Fashion Window Displays of the 1940’s & 1950’s

It’s been awhile since I have shared my favourite vintage online reads and videos with all of you. I have just been so busy after the Christmas season, travelling and working on my marketing plan for my Pinterest business that I have completely forgotten.

Well don’t worry my lovely readers, today is the day that I showcase some super online content focusing on the 1920s-1960s (the Vintage Inn’s specialty).

Lets begin with my favourite binge obsession…The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel!

No spoilers in the article below, it’s just a fun “Behind the Scenes” post from Town & Country (click on the image to be taken to the article).

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Comment below if it’s also your fav show & if your not watching it…finish this blog post and off you go to catch up with the rest of us 🙂

Historica Canada has released a new ‘Heritage Minute‘ telling the story of the Vancouver Asahi baseball team. Challenged both on and off the field, they won multiple titles over 27 years. In 1942 their run was cut short, when they were interned along with 22,000 other Japanese Canadians.

This story is moving and very powerful and a must watch for Canadians and non Canadians alike (Video Link).

‘The Memory Project‘….

An initiative of Historica Canada, The Memory Project is a volunteer speakers bureau that arranges for veterans and Canadian Forces members to share their stories of military service at school and community events across the country. Our speakers have reached 2.5 million Canadians since 2001.

The Memory Project Archive houses more than 2,800 testimonials and over 10,000 images from veterans of the First World War, Second World War, the Korean War and peacekeeping missions. While the archive no longer accepts submissions, it remains the largest of its kind in Canada.

Here is one of those archived stories. The story of Alene Quick and a memory she had while serving in the Canadian Women’s Army Corps.

Source: The Memory Project

Who is Hazel Scott? Alicia Keys shouts-out a legendary double piano player at the 2019 Grammys. Article by Time.com.

Hazel Scott, studio portrait, USA, 1950. (Photo by Gilles Petard/Redferns)

Video Link

As many of my readers know, I love ‘The Lindy Hop’ and have been swing dancing for almost 10 years. So it was very exciting when I saw that for Black History Month, Google’s Arts and Culture portal showcased several aspects of Lindy hop Culture. This included:

• a presentation on the Black roots of lindy hop
• a profile of Frankie Manning and Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers
• a focus on dancer and Frankie Ambassador Joshua McClean

Image via Yehoodi

There’s lots more to explore on the portal on Black history and culture, so enjoy!

Recently while travelling to Malaysia last December I was finally able to see the much talked and raved about movie ‘Crazy Rich Asians‘. HOLY MOSES IT WAS AWESOME!! Hands down a fun movie that I have since watched several more times (Fun fact: My husband has watched it more haha!). Just like Mrs. Maisel, if you have not seen it yet please add it to your “must watch list”.

One of the things that caught my attention was the soundtrack. It had swing, it had a 50’s sound and it matched the movie perfectly and my toes never stopped tapping. I wanted to know about this music I was hearing.

Lucky for me, Yehoodi recently did an article entitled “The Stories behind the Swing Songs from “Crazy Rich Asians“. If this does not get you in the mood to A. Watch the movie and B. Start dancing, I don’t know what will!

That is it friends. Enjoy the last couple days of February, spring is around the corner!

Liz