While I was looking for film stills, I found all of these Funny Face publicity photos. The image quality is a little better, and you also get to see details of the clothing that isn’t possible with the screen caps. I haven’t put them in any kind of order, but you should recognise all of [...]
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1950s Film Style: Funny Face with Audrey Hepburn
You often have to suspend your modern feminist principles in order enjoy films of the 50s. For instance, in An American in Paris, the viewer must swallow the fact that Gene Kelly chooses the inane 15 year old with buck teeth over the confident, intelligent, and elegant older woman whom he frankly treats rather rudely. And [...]
Style Icon: War Heroine Nancy Wake
It might seem a little flippant to suggest a war heroine as a style icon. It isn’t meant to be. I have never thought that style is simply about the clothes you put on, or how you wear your hair. It is also about the kind of person you are, and how you conduct yourself [...]
Literary Style: Elizabeth Bennet from Pride & Prejudice
Most of us find style inspiration from the usual sources: films, celebrities, magazines, street style and catwalks. But one of the things I most enjoy doing is reading books… so why not look at the style of some of our favourite literary heroines instead? I’ve begun with the indisputable queen of all fictional damsels, Elizabeth Bennet from Jane Austen’s Pride and [...]
Vintage Style Icon: Candy Darling
1971 photograph by Gerard Malanga As promised, here are the photos of Warhol Superstar Candy Darling. Born as Jimmy Slattery, Candy spent her childhood in Long Island watching and learning from old Hollywood films. She dressed up secretly during her early teens, and in later years would catch the late night train into Manhattan for nights out [...]
New Purchase: The Smiths Vintage Poster
To be honest this isn’t technically a new purchase as Mr Dreadful has owned this original Smiths poster for many years. But we finally took a deep collective breath and forked out the dosh to get it framed - quite a wodge of cash due to the humongous size. We had a mission carrying it home (I kept expecting one of those comedy film moments to happen, [...]
RIP Dame Joan Sutherland, Operatic Icon
Yesterday Dame Joan Sutherland, one of the brightest shining stars of 20th century opera, passed away. I was lucky enough to be attending Rigoletto at the Royal Opera House last night, where the performance was dedicated in her honour. Dame Joan performed the role of Gilda in Rigoletto on that very same stage in 1957, so it [...]
70s Style Icon: Melanie Safka
I first discovered my mum’s copy of Candles in the Rain when I was perhaps 13, and fell in love with Melanie’s cracked and vulnerable, yet forceful voice. Later, I found Gather Me in a box full of old LPs in a dim and dusty junk store. I listened to it over and over again on [...]
Style Icon: Miss Piggy
Style is more than some designer-clad pop-tart staring vacantly into a bank of camera flashes. Style is not just how you wear your clothes, or hair, or make-up… real style is about individuality and courage and achievement and humour and intelligence and creativity and a certain je ne sais quoi. Miss Piggy has it all [...]
Vintage photographs: Philippe Halsman’s Jumpology
Possums, I have to tell you I have just had the week from hell. On Monday, I was sure Tuesday would be better. Tuesday, however, was not better, and my mood blackened. There may have been some genteel swearing. By Wednesday I was trying not to burst into tears. By Thursday I HAD burst [...]
1960s polka dot mod dress by Berketex
1970s green and red tartan knit jumper dress
1960s black and white check blanket dress
1970s floral print hippy smock dress by Emanuelle
