tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84239948674862436502024-03-13T22:46:43.049-07:00The Fashion ThespianZoéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05560281923253671378noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8423994867486243650.post-15749802567991892252013-08-16T04:20:00.005-07:002013-08-23T03:30:42.384-07:00Who says orange is dangerous?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Why are certain colours considered more dangerous than others? Why are some colours genuinely more dangerous than others? There is no doubt that, in the animal kingdom, certain colours will be a warning. Take the wasp (vile things which should be eliminated, or at least controlled/domesticated because I know they get rid of parasites. One landed on my upper lip today while I was eating outside and it wouldn't go away. I almost cried) which is striped yellow and black, as a warning to potential predators. On the one hand, this is where nature genuinely proves it can highlight danger. On the other hand, this yellow and black striped shell (metaphorically) is also favoured by the generally less foul tempered Bee and those flies you always think are wasps, as a way to trick potential predators.<br />
Above all other colours, I think orange must be a dangerous colour, though we'd often consider black or red more so. By that, I do not mean that that orange can be a risky style choice that doesn't suit everyone, which is true. There is something about Orange that does not entirely feel quite right, something vibrant and eye-catching and unwilling to blend. If you've ever seen a field of Oranges or a house painted orange, you might understand what I mean. It is not mellow but bright like yellow. Or as popular as red. Or a timeless as black<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Anyway, today (or rather yesterday, but *shrugs*) I am wearing orange, with black. Yippee! In line with the current fashion for crop tops and a high-waist black skirt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">With this, my lovely (if I do say so myself) union jack heels, orange bag, necklace and orange ribbon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I really wish this were longer and, if I can, I will edit it tonight to make it longer and it should have been longer if I'd been less flippant with time, but this is me literally leaving right now for Carcassonne and I don't think they have internet in that part of France (fine, fine, in the house we're renting) Apparently, with a deep sigh, this is one of the busiest weekends of the year for road traffic... which should be fun.</span><br />
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Zoéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05560281923253671378noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8423994867486243650.post-9432229497659867822013-08-12T07:29:00.002-07:002013-08-13T03:20:59.933-07:00Is Fashion self-destructive?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Is Fashion self-destructive? Oddly enough, it is a phrase that has never much been used much in conjunction with Style and Creation, but is arguably fitting. Anything else which completely broke itself down to its core every season, or every couple of seasons, for no apparent straight-forward reason would be considered unhealthy and non-viable for good business. In any other field, when something works, you push it until sales stop dwindling to a economically unsure level. Somehow, fashion is a bubble which has missed out on this area of good business in a most spectacular way for, in Fashion, if you don't re-create yourself constantly, you don't sell. <span style="font-size: large;">In some ways, it is an anomaly.</span><br />
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It isn't so much the fact that the Chanel Resort 2012 plastic shoes made even the most experienced model's feet bleed, that Sisley scrawled 'Fashion Junkie' (In other words, fashion victim) across their clothing adverts or that openly provocative practises are linked with fashion in self-made adverts.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fashion has a funny way of embracing those who actively, whether ironically or not, seek to destroy it.</span> It is a sort of dark glamour that the fashion crowd keep begging for - Punk and anti-fashion taken to the forefront. Take, for example, Moschino. His designs were very innovative and unusual, parroting things such as a quilted black denim miniskirt with plastic fried eggs decorating the hemline, quilted jacket decorated with bottle tops, plug-socket drop earrings, and bodices made out of safety pins. He was dubbed the Jean-Paul Gaultier of Italian fashion but their styles are different; while Gaultier experiments with different fabrics and shapes, Moschino used basic forms and traditional methods. <span style="font-size: large;">What makes his rise to prominence in Fashion interesting is his apparent disregard for it.</span> He spoofed high fashion lines through his clothes. For example, "Expensive Jacket" was embroidered in gold across the back of a cashmere jacket, and "Bull Chic" on a matador-styled outfit. He also mocked the fashion classics such as the Chanel jacket with garish trimmings and details. Ironically, many rushed to wear his clothes, thus becoming successful and famous in the industry he satirized.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the other hand, it's possible that, quite the opposite, <strong>IT IS JUST IRONY</strong>.</span> Let's not forget that Moschino was made rich on the back of fashion. Let's not forget either that disturbing or even counter-productive advertising (Shockvertising) is a very effective way of selling clothing. After all, United Colours of Benetton is famous for it and Sisley is rather prone to using it too. If Jean Paul Gaultier made him name as an 'enfant terrible', it was not by sitting around, calmly accepting fashion. It was by getting up, wanting to change it and, yes, maybe throwing in a few inflammatory and paradoxical phrases on the subject of fashion now and then.<br />
