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Dolce & Gabbana Fall 1996, Fashion Illustration, Rose and Black Swagger Coat, Carolyn Everitt

Italians Do It Better – Part 1

May 2, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

While reading the Vogue article, featured in the last post, I came across a picture of Kate Moss in a Dolce & Gabbana swagger coat and rose embroidered dress – it looked so fresh but so 1950s, I was totally smitten. How this collection passed me by, I just don’t know – but could I find any images? Hell, no – nowhere. I even bought “10 Years of Dolce & Gabbana” but to no avail, although it proves rather essential […]

Categories: 1950s, Fashion, Photography2, vintage • Tags: 1950s, art, beauty, books, celebrities, craft, culture, design, Dolce & Gabbana, dressmaking, Entertainment, Fashion, fashion illustration, Glamour, illustration, Inspiration, Kate Moss, photography, shopping, style, vintage, vogue, YouTube

Anouck Lepere, Helena Christensen, Margherita Missoni, Carolina Herrera Jnr, Milla Jovovich, Vanessa Paradis, Eva Fontanelli, vintage , eclectic dressing

She wears it well

April 30, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

This post started with a bit of pondering over the issue why dress in vintage? A couple of weeks ago I read a post by The Bright Young Twins asking people’s opinions on why vintage has become so popular. The post itself is great and what is interesting is all the different responses that came back – ranging from choosing vintage because of body shape – to the wasteful nature of society today – to the way in which women […]

Categories: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970, Fashion, Photography2, vintage • Tags: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1996, art, beauty, Bright Young Twins, Carolina Herrera Jnr, carrie bradshaw, craft, culture, design, dressmaking, Eva Fontanelli, Fashion, fashion illustration, Glamour, Helena Christensen, illustration, Inspiration, Kate Moss, Margherita Missoni, Milla Jovovich, patricia field, photography, shopping, style, The Sartorialist, Vanessa Paradis, vintage, vogue

Jean Shrimpton, Cassette Wallpaper, Bodie & Fou

Wallpaper frames “The Shrimp”

April 23, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

A few weeks back I went to a launch of a wonderful collection of new wallpapers and fabrics by Scion. One of the sets they had arranged had this gorgeous retro orange wallpaper – which would make a show stopping feature wall. So I thought why not browse a little selection of some retro, vintage inspired feature walls – with a little help from The Shrimp! C60 Wallpaper/Cassettes Wallpaper – Bodie & Fou £45 Baroque by Barbara Hulanicki – Graham & […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1950s, 1960s, art, barbara hulanicki, beauty, craft, design, designer's guild, diy, Fashion, Inspiration, Interiors, jean shrimpton, photography, shopping, steve mcqueen, style, vintage

Nobody Does It Better

April 19, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I recently pinned a picture of Eva Herzigova, in one of the Guess campaigns, shot by Ellen Von Unwerth, onto pinterest and it really brought back all the memories of those iconic images. Does anyone do vintage glamour better than Ellen Von Unwerth? Today, it’s an extremely visual post folks, and I’ll stop typing. I know Claudia and Guess are back together to celebrate Guess’s thirtieth anniversary but I feel in the need for some nostalgia. So let’s just sit […]

Categories: 1950s, Fashion, Photography2, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1950s, art, beauty, celebrities, Claudia Schiffer, culture, design, Ellen Von Unwerth, Eva Herzigove, Fashion, fashion illustration, Glamour, Guess Campaign, history, Inspiration, music, photography, style, vintage

J H Lynch, TIna print, Boots the Chemist

My very own Honey Rider

April 16, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I woke up on Saturday morning with the most horrific hangover, and by 10am I was just praying for the day to end, so I could curl up into the duvet. Ha – no such luck. Sitting in the car, dark glasses over my eyes, and praying that Mr E’s driving wouldn’t send me over the edge, we passed this little Art Deco shop (Behind the Boxes), which I pass every weekend and always want to go in, but never […]

Categories: 1960s, Fashion, Illustration, vintage • Tags: art, beauty, craft, culture, design, Entertainment, Fashion, fashion illustration, film, films, Glamour, history, Interiors, J H Lynch, Land of Lost Content, lifestyle, movies, music, photography, shopping, style, Tretchikoff, vintage, Wayne Hemingway

The Wicked Woman of the Jazz Age – Daisy Fellowes

April 10, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Every era has an “It” girl. She isn’t the most beautiful woman in the room, she isn’t the richest woman in the room nor is she the woman with the most glamorous outfit. She is the one women aspire to. She has more style and ingenuity in her little finger than her circle of friends put together. She isn’t a slave to fashion but 10 paces ahead – collecting the creative and the unique as she goes. In the Jazz […]

Categories: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Book Reviews, Fashion, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1920s, 1930s, art, beauty, books, celebrities, Chanel, craft, culture, Daisy Fellowes, design, Fashion, fashion illustration, Glamour, Harpers Bazaar, history, Inspiration, Karl Lagerfeld, literature, music, photography, style, The Jazz Age, vintage

Who’s Pussy Footing Around?

April 4, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

When I met Jason Brooks and David Downton at the Fashion Illustration event, back in December, they also had a selection of second hand illustration books. I managed to pick up this really cute one on Andy Warhol (which you can still purchase second hand) : You generally don’t think passed his silkscreens, as they’re so iconic, but these early illustrations, when Andy worked for the likes of Harpers Bazaar and Vogue, are really gorgeous. Simon Doonan, in the foreward […]

Categories: 1960s, Book Reviews, Fashion, Illustration, vintage • Tags: Andy Warhol, art, books, Chanel, Christian Louboutin, culture, design, Fashion, fashion illustration, illustration, Inspiration, Manolo Blahnik, photography, Shoes, shopping, style, vintage, vogue

Christy Turlington, Vogue Jan 1992, Arthur Elgort, Africa

Vintage Christy Turlington – African Queen

April 2, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

My mum returned from visiting my family in South Africa at the weekend – boy, did it make me home-sick. I then happened to be going through some of my old Vogue magazines and found one of my most favourite fashion shoots, Vogue January 1992 – Christy Turlington does White Mischief and Out of Africa. Two of my most favourite films. If you have never seen them – the fashion, the story, and the scenery in both are just too […]

Categories: 1920s, 1940s, Fashion, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1920s, 1940s, Africa, arthur elgort, beauty, books, celebrities, culture, Fashion, fashion illustration, film, films, Glamour, history, Inspiration, literature, movies, photography, style, travel, vintage, vogue

Helena Christiansen, Chanel No5, vintage home

At home with Helena

March 29, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Whenever I go to Selfridges, I always make a point of going to the magazine section, on the ground floor. I’m like a pig in clover, surrounded by masses of international magazines and inspiration overload. Only this time I was a little disappointed. I must have flicked through about 6 magazines – all pretty much showing the same fashion shoot – edgy with splashes of nudity, piercings and androgyny. Not that I have problem with any of these you understand. […]

Categories: Fashion, Interiors, Photography2 • Tags: art, arts, beauty, celebrities, craft, design, Entertainment, Fashion, Helena Christensen, illustration, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, literature, Magazines, photography, style, the selby, vintage