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Episode 61: Miss Lady Lace

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(Photo: Jennifer Villalobos Photography)

How confident where you as a teenager?

For many people it’s a trying time. When you’re going through big life changes, dealing with pressure from peers and trying to work out who you are.

But as a teenager, Miss Lady Lace Miss Lady Lace was a little different from the other high school girls.

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Episode 54: House of Hats

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“If you have a head you can wear a hat”.

It’s not surprising that this sentence came out of the mouth of a passionate milliner.

Someone who can remember being enamored with a vintage hat when she was 8 years old.

It’s time for you to meet the artist behind the incredible House of Hats Ilana Meilak.
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Episode 51: Miss Lillian Rose

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Photo: Angie Delarie Pinup Photography

Could the vintage community be the secret to stamping out online trolls with positivity?

This is the question one incredible pinup from Perth in Australia is asking as she combines her love of vintage with her academic career.

Ladies and Gents, in episode 51 it’s time for you to jump on the red eye flight, head to Western Australia to meet Miss Lillian Rose .

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Episode 49: Retro Betty

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Growing up during the Rockabilly revival in the 1980’s Kirsty Wallett, aka France Flathead , was surrounded by vintage cars, fashion and music.

So it’s not surprising that as an adult she found herself living a vintage life.

But even still, like so many of us, it has been an interesting journey.
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Episode 46: My Vintage Love

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For some of us, we find our love of vintage later in life after decades of trying to make skinny jeans and t-shirts feel right.

But for this weeks guest, the love affair with old things started when she was young.

Now it’s a fully fledged hobby, it’s helped shaped her career and helped her meet her husband and some of her closest friends.

Meet Michelle Coursey from My Vintage Love. 
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Episode 41: Emileigh Rogers

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This episode is best consumed with a good cup of piping hot tea.

Why? Because it is one of the many things that blogger and vintage lover Emileigh Rogers enjoys in life.

And in this chat we cover all her life loves from thrift shopping to life abroad and the many complexities of living a vintage life in a modern time.
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Episode 38: Miss Emerald Elle

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Miss Emerald Elle at Fifi La Roux’s Summer Emporium Photo: Turlach O’Broin-Photography

We have already met one finalist in the Miss Pinup International competition when you met Miss Lexi Heart, but now it’s time to meet another.

This time we are off Ireland to meet someone with a love of pinup, Burlesque and world war two re-enacting.

Ladies and Gentlemen let me introduce you to Miss Emerald Elle.

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Episode 36: Evette Dubois Lingerie

robeGlamorous, luxurious and captivating are all words to describe the work of Melissa Heart.

She is the latest in a long family line of seamstress and is channeling the skills her grandmother learnt working in the fashion industry in the 1950’s and 60’s to create beautiful pieces today.

She is the creative mind behind Evette Dubois Lingerie.

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Episode 35: Paris Brown

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Paris Brown’s great grandparents lived through a lot; war, depression, innovation and modernisation.

They saw tv and the internet develop, presidents assassinated, nations recover from war and man walk on the moon, how can you not be inspired by that!

It’s not surprising Paris now lives a modern vintage life.
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Episode 33: Kitty Von Tastique

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Alright hands up. Who here has tried one of those diets that seem to good to be true?

You are not alone. In fact people have been trying fad diets since the early 20th Century.

This week on This Retro Life we delve into vintage fitness and nutrition with Kitty Von Tastique .
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