I Get a Kick out of you

I Get a Kick out of you

Bringing to life the mood and the feel-good factor of all things vintage (fashion, interiors etc..)

Main menu

Skip to content
  • Fashion
    • Vintage Inspiration
  • Beauty
  • Interiors
  • Illustration
  • Culture
    • Photography
    • Dance

Tag: Irving Penn

Show Grid Show List

Post navigation

Marilyn Monroe, Brooklyn tins wallpaper, Bodie & Fou, Merci, Cecil Beaton

Look But Don’t Touch

March 8, 2013 by igetakickoutofyou

I have a thing for bare brick walls. In my dream home I would have a feature wall with a gorgeously aged and textured brick wall. But let’s face it unless your living in a factory conversion or a rare original apartment in Copenhagen or Paris, antique fixtures and aged brick are hard to find and, I would imagine, a devil to maintain. But if you want to fake it – now you can. There are some seriously clever wallpapers […]

Categories: Interiors, Photography2, vintage • Tags: art, arts, Bodie & Fou, Cecil Beaton, craft, design, Inspiration, Interiors, Irving Penn, marilyn monroe, Merci Wallpaper, photography, Rockett St George, shopping, style, vintage, Wallpapers

Leave a comment
Carmen Dell'Orrefice, Vogue, 1941

Pretending to be Plain

January 19, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

“Carmen Dell’Orefice..who has had three husbands and more hot dinner boyfriends than one cares to count later, is still known as just plain Carmen – though the plain has nothing whatsoever to do with her appearance” Norman Parkinson I was fortunate enough to catch the Carmen Dell’Orefice exhibition at the London School of Fashion, at what I thought was the very end date – however – lucky readers, they have just extended the exhibition to the 31st January. So after […]

Categories: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Photography2, vintage, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: art, books, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Cecil Beaton, design, Exhibition, Fashion, Harper Bazaar, Irving Penn, model, photography, reviews, Richard Avedon, style, vogue

3

Post navigation

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 579 other subscribers

Search

Top Posts & Pages

  • A Dress of Envy - Atonement
    A Dress of Envy - Atonement
  • Marilyn's Makeup Secrets - Part 1 The Private Collection
    Marilyn's Makeup Secrets - Part 1 The Private Collection
  • Nothing Like Nostalgia
    Nothing Like Nostalgia
  • A Week with Marilyn - The Ingenious Breast Dress
    A Week with Marilyn - The Ingenious Breast Dress
  • The Wicked Woman of the Jazz Age - Daisy Fellowes
    The Wicked Woman of the Jazz Age - Daisy Fellowes
  • Nobody Does It Better
    Nobody Does It Better
  • Marilyn's Makeup Secrets - Part 2 The Tips
    Marilyn's Makeup Secrets - Part 2 The Tips
  • Between The Sheets At The Chelsea
    Between The Sheets At The Chelsea
  • Jane Fonda's Lessons on Life
    Jane Fonda's Lessons on Life
  • When Brigitte found Bardot
    When Brigitte found Bardot
Blog at WordPress.com.
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • I Get a Kick out of you
    • Join 419 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • I Get a Kick out of you
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...