tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86142771907374036482024-03-13T19:31:30.683+11:00Digs Frocks and BooksLouisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.comBlogger444125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-88027341222370698482012-08-05T21:34:00.000+10:002012-08-06T19:26:32.512+10:00The End<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You may have noticed that things have been very quiet at Digs Frocks and Books for a while and to be honest this has been because I've been working up the courage to say goodbye.<br />
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I started out Digs Frocks and Books as a way to get into the habit of writing regularly and the short bursts required to keep a blog going suited me well as I juggled full-time work and a chronic pain condition too. It also allowed me to spend lots of wonderful time researching fashions of the past and connecting with people all across the world of similar interests and I'm so thankful for that. I've met some wonderful people along the way.<br />
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Four years down the line and I'm still juggling full-time work and my illness as well as everything else my life has to offer: family, husband, friends, exercise, reading & housework. And instead of spending time on Digs Frocks and Books I've been creative writing instead and I've been really, really enjoying it. I've got about a third of a novel under my belt and another novella too and although I'm unsure whether any of it is any good at all, I'm thoroughly enjoying the process of actually doing it. <br />
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In other words it is time to commit to new things.<br />
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I'll be keeping the blog archive up as I don't want to lose four years worth of research and writing and you never know, one day I may want to come back to it. <br />
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In the meantime there are so many other wonderful vintage blogs out there well worth checking out, some of which are highlighted on my blog roll. And I'll still be talking about vintage and my other passions (literature, feminism) on my <a href="https://twitter.com/LouiseCornege" target="_blank">Twitter feed</a>. I confess to social media fatigue sometimes but my job as a publicist kind of demands that I keep my finger on the pulse. Maybe one day soon I'll embrace Pinterest and Instagram too. I'm so behind the times, right?<br />
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In the words of Scarlett O'Hara 'after all, tomorrow is another day.' <br />
See you on the flip side lovelies.Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-40809163874630026462012-06-14T20:06:00.002+10:002012-06-14T20:06:43.297+10:00A Claire McCardell Summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />You've probably noticed that I post about summer clothes a LOT. That's because I'm a sun baby who lives for the heat on my skin. I like spring and autumn too but the only saving grace about winter is that there is another summer just a few months around the corner. Oh, and I celebrate my birthday.</div>
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So as I wish this winter away and dream of my next summer, here are a few classic Claire McCardell pieces to help set the mood. The great American sportswear designer was renowned for her bathing suits and her revealing sundresses that wouldn't look out of place on summer holiday today. You know what is missing from these pictures though? Sunglasses. </div>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-54880586656518078112012-06-03T15:28:00.001+10:002012-06-03T15:31:52.152+10:00Two for the Road<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday I watched <em>Two for the Road </em>with Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney. Being a life-long Audrey fan I'm not quite sure why I've never watched it before, but I think it must have been because of other fans telling me that it wasn't one of her best. It does suffer from a bit of self-conscious grooviness that afflicts some films from the latter half of the sixties, and I wasn't entirely convinced by Hepburn and Finney's love/hate affair/marriage, but the film does have some genuinely funny and poignant moments, the Henry Mancini score is simply beautiful, and visually it is gorgeous. Set mainly in the South of France it has scenery, cool cars and high fashion galore. <br />
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Since becoming a star I believe this was Audrey's first vehicle where Givenchy was not responsible for her costumes. Instead off-the-peg designs from Paco Rabanne, Mary Quant, Andre Courreges and Tuffin and Foale were used to dress Audrey's character as she grew from young travelling choir girl to wealthy housewife. The result is some seriously cutting edge outfits. Check out the black vinyl suit. Or the two evening dresses by Paco Rabanne: the psychedelic shift and that mirrorball-esque silver dress with matching earrings. My favourites from the film though are the swimsuits Audrey wears in the beach and pool scenes (love that pastel one) and the simple jeans and sweater sets she wears in the falling in love scenes. A pair of high-waisted jeans with a sweater and slip-on shoes never goes out of style for weekend wear. <br />
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Check out the trailer for the film here. Audrey was 38 when it was made and was as beautiful and stylish as ever.
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<br />The recent Met Gala celebrated the opening of a new fashion exhibition at the Museum of Metropolitan Art in New York called <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/impossibleconversations" target="_blank">Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations</a> about the similarities and synchronicity in the work of Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada. Modern technology means that while all the way over in the Southern Hemisphere I can't get an invitation to the party, I can at least watch the entire red-carpet arrivals live. And it was interesting to hear how many of the celebs in attendance didn't know that much about Schiaparelli, which isn't surprising really. Her fashion house closed in the 1950s so the name doesn't have modern currency like, say, Christian Dior and she hasn't had multiple films adaptations made about her life like Gabrielle Chanel. The reality is, though, that Elsa Schiaparelli was even more of a rule-breaking trend-setter than her contemporary Chanel.<br />
Sure, she is best known for her daring use of prints and her collaborations with surrealist artists like Man Ray, Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dali, but did you know that she was also responsible for inventing skorts, culottes, graphic print knitwear, coloured zippers, shocking pink, wraparound dresses, wacky buttons and matching jackets and gowns for evening wear? She also experimented heavily with fabric AND treated her designs as an art form, not just a function. Like a pre-war version of Lee McQueen is it any wonder Chanel called Schiaparelli 'that Italian artist who makes clothes.'<br />
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Elsa Schiaparelli also led a fascinating life. Born into a wealthy and distinguished Italian family she very quickly rejected the life of luxury and ease on offer to her, seeking out a more creative and real life in New York and then Paris, where she befriended great artists, started her innovative design house and even got her foot in the door in Hollywood designing costumes for a number of films. The bottle for Schiaparelli's perfume 'Shocking' (a great name for a scent) was modelled on the figure of Mae West.<br />
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I only found out the other day that Schiaparelli was also the grandmother of beautiful 60's and 70's top model Marisa Berenson (who is still beautiful and chic and often seen at the fashion shows in Paris and Milan) and the fashion photographer Berry Berenson who sadly passed away in the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. What a talented family. <br />
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The April issue of <a href="http://www.vogue.co.uk/" target="_blank">Vogue UK</a> has a fabulous story on fashion taste makers - you know, the non-celebrity types who fashion bloggers are enamoured with, snapping away at for street style blogs - and amongst the many fabulous ladies featured (hooray for colour) is Russian designer <a href="http://ulyanasergeenko.com/" target="_blank">Ulyana Sergeenko</a>. Her style is a little bit 1940s, a little bit House of Romanov, and I love it.
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Her eponymous label is gorgeous too. All sweeping skirts, cinched waists and luxurious fabrics. Here are some examples from her latest look book. <br />
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And Ulyana on the street looking pretty as a peach. She really is the best advertisement for her own clothes.
