Monday 20 August 2012

Top 3 Great Fashion Moments in Cinema

Lately to inject some inspiration into my life and into this blog, I’ve been watching some good old fashioned vintage cinema (a secret guilty past time of mine that I indulge in from time to time) and found it to be a goldmine of amazing coveted styles that the modern girl can adopt.

Here are my Top 3 Stylish Ladies of the Screen:


1.      Faye Dunaway in ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ (1968)


Faye Dunaway plays the beautiful, witty and shrewd insurance investigator Vicky Anderson employed by the Boston authorities to ensnare suave business tycoon and secret crook Thomas Crown, played by the hyper-masculine Steve McQueen, after he stages a notorious bank heist.

Monday 6 August 2012

Going Dotty: Yayoi Kusama's Revival with Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs

Kusama in Self-Obliteration, Horse Play, 1967

Speaking honestly, dots are not the most flattering pattern to wear for most people. It's the equivalent experience of wearing wide stripes or yellow or lilac--most people can't get away with it without looking like they ran away from a sanitorium or finished work at a hideous fast food chain, circa 1978. 

Enter one of the most interesting and surprising influences in a current hot fashion trend: dots courtesy of renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama