioneer…
A Brief Compendium of Advertising Fans
Folding fans have been long associated with feminine hands and wiles, whether they were used…
It took a Hundred Years and Two Gays to Decode Her Diaries
Anne Lister has recently crept out of the shadows of what was her own gothic…
The Femme Fatale who Rejected Frida Kahlo’s Marriage Proposal
The phrase ‘femme fatale’ must have been invented for ‘La Doña’ – diva of the…
In Turn of the Century Paris, They Tried to Get The World to Acknowledge African American Progress
These are the the face of stylish young African American women and men at the…
An Ode to the Card Catalog
Before books were easily printed and accessible to nearly everyone, before they even took the…