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Next year I'm going to Mexico for the first time and so my eyes were drawn to these summery campaign images for <a href="http://www.pauleka.com/" target="_blank">Paule Ka</a>. Photographed by Venetia Scott, Jessica Stam models outfits that wouldn't look out of place on Megan Draper circa Mad Men series 5 (have you been watching?). And sure, maybe these photos were taken in Acapulco and maybe I'm visiting the East Coast rather than the West Coast, but I can dream, can't I? And in my dreams I'll be carrying a bamboo and leather purse and shading my eyes behind big red sunglasses.Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-71050119046256240972012-04-05T22:24:00.005+10:002012-04-05T22:53:18.529+10:00A little blog holiday ...<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGyTeOqR5Q0fDzkdTY8ccxeR_b1ykhV4q1n5N57Z3EERhdaPgGizDniMVvrDrRUB9oxZdXrnFaAAA2JviJp6IjRHiIEoELVr4QaHLfTmE32jFiBKwTzOtOAhzMcIk4yT9BiGeZYv3ftSw/s1600/claudette+colbert+clark+gable.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 313px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727891696251212034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGyTeOqR5Q0fDzkdTY8ccxeR_b1ykhV4q1n5N57Z3EERhdaPgGizDniMVvrDrRUB9oxZdXrnFaAAA2JviJp6IjRHiIEoELVr4QaHLfTmE32jFiBKwTzOtOAhzMcIk4yT9BiGeZYv3ftSw/s400/claudette+colbert+clark+gable.jpg" /></a>It has been four years since I started my little blog Digs Frocks and Books and in that time I've never gone more than about a fortnight without posting. Along the way I've learned a whole lot about fashion history - designers, fabrics, styles, photographers, models - and I've connected with fashion lovers (and book lovers) all over the world. </div><div>In the interests, however, of pursuing other projects and finding more time (life is so full these days: work, freelance work, reading, friends, husband, family, exercise, house work [yuk!] my lonely unfinished novel) I've decided to take a break from the blog for a month. This is a trial separation only and all the content will remain online. After the break I will most likely be back but if I decide to make the break more permanent it will be because my creative energies will be busy elsewhere. Truly it will be the blogging community I'll miss the most.</div><div>Meanwhile happy (Easter) holidays. I'm heading up the coast to spend the Easter weekend with my parents. Vogue tells me I should be wearing belted cardigans over long dresses for autumn and it seems Claudette Colbert agrees. Come to think of it her look from <em>It Happened One Night </em>has never really gone out of style, right? </div>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-64360522888773896632012-04-02T21:41:00.007+10:002012-04-02T22:12:31.209+10:00Marilyn Does Vintage<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2Vt6tgIq8wJjJnfyzAx0haS22w3i-vhFBj9NB9KKL-rVFQdsvHl7gdBpji7B78x4gQKQilySizwHAJu9ovcr2n4gfHjmq40OCYL4HQA9x2rwIuTSMP2Q8N1mAFNfqXcKCx8MCxlQaiw/s1600/marilyn+as+clara+bow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726767694521941474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2Vt6tgIq8wJjJnfyzAx0haS22w3i-vhFBj9NB9KKL-rVFQdsvHl7gdBpji7B78x4gQKQilySizwHAJu9ovcr2n4gfHjmq40OCYL4HQA9x2rwIuTSMP2Q8N1mAFNfqXcKCx8MCxlQaiw/s400/marilyn+as+clara+bow.jpg" /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigS3SC7-eEuVRujeuLN9AnGnkpendj6CleIHaC9cFZyJKDj4Hw05kZx9jWK4YxYgVVk6mQz_zfZjW28sYroMPz-z6EACAkxaEALGfZs-nBuGeaYJK5Mgb7zQZpRI6qDz8GsI1v-xOeyow/s1600/marilyn+as+jean+harlow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 294px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726767685194826866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigS3SC7-eEuVRujeuLN9AnGnkpendj6CleIHaC9cFZyJKDj4Hw05kZx9jWK4YxYgVVk6mQz_zfZjW28sYroMPz-z6EACAkxaEALGfZs-nBuGeaYJK5Mgb7zQZpRI6qDz8GsI1v-xOeyow/s400/marilyn+as+jean+harlow.jpg" /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYmT78fSZtwade_v-prUU9n3PtoZF6NVEwjoAVEQ_a6XGTGkrUIVSq83Xi-beZI5PE2aUpHoJjDEsy6tELd25DufR4oEstBoBnuzu6fRSPr05_YZmPunJP31XLtUR3_6z6hAd8F8wOzdk/s1600/marilyn+as+lillian.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 329px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726767677816344770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYmT78fSZtwade_v-prUU9n3PtoZF6NVEwjoAVEQ_a6XGTGkrUIVSq83Xi-beZI5PE2aUpHoJjDEsy6tELd25DufR4oEstBoBnuzu6fRSPr05_YZmPunJP31XLtUR3_6z6hAd8F8wOzdk/s400/marilyn+as+lillian.jpg" /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqol7c157Eoad2nugKbifu1ESajS7ZhxA4wmb3b2IGQI7W3VCXd4zX6bmHAaiS-7xhYS8W37M8YnBVAo4Re9IhOHQlIYOiKeeENM4lQB-4Vc4rR_Qghanrc14hCU8xVYuWPLbBN-fMRA/s1600/marilyn+as+marlene+dietrich.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 286px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726767671308403538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfqol7c157Eoad2nugKbifu1ESajS7ZhxA4wmb3b2IGQI7W3VCXd4zX6bmHAaiS-7xhYS8W37M8YnBVAo4Re9IhOHQlIYOiKeeENM4lQB-4Vc4rR_Qghanrc14hCU8xVYuWPLbBN-fMRA/s400/marilyn+as+marlene+dietrich.jpg" /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyiMRTbnbSEkyxIBu7mEIQoeB9prjTNQp0lAxJ2Qd3dp09FX5eANTjFaz2qcFrGwJT1eJcdkrA01Np8VDz1Fl7n0Vhy7F45RIhrTaz2VYEvOTY_Cywmhc1VwYH0PwAbWCVBQJkCwT_xk/s1600/marilyn+as+theda.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 305px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726767665468891058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyiMRTbnbSEkyxIBu7mEIQoeB9prjTNQp0lAxJ2Qd3dp09FX5eANTjFaz2qcFrGwJT1eJcdkrA01Np8VDz1Fl7n0Vhy7F45RIhrTaz2VYEvOTY_Cywmhc1VwYH0PwAbWCVBQJkCwT_xk/s400/marilyn+as+theda.jpg" /></a>I know I've written a lot about Marilyn lately but that's because, since my husband bought me a copy of the fabulous photographic book <em>Metamorphosis Marilyn Monroe </em>for Christmas, I've been a little obsessed. I was so dazzled by the photographs in the book that I was prompted to read Joyce Carol Oates novel <em>Blonde </em>which had been sitting on my bookshelf for about a decade. I've got no idea why I didn't read it earlier - especially as I've been a fan of Marilyn's films since childhood - but perhaps it had something to do with page length (considerable) and false impressions. One can never really know what celebrities are truly like unless you spend significant time with them (I've met enough of them in my time to know) but overall the impression I've had over the last few years - contrary to the 'difficult' persona cultivated by the gossip press while Marilyn was alive - is of someone damaged but also very likeable<em>. Blonde </em>is a novel - it is not a biography - but it draws on Marilyn's life heavily and is a powerful story of celebrity, beauty, sexuality and womanhood.</div><div> </div><div>Anyway, back to the pretty pictures ...</div><div> </div><div>It was only on receiving <em>Metamorphosis </em>that I discovered this amazing set of photographs Marilyn sat for with Richard Avedon for the December 22 1958 edition of <em>Life</em> magazine. Labelled the 'siren' series of photos, in them Marilyn poses as greats from Hollywood's past: Clara Bow, Jean Harlow, Lillian Russell, Marlene Dietrich and Theda Bara. </div><div> </div><div>A letter from Marilyn's publicist Joe Wolhandler in January 1959 (courtesy of the book<em> MM Personal) </em>says the 'issue of Life magazine that carried your picture set an all-time record in sales. More copies were sold of that issue than any other issue in the history of Life. The figure was 6,300,000 and more could have been sold if they had printed more. Life's circulation department tells me that this is the highest circulation figure in their entire publishing career.'</div><div> </div><div>In the latter part of her career Marilyn was very much in control of her own image. These pictures are testament to Avedon's talent and Marilyn's smarts. And they go to prove that retro has always been in vogue for portrait and fashion photography. Even in the 1950s they glamorised the flapper age. </div><div><br /> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKAOgVPYhAkCcBLRGAcQe_E3F6YnDYEUccytDYXwBjzk3DroErRGcfJ8xlAxHkC_PV5gCiEQkVn-UJB26Ikaz17m4fZetiS68_bbJ4dpJTYsPZKWBLzbEMvS4md1ikngVSnIRXe59yMU/s1600/metamorphosis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726769369638362098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKKAOgVPYhAkCcBLRGAcQe_E3F6YnDYEUccytDYXwBjzk3DroErRGcfJ8xlAxHkC_PV5gCiEQkVn-UJB26Ikaz17m4fZetiS68_bbJ4dpJTYsPZKWBLzbEMvS4md1ikngVSnIRXe59yMU/s400/metamorphosis.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK798g_buCzz7Bq-xnC4rxtP-YINetWg95dO3xJ136NsdygAcqJ8dNjanraGw1zFJTbtYvIDUfT2M3Ai0GSF6MQ4iq1rDKRpOCHFfWmZYCTFcoQQUiC_204v1M23OsRZltzQ_OujBdsI0/s1600/Blonde.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 265px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726769367513955218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK798g_buCzz7Bq-xnC4rxtP-YINetWg95dO3xJ136NsdygAcqJ8dNjanraGw1zFJTbtYvIDUfT2M3Ai0GSF6MQ4iq1rDKRpOCHFfWmZYCTFcoQQUiC_204v1M23OsRZltzQ_OujBdsI0/s400/Blonde.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUtRgRIqnvq6lZk0eSqpjT-FVNpwIap_0Ugo_BD4WWNhOP4efnKVvfK0bET2E0flO3_f6c_2cphxuHgWfxYXO3xJAuOq-lEAlCxxrLOfET6XvFwnlj6bqnH8aDefSDbNohRZnN-Zts90/s1600/MMPersonal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 283px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726769360531778914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPUtRgRIqnvq6lZk0eSqpjT-FVNpwIap_0Ugo_BD4WWNhOP4efnKVvfK0bET2E0flO3_f6c_2cphxuHgWfxYXO3xJAuOq-lEAlCxxrLOfET6XvFwnlj6bqnH8aDefSDbNohRZnN-Zts90/s400/MMPersonal.jpg" /></a>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-67335177248667908502012-03-30T22:27:00.003+11:002012-03-30T22:30:02.497+11:00Pretty for the weekend<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JpYqgMttqSJNwNAAHhT3xcAbImCbvtC32cpEyD-JfgECPnqAadfieMUC6Qg99v8l0n6HZNO7VroKyiOj1WSwQS491yzA-a_hs7ctKn6nfoUzrCNRmyYPcJy6nleXKwfx51h6CrkWNKM/s1600/marieclairechina.