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Isabella Rossellini, Dolce & Gabbana, Michael Comte, Zebra Coat

Italians Do It Better Part 2

May 4, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

So here we are at the last part of this little journey, and what better to end with than some great Dolce & Gabbana campaign shots, courtesy of 10 Years of Dolce Gabbana? What I love about their campaigns is the feeling that you’ve walked in on something epic or onto the set of a Fellini film. The air is electrically charged – with models overwhelmed with ecstasy, passion, frustration or anger. Throw in a few Italian stereotypes and you’re […]

Categories: 1950s, Fashion, Photography2, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1950s, beauty, books, celebrities, culture, dance, design, Dolce and Gabbana, dressmaking, Fashion, film, films, Glamour, history, Inspiration, Isabella Rossellini, Monica Bellucci, movies, photography, reviews, shopping, Stephen Meisel, style, travel, vintage

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

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

Brigitte Bardot, Roger Vadim, Car, St Tropez

When Brigitte found Bardot

March 27, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I’ve been transfixed by Brigitte Bardot since I was 16. I watched And God Created Woman, and that was it, I thought she was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. It’s a film I can go back to, time and time again, and never tire of it – perhaps because, since having read her biography, there seem to be more than just a few similarities between Brigitte and the character she plays, Juliette. There’s no glitz in the […]

Categories: 1950s, 1960s, Fashion, Photography2, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1950s, and God created woman, art, books, Brigitte Bardot, cats, celebrities, culture, dance, design, drama, Elle magazine, Entertainment, Fashion, film, films, Glamour, history, Inspiration, literature, movies, music, photography, roger vadim, St Tropez, style, travel, vintage

Rustic Cool – Get the Look

March 23, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I’ve tracked down a few worthy products which would look very much at home in my lifestyle lust hit-list. Just need to make a few pennies now! Venetian Chandelier, Pale & Interesting £180 Select your own mirror, The Dormy House from £95 Han Cabinet, OKA £335 Cafe Lamp, Pedlars £65 Pin Up Girl Poster, All Posters £28.99 Peony Dressing Table, The White Cottage Company £240 Next week, another Hollywood icon, or in this case a St Tropez resident, I wonder […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: all posters, art, craft, design, diy, dressing table, Fashion, hollywood icon, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, oka, photography, pin up girl, shopping, style, vintage

Artisan Homes – Lifestyle Lust Part 1

March 15, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I moved a year ago and I now finally have the time to get to grips with my new abode. I have always found that the period and build of a house dictates my interior choices. Which is why we moved in the first place, from a very period Edwardian house, to a more ratty Victorian one. I’m not an ordered chintzy kind of gal – I like my creative “stuff” and I like it around me – much to […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: Amy Butler, Ariele Alasko, art, Carpentry, craft, design, diy, dressmaking, Elle decoration. Living etc, Emma Cassi, Fashion, history, Inspiration, interior choices, Interiors, Jewellery, lifestyle, photography, shopping, style, Textiles, vintage