HEIDI ROSENAU: vintage dancer, in 13 acts

Over the past week or so, my friend and fellow swing dancer Heidi Rosenau in New York has been the subject of a 13-day blog feature at TheChicIndex.com. She dresses in exquisite head-to-toe vintage daily, and shares some of her favorite outfits and the stories behind them. It’s fascinating and inspirational! 
Here are a couple of my favorite outfits so far, click over to the blog for more info and to see the rest. I can’t wait to see what she has lined up for the rest of the week!

Hal’s Roll

Last Saturday night we went out to Pasadena Ballroom Dance Association’s annual Harvest Moon Swingout. Due to other conflicts we only made it to the Saturday night dance, but we had a blast! It was packed. And sweaty. đŸ˜‰ Stompy Jones from San Francisco played, […]

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Los Angeles Union Station

1940’s Mother of Pearl Sweetheart pinMy jacket isn’t dirty, I was trying to be clever and “age” the photo! Last weekend we attended a wedding at the downtown Los Angeles Union Station. This vintage train station is one of my favorite Golden Era venues, so […]

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Duchie Award

I won another blog award! Lauren over at Wearing History passed along the Duchie Award for Excellence in Historical Costuming and Bloggery. It’s a huge honor to be included in this group! This is a dual award for V is for Vintage and my other […]

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Film to Reveal Origin of Jitterbug

I was playing with Google News Reader again, and came across this writeup from The Pittsburgh Press, Dec 23, 1943. Film to Reveal Origin of Jitterbug HOLLYWOOD — Filming of “Jitterbugs,” Pete Smith Speciality designed to show how the art of “jitterbugging” developed, will get […]

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Arthur Murray: How to Shag

As a follow up to yesterday’s Arthur Murray post, here’s a clip of the man himself teaching and demonstrating shag. Boy, do those kiddos learn fast or what? If you want to see more fun how-to instruction (or stripey socks!), check out CollegiateShag.com – on […]

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