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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 […]

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

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

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