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725650468695156130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JpYqgMttqSJNwNAAHhT3xcAbImCbvtC32cpEyD-JfgECPnqAadfieMUC6Qg99v8l0n6HZNO7VroKyiOj1WSwQS491yzA-a_hs7ctKn6nfoUzrCNRmyYPcJy6nleXKwfx51h6CrkWNKM/s400/marieclairechina.jpg" /></a>Photographer Amber Grey for Marie Claire China, the styling is uniquely modern but the composition recalls fashion photos from the 50s and 60s. Can anyone tell me who the designer is of those lovely floral frocks? Dolce & Gabbana maybe?Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-74118021589946253612012-03-25T21:16:00.005+11:002012-03-25T21:42:01.564+11:00New Purchase: Red Rose Dress<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-zPvZcf35BEh8PrHFxaNeOi1AEF4bk5AxH-RAQeeO6cJWRyiQ-L9u5THrQVH9VLg48F_CoLsN0uToxh0r9Y3dMWx1Ngm7QHNtek82hTM_VXuv5t1-LLeqTuFr80wZFxQREraC6_dC5WE/s1600/IMG_0049.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723777304957531042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-zPvZcf35BEh8PrHFxaNeOi1AEF4bk5AxH-RAQeeO6cJWRyiQ-L9u5THrQVH9VLg48F_CoLsN0uToxh0r9Y3dMWx1Ngm7QHNtek82hTM_VXuv5t1-LLeqTuFr80wZFxQREraC6_dC5WE/s400/IMG_0049.JPG" /></a>The Love Vintage Fair - at it's new location inside the Hordern Pavilion in Moore Park, Sydney - was on this weekend and I popped along for a sticky beak on opening night. In the process I picked up this lovely white cotton frock with a rose print (see close up) + pretty bows at the sleeve. Thanks Classic and Chic. I might just wear it to yet another wedding this weekend. Tis the season after all.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNwOzWNgGOpKrCj7tCREf1MxA3B2ZX5PpBKvifbYbYN6kZaebEht0FEEnXNKoUtusxeOZNN3b3lBvWMcvL9m9O1zjKMzgsLDl6QEmHUPIZeHXWpmBuApnC-NUYmcBHKSLuFFnDJ7POYw/s1600/IMG_0051.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 299px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5723777300820537410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNwOzWNgGOpKrCj7tCREf1MxA3B2ZX5PpBKvifbYbYN6kZaebEht0FEEnXNKoUtusxeOZNN3b3lBvWMcvL9m9O1zjKMzgsLDl6QEmHUPIZeHXWpmBuApnC-NUYmcBHKSLuFFnDJ7POYw/s400/IMG_0051.JPG" /></a></div>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-87574406431249543952012-03-18T13:50:00.007+11:002012-03-18T14:41:16.483+11:00Grace Kelly Style Exhibition<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYf9-sWCM1gYk4q5Kv0gaPHCK2sDBD-fs9pHv-XlOsuCKQs_KACFPAuuDrVoCG0UlsvzwXYpnRubxuPKPMbpnsNimcLj6cKFgkrKkVBnrFtPMo7QsP1aLCuVESrve92v3olVmEaYfOhCw/s1600/grace+kelly+oscars+dress.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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width: 400px; height: 344px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721064997411123794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisWxSw63OARk00XzszufyNZ1f1Y0BxsKej5CtkUx-II9SRzT8LAx2RPXSsHLpzNms9Z21LxUnsd00MLH53TNiyH34e7HUugqbMaCoCRLYciB0-HscoF7He2ayFu-TmmcTn5VEY2Ziqu2E/s400/grace+kelly+madame+gres.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwJLhaTkg_jOsHtClixc5NLitHWgGOyXzMfG5hIMKKThtPUCvisTfBojdI0_d_yB-EluTw_kj5KRetiHX7cRel4AsgWrWBoik_3W82EaddApWo0_jsuMFl_zNwIH0N1LaT69U0xDzXM0/s1600/grace+kelly+marc+bohan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 333px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721064994196302770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWwJLhaTkg_jOsHtClixc5NLitHWgGOyXzMfG5hIMKKThtPUCvisTfBojdI0_d_yB-EluTw_kj5KRetiHX7cRel4AsgWrWBoik_3W82EaddApWo0_jsuMFl_zNwIH0N1LaT69U0xDzXM0/s400/grace+kelly+marc+bohan.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kfJU93Wbgqe1ouPlJWksat8Mq9J-pMS2lbHGBQPQjcdQYHlZzh5yOS-knMhRQ0x-bsrnyU-YTgBMSr3CHrdOHCKxGV9TV51cmgMfYTefRKiGk0FBKqYdEF86_E5FydQmw3GuI-0ZMUM/s1600/grace-kelly-1974-with-family.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 259px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721064988568739010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3kfJU93Wbgqe1ouPlJWksat8Mq9J-pMS2lbHGBQPQjcdQYHlZzh5yOS-knMhRQ0x-bsrnyU-YTgBMSr3CHrdOHCKxGV9TV51cmgMfYTefRKiGk0FBKqYdEF86_E5FydQmw3GuI-0ZMUM/s400/grace-kelly-1974-with-family.jpg" /></a>Last weekend the husband and I drove all the way down to Lorne on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria for my cousin's wedding. On the way back we were lucky enough to make it to the opening day of the Grace Kelly Style Exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery, only hours behind Princess Charlene.<br />Whether or not you like Grace Kelly as an actress, or you care for royalty or not, you can't deny that Kelly influenced 20th Century Style. When your very name becomes an adjective for a certain type of simple and relaxed glamour - if you hear someone say that a look is very 'Grace Kelly' you immediately know what they are they are talking about - you probably do deserve an exhibition all of your own.<br />Courtesy of the V&A in London the Bendigo Art Gallery is currently displaying four rooms full of Grace's clothes, hats, gloves, handbags (hello the Hermes Kelly bag) as well as tonnes of photographs and clips from her films. A movie star for a short time before quitting the business, Grace made only eleven feature films in her career but was at the height of her Oscar winning popularity when she met and married Prince Rainier, regent of the tiny municipality of Monaco. The year that <em>High Society</em> was released and she wed her Prince in the 'Wedding of the Century' saw her celebrity reach its peak. Every element of her wedding trousseau was pored over, and many of those dresses and suits are on display in Bendigo, as well as costumes from <em>Rear Window</em> (Edith Head), <em>The Swan</em> (Helen Rose) and <em>High Society</em> (also Helen Rose). There is a replica of Grace's famous wedding dress (perhaps only rivalled by Princess Diana's wedding dress for icon status) - the most expensive dress ever designed by Hollywood costumier Helen Rose - as well as many stunning couture gowns Grace wore once she became a Princess. These had me mesmerised: there is Madame Gres (such as the green suit above), Balenciaga, Givenchy and tonnes of Dior and Marc Bohan. Marc Bohan was a huge favourite of hers; the silver dress in the state photograph above is a Bohan and is on display at the exhibition.<br /><br />After finishing up at the Art Gallery we took a stroll around the sites of Bendigo, checking out the impressive architecture of the gold rush town. Here's me on top of the town's water tower.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfgq8v8cY9HR78BbBLbBz7oClWOJhue82jCfNk57_MBeHDfqziK5zQmn2FyWUMv1tb1V-R648eWogviwDUl2tNqPMGTqhFRV27Rsq2jHYbZ37XFuvWvn596XzzMmW2WKpCev-V5v0qHI/s1600/P3111838.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721066358142941474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfgq8v8cY9HR78BbBLbBz7oClWOJhue82jCfNk57_MBeHDfqziK5zQmn2FyWUMv1tb1V-R648eWogviwDUl2tNqPMGTqhFRV27Rsq2jHYbZ37XFuvWvn596XzzMmW2WKpCev-V5v0qHI/s400/P3111838.JPG" /></a>And it was a little chilly for me in Lorne (although not so much for the New Zealanders who made up the bulk of the guests and bridal party) so for the wedding day I chose a dress I'd worn before, to the lovely Pia Andersen's 30th Birthday Party. In this case I paired it with my new Chloe suede pumps that remind me of Neapolitan ice cream and a sweet lime green 1960s purse picked up at the Vintage Fashion Emporium.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLIcbG8fp9gVlikgWA11X7Il4LZml-KzJTeAh1AAXUlt1b5qiEJEUt0oYJanoXqUMvsbmaRb_N-zKDvRpDIqyAIdjf1sUF23hs1ZqTcitggBVycb-DiDkkxHBzyMjPdd-vmfki1WLZ5U/s1600/P3101803.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721066348532503586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLIcbG8fp9gVlikgWA11X7Il4LZml-KzJTeAh1AAXUlt1b5qiEJEUt0oYJanoXqUMvsbmaRb_N-zKDvRpDIqyAIdjf1sUF23hs1ZqTcitggBVycb-DiDkkxHBzyMjPdd-vmfki1WLZ5U/s400/P3101803.JPG" /></a>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-6520702254241557342012-03-14T21:27:00.003+11:002012-03-14T21:35:41.439+11:00Inspirational Dresses<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFWkj4IkzPNI1YJhobpzRJXScA2e6lRIdewjPT5aT1dWnZtqUKiGRls0IZ5N2I88t8T0c71JZq0p1isRJK4n-gb1pE_sZ149KW-zZiOuL7WbNgEdp7eWnSZxgAxnJcuOWKMqefwRnY-s/s1600/valentino+fall+2012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719697972888591090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyFWkj4IkzPNI1YJhobpzRJXScA2e6lRIdewjPT5aT1dWnZtqUKiGRls0IZ5N2I88t8T0c71JZq0p1isRJK4n-gb1pE_sZ149KW-zZiOuL7WbNgEdp7eWnSZxgAxnJcuOWKMqefwRnY-s/s400/valentino+fall+2012.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjf_uYQxHwTBTbcZ5S4nQm2Dodr0XgFCIqhrDUktCp9B2TvKBj2nQqogkKs0tq4Km_KZeOEReIJB2ezp0bFzt5LqgxuTxyY2lqVmkJ_n8bFzlyZsH9EvoHTC2PWXuM31YUDd2AXp06I10/s1600/valentino+fall+2012+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719697969615175666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjf_uYQxHwTBTbcZ5S4nQm2Dodr0XgFCIqhrDUktCp9B2TvKBj2nQqogkKs0tq4Km_KZeOEReIJB2ezp0bFzt5LqgxuTxyY2lqVmkJ_n8bFzlyZsH9EvoHTC2PWXuM31YUDd2AXp06I10/s400/valentino+fall+2012+3.