Grace Kelly Barbie Dolls

Filed in: Fashion | Tags: 50s, barbie, costumes, dolls, films, grace kelly, hitchcock, tippi hedren

I was browsing on the Barbie Collector website today (as one does, when trying to avoid real work) and found a terrific collection of Grace Kelly dolls. What I love about these is that they recreate some of her wonderful outfits from the classic Hitchock films To Catch a Thief and Rear Window. It

50s Film Style: High Society with Grace Kelly

Filed in: Films | Tags: 50s, celeste holm, films, grace kelly, movie stars, screencaps, screenshots, vintage, vintage clothing

High Society is one of those classic 50s films that everyone is supposed to love. It has everything – Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, songs, dancing, music, colour, costumes, wisecracks… except I didn’t like it. I hated the music, I think Frank Sinatra is ugly, Grace Kelly was cold and prissy, Bing had the usual Hollywood syndrome of