Frock of the Week: Thrift Store Find

Drew Barrymore wore this backless geometric print dress to a magazine party this week and lo and behold she picked it up for $25 from a thrift store. Snaps for Drew and P.S. I love her bombshell hair. Drew is always so adventurous with her look, so I can't help but admire her.
I only wish she'd start starring in some better films. I watched Whip It recently and was pretty underwhelmed; I thought it lacked the originality that Drew brings to her red-carpet style.

Frock of the Week: I Heart Summer Florals

I've just spent a couple of days in outer Melbourne where it was absolutely freezing. Okay, okay, freezing might be exaggerating, but it was really cold and winter and I are not very good friends. When I saw these pics of Drew Barrymore looking every inch the summery star, it had me longing for those warm days to return even more.

Love the 80s style sunnies too.

Impatient for Frock of the Week

I'm so adoring of Drew's dress that I couldn't wait until the end of the week to declare it 'Frock of the Week.' It's yellow, it's fit and flare, it's covered with a delicate spider-web of black lace and it is by Alexander McQueen. My jaw literally hit the floor. This is one dress I won't forget in a hurry. The overlay is truly divine.

Smart Drew pulled out all the stops for the premiere of her directorial debut Whip It. Even the somewhat questionable two tone hair will no doubt get people talking.

I've checked out the trailer and the flick looks like it is filled with teen and sports movie cliches, but I still really want to see it. After all it is about roller derby and it stars Ellen Page and Maybe from Arrested Development. Plus the soundtrack sounds kind of awesome.

Another day, Drew in another dress

Drew was looking smoking hot in another mind blowing dress this week. LOVE the shoes. And I've always been partial to a puff sleeve (when I was a little girl I was so obsessed with Anne of Green Gables that I asked my mum to make me a baby blue puff sleeved dress a la Anne), and you can't get much puffier than these. This Giambattista Valli dress is very 80's glam meets vintage Balenciaga.

My only negative though is that while I love the outfit, isn't it a tad too dramatic for an appearance on Letterman? I guess she is super keen to promote her new film and oops, I just mentioned it here ... Grey Gardens, Grey Gardens ... so her strategy appears to be working.

Dress of the Week

Speaking of Grey Gardens, Drew Barrymore wore this divine 30's inspired Alberta Ferretti dress accessorised with finger waves, veil, clutch and Dior fur stole (hopefully fake but seeing as it is Dior, highly unlikely) to the premiere of the film last night.

Love the make-up too and especially love the head-wear. She's managed to embody old Hollywood glamour and still look like herself.

I'm fascinated by vintage and retro head-wear at the moment. I will definitely be checking out the hats at the Vintage Fair in Canterbury this weekend.

Cool Links

US Vogue seems to only put models on their cover once a year these days, usually to coincide with the Met Ball Anna Wintour hosts in NY in May. This years 'model' edition is out and all the top models featured look absolutely gorgeous. Natalia V is super cute and I love Lara Stone because 1. she's half Dutch, like me and 2. she's different and sexy looking, like a young Bardot and 3. she is 25 and still booking jobs and along with Aggy Deyn and Kate Moss she is representing for the older ladies (they are still super young of course, but ancient for models, if you know what I mean). Nice to see an ethnic mix too. They aren't all blonde Prada robot clones.
Check it out on Pop Sugar - http://www.fabsugar.com/3031748 - and you can vote for your favourite model too.

Steven Meisel shot the cover and there is a further article in the issue, I believe, on his muses over the years. Check out http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/2009_May_Steven_Meisel/.
This guy can make a model's career.

HBO's new film about 'Big' Edie and 'Little' Edie Beale, Grey Gardens, is out soon and Jezebel has a great post about the fashions Drew Barrymore sports in the film as the younger Edie. A colleague told me about the original documentary and while ago and it is apparently amazing. I need to get my hands on it methinks. Meanwhile I wouldn't mind Little Edie/Drew Barrymore's swimsuit with the buttons down the side. Very cute.
http://jezebel.com/5207237/grey-gardens-the-movie-fashions-the-best-costumes-for-the-day

And off that topic, don't you think I need to buy this dress?
http://www.lucitebox.com/item.php?tab=Dresses&item_ID=85
It is pouffy and has a big white bow on the back. How can I go wrong?