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Showgirls, Vogue 2006 , Corset Couture, Craig McDean

The Couture Showgirl

November 16, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Feeling a little drab today? Well to brighten up the day take a look at this gorgeous photoshoot from Vogue June 2006, and enter the world of the couture showgirl: Images: Craig McDean for British Vogue June 2006 Beautiful aren’t they. Right…….back to the real world! Have a good weekend. Cxx

Categories: Dance, Fashion, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: art, arts, beauty, burlesque, craft, culture, dance, design, dressmaking, Entertainment, Fashion, fashion illustration, Glamour, Inspiration, photography, style, vintage, vogue

Nicole, Zara Wood, Woody, fashion illustration

The Vintage Pinks

November 15, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

In August 1996 Vogue ran an article entitled “Does your house suit you?” Plum Sykes interviewed women whose homes reflected their whole style ethos. One of these women was Yvonne Spore, a stylist, whose plaster pink walls enthralled my 17-year-old mind so much so, that I still have the article. Believe it or not there weren’t even many images in the article other than the one below. But the description blew my mind. “What just happened was this: she knocked […]

Categories: Fashion, Interiors, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1920s, 1940s, art, arts, beauty, craft, culture, design, diy, dressmaking, Fashion, fashion illustration, illustration, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, photography, Pink, shopping, style, vintage, vintage fairs. pin-up, vogue

Channelling Chinatown

November 5, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

“There are different layers of rich, and you have to choose which rich she is. She’s the heroine of the film, so you can’t choose to make her a dumpy rich person. She’s also Faye Dunaway. You can choose to make her rather chic. I’ve never seen Babe Paley wear anything but brown, gray, off-white, and black. I assume Faye does the same thing as Mrs Mulwray”. Anthea Sylbert, Costume Designer for Chinatown 1974 (Dressed by Deborah Nadoolman Landis) My […]

Categories: 1930s, Fashion, Photography2, vintage, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1930s, art, arts, beauty, celebrities, Chinatown, culture, design, Entertainment, Fashion, fashion illustration, Faye Dunaway, film, films, Glamour, hollywood, Inspiration, movies, Mrs Mulwray, photography, style, vintage

Jane Fonda’s Lessons on Life

October 12, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

How gorgeous are these pictures of Jane Fonda and Alain Delon, taken by Edward Quinn in Cannes in the early sixties? So young and fresh: edwardquinn.com Have any of you subscribed to Amanda de Cadenet’s “The Conversation”? It’s like a celebrity online interview (Donna Karan, Zoe Saldana, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lady Gaga etc) but specifically for women. I’m not a massive celebrity lover but I’m actually quite hooked because it does come across as a very natural interaction. My very […]

Categories: 1960s, Photography2, vintage, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1960s, Amanda de Cadenet, beauty, books, celebrities, culture, Entertainment, Fashion, film, films, Glamour, history, Inspiration, Jane Fonda, lifestyle, literature, movies, photography, style, The Conversation, TV, vintage

Martyn Thompson, Interiors, Isle Crawford, Spitalfields

Cinnamon & Spice in Spitalfields

October 10, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I saw this gorgeous book in Anthropologie, “Interiors” by Martyn Thompson, and it’s a feast of vintage inspired homes. Since Autumn is well and truly upon us I thought this photoshoot hit the spot perfectly. Cinnamon and spice in Spitalfields. Mulled wine anyone? “The Spitalfields House is in the east of London. It’s often rented out as a location and I used to shoot here a lot, mainly fashion and accessories stories. I grew up in Sydney, where basically things […]

Categories: 1920s, Book Reviews, Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: 1920s, art, arts, books, craft, design, diy, Fashion, history, Inspiration, Interiors, Isle Crawford, lifestyle, Martyn Thompson, photography, reviews, Spitalfields, style, travel, vintage

Kate Foley, White Dress, Red Fur Coat, Opening Ceremony

Kate Foley: Girl Meets World

October 8, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Last week I was going to do a post on Kate Foley, the British buyer for Opening Ceremony, based in New York. (Although it has recently opened in Covent Garden). I had absolutely no idea who Kate was until I saw this great image of her on Pinterest, in this fabulous coat. After some digging I also found out she has a love for vintage white dresses – which, as you know, so do I. I was about to embark on […]

Categories: Fashion, Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, beauty, British Vogue, celebrities, culture, design, Fashion, Garance Dore, Inspiration, Interiors, Kate Foley, lifestyle, Opening Ceremony, photography, Refinery 29, shopping, style, travel, vintage, vogue, white vintage dresses

Country Living, Country cool, fairisle jumper, rose fascinator

Country Just Got Funky

September 24, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

So I’ve now been in bed for three days with this disgusting virus and I just want to feel invigorated to get up and join the world again. (I have the feeling my kids and husband feel the same!). Although looking outside it’s going to be another day under the duvet but writing a post is a good start, is it not? One saving grace is being able to catch up on some valuable magazine time and there is something […]

Categories: Fashion, Photography2 • Tags: art, beauty, Boden, Country Living, craft, culture, design, dressmaking, Fashion, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, photography, shopping, style, Toast, vintage

Emmanuelle Beart, Blondie, Marilyn Monroe, Crash Magazine

Emmanuelle: Marilyn or Blondie?

September 20, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I remember going to see a french film in my first year at university with my new roomate. Neither of us could speak french but she told me she wanted to see it because her brother thought the french actress in it was the most beautiful woman in the world. Well, if she was that beautiful I wanted to see her too. Eighteen years on I still think this french actress is the most beautiful woman in the world. Emmanuelle […]

Categories: 1970, 1980s, Photography2, vintage, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1980's, art, arts, beauty, Blondie, celebrities, craft, Crash Magazine, culture, Debbie Harry, Emmanuelle Beart, Entertainment, Fashion, film, films, history, Inspiration, lifestyle, marilyn monroe, movies, photography, style, vintage

DIY Ulyana Sergeenko Skirt

September 17, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Do you remember just before summer, I was going on about making a Ulyana Sergeenko skirt, in the post From Russia With Love? Well in true Carolyn spirit, it has only taken me a whole season to actually complete it – just in time to go into winter! Grrrr…. I was actually going to make a summer halter-neck dress out of this fabric, using Simplicity pattern 3823. But once I started putting it together, I thought, stuff it – I’m just […]

Categories: Fashion, vintage • Tags: art, beauty, black boots, craft, culture, design, diy, dressmaking, Fashion, Glamour, how to make a full skirt, Inspiration, photography, shopping, simplicity pattern, style, ulyana sergeenko, vintage, vintage lace