Monday, September 14, 2009

New photos by Marco Patino!

Taken Sept. 13, 2009 by Marco Patino @ Kevin Break studio, LA, CA.

Latex dress by Anatomic Bomb.


Agent Provocateur corset




See, the dress to match my Vivienne Westwood shoes!




Vesperi Latex



Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Giveaway at 'Diary of a Vintage Girl' blog...

Taken from: http://www.diaryofavintagegirl.com/2009/09/while-you-wait-giveaway.html

Apologies for the silence - I've just been so busy since I've been 'unemployed'! If I'm not out and about, I'm glued to the screen writing emails and working on the websites. A huge post about the Scandalous High Socie-Tea is in the works, but while you wait for me to tell you all about it, how about a giveaway?

I bought a vial of the fabulous Speakeasy Vanilla perfume from Wiggle Perfume on Etsy, following a post the other week about the shop by Solanah. Now I absolutely can't fault Solanah's taste, the perfume smells absolutely delicious... just not when I put it on my skin. The vanilla smell faded immediately and the frankincense smell amplified on me until it was overpowering. I tried it a couple of times, but I have come to the sad conclusion that this delicious scent just doesn't work with my body chemistry. However, since it obviously works for Solanah and also for the lovely Twila Jean at The Mysterious Life of the Metropolitan Housewife, I thought I'd offer this little gift to one of my readers, to try it out for themselves.

So here it is, a 5ml vial of Wiggle Perfume's Speakeasy Vanilla scent!



I'm just going to copy all the gals who've done giveaways recently and say that to be in with a chance, simply leave me a comment below, but for an extra chance, post about the giveaway on your own blog and send me the link.

This giveaway is open to anyone in the world. I'll announce the winner next Friday - the 11th. Good luck everyone!

Fleur xx
DiaryofaVintageGirl.com

Congratulations to...

Hanne S. of Finland for winning the Pandoraschoice.com giveaway!
She will be receiving the frilly knickers and seamed nylons!

Stay tuned as I plan on doing many more giveaways on my blog. The lucky winner could be YOU!

Monday, September 7, 2009

Pandoraschoice.com WINNER...

...has been chosen.

Stay tuned!

Saturday, September 5, 2009

New Triumph Blog...

I've created a new blog for my Triumph project... as I'm sure some people won't be interested in this blog with all the girly crap...

Follow my blog:

http://tayvastriumph.blogspot.com/

More Triumph rebuild photos!

These pistons gotta go. Although they are not pitted, you can definitely see the wear on them. The right one is a little bit melted around the skirt.


Got some new handlebars! Gotta find some risers for them, though. Might be able to find those via J&P Cycles? Anyway, they outfit all the Harley riders with their parts.



Fender repair in progress.




Yuck. Gotta sort this out; don't want any rust getting in my tank.



It might look cool, but this seat has gotta go. Think my friend has one for me. We refer to this as "The Cracker", as it's as thick as one. I can pull over on the side of the road and have a snack if I wish! Ha... bony ass + rigid frame = no bueno. I'll be selling this back to the guy who sold me the bike. He paid a bit too much for it... and with that money, I can buy my exhaust pipes (which I still have to find)


Thursday, September 3, 2009

My new 1971 Triumph Bonneville chopper!

This bike makes my friends' Harleys look like sissy bikes!



I have all the original emblems for this!


Big box of stuff that needs to go on the bike.



I *might* have to replace the pistons, as there is wear on one of them (just wear, not pitted or anything). New exhaust pipes are a MUST. On a quest to find those. A nice set of straight pipes will do the trick.

The seat has to go (it reminds me of a cracker... and soooo uncomfortable, esp. on a rigid frame bike). The handlebars are totally wrong for this bike-- and me. I plan on getting a set of ape hangers. I also plan on putting a suicide shift kit on it.

I don't plan on ruining the bike's look with a speedometer (not required by law).

The back fender needs further work, as it had to be altered to properly fit. However, I will not be repainting this thing-- at least for the time being. I like the way it looks.

Hopefully more on this project soon!