Paris Fashion Houses of 1910 Video

This is my latest Vintage Fashion Video for my YouTube channel CHARMAINEZOE. It is a collection of original photographs showing the Salons of eminent designers of the Belle Epoque period in Paris, including Paquin, Worth, Doucet, Callot Sisters etc. There are many shots of the various salons themselves as well as the fashions of the period, but also a large number of behind the scenes shots showing the actual design and construction of the gowns including sewing rooms, cutting rooms, embroiderers rooms etc, which are a wonderful insight into the life of these famous Salons.

Been mad busy designing!

A small selection of ties - click on image to enlarge
I've had a lot of fun over the last few evenings creating designs for my tie shop in Zazzle. I've now got a large collection of fractal kaleidoscope art in my library, which I've built up over the years and have been choosing works to use, then trying to decide the best way to utilise them, given that ties are long and narrow. But I think I've put together a very nice selection of patterns and designs for this latest collection. If you can't see the flash gallery below, you can go straight to the Tie Rack dept in my ZAZZLE STORE

I have over 250 ties in my store now with evrything from subtle colours and patterns to totally over the top psychedlic, or pretty chintzy to elegant. So gentlemen if you need a new tie check me out, and ladies if your looking for a present for Hubby or the boyfriend then have a look too.

NEW! Check out my new Tie blog and keep up to date with all my newest designs at Ties by CharmaineZoe!

I recently sold a couple of ties to a gent in Houston, Texas and I just love the idea that someone is walking around on the other side of the world wearing my designs, it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling! I always get a thrill when I get an email from Zazzle to say I've had a purchase, not so much because of the commission, which is fairly small, but because someone has liked my design enough to actually buy it - I love that and that's why I keep designing!


Shop other personalized gifts from Zazzle.

New funny Swine Flu T-Shirts now available on Zazzle!

Sold my first product on Zazzle yesterday, which really made my day.It's a Crazy Pink tie. Now I've just posted a range of funny Swine Flu T-shirts (all in the best possible taste - naturally) Check them out on my Zazzle Store. Have also posted more great tie designs.

Ruby Tuesday 7/10: The Good Old Days!

I found this in my scrapbook collection, that I had done for a bit of fun and thought it would be nice for a Ruby Tuesday post. The photo was taken when I was aged 18 in 1971! I loved that T-shirt - I had the figure for it then :-)

Why not join in and post a Ruby Tuesday picture yourself, the rules are simple. Just post a picture with red in it, but it must be one of your own and it can be of anything you like. For more details hop over to The Teach at Work of the Poet and check out the blogroll.