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-d3u8IivocIoLplqphMPlr1_0q3_OtkKiHVh-eGmBF3qTqrDCV7hmMrIdh7iQzJqf9jdZnWElJI4uzW39FJWWCd4FQ53CISiJLX6XEYIPsW1REpHv51ZuJBlXv81ScOUR1IM1nJ3jYk/s1600/valentino+fall+2012+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 267px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5719697962552628274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-d3u8IivocIoLplqphMPlr1_0q3_OtkKiHVh-eGmBF3qTqrDCV7hmMrIdh7iQzJqf9jdZnWElJI4uzW39FJWWCd4FQ53CISiJLX6XEYIPsW1REpHv51ZuJBlXv81ScOUR1IM1nJ3jYk/s400/valentino+fall+2012+2.jpg" /></a>I've been loving what Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli have been creating for Valentino since taking over the reigns of the prestigious house and this Fall's collection hasn't changed my opinion. Sometimes impractical but always beautiful their eye for detail is admirable. Just look at that embroidery on the the final dress I've posted here.<br />Sure it's not Valentino Garavani - the looks lack his grown-up glamour - but these pretty dresses certainly won't have Valentino turning pale.<br />In fact, considering his hue, that may well be nigh on impossible.Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-28879294388035305152012-03-01T21:25:00.003+11:002012-03-01T21:47:39.994+11:00Smashing, positively dashing ...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZAObW_GqICztZpC_JytwuHwaGptE0GJDOrc5k7wOHxEZf-a3rOoEe_8-u6wpTfi_-vztubm0dbPaqJqq47l088DN0ywgrLoypSwTeuJjKTtCnXuvaTR4Vjzirnj9kdWs0mEj41fgrK0/s1600/Audrey+1+%25282%2529.jpg"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 277px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714873629051401954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZAObW_GqICztZpC_JytwuHwaGptE0GJDOrc5k7wOHxEZf-a3rOoEe_8-u6wpTfi_-vztubm0dbPaqJqq47l088DN0ywgrLoypSwTeuJjKTtCnXuvaTR4Vjzirnj9kdWs0mEj41fgrK0/s400/Audrey+1+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTsYgMFKEn0dbMyuwwPWoj_FAGptK8mRsrhe8Nb_8mzlaZfJD0_JFCSgQn2vnbaDxoGcR6w8M7kvR68sSy8a_0qFt32QXg-UWutP3zrIT16ivjzSkg7_F1hnO2i24-JteSmUO6Uc5q2k/s1600/Audrey+2+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 273px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714873619299495554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFTsYgMFKEn0dbMyuwwPWoj_FAGptK8mRsrhe8Nb_8mzlaZfJD0_JFCSgQn2vnbaDxoGcR6w8M7kvR68sSy8a_0qFt32QXg-UWutP3zrIT16ivjzSkg7_F1hnO2i24-JteSmUO6Uc5q2k/s400/Audrey+2+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCZcjy0R3YEL6SG7mwbSAHqUOXNh0i2NsGzmDKB0-5Iwi0nEWthVjp2Ylu1RaC00kAWxCtO9_znG7aPC-OGmj9AJGe2t8J8BCpRTzoM1Bme_PGKg3nh1DPVC027QnDvS3MtzMlkEofsI/s1600/Audrey+3+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 256px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714873614930101986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJCZcjy0R3YEL6SG7mwbSAHqUOXNh0i2NsGzmDKB0-5Iwi0nEWthVjp2Ylu1RaC00kAWxCtO9_znG7aPC-OGmj9AJGe2t8J8BCpRTzoM1Bme_PGKg3nh1DPVC027QnDvS3MtzMlkEofsI/s400/Audrey+3+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPANb1-IijbSrPSjyiH4ZclWeNLF8aR7j6u3wGdn3q0ZOAwD-iamTXT2qmZnzgaz5JWFyXqqbfu5eiS-hzYeHQ-walEq39h_5JhIxNUV5hM_GB8WDW07OCz7qnkST4ikeCACT1Kv0gMR0/s1600/Audrey+4+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 284px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714873613029970162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPANb1-IijbSrPSjyiH4ZclWeNLF8aR7j6u3wGdn3q0ZOAwD-iamTXT2qmZnzgaz5JWFyXqqbfu5eiS-hzYeHQ-walEq39h_5JhIxNUV5hM_GB8WDW07OCz7qnkST4ikeCACT1Kv0gMR0/s400/Audrey+4+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5uQ817v_yL1e1JuUTd09_jQJNw7eAF6mVcXfnP12Qzhyb1QStjGkrq1yK8IYCK0Wz4eGiPYqdoeL2o8lXToIj_BD0ZxHBIgsa5upUZ_6ZTs3lLuGWWqMpsQhjfSZbp42joLNsrQN83Y/s1600/Audrey+5+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 282px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714873605982390722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5uQ817v_yL1e1JuUTd09_jQJNw7eAF6mVcXfnP12Qzhyb1QStjGkrq1yK8IYCK0Wz4eGiPYqdoeL2o8lXToIj_BD0ZxHBIgsa5upUZ_6ZTs3lLuGWWqMpsQhjfSZbp42joLNsrQN83Y/s400/Audrey+5+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a>Famed photographer, diarist and costumier Cecil Beaton had already been lauded for his costumes for the London and New York theatrical productions of <em>My Fair Lady</em> (starring Julie Andrews) when he was commissioned to create costumes for the film version. From the December 1963 issue of US <em>Vogue</em> comes this gorgeous preview of those very costumes, photographed by Cecil himself and starring the new Eliza Doolittle, fashion plate Audrey Hepburn. Says Vogue ...<br /><br /><em>the delicious dilemma we have here is simply this: When Audrey Hepburn, on the brink of the plummiest part of the decade, cast those great enrapturing eyes on the clothes Cecil Beaton designed for everyone else in the cast, she suddenly knew that 'Liza is one of those heroines with almost Nothing to Wear ... Shaw invented her long before he wrote Pygmalion, as a "rapscalliony flower girl in an apron and three orange and red ostrich feathers." Tatters and violets, that's what Eliza starts with. But Audrey Hepburn, before taking to those real garn rags, had one glorious whirl with the gilded-lily dazzle clothes designed for the swells and chiquerinos of the Acscot Chorus and Convent Garden.</em><p>The final result, of course, was an Oscar winning bounty of timeless beauty. And thankfully for us Audrey so loved that frilled dress with the organdie boa in the final image that Cecil created one for Eliza in mauve that she wore in the scene in Mrs Higgins' garden. Set in 1914, <em>My Fair Lady </em>covers the same period (and merges the same crowds) as <em>Downton Abbey.</em></p><p>Don't you just love the shades of black, white and grey in the famous Ascot scene from the film? And the hats, oh my, the hats. <em>Vogue</em> says that with his hats Cecil Beaton 'blows life into the statue.' </p><br /><object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/q5Sq1Pax7h8?version=3&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed height="315" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/q5Sq1Pax7h8?version=3&hl=en_US" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-42434178899116432962012-02-26T20:18:00.005+11:002012-02-26T20:32:04.989+11:00Arthur Elgort<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFcm7Lk0PF8gZWik2BN9nFo3GquX1AOHhGlMxo4AhLseZa2rNbXBGdOhdQR12EIfuu9hP5-1OZIuu21LD4JOOm85GCXlyMebJv4qOVjnE9wRkkgWsJiWSB3sm5I0AcRfiDD4tGiZMv6w/s1600/arthur+elgort+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 270px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713372914940581506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFcm7Lk0PF8gZWik2BN9nFo3GquX1AOHhGlMxo4AhLseZa2rNbXBGdOhdQR12EIfuu9hP5-1OZIuu21LD4JOOm85GCXlyMebJv4qOVjnE9wRkkgWsJiWSB3sm5I0AcRfiDD4tGiZMv6w/s400/arthur+elgort+1.jpg" /></a>Lots of pretty pictures to begin the week, all courtesy of famed photographer Arthur <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Elgort</span>, who is credited with bringing in the 'snapshot' style of high fashion photography in the 70s. He was most active in the 70s, 80s and early 90s and has shot all the top models and still works for Vogue and others today.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMe7nVyin-AlQygGr65rEdaS901OxBf0CrkmGHCNqIJGaUlFL8wup46bhrGKfbXo9RYgTDUWyN62E70sK07JWVYUJM5QGJJ-e7ebXXWosfuctLBw0-qrncyho8xhwCsV2sbjkCwShFME/s1600/arthur+elgort+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 280px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713372910219391394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMe7nVyin-AlQygGr65rEdaS901OxBf0CrkmGHCNqIJGaUlFL8wup46bhrGKfbXo9RYgTDUWyN62E70sK07JWVYUJM5QGJJ-e7ebXXWosfuctLBw0-qrncyho8xhwCsV2sbjkCwShFME/s400/arthur+elgort+2.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge-MM_DpcXdskWwZkMy60mNCHizLYYoRAxRHGwYe-svZ8xFSlAAi1g6CEzsXDQIMbeFHKFh0x80yN66YH0u6wga9PnvxpyDhUccGfohN9i4oHQfMgqfOA-HLv7_9qFHFe-bbl_3YNDauY/s1600/arthur+elgort+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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width: 270px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713371782798283314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0sXsz0S6uBpY-HmaHG5T_vG-Rp9Im8vTVonXA_s6Uv910DwkySW86iDqDhevHdHkEXVSXF176_RHIsgKG8K37rAVSpFkB5G9b3YxRk8maHBNOh-HgOZr4nUHlwpBa9o1aICVn6Fs_QSY/s400/arthur+elgort+11.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-jhtcwu74xcFrVWFIj2F7gfvAVqPku3WLsdvTI_DDPCfaGen31wNfF70MpHNu5T4Gs7WqOmkBDvCl478qLHlz-kd53dp0iTGFnx0vQMyew3fIR39YHfLFaPhjXSsfVJopWlqjCLBmEM/s1600/arthur+elgort+12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; height: 302px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713371777184824786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-jhtcwu74xcFrVWFIj2F7gfvAVqPku3WLsdvTI_DDPCfaGen31wNfF70MpHNu5T4Gs7WqOmkBDvCl478qLHlz-kd53dp0iTGFnx0vQMyew3fIR39YHfLFaPhjXSsfVJopWlqjCLBmEM/s400/arthur+elgort+12.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIADo2lig2vfBiBEgpFg42_OrdG_e4K86Jo4XV6eBS_id1VAQajCa9Gl28RtBibOgXpDiKQi5RWD9N_fSyPcu_XcKXM8Mb3buINHaDurHceOAnAgdGe-fJ829TAK_YHsJWNJYUuo5s34/s1600/arthur+elgort+13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 399px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713371774202218690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIADo2lig2vfBiBEgpFg42_OrdG_e4K86Jo4XV6eBS_id1VAQajCa9Gl28RtBibOgXpDiKQi5RWD9N_fSyPcu_XcKXM8Mb3buINHaDurHceOAnAgdGe-fJ829TAK_YHsJWNJYUuo5s34/s400/arthur+elgort+13.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4-RKJpU8XquJp8LlbVbupQBG1luO8mRI1Fj6xgGFYgBSW3XcCjgdKjy9_0LxniYEChqGzMfWZ74sNiSstmG4vVcBjE_A3ZDrzIZtJPG3JRse8wOsKM0j9CIzTLK-SgcAIBWwwhoF3Ow/s1600/arthur+elgort+14.