Wednesday 20 March 2013

Dear Ms. Leigh

Vivien Leigh - Source

You may have noticed me playing around with headers and name changing for the past couple of days, I've been rethinking the name of my blog for a while and ever since feeling more at ease about blogging in the last week or so I thought a change name was in order. But actually coming to think of a new name is all but easy. And attempt after attempt I finally change up with Dear Ms. Leigh.

I somewhat wanted to use my own surname but then I didn't want the entire world knowing everything about me, so I replaced it with the surname of possibly the actress that made me appreciate vintage, the black and white world and the 1930's much earlier then I ever realized - Vivian Leigh. Everyone (or at least they should) know her from playing that insurmountable female force of Scarlet O'Hara in Gone With the Wind - a film we always had a version of since I was a child, a film I could watch and never tire. She was an actress of an incredible era, she had a presence and a beauty on screen that I have never seen since. She was possibly caught in the shadow of her husband Laurence Oliver and her reputation for being difficult and her troubles with bipolar disorder went before her. Nevertheless the films she did make are timeless, and so is her beauty.

Dear Ms. Leigh will still feature the same lively mix of vintage, baking to crafts and being that English lass in the US. Hopefully the warmer months ahead will allow my camera to go on more adventures and these pages, however virtual will come to document growing up with a vintage flair.

12 comments:

  1. I love the new title! Viven Leigh was awesome!! =)

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  2. I spotted that yesterday and loved it! x

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  3. The new blog name is brilliant Rachael, and I like the header too! Sometimes a change is as good as a rest - my Nannie says that often, she's usually right! :-)

    Jem xXx

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  4. Thanks everyone - hopefully it'll get me even more rejuvenated about blogging again.

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  5. Beautiful. I think this fits perfectly with your vintage style and online stores.

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  6. That is a fabulous new name. I love Gone with the Wind too, I have it on DVD, I must dig it out. X

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  7. I think it's great you've got a new blog name! I've been aching to change mine for ages too - you might have just given me the final push. I'm glad to see you back blogging, you know how much I love reading about vintage xxx

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  8. I think the inspiration is great. I feel like most people have changed up their blog name at one time or another but for some reason, I haven't yet. And I didn't even spend too much time on thinking about it.

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