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That’s Amore

February 20, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

Sorry for the break in transmission. I’ve been away for half-term but more about that in another post. I did my usual round up of magazines before I went and for any 1950s & 60s Hollywood aficionados, Vanity Fair is a great purchase this month, featuring interviews with both Sophia Loren and Brigitte Bardot? What more can one vintage lover want? I was struck by Sophia Loren’s story. Its’ a very human one – not a typical rags to riches […]

Categories: 1950s, Fashion, Photography2, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1950s, art, design, Entertainment, Fashion, fashion illustration, film, films, history, Love, Magazines, movies, music, photography, reviews, Sophia Loren, style, vintage

Carolyn Everitt, Jo, Rachel and Rebecca, HUSH, Gentlemen prefer Blondes

Dresses and Controversy in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

February 6, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

It was a bitter night and as we reached the screening, snow was really starting to fall heavily. However, there nestled in a little courtyard off Brook Street was our outdoor screening of “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ at HUSH, complete with fairy lights, candles, hot water bottles, blankets and hot chocolate…….oh, and most important of all popcorn! We all agreed that if someone had planned this as a first date, we would have been super impressed. I hadn’t ever watched the […]

Categories: 1950s, Fashion, Photography2, Vintage Inspiration • Tags: 1950s, Costume, craft, design, dressmaking, Entertainment, Fashion, fashion illustration, film, films, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, marilyn monroe, movies, photography, reviews, William Travilla

Pleasing on the Eye

January 25, 2012 by igetakickoutofyou

I think I may have OCD! I get a buzz out of little coloured-covered books – particularly if they are part of a series. It’s not a huge exciting thrill – more of a kind of content satisfaction. Please tell me I’m not alone in this sensation. I’m sure I’m not! The catalyst for this post is a series of pocket sized interior/style books by Paumes, which you can purchase from Bodie & Fou. They are written in Japanese – […]

Categories: Interiors • Tags: art, books, design, Fashion, fashion illustration, home, Interiors, lifestyle, photography, reviews, travel

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