Tag: 1920s

Madam Satan, Kay Johnson, Adrian, Zepplin Ball Gown, 1930

The Five Year Rule of the She-Serpent

July 25, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

My mistress is very sensitive to the clothes she wears. She’s a phenomenon. If she has a lively dress she’s lively, like today. If she has a shy dress she’s shy, like yesterday. And everything changes, everything: she talks in a different way, she’s somebody else. She’s dressed in sparkling and very close-fitting green scales: the dress ends in a thin sharp tail. From the neckline a kind of snake emerges and continues in spirals twice around her neck, it’s […]

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Sequins from Weimar

June 25, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Our step back to the Weimar Republic at Herr Kettner’s was most enjoyable. The dress code stated “1920s Berlin, moustachioed dandies, dizzy flappers, monocled counts, decadent aesthetes, firebrand radicals, apoplectic Teutonic military officers, predatory cross-dressers, itinerant jazz musicians, black or white tie”. So of course, a little research was required, as seen below – courtesy of Marlene Dietrich, Henry and June, Cabaret and some decadent 1920’s fashion illustrations. Oh and the rather mischievous Clara Bow: Top illustration by me Marlene […]

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The Rivoli Ballroom, Brockley, South London

Rocking the Rivoli

June 6, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Do you remember me talking about an “event” I was working on, but I was waiting for the pictures? Well finally I’m able to share them with you. So, imagine the scene – the Rivoli Ballroom. Built in 1913 as a picture palace, it now stands as one of the last remaining ballrooms in London. With original chinese lanterns, flock wallpaper, chandeliers and glitter balls, this is one cool venue. So cool, in fact, that the line up of gigs […]

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Twinsets with Sparkle

May 7, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

One of the things I love about doing this blog is I can create whatever I like, delve into the realms of the imagination and have fun with Photoshop. (I should really be doing the kids’ homework!) Today it’s all about partners in crime – or rather outfits teamed with corresponding interiors. oh…. and they all have a little of sparkle – here goes….. (Those images that are not credited come from “the scrapbook” and are rather old – so […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Jean Harlow, Nightdress, Dinner at Eight

Elegantly Lounging

February 8, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Pyjamas are back. But for those of you not in the know, this is not for lounging at home, this is an everywhere , every way trend. Just as the slip was in the days of grunge. Remember Amanda de Cadenet, Courtney Love and Kate Moss? I like the idea of pyjamas, I love the cut. I loved the slip too – I had a black one, which was too big and I safety-pinned it at the back to give […]

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A Dress for Bel Gazou

December 9, 2011 by igetakickoutofyou

A slip of a dress from Velvet Atelier kept calling me back at one of the vintage fairs. A slip of a dress for a slip of a girl, as it happens, since it hardly made its way passed my arm! I desperately want to take a steamer to it, as I think it could be a bit of a gem. Not for me though..it’s a dress for a girl not a woman! But I bet it’s seen some parties! […]

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