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 293px; height: 400px; text-align: center; display: block; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713371770807991170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4-RKJpU8XquJp8LlbVbupQBG1luO8mRI1Fj6xgGFYgBSW3XcCjgdKjy9_0LxniYEChqGzMfWZ74sNiSstmG4vVcBjE_A3ZDrzIZtJPG3JRse8wOsKM0j9CIzTLK-SgcAIBWwwhoF3Ow/s400/arthur+elgort+14.jpg" /></a><div> </div></div>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-31860443513056040432012-02-20T21:47:00.002+11:002012-02-20T21:53:44.545+11:00Brand New Vintage Fun<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPxotw2r3WZbYApzoT9m9eGJjhBEzLajxRk_WWkypl-GdTfUKEQHxCnFU9umxOmp68lF8WwcPoR45f4UmNXfwAYJcOcpAPD1_ULmONGLu2eYvbn9UwHrEAXroGPvpHS2mGj4BHXb733k/s1600/high_tea_flyers_REEDIT.jpg.scaled.500.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 189px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711167989362058802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitPxotw2r3WZbYApzoT9m9eGJjhBEzLajxRk_WWkypl-GdTfUKEQHxCnFU9umxOmp68lF8WwcPoR45f4UmNXfwAYJcOcpAPD1_ULmONGLu2eYvbn9UwHrEAXroGPvpHS2mGj4BHXb733k/s400/high_tea_flyers_REEDIT.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" /></a> Only a couple of weeks now until the Vintage Fashion Emporium (downstairs at the Sydney Antiques Centre) launches their brand new monthly Vintage Bazaar. Held on the first Saturday of every month there will be seventeen stalls of vintage goodness - eleven permanent and six visitors - plus yummy high tea, live vintage flavoured music AND a styling service for those looking for something in particular or planning an event. Or perhaps a whole new wardrobe? It goes without saying that I'm looking forward to it. <br /><div></div>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-226481446090283552012-02-18T21:21:00.006+11:002012-02-18T21:54:07.622+11:00Marilyn Monroe<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIGEBOZOzP1gTYsf_8PGJRnU3zlayUwNoT8hkgDpBW1lxkdH_0sXBuJ1OaAZjyiz-ifqlj8rYARFBTSJCTGGarXK9tMNLBugx12eTGeNudXsfRks5MaK32raka2HhqLuww08__10lgbo/s1600/marilyn196210.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 369px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710420560748648322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOIGEBOZOzP1gTYsf_8PGJRnU3zlayUwNoT8hkgDpBW1lxkdH_0sXBuJ1OaAZjyiz-ifqlj8rYARFBTSJCTGGarXK9tMNLBugx12eTGeNudXsfRks5MaK32raka2HhqLuww08__10lgbo/s400/marilyn196210.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7w5l7lfXiZrrFoAc8zCBxrMoPDlFlS2SSvr37lJkdagSliDoTERH6UIZ_e0w-XtpLTnOHDggVwLfaaKpqEKqnENm8pwNfs7nJS8jkhGdtbQP6j7A5XuIPeKhRRKrWxyTiXOpe3UMcq08/s1600/marilyn1962.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710420068744914162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7w5l7lfXiZrrFoAc8zCBxrMoPDlFlS2SSvr37lJkdagSliDoTERH6UIZ_e0w-XtpLTnOHDggVwLfaaKpqEKqnENm8pwNfs7nJS8jkhGdtbQP6j7A5XuIPeKhRRKrWxyTiXOpe3UMcq08/s400/marilyn1962.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtG4XprED__lztlsipmAwfiXl6LGY6NHcEH_ptc3x5_6NPi75pJIalFmsy2GGLwXejLLTDyofW4J0HFwaFUrHq-kS3BEXRDROWu_NHKWdYgVJ6cIfor5dwLy9yqhLf49jfyFyWgHw1-Q/s1600/marilyn19625.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 387px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710419599491905730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtG4XprED__lztlsipmAwfiXl6LGY6NHcEH_ptc3x5_6NPi75pJIalFmsy2GGLwXejLLTDyofW4J0HFwaFUrHq-kS3BEXRDROWu_NHKWdYgVJ6cIfor5dwLy9yqhLf49jfyFyWgHw1-Q/s400/marilyn19625.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Qjn_xlS5DHs-U3x1dZXXBFUIjpjvrbUAaqNHuV7S3PisxCv8APuRLBvV-tRtN2ZueQrPjRdEFNPr4WQPvfi19Au9-UIAYgt2uDg0w3agfVF89qVxo843OCpuAcq92wyAj0hd1w2gaXQ/s1600/marilyn19626.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710419583566226034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Qjn_xlS5DHs-U3x1dZXXBFUIjpjvrbUAaqNHuV7S3PisxCv8APuRLBvV-tRtN2ZueQrPjRdEFNPr4WQPvfi19Au9-UIAYgt2uDg0w3agfVF89qVxo843OCpuAcq92wyAj0hd1w2gaXQ/s400/marilyn19626.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOrNuMzfIy7_2q7bc9CuFtrd9jrr42y6w2HCoA8x1o1t6pKn4i88hAcoLczDZ8cNlRUUP1dsdXckSHbAC2mg2yC4NDT5ncdvKWKwLyH3SUhyphenhyphenD6UIDmOflZZ5HCfuiLMu4_JEjlPkysB8/s1600/marilyn19627.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 391px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710419578821819058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOrNuMzfIy7_2q7bc9CuFtrd9jrr42y6w2HCoA8x1o1t6pKn4i88hAcoLczDZ8cNlRUUP1dsdXckSHbAC2mg2yC4NDT5ncdvKWKwLyH3SUhyphenhyphenD6UIDmOflZZ5HCfuiLMu4_JEjlPkysB8/s400/marilyn19627.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwu6vyw4p1FwG8rnwSGMVtRadqAT64NZiWxJ72HV4XJJPTKNPBtPHYIWy2MyZQP2Nfscd4gCB2iAGJdrCaBdcup4yHom3duP04fOW8glyi6BcerYltDNS4TUSCjoKoZ98KdVKYKFOB8U/s1600/marilyn19628.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 394px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710419570137239842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMwu6vyw4p1FwG8rnwSGMVtRadqAT64NZiWxJ72HV4XJJPTKNPBtPHYIWy2MyZQP2Nfscd4gCB2iAGJdrCaBdcup4yHom3duP04fOW8glyi6BcerYltDNS4TUSCjoKoZ98KdVKYKFOB8U/s400/marilyn19628.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2rydHKUsGrP8eUv-HdSNm48hMv46Y_IxkULWOKFGPOgS3B-G_KgFaXpWoT6PTlvIK_ccrpacpjN_PWZtDSdoB_zt48UDVTzWWM-LqH6nN6-tlPzDz6EDMBlhCu0zjuaRgjb9UlvYBVw/s1600/marilyn19629.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 260px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710419573882861778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2rydHKUsGrP8eUv-HdSNm48hMv46Y_IxkULWOKFGPOgS3B-G_KgFaXpWoT6PTlvIK_ccrpacpjN_PWZtDSdoB_zt48UDVTzWWM-LqH6nN6-tlPzDz6EDMBlhCu0zjuaRgjb9UlvYBVw/s400/marilyn19629.jpg" /></a> Further to my last post here is a selection of favourite shots of Marilyn taken in 1962. She was slim, luminous and chic in that last year of her life (let's not debate here what her actual state-of-mind may have been). 1962 was the year that she was hired, fired and then hired again on the film <em>Somethings Got to Give </em>(images 1 & 7) and that she left New York and memories of Arthur Miller behind to buy her own house in Brentwood, LA. That year she sang happy birthday for the US President, vowed to push Elizabeth Taylor from the cover of all the tabloids, posed for Bert Stern for the famous last sitting (image 6) and began working on an autobiography with photographer George Barris (images 2, 3, 4 & 5)<br />Last night I went out with a few girlfriends to see<em> My Week With Marilyn</em> and I thought Michelle Williams was amazingly good. I haven't seen Meryl in <em>The Iron Lady </em>yet, but surely her performance is deserved of an Oscar? Just like Marilyn, I couldn't take my eyes off her.Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-34587426340299236012012-02-12T22:34:00.006+11:002012-02-13T20:33:46.146+11:00Norma Jeane<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIiTsE778BA-WjYa4NkKOmgMbw-2ofRTxtufAc2Qj5DTwXUAlpuLLkzHe2J3m0w1VcEeRrApfREuhpQ6QJP9ChGAFqrtld8t21RWu5GrqBYkak1aN4rXA2umA3gpFyLJ6cpTfy-relu54/s1600/vintage+marilyn+4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708548906256115554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIiTsE778BA-WjYa4NkKOmgMbw-2ofRTxtufAc2Qj5DTwXUAlpuLLkzHe2J3m0w1VcEeRrApfREuhpQ6QJP9ChGAFqrtld8t21RWu5GrqBYkak1aN4rXA2umA3gpFyLJ6cpTfy-relu54/s400/vintage+marilyn+4.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSiOnBfOr_VY4HxT8Kri_9n2NWEYhavhtEsN2ErgMaB6lfyuv2BBNnvWVsqgVU61SmXkcrbPW-3p_SHmKkBUqacbZgZiBMW99NTshllVJrXSzwGGQzFcWrdzxyCy_VczCxBvjsM5eNAv8/s1600/vintage+marilyn+2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 314px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708547421951651874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSiOnBfOr_VY4HxT8Kri_9n2NWEYhavhtEsN2ErgMaB6lfyuv2BBNnvWVsqgVU61SmXkcrbPW-3p_SHmKkBUqacbZgZiBMW99NTshllVJrXSzwGGQzFcWrdzxyCy_VczCxBvjsM5eNAv8/s400/vintage+marilyn+2.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3sq3S8R1EWz75P81Q_c0exbjqcHmzNZ20l3av_dg43O6tqf2N_qr67WxAhR7iExgb_8-_f_cQxM75VLFzywqOzYIwKD4W9bV1MwVZFMatKrQUgVaYOBl317sujap5mYoYZQdjfz7S4M/s1600/vintage+marilyn+3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708547421654831058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3sq3S8R1EWz75P81Q_c0exbjqcHmzNZ20l3av_dg43O6tqf2N_qr67WxAhR7iExgb_8-_f_cQxM75VLFzywqOzYIwKD4W9bV1MwVZFMatKrQUgVaYOBl317sujap5mYoYZQdjfz7S4M/s400/vintage+marilyn+3.jpg" /></a> Some Norma Jeane modelling shots to start the week. I love the colour intensity of these 1940s Kodachrome photographs. Marilyn's look evolved through the decades - 40s, 50s and 60s - so that her beauty always remained in style. I love the girl-next-door prettiness of her 1940s dark blond phase, but I do believe Marilyn was at the height of her beauty in the last year of her life.<br />Who was your favourite Norma/Marilyn?<br /><br /><div></div>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-36359074032412084562012-02-05T21:38:00.003+11:002012-02-05T21:51:55.084+11:00Family Photo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVWlWgnAomyEAhJ9R-NF0YiArX658caAIw0F7Mj0Fr68mVgaznQgcvwmrJeVrKHiTZrQriyM4SKa0YuKMAGo_5Ib3wBkAx1eJbptQ73TNBjEvEJhiDCeC1wbI9Qo4mnsuuttVU6NTIUU/s1600/Nanny+sewing+school.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 305px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705600032437151458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVWlWgnAomyEAhJ9R-NF0YiArX658caAIw0F7Mj0Fr68mVgaznQgcvwmrJeVrKHiTZrQriyM4SKa0YuKMAGo_5Ib3wBkAx1eJbptQ73TNBjEvEJhiDCeC1wbI9Qo4mnsuuttVU6NTIUU/s400/Nanny+sewing+school.jpg" /></a> My mother found this fascinating photograph amongst my grandmother's things the other day (my grandmother - always called nanny by my brother and I - sadly passed away three weeks ago). The photograph is actually a mock wedding snapshot, an exercise to show off what my nanny and others had created in sewing school. My nanny is the 'bridesmaid' on the right and the photo was taken when she was about 15 years old, so probably in 1940. Aren't the dresses spectacular? My nanny went on to design and sew her own wedding dress six years later, as well as all her bridesmaids gowns. She was a prodigious seamstress; I have one skirt in my wardrobe that she made for my mother in the 1980s that I always get compliments on when I wear it.