African Escape
This is where I would like to spend the weekend…… Images: Valentine Sommariva/ Living Inside/More Than Classic Magazine
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The Tale of Talitha
Love this photo shoot by Tom Craig for Porter Magazine. Very reminiscent of the photographs Patrick Lichfield took of Talitha Getty, the queen of Marrakesh kool in the early 70s: It was here where he [Yves Saint Laurent] met one of his muses, the ill-fated and impossibly beautiful Talitha Getty (supposedly the only woman Rudolf Nureyev was ever attracted to). Her opulent Moroccan palace, which she shared with her oil heir husband was the setting for some of the decade’s most […]
Categories: 1970, Fashion, Photography2, vintage, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: Angela Lindvall, art, arts, beauty, culture, Fashion, Glamour, history, Inspiration, Marrakesh, Morroco, Patrick Lichfield, photography, Porter Magazine, style, Talitha Getty, Tom Craig, travel, vintage
An Ode to Anita
Nobody did glamour like Anita Ekberg. Like a slinky silver fox she sashayed her way across the screen. Never will a sweetheart bust-line ever look so good!
Categories: 1950s, 1960s, Fashion, Photography2, vintage, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: anita ekberg, art, arts, beauty, culture, Entertainment, Fashion, film, films, Frederico Fellini, Glamour, La Dolce Vita, movies, photography, style, vintage
Closet Envy
There seem to be a lot of blogs out there with an emphasis on personal style right now. But ironically it sometimes feels like everyone looks the same. Closetvisit, however, has really grabbed my attention. Firstly, I’m happy to say that these are visits into real closets (and even happier to say that some are as chaotic as my own). Secondly, there’s a broad age spectrum and an even broader range of styles. Something for everyone no less. I’m totally hooked….
Categories: Fashion, vintage • Tags: design, dressmaking, Fashion, Inspiration, lifestyle, photography, shopping, style, travel, vintage
Double Take 2
From paintings that look like photographs to photographs that look like paintings. Enter the world of Carl Bengtsson. Incredible eh?
Categories: Fashion, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, arts, beauty, Carl Bengtsson, craft, culture, design, Fashion, fashion illustration, illustration, Inspiration, photographer, photography, style
Double Take
Captured in such intricate detail, you could be forgiven for thinking Michael Carson was a photographer not a painter! “I paint people because I have always had a serious addiction to watching people. I try to get that feel in my paintings. As if I am just watching people doing everyday things in my work. I love the subtle ways that a single brush stroke can create such subtleties in facial expression. I spend most of my time on the face and […]
Categories: Fashion, Illustration, vintage • Tags: art, arts, beauty, craft, culture, design, Fashion, fashion illustration, illustration, Inspiration, Michael Carson, painting, photography, style
Paris is Bewitched
I’m wild again, beguiled again A simpering, whimpering child again Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered am I Lanvin AW14 Ann Demeulemeester AW14 Lanvin AW14 Ann Demeulemeester AW14 Lanvin AW14
Categories: 1920s, Fashion, vintage, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1920s, Ann Demeulemeester, Balmain, design, dressmaking, Fashion, Inspiration, Lanvin, Paris AW14, photography, shopping, style, travel, vintage
Black Magic
Black magic for a Saturday night……. With a little help from Pinterest
Categories: Fashion, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, arts, beauty, black, cats, culture, design, Entertainment, Fashion, fashion illustration, illustration, Inspiration, photography, style, vintage
The Most Stylish Bunny-Girl
Meet Fifi Lapin. You might have seen her about – mainly at fashion shows. As blogs go this is inspired – taking fashion illustration to a new level. Love, love, love….. Snowy is sitting on my lap right now and asking why I haven’t designed a Chanel/ Prada wardrobe for her!
Categories: Fashion, Illustration, vintage • Tags: art, arts, Chanel, craft, design, Fashion, fashion illustration, Fifi Lapin, illustration, Inspiration, shopping, style, vintage
I Get a Kick out of you 