Lovers of all things 1950′s will no doubt already know that it’s time to gather this Sunday August 29th at Rose Seidler House for the annual Fifties Fair. Featuring live music, swing dancing, DJ’s, a display of vintage vehicles, hair styling and kids craft activities, there’s something to keep everyone entertained on this awesome day [...]
If you’ve never wanted to tap dance you will after seeing this. Truly amazing performance from the legendary Nicholas Brothers who pioneered the Hollywood tap routine. It’s no wonder that Fred Astaire once called this performance “the greatest dance number ever filmed.”
The free-form styled, classic cult French film Breathless (À bout de souffle) originally released in 1960 and directed by Jean-Luc Godard, is responsible for the thousands of pixie cuts that followed it’s release all over the world. Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and the gorgeously chic Jean Seberg, if you are a fan the French New Wave [...]
Recently the lovely {renee} and I were chatting about where our fascination with mid-century design and architecture (not to mention clothes) originated. We stumbled upon the answer when we discovered that as a pair of latch-key kids, most of our afternoons were spent watching TV shows, our favourites being Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie and [...]
Dreamy and feminine, floaty and so much fun, tulle is the soft, meshy line where ballet meets fashion, and girl meets lady. ….and we can’t get enough. All images above found on flickr one :: two :: three four :: five :: six seven :: eight :: nine ten :: eleven :: twelve
During some recent research into Victorian clothing for a styling job, I encountered these wonderful images on the web, found on Flickr and other online locations. The thing that struck me the most is the posing, understandably unnatural for these people, especially when considering the new medium of photography, but also strangely telling of the [...]
Anytime you see a modern girl with long dark hair, a centre part, a fresh face, gorgeous doe eyes and a cute, imperfect smile, chances are she’s channelling Ali McGraw. Whenever you spy a fashionista in a vintage trench coat, a knitted cloche hat or a large fluffy busby, the influence can be directly attributed [...]
Cliché? Maybe. But I just couldn’t help myself. Plus, she didn’t own jewelry, she loved books, never cared for money and her “real” surname is the same as mine. I also would paint my walls that shade of blue if I could. {image from Architectural Digest :: via Pretty Lovey}