<br />My nanny was always impeccably dressed and had a real love for fashion. It's a passion that has definitely been inherited.Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-12123105534165554152012-01-28T20:47:00.002+11:002012-01-28T20:57:53.455+11:00What I Wore: Rainbow Dress<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid29XAOZFtCL7qu2Imo1dajTjIq062EHJR2ebtQ2DIfEhk4jEVNv6tOsFVsXiUMd3G7I9jISpDnpnukNqMaR1HmcMmIcnz5UEegJC16ej9r76V1VL1eCtwi5lOstgbE4fAj1bkazxCrqw/s1600/Australia+Day+front.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702618002872403186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid29XAOZFtCL7qu2Imo1dajTjIq062EHJR2ebtQ2DIfEhk4jEVNv6tOsFVsXiUMd3G7I9jISpDnpnukNqMaR1HmcMmIcnz5UEegJC16ej9r76V1VL1eCtwi5lOstgbE4fAj1bkazxCrqw/s400/Australia+Day+front.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRTLWjNJdGE7ZoOO3O-jNDkNcm9OWkflAUpNFFWckjCBmEWZgJtXDQAMjlzprUy-Sw5y5ImpQ-5YRUrFK-mwFirSIY8s5uLNT__b6GbVCtW3xD-GrfD38Z72y_jCL8ghVhoSiXfIUr4k/s1600/Australia+Day+back+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702618001408989778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRTLWjNJdGE7ZoOO3O-jNDkNcm9OWkflAUpNFFWckjCBmEWZgJtXDQAMjlzprUy-Sw5y5ImpQ-5YRUrFK-mwFirSIY8s5uLNT__b6GbVCtW3xD-GrfD38Z72y_jCL8ghVhoSiXfIUr4k/s400/Australia+Day+back+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a> I've been a pretty pastel loving girl all my life but over the last couple of months I've become increasingly drawn to bright primary colours particularly reds, oranges, yellows and greens. This dress, however, has been in my wardrobe for a few years. A 1970s tennis style frock, the husband calls this my rainbow dress, and I decided to give it a spin again this Australia Day. The shoes are from <a href="http://www.zomp.com.au/">Zomp</a>.<br /><br />Even when the sky is overcast, I can still feel summery in a bright burst of colour.Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-33302641491319714572012-01-21T16:26:00.008+11:002012-01-21T18:50:23.706+11:00Swimwear, 1963<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIVyLNCNAElOrjb4cPGHaqVN-IdYz7136rjSkxFpWl_Eca_w9xy_szYWDz-yD0vqM-WLkyUTaBUhdGj2OfzWi_x4u5ra_FHGvN6Ln0mu-xAewXaTzuU05NFK1KXuZeIndgXgOV2GF2GA/s1600/bandeau+1+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 277px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699982557545729906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHIVyLNCNAElOrjb4cPGHaqVN-IdYz7136rjSkxFpWl_Eca_w9xy_szYWDz-yD0vqM-WLkyUTaBUhdGj2OfzWi_x4u5ra_FHGvN6Ln0mu-xAewXaTzuU05NFK1KXuZeIndgXgOV2GF2GA/s400/bandeau+1+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbF5tHu97jpCj-74BMC8BLglVU5_7nEKHVjLR1OYfAOReuG6FRWR4uC__UlLWBKjZdNG_JuHidSVPZS_0iNdvMY8LNco1f151SB8KYJirXJfNiXdM1gsnRKjRGgJsQQGrdBVIsRWox4g/s1600/bandeau+2+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 226px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699982553106480354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipbF5tHu97jpCj-74BMC8BLglVU5_7nEKHVjLR1OYfAOReuG6FRWR4uC__UlLWBKjZdNG_JuHidSVPZS_0iNdvMY8LNco1f151SB8KYJirXJfNiXdM1gsnRKjRGgJsQQGrdBVIsRWox4g/s400/bandeau+2+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3yE5XWoH1arkSrAfvGbd08Csh4DklLOlhsfJNpLunwY6XmkrrCygCbc1yM6Gv63tyN2zrQZYhlaHYwGplSap9WBzqyc5mSqhnWAnUHk-8SWSNQiOCKH-RwZZRnkWCId6n3gLJricIAk/s1600/bandeau+3+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 274px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699982534820814434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3yE5XWoH1arkSrAfvGbd08Csh4DklLOlhsfJNpLunwY6XmkrrCygCbc1yM6Gv63tyN2zrQZYhlaHYwGplSap9WBzqyc5mSqhnWAnUHk-8SWSNQiOCKH-RwZZRnkWCId6n3gLJricIAk/s400/bandeau+3+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4I1TgQHPToqwKy0-VQV0XZqW2uXhZ2F2XiOsz2CyuJQ5Qg8pVNoXyyEZl1zY9_ZXn5auwoqYD13vtNNzOsjCBHS-KE7byg6_01pMWTX2Ivj0ubNfeItPwVM41GRdJdQbpz2MOg1L0iw/s1600/bandeau+4+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 278px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699982529311558242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja4I1TgQHPToqwKy0-VQV0XZqW2uXhZ2F2XiOsz2CyuJQ5Qg8pVNoXyyEZl1zY9_ZXn5auwoqYD13vtNNzOsjCBHS-KE7byg6_01pMWTX2Ivj0ubNfeItPwVM41GRdJdQbpz2MOg1L0iw/s400/bandeau+4+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_Qtsd-weJM42bhLRH35K3LT0pTA1DfmjzS-ZIV2kD-mAK5CDhbF1bGuMW2t4Zso3C3UHKZ1adXWz0o6JZH2RJz9ICexTWvG6zLnFD_KJhgbfYw9vjwtfb3byrCasSz_FbH3PxBnnghE/s1600/bandeau+5+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 275px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699982525028404930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_Qtsd-weJM42bhLRH35K3LT0pTA1DfmjzS-ZIV2kD-mAK5CDhbF1bGuMW2t4Zso3C3UHKZ1adXWz0o6JZH2RJz9ICexTWvG6zLnFD_KJhgbfYw9vjwtfb3byrCasSz_FbH3PxBnnghE/s400/bandeau+5+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a> These sultry images are from a swimwear shoot for the December 1963 issue of US Vogue photographed by well-known NY based music photographer Art Kane. The theme is the bandeau swimsuit, very much back in vogue again now, although perhaps it never really went away. After all there's nothing quite like a strapless swimsuit to create a nice even tan.<br /><em>Starting this minute down south, coming north with a splash this summer: the bandeau bathing suit, slashed straight across the top, showing marvellous shoulders, cut shifty or bare through the middle. </em><br />The bikini featured in the last photograph (bright green according to <em>Vogue</em>) looks very similar to my own bright pink bikini, care of <a href="http://zimmermannwear.com/">Zimmermann</a>. Here is a pic of me wearing it on my most recent trip to Mission Beach in Far North QLD two weeks ago. The husband and I spent a lot of time exploring the area and we found a few gorgeous swimming holes at the foot of the mountains with the clearest freshwater imaginable. The other photo is of me wearing my favourite new vintage shorts care of <a href="http://www.grandmatakesatrip.com.au/home.php">Grandma Takes a Trip</a>. The top is from <a href="http://thevintagedrawer.com.au/">The Vintage Drawer</a>, the sunglasses are a second-hand market find and the handbag is Marc by Marc Jacobs.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwJNYeDtGLZhIj6OgTYn_cRGzn9YvcqU-2PavXqEGWdI5x99oDp7qpTD6E1cPB4IUwci26EMshQZy6yOuOkmqSzSEjsD4n5bvJX8f5CAmw49OxW4bNUmcPX8WxBeojqPx-ZLVI6Z8Cuk/s1600/P1091382.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699961352913653314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwwJNYeDtGLZhIj6OgTYn_cRGzn9YvcqU-2PavXqEGWdI5x99oDp7qpTD6E1cPB4IUwci26EMshQZy6yOuOkmqSzSEjsD4n5bvJX8f5CAmw49OxW4bNUmcPX8WxBeojqPx-ZLVI6Z8Cuk/s400/P1091382.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknpKMdkQS5kfXNFhKhsbyRPE9fsocg7UBW-8XlPWav_oUlfnO6uH7CZHnO7Bjw_zUfIDYmWz3ttOiIkzmqTN_oH-vQ6xSNHGe9DPeoYrNLuLP8VMW-Baiw2ryyDc8X47uHd2yfH0Pqnc/s1600/P1091377.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699961347323858242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhknpKMdkQS5kfXNFhKhsbyRPE9fsocg7UBW-8XlPWav_oUlfnO6uH7CZHnO7Bjw_zUfIDYmWz3ttOiIkzmqTN_oH-vQ6xSNHGe9DPeoYrNLuLP8VMW-Baiw2ryyDc8X47uHd2yfH0Pqnc/s400/P1091377.JPG" /></a>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-64201647714981860012012-01-16T21:08:00.003+11:002012-01-16T21:28:45.296+11:00Promo Trail!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipndxOOhB_lZ_AqsSDijTj2w8qKrGcu0Jgt0Gau8GhSoMe36zRSt3XYyfdTseSaRESLTHHoXCezMIgrWh3nJ3v_ZOMmQmYzlsEh0B6-vNTwUOFQ1YTYTvb0LS_VfvxUT7-A8TllbzQiZ8/s1600/Michelle-Williams-Wearing-Jason-Wu-Award-Season-Lunch.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698171517647188386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipndxOOhB_lZ_AqsSDijTj2w8qKrGcu0Jgt0Gau8GhSoMe36zRSt3XYyfdTseSaRESLTHHoXCezMIgrWh3nJ3v_ZOMmQmYzlsEh0B6-vNTwUOFQ1YTYTvb0LS_VfvxUT7-A8TllbzQiZ8/s400/Michelle-Williams-Wearing-Jason-Wu-Award-Season-Lunch.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuix3TlBMO8-Pzcpb3_DDAExD1GJd-NR8JsUw8QMkZdYTXnGkjvFYaXgI-6eKjQaJqVVkHFn2_b8T6l7WaT8z1-81t3XCZpbP7w12matej4GSvh_VrdtxiHrPwF8MwfFPXgsX56EU1sw/s1600/michelle+williams+chanel.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 247px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698171511274640898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuix3TlBMO8-Pzcpb3_DDAExD1GJd-NR8JsUw8QMkZdYTXnGkjvFYaXgI-6eKjQaJqVVkHFn2_b8T6l7WaT8z1-81t3XCZpbP7w12matej4GSvh_VrdtxiHrPwF8MwfFPXgsX56EU1sw/s400/michelle+williams+chanel.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXG_BiXQsLjgsa5RYXTPz8ZdcrsvMvgZi7hE-ekF4sBb26DfVlxNLWgk-eedZI6frC5hYRuRi2JWVAaLvWTEpNIOY3pl7Q6NXkhpUsFpTlrcAL4PL4GksQvgxcCVtVKtASPnrtE5e6OM/s1600/michelle+williams+miu+miu.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698171507978649202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRXG_BiXQsLjgsa5RYXTPz8ZdcrsvMvgZi7hE-ekF4sBb26DfVlxNLWgk-eedZI6frC5hYRuRi2JWVAaLvWTEpNIOY3pl7Q6NXkhpUsFpTlrcAL4PL4GksQvgxcCVtVKtASPnrtE5e6OM/s400/michelle+williams+miu+miu.