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The Original Mad Men – Saul Bass

April 26, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

“The minimalist auteur who put a jagged arm in motion in 1955 and created an entire film genre……and elevated it into an art” – New York Times Whom might this refer to? One of the greatest graphic designers of the mid 20th century and master of film title design – Saul Bass. The Design Museum featured an exhibition of his work in 2004 and, boy, I wish I had gone – I think I was knee deep in keeping one toddler […]

Categories: Illustration • Tags: 1950s, advertising, art, books, cinema, craft, culture, design, Entertainment, Fashion, film, films, history, hollywood, illustration, modernism, movies, music, photography, style, vintage

Who’s Pussy Footing Around?

April 4, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

When I met Jason Brooks and David Downton at the Fashion Illustration event, back in December, they also had a selection of second hand illustration books. I managed to pick up this really cute one on Andy Warhol (which you can still purchase second hand) : You generally don’t think passed his silkscreens, as they’re so iconic, but these early illustrations, when Andy worked for the likes of Harpers Bazaar and Vogue, are really gorgeous. Simon Doonan, in the foreward […]

Categories: 1960s, Book Reviews, Fashion, Illustration, vintage • Tags: Andy Warhol, art, books, Chanel, Christian Louboutin, culture, design, Fashion, fashion illustration, illustration, Inspiration, Manolo Blahnik, photography, Shoes, shopping, style, 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

Just Peachy

January 11, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

How beautiful are these? I must admit I have encountered Bernadette Pascua through Miss Moss not through an extensive knowledge of fashion illustration! Miss Moss is absolutely right, I can’t get enough of her work. They are so simple and subtle in colour but – wow, really pack a punch. Bernadette is an illustrator based in Brooklyn who started drawing after completing a textiles degree. Not a native New Yorker, Bernadette moved there as a seventeen year old and says: […]

Categories: Fashion, Illustration, Interiors • Tags: art, beauty, Bernadette Pascua, Decade Diary, design, Fashion, illustration, Interiors, music