Showing posts with label Style Icons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Style Icons. Show all posts
April 22, 2014
Whether you like her music or not, I think we all can agree that Taylor Swift has some amazing vintage inspired style. Now we might be a little biased because she often wears vintage and even when she isn't, she opts for vintage silhouettes. We think she is super cute and love watching he style evolve. Down below we have put together some of our favorite Taylor Swift inspired looks and even added some pieces from the vintage shop that are pretty darn close to things she has worn in the past. Who is your vintage style muse of the moment? Make sure to let us know down in the comments. 


 
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                              source                                    vintage 1950s blue morning glory print skirt


 
                source                                   vintage 1940s teal cotton sundress


 
                   source                              vintage 1950s black taffeta pocket dress

December 30, 2013
On December 15th, 2013, Hollywood lost a piece of film star royalty in Joan Fontaine. She and her sister, Olivia de Havilland, were some of Hollywood's most famous siblings and became famous during the time of the studio darlings. They were most known for their work on the big screen, Havilland in Gone With the Wind and Fontaine in Suspicion. As much as they were known for their work their long time feud was also public knowledge. After Fontaine's death Olivia made a rare statement about her sister, saying she was "shocked and saddened" by the news and that she was grateful for "the many kind expressions of sympathies." Fontaine died in her sleep at the age of 96 at her home in Carmel, California. 

While we like to keep everything on the blog a positive note, the feud between these famous sisters does pique our interest! It's rumored their feud started when as children, Joan felt that Olivia was her mother's favorite. And well...considering when Joan wanted to follow in her sister's acting footsteps, their Mother REFUSED to let her use the Havilland surname as well leaving Joan to invent a new surname! We'd be steamed about that too!

Joan Fontaine in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter in 1978 is quoted to have said, "I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia did, and if I die first, she'll undoubtedly be livid because I beat her to it!"

Despite the sibling rivalry, we think both Joan and Olivia are beautiful and had several vintage ensembles that we wouldn't mind getting into a fight over.

Joan Fontaine (floral) and Olivia de Havilland (crimson) | source

Olivia and Joan | Source

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Joan (in floral) and Olivia | Source

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September 2, 2013
It's no surprise that Jackie Kennedy Onassis was named one of Time magazines top 100-All Time fashion icons. Her name is synonymous with style. During her time as first lady in the 1960s she stunned in impeccably tailored suits and dresses, long gloves, and lady like pearl necklaces. Before her days of First Lady fame, she studied Journalism at Vassar and in 1951 won a writing contest at Vogue Magazine with the prize being an internship in Paris. Ultimately her mother would not allow her to go to France, a few months later she met an upcoming politician John Kennedy. During her time as First Lady she applied her sense of style to the White House and was responsible for the White House Restoration.

Vintage Style Muse: Jackie Kennedy
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Vintage Style Muse: Jackie Kennedy
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"During her husband's presidency, Jacqueline Kennedy became a symbol of fashion for women all over the world. She set the style for the early sixties with her clean suits, sleeveless A-line dresses and the pillbox hat that she often wore. Following her time in the political spotlight while living in Greece and later New York she experimented more with her look." She is still known today as one of the most influential women in fashion.

Vintage Style Muse: Jackie Kennedy
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August 26, 2013
Today's Monday Muse is stunning blonde bombshell, Ann-Margret, a Swedish born actress and dancer. To many she is known as the female Elvis and is rumored to have had a fling with him before he married his sweetheart, Priscilla.

Vintage Style Muse: Ann Margaret
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She has had a long career in Hollywood and is best known for her performances in Bye Bye Birdie, Viva Las Vegas, and Tommy among many more. "She has won five Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards. While we greatly admire her body of work, we have to admit we are mostly smitten the most with her va-va-voom vintage style. No one can pull off a sexy look like she can. And her come hither hair, it totally makes me want to go red! What do you think? Do you like Ann-Margaret as a blonde or a ginger?

Vintage Style Muse: Ann Margaret
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August 19, 2013
Natalie Wood began received her big acting break at age 7 when she was cast opposite Orson Welles in the film Tomorrow is Forever. The next year she appeared in Miracle on 34th Street, which is now known as one of the classic Christmas films. Her career flourished and she went on to star in Rebel Without a Cause, Splendor in the Grass, and West Side Story. She appeared in 56 films and received 3 Academy Award nominations before the age of 25. Though her professional life was very successful, she struggled to find stability in her personal life. She married and divorced Robert Wagner, whom she would re-mary many years later, dated Warren Beatty, Elvis Presley, and Dennis Hopper. In 66 she attempted suicide and temporarily retired from acting. In the late 60s she had a short lived second marriage to Richard Gregson. In the following years she tried to resurrect her career doing some made from television movies. Wagner and Wood remarried in 1972 and they had a daughter. Her untimely death came on a weekend vacation trip to Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles, where she was found drowned in the ocean. To this day the story of what happened is unclear. Fowl play was talked about but no charges we ever pressed. Such a tragic ending to for an American legends story.

Vintage Style Muse: Natalie Wood
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Vintage Style Muse: Natalie Wood
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Vintage Style Muse: Natalie Wood
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Vintage Style Muse: Natalie Wood
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Vintage Style Muse: Natalie Wood
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