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTPz_RiWvMZpLvbHVH6J0T7qfIXAB5Ykysee9XK_3bf-8bApW-HgD68JPzHiRmTO9oAlPMqKcO15f0wy0zKmerWN_FS0xcQ5vlE75SpXFvtxX0n4HE0iaRoTi_6OU-I6Sd2VVQnRpMLI/s1600/michelle-williams-in-jason-wu-2012-golden-globes_002.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698171503618011714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrTPz_RiWvMZpLvbHVH6J0T7qfIXAB5Ykysee9XK_3bf-8bApW-HgD68JPzHiRmTO9oAlPMqKcO15f0wy0zKmerWN_FS0xcQ5vlE75SpXFvtxX0n4HE0iaRoTi_6OU-I6Sd2VVQnRpMLI/s400/michelle-williams-in-jason-wu-2012-golden-globes_002.png" /></a> Michelle Williams - who just won a Golden Globe for her performance in <em>My Week with Marilyn </em>- has been hitting the campaign trail with aplomb. Pulling out elegant look after look, here she is in Jason Wu, Chanel, Miu Miu and then Jason Wu again. Some people find her style a bit too cutesy or whimsical, but I love the fact that she has a style 'persona' but it still happy to experiment too. And I LOVE her hair.<br />I read the books that the film are based on during a plane trip the other day. The first book <em>The Prince, The Showgirl and Me </em>was a fun and gossipy read about life on a film set in the 1950s. It appealed to the old movie buff in me. <em>My Week with Marilyn </em>(the author's supposed 'lost week' where he had an almost affair with Marilyn Monroe) was only so so, but I could see the filmic potential in it. I'm looking forward to finally seeing the finished product.<br /><br />And what of the rest of the Golden Globes? I love to look at pretty dresses any day, any time, but these big events of late tend to be a bit ho hum. It's not very often that you see a truly dramatic dress. So, for me, my pick from this year is Evan Rachel Woods in Gucci Premiere. Not necessarily something I would wear but ERW looks smashing in it. And what's not to love about a plunging neckline, sequins <em>and</em> feathers, all in the same dress.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUCsRo5BuXMIZZHTfWVNmD3kkR17BKp7RsVJF2U5E8Q4x8ovBSpyFyw9T7k1xUsa-3uPEE9g9r5mqfx9-iKEBrna83Ch8YEY5NCzqd4n2qVhXaYePvSrnbwMFZMM9UxXuDotM6W2wOJ8/s1600/evan.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 252px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5698171497568683378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBUCsRo5BuXMIZZHTfWVNmD3kkR17BKp7RsVJF2U5E8Q4x8ovBSpyFyw9T7k1xUsa-3uPEE9g9r5mqfx9-iKEBrna83Ch8YEY5NCzqd4n2qVhXaYePvSrnbwMFZMM9UxXuDotM6W2wOJ8/s400/evan.jpg" /></a> <br /><div></div>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-23031487456256843292012-01-02T20:36:00.005+11:002012-01-02T21:02:12.712+11:00Norman Parkinson in India<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iyNyXqkxXLfo6ciQyT-5NEKoRkIlMj_nmOqzBAoaILSUrbzcsag9sV2PIccVLk29iNICtdLO-kXyO8vCXu-ySM60mLpJETk-X2WgCOBo7At-jZn7PcXXAjbqFNwBt5h6uEjpTX1St3I/s1600/Norman+Parkinson+India+8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 317px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692968215637363906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iyNyXqkxXLfo6ciQyT-5NEKoRkIlMj_nmOqzBAoaILSUrbzcsag9sV2PIccVLk29iNICtdLO-kXyO8vCXu-ySM60mLpJETk-X2WgCOBo7At-jZn7PcXXAjbqFNwBt5h6uEjpTX1St3I/s400/Norman+Parkinson+India+8.jpg" /></a>The January issue of British <em>Vogue</em> includes a feature that trawls through the <em>Vogue</em> archives for images from exotic locales. 'The fashionable life, lived at home and abroad, was vital to<em> Vogue's </em>early success.' There's Morocco in the 1920s, Hawaii in the 1930s, Kenya in the 1960s and Jerry Hall in the USSR while the cold war was still raging. My favourite images though are the ones taken by Norman Parkinson in 1956. The model is Barbara Mullens, the clothes are elegance manifest and the locations would give anyone itchy feet. I LOVE that yellow Dior gown.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfHO9eNm5eutVxw4NiLFb4G2BODrG2af57BnpVFqOqzyJ9K6p1Q1VD4esFDSABrUzCaCT6yXJHdK1Q7afh4tD3T-bohKy73mUooRCULJN5hMbtHUCS5kyZoFgPYIEHgb68gPV-NTAwik/s1600/Norman+Parkinson+India+7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 399px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692968215493061234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfHO9eNm5eutVxw4NiLFb4G2BODrG2af57BnpVFqOqzyJ9K6p1Q1VD4esFDSABrUzCaCT6yXJHdK1Q7afh4tD3T-bohKy73mUooRCULJN5hMbtHUCS5kyZoFgPYIEHgb68gPV-NTAwik/s400/Norman+Parkinson+India+7.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQPPKPuAwDqhHFrVpKtks45H-mokEzYrWKy9LRzj8_Ut8U0SZBNuUz_FigtMUu-WC4NpNR5SoaXEzIUMIWOhbpwkiXNOhkoyMki6JnqIn96USnGvWspsavgXs2V1RN8KxWnDvxcDaOkA/s1600/Norman+Parkinson+India+6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 315px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692967363213250210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF04SgeqyQfe_hVwvDLWlJgbaEHq2pG27polPgRNmDNTSI8GBNeaQ-IwoU1xc_sXlx9nWSUYbSyi8h7npM5SqiKW8NubnbPZ1CnZwOGyVCpP1EkaLHR5y5xvW9dZBzfGCmOX5C9_kkYgY/s400/Norman+Parkinson+India+2.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5M9ZmAccGh5XxT7e2NQ67GC4lt2X-CgQYw3CaPeQ4-U9t3eGB7y0n3SqRJyKIrfn19MALJBTxFiQE_fw047iN5A45-mX5OatF2w9aYVI0q1IP-OB6a0E7OFBnNDX6P-sgKF2VDaMcQdc/s1600/Norman+Parkinson+India+1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 396px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692967363467554674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5M9ZmAccGh5XxT7e2NQ67GC4lt2X-CgQYw3CaPeQ4-U9t3eGB7y0n3SqRJyKIrfn19MALJBTxFiQE_fw047iN5A45-mX5OatF2w9aYVI0q1IP-OB6a0E7OFBnNDX6P-sgKF2VDaMcQdc/s400/Norman+Parkinson+India+1.jpg" /></a> <br /><div></div>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-51158669193294395182011-12-29T15:26:00.004+11:002011-12-29T15:35:24.423+11:00Shangri Las<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89SPp9FEwhKQO8nE4t6A6-rcuGJplLnaWPC8b_kn_7g24A0v8zeFP3CPfMyFtShtqInH1nfzu-xQdM4cJfWRlArybc_hsx4BVWGymuoXPhzgm5u-YhZZOlos-2zrUXSt0YO1wNkw6DM0/s1600/shangri_las_remember.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 378px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691402302241388354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89SPp9FEwhKQO8nE4t6A6-rcuGJplLnaWPC8b_kn_7g24A0v8zeFP3CPfMyFtShtqInH1nfzu-xQdM4cJfWRlArybc_hsx4BVWGymuoXPhzgm5u-YhZZOlos-2zrUXSt0YO1wNkw6DM0/s400/shangri_las_remember.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-UCoQwOM0V3B33W9EOH1UE0r9-cHUDUpkevzXAuG6CsFwTv8hEw1aXGpOD0j7Axji1QElBlUC5x5nZ_n1tjWIi23noS8ywk2QKJ-CWhVXhV8MD-wInnXdKiWI4QOzqWIfKH9GdI5CMs/s1600/shangri+las+gif.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 247px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 315px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691402301943684210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-UCoQwOM0V3B33W9EOH1UE0r9-cHUDUpkevzXAuG6CsFwTv8hEw1aXGpOD0j7Axji1QElBlUC5x5nZ_n1tjWIi23noS8ywk2QKJ-CWhVXhV8MD-wInnXdKiWI4QOzqWIfKH9GdI5CMs/s400/shangri+las+gif.gif" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ceEXhyWXrXREnScxafmJWSlUhnwsDWLqrPq4W_2M1p0wpPN8W9a3QddfIkVhRV_WfvUtUsTpV-9HGZ5-ZuoaNWedn1bC60EiXRDKK2Ay1zx6-8JZF5LeR8UIAVP-ytwfPY612OZuNe0/s1600/Shangri+Las.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691402297448235330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ceEXhyWXrXREnScxafmJWSlUhnwsDWLqrPq4W_2M1p0wpPN8W9a3QddfIkVhRV_WfvUtUsTpV-9HGZ5-ZuoaNWedn1bC60EiXRDKK2Ay1zx6-8JZF5LeR8UIAVP-ytwfPY612OZuNe0/s400/Shangri+Las.jpg" /></a> I've recently discovered 1960s 'tough' girl group the Shangri Las, best known probably for the single 'Leader of the Pack'. Not only did lead singer Mary Weiss (she's the blonde one) have a lovely voice (the band were actually a quartet rather than a trio, but Mary's sister Betty rarely toured with the rest of the group and so doesn't appear in many photos) but their songs express so brilliantly adolescent longing and angst, all from a decidedly female perspective. Oh, and the girls had great style too. Youthful, cutesy but a big rough around the edges too.<br /><br />Here's them performing one of my favourites: 'Out in the Streets.'<br /><br /><object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZK1-u0yHNSU?version=3&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZK1-u0yHNSU?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><br /><div></div>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-32554331442745085942011-12-23T22:28:00.007+11:002011-12-24T22:38:14.245+11:002011 Book Love<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjKR4G7djdXqHYQTGNE88YvmvRToFpSPVZ0CdDZlOSh43-dDq6k1_zqKWWXS01AKPWzF13T6ai38hEe7pPOAKuKjx4ntRNAuco7K-WbdUYEZHOneo41K39GX2j86h7Yxx52CGfNR6zjk/s1600/your+voice+in+my+head.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 325px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689285060325094626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjKR4G7djdXqHYQTGNE88YvmvRToFpSPVZ0CdDZlOSh43-dDq6k1_zqKWWXS01AKPWzF13T6ai38hEe7pPOAKuKjx4ntRNAuco7K-WbdUYEZHOneo41K39GX2j86h7Yxx52CGfNR6zjk/s400/your+voice+in+my+head.jpg" /></a> Over the last couple of days, while I've been assessing my year, I've also been assessing my <em>reading</em> year. Books are such an important part of my life - not only do I work in them but I also consume them rabidly - that it would be a sad twelve months indeed if I didn't come across a number of works that had touched me, and at least a couple of books to add to my all time favourites list.