Lauren Likes // Winged Catwalks of the Sixties

At the age of 10, in our year 6 leavers assembly, we each took it in turns to take to the mike and naively declare what we would like to be when we were older. At that time I had become disenchanted by dreams of being a ballet dancer and with my mum persuading me that being a Spice Girl wasn't a feasible career choice, I had to give up the ghost on that one too. If there's one thing you should know about my mama, it's that during the 90s, she had a serious gripe with the Spice Girls. Only after years of guilt-tripping about the time she persuaded by to buy an Oasis album with my birthday money, rather than the girl power gift to mankind, did I receive my first SG album... at the age of 17). So thus, upon reaching double figures, imagining faraway lands and glamourous outfits, I decided I was ready to take on the world and announced that I was going to be a an air hostess...


As I got a little older, and my interests in the arts grew, I am sad to say that the dream never materialised. I also realised that I'd be rubbish in an emergency and would get bored of serving tiny cans of pop and snacksize pringles to disgruntled and nervous passengers very quickly. It did, however fuel a ebullient interest in the wonderful, winged catwalk that existed in our skies in the Sixties & Seventies.




With the world literally at their feet, the stewardess of the sixties were noted for their notorious glamour; their lives were made up of fabulous tales of mischevious romances with the elite (as well as the Captains!), and discreetly sipping champagne, 30,000 feet over the Atlantic. At that time, the position of an air stewardess was up their with supermodels & actress'. 




Berets and stripes for the French airlines!



The girls were expected to have wit, personality and education and above all, great legs. After the stuffiness of the fifties, airlines went to town in the sixties and fashion began to dominate the skies. With regards to the uniform, conservative blacks and blues were dropped in favour of mesmerising concoctions of eye popping colour blocking, micro minis and even an appearance from the go-go boot! The hostess themselves were marketed as flawless, vivacious pinups, perfectly preened and wonderfully modelled outside the aircraft for press shoots like synchronised swimmers.











Emilio Pucca spearheaded the modernisation of Braniff Airways with their 'End of a plain plane' campaign by using bright geometric shapes, cheeky advertising & the creation of the incredible 'bubble helmet', a charming piece of sixties PVC designed to protect the steward's hair from wind and rain!







Don't you just wish you could have been there!?
And to leave you with something apt for our ventures into the skies today... the lovely, Thunderclap Newman's 'Something in the Air'... enjoy!

Much love, Lauren xx

Twee Towers Wishlist

Soo, yesterday we showed you some finishing touches and tweaks that we've added to Twee Towers since the tour ended and today we bring you some of our wishlist pieces...mostly for our bedrooms as we haven't quite had time to go back to revisit these yet!

We're also getting a teeny bit excited and have started picking up small pieces to christmas up 'Towers as we approach the holiday season! Eee. Although, we are a little sad that we didn't make it down for the opening of Harrod's Christmas shop... in August, and despite not seeing any deccys in our chosen colour scheme as yet, we are staying positive that we WILL be able to transform our home in to a beautiful winter wonderland...

1. Handblown Glass Pendants - Rockett St George 2. Skeleton Anatomy Print - Urban Outfitters 3. Aqua Skull Money Box - Urban Outfitters 4. Antique style French Sofa - Oficina Inglesa 5. Vertical Record Player - Amazon.

1. Hazel Stark Cushion - Howkapow 2. Geometric Poster - Howkapow 3. Orla Kiely Radio - John Lewis 4. Wizard of Oz print - Etsy 5. Eames Replica Rocker - Ebay

1. Atlas throw - Urban Outfitters 2. Ruler Lamp Shade - Rockett St George 3. Book Shelf Wallpaper - Rockett St George 4. Yellow table - Rockett St George 5. Doily rug - Urban Outfitters

Hope you're all having a nice week - if you ever spot something you think we'd like give us a shout :)

Much love,

R&L xx

Twee Towers Tour // The Studio

It's 3 months since we moved into Twee Towers and we have been busy bees styling our space and pulling all our resources of hand-me-downs, junk yard finds and pretty things we've collected over the years to create our dream home!

There has been lots of late nights, paint on clothes/hair/pretty much everywhere else we didn't exactly intend to paint (learning curve!), but we have finally finished and we're now enjoying having somewhere beautiful to work, rest & play.

Over the next few weeks, we'll share room-by-room tours, documenting our eclectic looks, whilst sharing our home styling secrets and tips on how to make both vintage & 'junk' work in any space and for any taste. So keep checking back for the next unveiling!

ROOM 1: The Studio


The studio was the first room we wanted to devote some time to, getting right, finishing & perfecting. We were really lucky to have moved into a home with an amazing conservatory and thought that the light and space would be absolutely perfect for creating our mini projects & future collections!

Here's a few snapshots of the studio thus far...


Sneaky peak at the mood board for our upcoming collection.

Glass vases filled with ribbons & paper poms make a bright, cute alternative to floral displays!

Reading corner. We use this space everyday for our evening catch ups, throwing around ideas and flicking through our immense back catalogue of every magazine you can possibly imagine. The bongos are also readily available for impromtu jam sessions!

Our ever growing collection of fabrics.

Hard at work... honest!

Amazing workbench left behind in the garage by the previous owners... (thanks Uncle M!)

Bunting, bunting everywhere... you'll see a lot more of this around the house. We like pretty fabric triangles hanging about the place!

Toppling stacks.

We love battered old suitcases and especially love having this one on display as it belonged to Rhi's parents - their honeymoon luggage!

Hope you enjoyed noseying at our studio! There'll be lots more to come from this room very soon...

Love L&R x