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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

Rustic Cool – Get the Look

March 23, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I’ve tracked down a few worthy products which would look very much at home in my lifestyle lust hit-list. Just need to make a few pennies now! Venetian Chandelier, Pale & Interesting £180 Select your own mirror, The Dormy House from £95 Han Cabinet, OKA £335 Cafe Lamp, Pedlars £65 Pin Up Girl Poster, All Posters £28.99 Peony Dressing Table, The White Cottage Company £240 Next week, another Hollywood icon, or in this case a St Tropez resident, I wonder […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: all posters, art, craft, design, diy, dressing table, Fashion, hollywood icon, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, oka, photography, pin up girl, shopping, style, vintage

Rustic Cool – Lifestyle Lust Part 2

March 21, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Here is the second part of my lifestyle lust. Today it’s rustic cool – although, surprisingly, only the last one is actually in the countryside. So enjoy the delights of interior designer and shop owner, Lyn Gardener in Melbourne, interiors photographer Laura Resen in upstate New York and Karen Harrison in Sussex. Meanwhile I’ll be thinking up some accompanying inspired buys for the end of the week…. Photographs: Lyn Gardener – Tim James for Living Etc Jan 09, Laura […]

Categories: Interiors • Tags: craft, culture, design, diy, Fashion, home, Inspiration, Interiors, laura resin, lifestyle, Living etc, lyn gardener, photography, style, travel, vintage

Artisan Homes – Get the Look

March 16, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Following on from my Lifestyle Lust, I thought it might be an idea to investigate some Inspired Buys. Ok, so if you were really one of these creative ladies you would just happen to stumble across these treasures, no doubt from a skip or a backpacking trip up Katmandu – but if the skips round your way don’t elicit much excitement, you have a little cash to burn and you want it NOW………some ideas to ponder: Eiko Cabinet, Anthropologie £1198 […]

Categories: Interiors, vintage • Tags: art, craft, culture, design, diy, dressmaking, Fashion, Inspiration, Interiors, jewelery, lifestyle, photography, shopping, style, vintage

Artisan Homes – Lifestyle Lust Part 1

March 15, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I moved a year ago and I now finally have the time to get to grips with my new abode. I have always found that the period and build of a house dictates my interior choices. Which is why we moved in the first place, from a very period Edwardian house, to a more ratty Victorian one. I’m not an ordered chintzy kind of gal – I like my creative “stuff” and I like it around me – much to […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: Amy Butler, Ariele Alasko, art, Carpentry, craft, design, diy, dressmaking, Elle decoration. Living etc, Emma Cassi, Fashion, history, Inspiration, interior choices, Interiors, Jewellery, lifestyle, photography, shopping, style, Textiles, vintage

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 […]

Categories: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Fashion, vintage, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1920s, 1950s, audrey hepburn, culture, design, diy, dressmaking, Elizabeth Taylor, Entertainment, Fashion, fashion illustration, films, Inspiration, Jean Harlow, Mildred Pierce, movies, music, photography, shopping

The Madam of Monochrome

January 22, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

This week’s Inspired Buys refer to “Igor and Coco” – monochrome style. Story wise, the film is a little slow – in fact I recommended it to a friend and she fell asleep within 5 minutes – you know who you are! However, the costumes and the interiors are absolutely incredible – a total visual feast, and I can quite easily watch a film and be totally engrossed in the style, rather than the story – so this is still one […]

Categories: Interiors, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: black and white, Chanel, design, Entertainment, films, home, Igor and Coco, Inspiration, Interiors, lifestyle, monochrome, movies, music, photography, shopping, style

A Week with Marilyn – The Ingenious Breast Dress

December 1, 2011 by igetakickoutofyou

Ahh……loved, loved , loved “A Week With Marilyn”. Michelle Williams is incredible – absolutely breathtaking – in fact I’m going to see it again! One of the things I want to pay particular attention to is the dress that Marilyn Monroe (Michelle) wears when she steps off the plane in England. You’ll know what I mean if you have the seen the film – it’s a total scene stealer. The construction of the bust line on this dress is seriously ingenious. […]

Categories: 1950s, Fashion, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1950s, burlesque, craft, dressmaking, Entertainment, Fashion, film, flapper dress, Glamour, hollywood, Inspiration, marilyn, marilyn monroe, movies, my week with marilyn, photography, shopping, style, vintage