<br />I remember saying to someone at the beginning of this year that I'm not a big memoir person. Too self-indulgent perhaps, or too limited. But as I reflect on my reading year I realise that I've actually read some bloody brilliant memoirs this year. In fact over the years I've read some seriously great memoirs which I would unreservedly recommend to any other readers<em>: The Year of Magical Thinking</em> (Joan Didion), <em>Truth & Beauty</em> (Ann Patchett), <em>Lucky</em> (Alice Sebold), <em>The View from Castle Rock</em> (Alice Munro - part memoir, part history, part fiction)<em> </em>and<em> Borrowed Finery</em> (Paula Fox).<br />I guess that, because I find novels so expansive and so representative (and because of that so TRUE), they are the books that overwhelmingly make up my top 10, 20 or 50 books of all time. Having said that though, when I look back at 2011 I would be hard pressed not to include these three beautiful memoirs in my ten favourites of this year.<em><br /></em><em><br /></em><em></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVEGKBaulk01LRnyUaSyNiC9HdSFeIqmSTkXyw8Hq8EanMe4MpEYZrDWZV2NB8iejjaUbx9_mH36XNsV6y9sXb7hZUASbRoVt7yQMNabTXeN__yFHs4WPnyembF7bSF3qUlgwfgvnZ0Q/s1600/Why+Be+Happy.jpg"><em><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689285054061612178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVEGKBaulk01LRnyUaSyNiC9HdSFeIqmSTkXyw8Hq8EanMe4MpEYZrDWZV2NB8iejjaUbx9_mH36XNsV6y9sXb7hZUASbRoVt7yQMNabTXeN__yFHs4WPnyembF7bSF3qUlgwfgvnZ0Q/s400/Why+Be+Happy.jpg" /></em></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEV4i86MfPnsPJo_Jlo5EPEW3RRybrGYIpREiMKNx8VwhgngrUUpsmqHBdzi8RCEtUX4CBNfXIf81CshtjrDfVNN1XagxPYRtjMJmDViMAyKOviPvw4EP6XiYvDHSSfXxuuW9oFMB9DE/s1600/Sic.jpg"><em><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 193px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 310px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689285056827164706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEV4i86MfPnsPJo_Jlo5EPEW3RRybrGYIpREiMKNx8VwhgngrUUpsmqHBdzi8RCEtUX4CBNfXIf81CshtjrDfVNN1XagxPYRtjMJmDViMAyKOviPvw4EP6XiYvDHSSfXxuuW9oFMB9DE/s400/Sic.jpg" /></em></a>Emma Forrest's memoir <em>Your Voice in My Head </em>focuses, essentially, on the author's relationship with her therapist. Suffering from depressive episodes throughout her young life (and she is still young) this therapist had seemed to be the only person who had really made a dent in Forrest's sadness. But then he died.<br /><em>Your Voice in My Head </em>is really Forrest's way of writing out her grief and her feelings are so raw and honest and beautifully drawn you can't fail but be moved. There is also a lot in this book about family and familial legacy as well as romantic love (and lust). Oh, and an awful lot about self esteem. There is much in here that any woman who has had her heartbroken could relate to. And haven't we all at one time or another?<br />Jeanette Winterson is a tremendously talented writer. Her way with prose is sigh inducing, in a majorly good way. There are passages in <em>Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? </em>that had me wishing I had a pencil with me so I could do some serious underlining. If you've read Winterson's debut novel <em>Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit</em> then her memoir will definitely intrigue. The first half is basically the true story from which that novel was drawn; the story of a working-class childhood of a bookish little girl adopted by a fiercely religious (and completely mad) woman. If it's possible, the real version of Winterson's mother is even madder than the fictional one. The second half of the novel is Winterson's very affecting story of her search for her birth mother. And finally Joshua Cody, a young 'un on the literary scene - he claims this will be his one and only book - has written a story about mortality and a brush with death. An intellect and musician living the life in New York, in his 30s Cody was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.<br /><br />This book is such a pastiche; it includes musings on poetry and art interspersed with diary entries from himself and his mother during his stay in hospital, as well as deeply personal remembrances of his father, existential crises, sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll and lots, lots more. The prose style is actually quite pretentious but I kind of loved it. I found it deeply original and honest in its affectation, if that makes sense. I felt, when I read it, that this was REALLY HOW THIS GUY WAS. He was someone I would want to sit down and have a meal with. I actually really hope he writes some more.<br /><br />And what of fiction, you may say? Well my runner up for my Book of the Year (only including novels I've actually read, mind you) is Malcolm Knox's<em> The Life</em>, an unfortunately little read story about an Australian surf champion from the 60s and 70s battling mental illness. Simply brilliant. And my number one is most definitely Jennifer Egan's Pulitzer Prize winning<em> A Visit From the Goon Squad</em>. What I wouldn't give to write like her.Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8614277190737403648.post-37548044763664533442011-12-17T21:24:00.006+11:002011-12-17T21:51:54.766+11:00Some new pretty for the weekend ...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9yUAzbonxTGp1NDulenRwrT2VFznKL3wNEzFvansTrQ5R3mLy5r_OgCp1LaCEHeLPtfu3Z42mq0FtB1_jHarO56J-milXmzb18CF9M5ZKunPg820j5I3TWSyEhmL4WGwG3Zjx3z1CKA/s1600/Carey-Mulligan-W-January-2012.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 297px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687045447102182338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9yUAzbonxTGp1NDulenRwrT2VFznKL3wNEzFvansTrQ5R3mLy5r_OgCp1LaCEHeLPtfu3Z42mq0FtB1_jHarO56J-milXmzb18CF9M5ZKunPg820j5I3TWSyEhmL4WGwG3Zjx3z1CKA/s400/Carey-Mulligan-W-January-2012.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNP-2JIO9Hvh5Afcy_Pc9NeGB5K38WaG10qiC57983zirvobBAkeUkwzf0OkaEJDQttZyAZMCxUmVut8Vw-3pNkO0U6bnj2pNcg7P_TJeH5i13D4rDEwm7ROkPR8Pi9Sjof-_f-t4cH4/s1600/cess-carey-mulligan-shame-cover-story-05-v.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 289px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687045891441878370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNP-2JIO9Hvh5Afcy_Pc9NeGB5K38WaG10qiC57983zirvobBAkeUkwzf0OkaEJDQttZyAZMCxUmVut8Vw-3pNkO0U6bnj2pNcg7P_TJeH5i13D4rDEwm7ROkPR8Pi9Sjof-_f-t4cH4/s400/cess-carey-mulligan-shame-cover-story-05-v.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTupLOmyHqSC-HHSJuKhKiO8hAD4OEBAsOVzmRCC_eOxXf-qUmuIFYRk2NktaBrh_s7kGJvxV8avXqrFlK4m66RL7GTYKg0k82Rh5VBmFU9XZohFHTg1gWYtt6NJDIGN1OvktBOgwEtAE/s1600/cess-carey-mulligan-shame-cover-story-01-v.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 289px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687042456459875170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTupLOmyHqSC-HHSJuKhKiO8hAD4OEBAsOVzmRCC_eOxXf-qUmuIFYRk2NktaBrh_s7kGJvxV8avXqrFlK4m66RL7GTYKg0k82Rh5VBmFU9XZohFHTg1gWYtt6NJDIGN1OvktBOgwEtAE/s400/cess-carey-mulligan-shame-cover-story-01-v.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguipguhTfn5yJiRE58opfY9TIobARHJpIb1d5jaIaYG1PcIfJd4P9I8DKhqSX3Nhy3AHzloVhhNBOKgMNWGbxXo47QUfgW02R0TXDeDWpV6bhy9EvqnuQ5gY50w8Tl_vCkYYzNlOkC9l8/s1600/cess-carey-mulligan-shame-cover-story-02-h.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687042439227954434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguipguhTfn5yJiRE58opfY9TIobARHJpIb1d5jaIaYG1PcIfJd4P9I8DKhqSX3Nhy3AHzloVhhNBOKgMNWGbxXo47QUfgW02R0TXDeDWpV6bhy9EvqnuQ5gY50w8Tl_vCkYYzNlOkC9l8/s400/cess-carey-mulligan-shame-cover-story-02-h.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iVWa3IfaIHuiCVna_ER7VK_xup4v7d4u-Wf0oxGeH1MBQGMkx1I8qoXfaNgJX3e9y-FAhz5dVRXkqlgsh2pGZ6OhvQx0YoR-kiB7_R1pwuR3gmhO_d63xDgndz5M_XH95M-ihoP2kTM/s1600/cess-carey-mulligan-shame-cover-story-03-v.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 289px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687042435368054130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iVWa3IfaIHuiCVna_ER7VK_xup4v7d4u-Wf0oxGeH1MBQGMkx1I8qoXfaNgJX3e9y-FAhz5dVRXkqlgsh2pGZ6OhvQx0YoR-kiB7_R1pwuR3gmhO_d63xDgndz5M_XH95M-ihoP2kTM/s400/cess-carey-mulligan-shame-cover-story-03-v.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWermZVYSvI6dJHSyMmzLBzi0PxIJTHDjIF3Ky7dFnlAe_VxjESyTTOwaP32uEdLurAClv3D_Y-C8PsVWmAHmJuiFkMMRa3B82msg5lKqzV2dJ9FVyq9XxO9g-bLTyYRu8yj_eFf3vDk/s1600/cess-carey-mulligan-shame-cover-story-04-v.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 289px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687042420267465890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWermZVYSvI6dJHSyMmzLBzi0PxIJTHDjIF3Ky7dFnlAe_VxjESyTTOwaP32uEdLurAClv3D_Y-C8PsVWmAHmJuiFkMMRa3B82msg5lKqzV2dJ9FVyq9XxO9g-bLTyYRu8yj_eFf3vDk/s400/cess-carey-mulligan-shame-cover-story-04-v.jpg" /></a> I am loving these photos of actress Carey Mulligan in the latest issue of <em>W Magazine</em>, all in service of promoting her new movie <em>Shame</em>. Carey has such an expressive face and I love the clothing selection and the retro styling, which seems to suit Carey's off-duty style too. I'm still crushing hard on those hot rod print dresses from Prada.<br />Carey's been in Sydney for the last few months shooting <em>The Great Gatsby. </em>You can throw rocks at me if you like but I'm not a big Baz Luhrmann fan. It's safe to say that I'm nervous. Having said that his wife Catherine Martin gives great costume; check out the blog <a href="http://wildteaparty.blogspot.com/">A Wild Tea Party</a> for a sneak peek at some of the duds on the forthcoming flick. <br /><div></div>Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11924061599542401196noreply@blogger.com1