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Nothing Like Nostalgia

September 8, 2015 by igetakickoutofyou

Bless Vogue! With their amalgamation of the Style.com site comes some wonderful trips down memory lane, with collections dating back to 1991 – from the years of the supermodel domination to the simplicity of the early nineties; from the slick Tom Ford glamour of the the 00s to the buff Brazilian bodies just a couple of years later. Just a word of caution – pencil out a whole morning for this little peruse – as once you start you can’t […]

Categories: Fashion, vintage • Tags: Calvin Klein, Chloe, culture, Fashion, Glamour, Grunge, Gucci, Stella McCartney, style, supermodels, tom ford, vintage, vogue

October 1974 Vogue, sequinned peasant dresses

Shine On – Vogue 1974

January 12, 2015 by igetakickoutofyou

I found this gorgeous copy of October 1974 Vogue at a vintage fair this weekend – with sequinned peasant-esque dresses, it’s not difficult to see where inspiration for SS15 came from?

Categories: 1970, Fashion, Photography2, vintage • Tags: 1970's, Altuzarra, art, bottega veneta, culture, design, dressmaking, Fashion, history, Inspiration, photography, Saint Laurent, shopping, Spring Summer 2015, style, vintage, vogue

Midnight Eyes

January 5, 2015 by igetakickoutofyou

Lashes, shadow and kohl. Who knew midnight eyes could look so good? Harpers & Queen 1976, Richard Avedon Vogue 1968, unknown, Angelique Houtkamp, Stephanie Farrow for Biba, unknown, David Bailey Vogue 1968

Categories: 1960s, 1970, Fashion, Illustration, Photography2 • Tags: art, beauty, Biba, culture, David Bailey, Fashion, fashion illustration, illustration, Inspiration, makeup, photography, Richard Avedon, style, vintage, vogue

Grayscale

January 3, 2015 by igetakickoutofyou

I’m loving Kristofer Johnsson’s photography blog Grayscale – some gorgeous inspiration for 2015!

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: craft, culture, design, Inspiration, Interiors, Kristofer Johnsson, lifestyle, photography, style

Horst’s Very Modern Muse

January 2, 2015 by igetakickoutofyou

This weekend is always a weird one – with one foot still clinging on to the over-indulgence of the past month and the other desperate to move onto a new chapter – you generally don’t know what to do with yourself. But what better way to start the New Year than with an injection of culture? If you’re in London there is only one weekend left to see the Horst exhibition at the V&A and it’s absolutely beautiful – so […]

Categories: Fashion, Photography2, vintage • Tags: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, art, arts, books, culture, Entertainment, Fashion, history, Horst, Inspiration, Lud, photography, style, V&A, vintage, vogue

Denim Rules

September 29, 2014 by igetakickoutofyou

Denim inspiration can’t get any better than Current & Elliot’s “Denim Story“. The book, published by Rizzoli, features cut offs, boyfriends to bell-bottoms, dungarees to skinnies – it’s denim heaven! And if your a retro queen, never fear, there are some fabulous images of James Dean, Marilyn, Jane Birkin and Brigitte Bardot. The only thing missing is Nick Kamen in his boxers! (David Gandy take note, less is definitely more 😉 ) All photos by Hilary Walsh

Categories: Book Reviews, Fashion, Illustration • Tags: bell-bottoms, books, Boyfriend jeans, culture, Current and Elliot, Denim Story, Fashion, fashion illustration, film, films, illustration, Inspiration, marilyn monroe, photography

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Behind Every Great Showgirl Is….. Jean Paul Gaultier

June 20, 2014 by igetakickoutofyou

I went to see the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition at the Barbican yesterday and it was incredible. Funnily enough, my friend Jo and I had both been to see the Bond exhibition in the same exhibition space, and both of us said how off-putting the mannequins were. Just faceless black moulds of, what looked like, sponge. It was Bond for God’s sake – the great champion of glamazons. Well these mannequins were something else – they blinked, they talked and could […]

Categories: Dance, Fashion • Tags: art, arts, Barbican, burlesque, culture, dance, design, Dita Von Teese and Jean Paul Gaultier, Entertainment, Fashion, film, films, Glamour, Inspiration, Jean Paul Gaultier, photography, shopping, style, vintage

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Angela Lindvall, Talitha Getty, Porter Magazine

The Tale of Talitha

May 4, 2014 by igetakickoutofyou

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

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Soul Sanctuary

April 3, 2014 by igetakickoutofyou

“It’s not about rules; it’s about soul”, says Alina Preciado, proud owner of this fabulous loft in Brooklyn. A former textile warehouse, this abode is now littered with trinkets, art and sculpture from around the world, creating a perfect artistic fusion between the loft’s industrial past and it’s bohemian present. Trish, this one’s for you….. Images Mark Seelen & Chris A Dorsey

Categories: Interiors • Tags: Alina Preciado, craft, culture, design, diy, Elle Decoration, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, photography, style, travel, vintage