Life on the coast.

Living life on the coast for a week, clomping up and down the promenade in my Lucky Lou carved wedges, it all seems a blur of ice creams, shandies, boat racing, prancing on the pier, giggling and of course fish and chips. (My friends all know I am quite the f&c connoisseur/addict.) 

After spending 4 lovely days and getting up to all sorts of mischief in the local towns, I waved the girlz goodbye and enjoyed the rest of my week lazing on Sheringham beach with my beloved.  Just like the start of the week, the sun shone down on us and I was able to showcase my brand spanking new Pin Up Couture bikini. A 3 piece of golden delight, a gal's dream. Well, in my eyes anyway. 

I clipped in enough flowers on my head before looking too ridiculous and removed the matching sarong, to assume my ultimate beach pose.

My matching sarong quickly returned after a stint in the rockpools, I retained a relaxed photoface don't you think?!

Love as always, Lucille xx

Bobcat Bop!

Two friends I have known from the Rockabilly circuit happened to pop into the salon yesterday. They were willing models for Victory rollin' and it was so nice to see them. I developed bag, shoe and denim dungaree envy whilst they got their hair done! Well, I was reminded how fun it used to be jivin' and strollin' with these gals. After deckin' myself out in stripes I limbered up for a night on the dancefloor. The Bobcats supplied the rhythms, and I was boppin' from then on! 

  Love as always, Lucille xx.

Gettin' Redder.

Let me introduce you all to Rose Desire-Belle, a beautiful burlesque performer I have got to know over the past year. Every 5 or 6 weeks we meet up so that I can keep her locks in check and its a great opportunity to inform one another of new online shops, strip teasers and tattoos we have come across. 

Her ever growing baby beagle Bella joins us, listening us natter about the troubles of finding the right repro handbag or discussing her outfits for her next act whilst I set her hair in rollers. Beautiful Bella has her uses, she eats up all the hair I've snipped off the floor!

This week I was set the task of being the first person ever to colour her hair (apart from herself!) After being a raven haired burlesquer, Rose Desire-Belle decided she wanted to go red. Very red. And for this I needed to bring my whole kit, containing super strength peroxides to erase months and months of the dark dye!

It's still a working progress,we're planning on getting it even redder! The Bettie Bangs I cut in a few months ago needed some maintenance and after a few snips she was looking ready to pounce on stage and begin her teasin'!!    

   Love as always, Lucille xx.

A month in the life of Lucille.

I'm SO aware of the fact that I haven't been around lately (I'm sure I started my last post this way)

But to make up for the absence, I have put together what has happened this last month.

My Birthday came, as it does every year. This year bought EVERY one out dancing to motown. You know who you all are and I love you.

I was part of a very successful Vintage event, I got the chance to style models hair for a local Vintage Business Catwalk. I then had my own little stall after the catwalk offering my pin curl and victory roll services....I was not prepared for the flocks of ladies after Marilyn curls, Bettie bangs and Dita victory rolls! 

The lady on the left was a model whose hair I styled in the catwalk for the stupendous Boo Boo Kitty Couture. The lady on the right was a fabulous customer of Lucille's Locks .....she thought her hair was too long for Victory rolls!!

Me and the boy went to Amsterdam for a couple of days. We became masters of the trams there and I caused quite a stir with the 'Dam older gentlemen! It was perfect weather to showcase my new winter coat. Complete with a fox fur collar.

We paid a quick visit to Angelique Houtkamp's Salon. Such a pretty little shop!

Catching up with friends.

Putting my new foxy Christmas decoration pride of place on my tree.

Hope the past month has been as lovely as mine!

  Love as always Lucille xx

Poppy line & Pin Curls.

We have our tickets for this year's 1940's extravaganza.

Now to work out hairstyles, outfits. I'm an obsessive list maker. I pretty much have OCD about the whole business....but a girl must be organised for such high class events! 

Last year the two of us caused a stir with my chinese wooden parasol and wound up getting interviewed for the local news (unfortunately the third member of our glamorous gaggle missed it, as she was stuck in one of the portaloos!!).

