For my birthday last year my brother bought me an assortment of vintage magazines. Among them are a lot of different war publications but my favourite is this issue of Illustrated from November 1947, all about the royal wedding. I have a similar modern magazine from when Kate and Wills got married so it's nice to make the comparison. I've photographed some of my favourite sections of the magazine so I hope you enjoy perusing it.



One of my favourite parts of this magazine are the adverts. I really like seeing the pictures as well as how many brands are still around today.



I love this section below showing the different ways people were trying to get a glimpse of the royal couple. Some of these are very inventive! I must remember to fashion a makeshift periscope out of a shooting stick and a mirror next time I need to see over a crowd.











Look at the bridesmaids' dresses! So pretty with all that lace.



And more vintage adverts to finish off. Of all of these I'm most surprised to find an advert for Tampax appearing here. I had assumed it was a much more modern brand.



I hope you've enjoyed having a look at this magazine. At some point I may share some of the other magazines from the stash, but I haven't yet decided whether they will really appeal to my main audience here as they're not fashion or women's magazines. If you are in fact interested in seeing some of the reporting on the war then do let me know and I'll share.