Showing posts with label Chanel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chanel. Show all posts

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.

Tuesday, 3 July 2012

The Chanel 2.55 Bag: The Envy of Every Woman

Marie Helene Arnaud with the infamous Chanel 2.55 bag 

Every week at Miss Polly's Vintage Style Blog, I aim to revisit an iconic fashion item or style and outline its history and personal meaning to me. This week, I am going to trace back the famous Chanel 2.55 bag, one of fashion's most iconic and recognisable items next to the Chanel Suit and the Little Black Dress.