October via Instagram

I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon and show you what I was up to in October, via my Instagram feed.

I stole my girlfriend's blouse and
felt like a secretary from the 40s.

I spent many hours researching this beautiful lady.
Her name is Lia Lae and she was a Finnish actress during the
silent film era. This portrait, which dates to 1927,  is from an
exhibition held at the National Audiovisual Archive.

I had a pretty adventurous Saturday. On the morning I dumpster
dived tens of vintage hats from various eras, 1930s and onwards.
I have since cleaned, repaired and passed on about half of them to
my friends. I kept two 40s hats for myself.

... And then I glammed up and went to a
burlesque gala on the same evening. Here's Jirina
looking mighty dapper in Lassi's top hat.

I wore a lot of plaids and a lot of greens.
Oh, and my Miss L Fire Havanas, of course.

I saw John Waters' This Filthy World - Filthier and More Horrible
and got my DVD copy of Female Trouble signed! Eeee!
I consider John Waters to be like my spiritual father.

I experimented with finger waving after a long break...

... And filmed a video all about it
with my partner-in-crime, Jirina.

Fall came...

... And went. 

I had an awesome David Lynch themed Halloween party.
Pictured is Audrey Horne times two.

I planned a vintage fashion show with
Jirina and Elina. Here we are working on the script
with one of our models, Oona.

7am on a Sunday morning. Me, Elina, Jirina and
boxes full of vintage on our way to Helsinki Vintage,
where our show bowed.

Post-show celebratory cocktails with the ladies!

I bought really pretty 30s shoes
from VintagEija's at Helsinki Vintage.

And here's something that I didn't buy.

As always, don't forget that you can follow my shenanigans on Instagram under the username of gingernaps.

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