Bride fan

Here's the video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ZyoTemoRY

I've had decent success with asking the seller to forward a short message to the buyer who purchased a magazine I was interested in. I let them know I'm a fan of the old fashions and include a link to my blog. Ebait won't forward emails but it seems to have no problem with other links. The buyer of these books might be interested in knowing about us.

I buy vintage bridal magazines from Ebait and usually pay around 20 bucks US. Over the past couple of years prices are getting into 3 figures although they don't sell. Ebait eliminated listing fees a few years ago allowing short-sighted greedy so-n-so's to start fishing for outrageous prices. I've bought a few mags for around 20 bucks that someone has been asking say, 150 for, for a year or more. I like to send them a copy of the auction I just bought. It's another example of 'enshitification' that we're increasingly seeing. People and platforms get greedy which makes them stupid.

Something we might consider is making a Discord server as a backup or rallying point just in case. We made one for a graphics forum I'm on and sure enough, a year later the site was shut down. The Discord server became or hub or 'fire point' and the core membership kept in touch via it.

I've used https://new.imagehostx.com/upload.php for years and it's been rock solid and free of sleazeware, popups, popunders, redirects and so on.

No. The person I chatted with said only that it was something they might consider in the future. I wonder how this site pays it's bills. I don't see any advertising, although I do have every ad blocker known to humankind installed. I even have anti-ad blocker blockers.

I'm aware of that. I know of plenty of sites that, as you described, are full of 404 images. I mentioned to the mods here that they might want to offer paid memberships to help out with server costs. It would be a kind of patron program. My vintage car forum does that to defray costs. I'd gladly pay a yearly fee.

A practice that's common in graphics forums is to use image hosting services. You only see the thumbnail in the forum and the full size image loads when you select the thumb. It saves a TON of server space and bandwidth.

This model (the car, not the lady) was referred to as the 'Lusso' or luxury touring version. I knew a gent in Halifax in the 70's who had one and got a drive in it. Back then they where affordable. Nowadays they fetch tens of millions.

Thanks Danny-19. 👍

From my hard drive choking collection of bridal magazine scans. Modern Bride June-July 1988.

Sophie Matheisen (Modern Bride 1997)

Here's a bunch of her appearances in various bridal magazines. Date and publication are in the file name.

I'm helping Cea Person ID some ladies she worked with when she modeled for Demetrios out of Montreal in the late 80's and early 90's. I've gotten one so far but here's one that I'm having trouble with. The first shot (left) she named 'Leanne somebody'. The closest I can find is Nancy Dutiel (right). Is it indeed Nancy or should I keep looking? Thanks! Oh...by the way, what/where are these 10 free searches someone mentioned? Thanks again!

Thanks for the 'Christina' card. The lower images are from an old lingerie (Maidenform?) ad I've always wondered about.

FOUND!!!!😁 She's Cea Person, and a fellow Canuck. See her thread here.... https://www.bellazon.com/main/topic/122099-cea-sunrise-person/

There was someone here (BlueAcadia) who was arranging to buy the collection two years ago and I got into the act as I had a connection to someone who brought a container from the UK to Canada with vintage British car parts. Once it got here I would pick it up, get it across the border into Maine where it would be shipped to the buyer on the US West coast. Unfortunately it was sold to someone in the UK while we where getting the arrangements made. I keep searching, but the collection doesn't seem to have been put online yet. I'd certainly pay for access.

I just caught the diff reference....Here's a 2:88 diff from an XJ6 that I stuck in my E-Type. I checked the lash and it was fine. All I did was replace the oil seals and rear gasket. The original 3:30 was horrible on the highway.

I've created a new thread for her...https://www.bellazon.com/main/topic/122099-cea-sunrise-person/

I have over a hundred scans from her modelling days with Demetrios. There's also some from a lingerie catalogue from the late 80's. Everything I've found is from around 1990, but I've been chatting with her via email and hope to find more of her work as I learn about her modelling career. The posted images are smaller to conserve bandwidth. I'll place the large, original scans on my Mega drive (or something similar) and add the links to additional posts.

This lady has had an interesting life. The Wiki gives a brief synopsis... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cea_Sunrise_Person Her personal sites can be found here.... http://ceaperson.com/biography/ I highly recommend that folks watch her TedX talk.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzueNiggMSQ

Where do we put these type of threads please? I'll start it and post a PILE of her images. I have many....not that I'm obsessed or anything... ...not really. Oh jeez, now that she's been identified, I'll have to change my avatar.

I have that magazine but the model (now confirmed as Cea) is not listed. However..... My mystery model is absolutely, positively confirmed as Cea Person. I received an answer to my email today and we're chatting about her experiences. She doesn't have any of the photos from back then so I'm sending her all of my scans. She mentioned that there where other ladies also modelling and that she was working out of montreal at the time, where Demetrios was headquartered. I'll suggest that she drop by here too.

I've been following links related to Cea and have read a bit of her story and watched her TedX talk. What this lady has been through and triumphed over is amazing. She's way beyond merely inspirational. I suggest that you all watch this...The Power of Change and Forward Movement | Cea Person | TEDxGastownWomen And I thought it was just about a pretty lady in gorgeous clothes.

Rob slaps his face...smack! Wowy, and a fellow Canuck too. I'm not going to call it a done deal until I write her and ask, but the dates given on her Wiki work well. I'd been looking at a TV host named Vivian Slingerland but Cea fits much better. I'll let ya know what I hear. Are there Starbucks or something similar where you live? This deserves a BIG coffee coupon...or tea. (Rob giggles maniacally and starts typing a nice letter).