Inspiration of the week

This week we want to showcase this wonderful portrait. We at My Desire Vintage love to obtain portraits like these and admire their beauty. It is very inspiring to see how little things like the design on the cover of this frame add a touch of interest, but without overpowering it. The woman in the portrait is radiant, her hair is simple but interesting and her gaze is captivating. The way it is all put together is what we find attracts us to the vintage lifestyle and the constant need to submerse ourselves with things from the past.

More photo booth!

WAY before iphones and Instagram we had photo booths! Here's another set of pictures we love.... this one featuring Elvis! ENJOY!!

This one is one of our favorites! 

credits to Retronaut!

Julien's Auctions' - Hollywood Legends

According to the Associated press, there will be over 100 images of Marilyn Monroe that have never been seen. Marilyn's photographs belonged to her make up artist of 15 years and will be sold along with their copyrights.  Also there will other memorabilia from stars like James Dean, Frank Sinatra, and Charlie Chaplin up for auction from March 31- April 1.

www.juliensauctions.com

Article by: Sandy Cohen

How to be a Retronaut

I recently stumbled on this site and wow.... it's like seeing history in images! You can see just about ANYTHING from 17th century skeletons from the catacombs of Rome, 1950's pin-ups and movie stars, to Video Game ads from the 1980's and 90's. The site is founded in England by Chris Wild. He describes a Retronaut as "someone who goes back in time using just perception". He believes you can open creative possibilities by changing how you think of time.

His site does just that. You can travel to any time period.... visually that is! I encourage you all to take a look at this site, it's an experience you won't soon forget!

Gil Elvgren pin-up

Remains of St. Maximus 17th century.

Atari ad for E.T. video game.

vintage vogue

Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday! Today I'd like to feature a gorgeous image from a vintage vogue magazine. It inspires me to always look my best   ; D

Just a bit of history....

Here is an amazing photographer, his name is Richard C. Miller. He used a tri-color printing process in the 1940's and 50's called carbro printing process to create colorful images like these. The carbro process used a one-shot color camera that created three different color negatives which are then put together. Later on in his career he used Kodachrome transparencies but the carbro process was where he began. While working with the carbro process he also met Nicholas Muray and Paul Outerbridge, who then began to use this process as well. It was an expensive technique and could only be afforded by working professionals. We had the privilege of seeing some his prints at the Getty a couple years ago and WOW they are 100 times more beautiful in person! Hard to believe these were done way before photoshop... He did a series of women wearing colorful hats, among other beautiful images, but he is most famous for a series of a little known model named, Norma Jeane, who later came to be known as Marilyn Monroe!

4th of July!

Happy Fourth of July Everyone!!

working women

Here are a few amazing color photographs of women in the early 40s that worked for the Douglas Aircraft Co. in Long Beach. I find the colors to be amazing and it really brings to life what people really looked like back then. It also brings to life the colors they wore which is obviously not apparent in black and white images. Also, I like how we can see the full negative (in this case a positive) transparency, the notches on the right are there on purpose so that the photographer knows which is the top part of the negative. It even says Kodak on the side!  I found these photographs on Flickr, in The Library of Congress page. I like doing searches for these kind of images. They're so inspiring! Here are some of the most interesting ones I found. Till next time!  xoxo ~ Lise

commencement..

Hi world! As our first official post we would like to make it on what this blog will be about. We will be sharing some snap shots about our lives as well as our take on living a vintage/ rockabilly lifestyle. We will share our vintage finds, photography, some of our favorite music, classic cars, beauty reviews,  and everything in between!

As recent college graduates, we feel this blog will help us in our search to find ourselves and figure out what to do next in life. We are excited to embark on this journey and dedicate ourselves to what makes us happy and hope you all enjoy what we have to share.

When deciding on the name for our blog we was looking for a phrase, a song, or an excerpt from a book that could reflect what we are all about. So when looking through our top rated music we found this wonderful song called 'That's My Desire' by Frankie Laine. If you like love songs this is a nice one. It is about a guy describing a date with the woman he loves. (cute) So take a listen and stay tuned, there will be a lot more great stuff to come!                      

Below is an image of him (on the right) photographed by William P. Gottlib circa 1946.