Flamin' Woman

She bares slim porcelin shoulder as her flame coloured hair flowing wildly accross your box. She's the nameless Readhead woman on your matchbox and this year she turns 101 and she's a vintage icon.

Long before Hollywood's blonde bombshell a term popularised from the 1933 film "Bombshell" starring Platinum Blonde Jean Harlow, red heads were being immortalised as the epitome of beautiful -just, look at the art of from the rennaisance to the 19th century; Millais' Ophelia, Waterhouse's The Lady of Shallot or Rossetti's Lady Lilith.

With hundreds of years under their belt as sex sirens, it is obvious red heads are a great vintage accessory. Remember Billie Burk ( Glinda, The Good Witch), Katherine Hepburn, Judy Garland and undeniably Mad Men's Christina Hendricks radiates old school glamour.

So if you're looking for a vintage inspired change; go red!