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The Total Look

Peggy Moffitt (model and muse) + William Claxton (husband and photographer) + Rudi Gernreich (designer) = The Total Look exhibition at MOCA in LA. How beautiful are these photos?

All images from here.

Bill Cunningham New York

Happy Monday folks! I've had a fab weekend. Saturday was absolutely glorious here in Sydney! I managed to get in the sort of epic walk you reminisce about for years later with family and friends. Well, that's possibly a slight exaggeration, but it was pretty good. I also managed to finally get to see this doco: Bill Cunningham New York.

The 82 year old Bill Cunningham has been photographing New York street style for years. He was out and about long before The Sartorialist was even a twinkle in his mother's eye. For over 40 years his decoupage of street styles have been a fixture at The New York Times and other publications such as the now defunct Details Magazine. He is quite a character although he is obviously well loved and respected by the serious fashion crowd in Europe and North America as there are cameos by Anna Wintour, Anna Piaggi and Tom Wolfe to name but a few.

It's fun weekend viewing and is as much about New York as anything else which can never be a bad thing!

Images from here.

New York in Colour

There is a fab exhibition at the Howard Greenberg Gallery called New York in Colour. The images span several decades from the 1950s to the present. Here are a few of my favourites from the exhibition.

Happy weekend!

All images from here.

Dior

Bill Gaytten, the man responsible for taking over after Galliano was dismissed, has returned to Dior's roots with the "New Look" inspired collection he showed on Friday. The subtle dusky pinks, plums with dashes of red are ravishing as are the dresses and suits themselves. I love, love love them all!

 

Happy weekend!

My favourite Oscar looks

I guess any internet surfer worth their weight has already fully scrutinised the Oscar frocks. After all, it was a full day and a half ago that the net was saturated with all things Oscar! However, I'd like to add my two cents too! So, here are my favourite looks from the evening...

Much has been said about Angelina Jolie's Oscar frock....and that leg. Well, I'd like to think the woman has a sense of humour and that she's vamping it up as some sort of comment on previous press about her choice in red carpet looks or...something. Well, that's what I'd like to think anyway. But, really, at the end of the day, I think she looks pretty sensational in all that plush black velvet. Emma Stone, to my mind, looks super stylish and that colour is stunning on her.

Absolutely adore Gwyneth's cape - she is the red carpet super hero! Milla Jovovich is Hollywood personified!

I am a huge Rose Byrne fan. Not just because she's a local Sydney gal, but because she's incredibly pretty and a fab actor to boot! This liquid sequin black number is ravishing on her.

Happy Wednesday all! :0)

All images from here.

Bianca Jagger

Nicaraguan beauty Bianca Jagger is perhaps my favourite of Mick's ex-girlfriends/ wives.

Love this last photo of them together. Imagine seeing these two walk into the room! Wow!

Images from here and here.

Georges Lepape

George Lepape (1887 - 1971) is best known for his exquisite illustrations for revolutionary fashion designer Paul Poiret. However, he also created divine illustrations for fashion houses such as Worth, Lanvin, Paquin, Doucet and Beer . In addition to his fashion commissions, he  drew the very first Vogue cover and his illustrations for Harper's Bazaar, Gazette du Bon Ton and Vanity Fair are still loved and admired today. 

This first image of his from a Vogue cover in the 20s is perhaps my all time favourite!

Happy Friday!

Images from here and here.

Christmas greetings!

Just a quick "hooroo" before Christmas! ("Hooroo", by the way, is Australian slang for "goodbye" - click here and scroll down to "2" for a fuller explanation of its strange origins!). I'll be blogging again next week, but wanted to wish everyone a joyful Christmas before I went on a mini-blog vacation!

This imaginative Christmas tree, incidentally, is by British designer Stella McCartney as part of a couture/ designer Christmas Tree charity event being held in Paris. Click here for more Christmas tree interpretations from Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier and more.

Happy Christmas! XOXO's

Dainty Goth Goddess

I chanced upon a superb post by the folks at Cat Party the other day. It chronicled the many lovely looks worn by Winona Ryder on the red carpet in her hey day. *sigh* It made me feel a bit wistful for the late 80s and 90s and wish that we saw more of that type of gothic glamour today...

All photos from Life via Cat Party.

High Heel Fun X 3

High Heel Fun X 3!

1) Nicholas Kirkwood spring range for 2012.

 
2) High Heel Typeface by Zummi.

 

3) Christian Louboutin's new book.