Time for Couture

Monday, November 21, 2011

The best part of fashion is experimentation

Christian Dior, Fendi, Valentino, Brian Atwood

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Lovely Lolita

Recently I put some of my old lolita brand clothes up on trampleclothing.com. There in great condition and include Baby the Stars Shine Bright and Metamorphose.

Lolita style is a subculture that developed from Japanese street fashion and can be seen all around Harajuku Tokyo! Its very cute and the style resembles roccoco and little girl fashions. The best place to see examples of this is to look at the Baby the Stars Shine Bright blog.

Wearing these clothes always made me feel beautiful.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Awesome Giveaway

There is an awesome contest for those who love the hime gyaru fashion. Hime Gyaru is a part of the gal street fashion in Japan. Its very frilly and definitely for those who want to feel like a princess! One of the items is a pair of liz lisa shorts! Check it out!

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Beautiful Barbies

Long gone are my days of playing with dolls but sometimes I love looking at pictures of Barbies. From old reproductions to Bob Mackie designer costumes I wish I could have the closet of the luckiest doll on earth. Here are some current ones that I wish I could collect.

Grace Kelly barbies in her wedding dress and To Catch a Theif. Not shown is the Rear Widow Grace Kelly.

Here is the Mad Men collection featuring Don Draper, Betty Draper, Roger Sterling, and Joan Harris. (Cigarettes not included.)

Monday, October 24, 2011

Circle pins

One very popular accessory in the 50's and 60's was the circle pin. They were all designed so differently but were worn on a sweater or jacket. Some people think they had special meaning like whether one was a virgin or in a relationship. Personally after doing some research I believe that they were just popular kind of like the plastic "sex braclets" my generation wore. Every girl had them all over her arm but no one I knew was even sexually active (we were in middle school). They were just cheap and colorful and fun to wear. You can still find these at some vintage stores. Anyone have a collection of these pins?

First Lady of Style

Recently I had to do some research on Jackie O. We know her for being one of the best dressed First Ladies in history. Her pink pill box hat was immortalized in fashion history and many look to her as a style icon. I just wanted to share some of my favorite pictures I found. Katie Holmes recently portrayed her in the mini series "The Kennedys" which I've been watching. There are also some costumes this Halloween season. Have you seen?