We lived in a caravan for the weekend, surrounded by hundreds of grips, clips, even waking up with them in our bed! Every night before bed I made the girls put rollers in their hair, even Inka.

Lucille's Locks will be in full swing, getting the dolls all dolled up each morning, ready for showing off on the station!!

   Love as always, Lucille x.

Without a title.

I found these photographs waiting to be used, in my 'blog' folder. Some of them have been there for months bless 'em, but I can't seem to think of posts to go with them. So I'm groupin' 'em all together for a rather oddball post. Enjoy!

The first snap is a favourite, taken at Glastonbury this year. Have you ever seen tea laydees with such attitude?!

   Love as always, Lucille x

Thigh high art.

I heart my burlesque heart.

Crisis Tattoo.

   Love as always, Lucille x

Aunty Ruth.

Here is Inka being scooped up by my dear friend Ruth. She's been pictured on here before, but I thought she looked too lovely to not be shown off!

She pulls off a beret oh so well, which makes little Inka slighty jealous.

Love as always, Lucille, Aunty Ruth & Inka x.

Weekend in a suitcase.

Still recovering from my weekend in Sheffield.

What's in the suitcase?

• Vivien of Holloway gold dragon sarong dress for the evening. Worn with gold accessories.
• Green trouser playsuit for the morning after complete with headscarf for shoving dirty hair into. There's something about wearing a comfy playsuit on  a hangover.

Love as always, Lucille x.

Your lips sink ships.

Last night I payed a visit to a friend to give them a trim. Turns out, she has my dream mirror in her bathroom!

Love as always, Lucille x.

Tasty Tuesday.

My friends are excellent in the kitchen, AND they both look great in Dead Men's Spex!

(I've recently found out that the stall pictured in my last post was infact a Dead Men's Spex stall!)

Here's Ruth in her peachy glasses. A few weeks ago she held a dinner party for us. It was a Jamie Oliver bonanza, as we all have crushes on him.This filo pie was part, yes part of the starter. She sure knows how to fill people up!

This is Chloe. She has the most luscious lips, and she can cook a right nice rice pudding. Infact she cooked one for us last night. She don't skimp on the cream and added her own topping for extra tastiness: a sticky raisin glaze.

Love as always, Lucille x.

Black & White September.

Last September we lived in the Old Post Office for a week.

Our cottage was on the very edge of the sea.

We went swimming,

befriended stray dogs,

and got called 'factory girls'.

(The effect I have put on this photograph can be found here. Christopher does not agree with making a new photograph look old. I understand what he says, but I love the look of old photographs, and for these pictures, I think it's ok!)

Love as always, Lucille x.

A floral summer.

Last summer we were taken over the river to a friends birthday party.

The party took place in a pretty boat house. Complete with it's own dancefloor, how handy!

I knew there would be dancing, so I went fully dressed in Vivien of Holloway. A yellow floral circle dress and pink petticoats.

Love as always, Lucille x.

Frosty feet & favourite friends.

These are my two best friends. Chloe on the left and Ruth on the Right. We spent last weekend in Sheffield visiting Chloe who is a student nurse. And who couldn't get her car off her street due to all the snow!

We ate tasty fahjitas, drank some fruity wine, danced and laughed to Motown and Soul.
And at the end of the night, we were asked to leave our taxi at the end of Chloe's street, as our driver did not "want to get frostbite" I don't know how he was expecting to get it inside a warm car, whilst we hobbled in our heels home. Ever so elegantly of course.

The morning was spent giggling in bed (from all the Agwa we drank) and visiting our favourite tea shop, Coco.

My favourite photo of the night. Always the show off.

Love as always, Lucille x.

Gots the Snow blues.

Don't get me wrong laydees, I do love to wear my knitted sweaters, swing trousers, furs and stockings. I love Christmas time, hot mulled wine and But this morning, as I wrap myself in one hundred and one layers, pack my college kit bag and prepare to face the sub zero temps outside, I long for the days where me and my girlfriends could fool about outside in just our summer dresses.

Sigh.

I love this photo of me and my girlfriend, Ruth. It was taken for the opening night of Nottingham nightclub, Bopp last summer.

 

Love as always, Frosty Lucille x.