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If Moschino campaigned to "Stop the Fashion System." Vivienne Westwood promoted Punk, essentially anti-fashion. How strange that these should both become recognised and beloved brands!</blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">"A</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">style</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">or</span> </span>movement</em></span><span id="hotword"><span style="font-size: large;"><em> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">characterized</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">by</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">adoption</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">aggressively</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">unconventional</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">often</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">bizarre</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">shocking</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">clothing,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">hairstyles,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">makeup,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">etc.,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">defiance</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">social</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">norms</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">behaviour,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">usually</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">associated</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">with</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">punk</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">rock</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">musicians</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">and</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">fans."</span></em></span> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">"Conventional</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">usage</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">in</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">dress,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">manners,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">etc.,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">especially</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">polite</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">society,</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">or</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">conformity</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">to</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">it:</span> </span><span class="ital-inline"><span id="hotword"><span id="hotword" name="hotword">the</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">dictates</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">fashion;</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">to</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">be</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword">out</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">of</span> <span id="hotword" name="hotword" style="color: #333333; cursor: default;">fashion."</span></span></span></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>Oh, and I know there are many other areas of this subject which I could have explored and didn't when constructing a conclusive argument. However, there are too many of them right now. I might re-do this argument from a different perspective on a future post.</strong></span></div>
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Zoéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05560281923253671378noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8423994867486243650.post-54797453428025045192013-04-05T06:45:00.000-07:002013-08-08T18:10:26.672-07:00The Bubblegum ClanThose who know my blog and its contents prior to this post may think that it has taken a decidedly taken a turn for the 'sweet' so to speak. This was not completely consciously done and I can assure readers that I have plenty of fashion grit and dirt ready to dish up. Consequently, my new design <em>(fresh look, fresh start - by the way, if you have trouble reading the font with the background, be sure to tell me and I'll do something about it)</em> choice clashes with my desire to comment on the latest Agatha Ruiz de la Prada collection and perhaps briefly introduce this Spanish designer to those who know but little of her.<br />
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Noting my recent disappearance from the blogging world, and not able to say that it was purely down to procrastination and schoolwork and a passing disillusionment, I will blame that which is still on my list of suitable alibis - the weather. Like Mary Poppins before me, I base a lot of my comings and goings upon the wind changing. I am very much the sort one might find attached to a long piece of string going up into the clouds, instead of one's kite, though on the other hand, you would not catch me bursting out of fireworks (Loud and dangerous things at close proximity) What I mean to say is that, I told myself I'd start blogging again when the wind changes... well, when the winter snow finally melts away until next year, which is more than a little bit determined by the wind since all the snow we have had was coming from a strong wind from Russia. Usually, this would ensure me a sabbatical of maybe a couple of weeks at best but the snow went on and on going from a joy and a treat to an absolute nightmare. End of March and I never wanted to see snow again. Whatever people might say about our weather, in Britain, it is generally mild and, until recently, it hardly ever snowed. Now, all I want is the sun. I have so many lovely clothes for warmer weather and grey skies are starting to depress me.<br />
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Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, 12th Marquise of Castelldosrius, is well-known in Spain but less so elsewhere in the world. She presented her first women's collection in Madrid in 1981, simultaneous with and promoting La Movida Madrileña, a Spanish counter-cultural movement which emerged after the death of Franco <em>(see footnote for further details)</em><br />
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<li>1986 - Agatha took part in a collective fashion show in France and began designing accessories. </li>
<li>1987 - She came out with a line of bed sheets and linens. She likewise took part in the exhibition, <em>"A tribute to Balenciaga"</em>.</li>
<li>1988 - Her collection "<em>Pasarela<strong> </strong>Cibeles" </em>launched in Madrid while "<em>Fiera Della Moda</em>." at Milan Fashion Week. She published her book "<em>La moda cómoda</em>".</li>
<li>1990 - Agatha presented a collection of unfinished dresses in Berlin and Madrid. Put on a show of kimonos in Osaka, Japan, entitled <em>"Lady from Spain."</em>.</li>
<li>1991 - Started licensing her brand name with a new kitchenware line. </li>
<li>1992 - Signed an agreement for a new fragrance with Gal. Designed a collection of <em>"Dress Watches"</em> for Swatch and met <em>Tintoretto</em>, which led her to a new line of work in 1995. Began designing several lines of clothing for <em>El Corte Ingles.</em></li>
<li>1994 - Agatha Ruiz de la Prada presented her collection at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris.</li>
<li>1995 - Organised the road show <em>"Absolut Ruiz de la Prada"</em> with Absolut Vodka and exhibited her work <em>"A tribute to Chillida"</em> at the Reina Sofia Museum.</li>
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<li>1997 - Launched her first line of pyjamas for women and men at the Salón Gaudí Show. Launched her second fragrance and designed a line of ceramics and furniture. Took part in <em>Casa Decor</em> and in a collective fashion show in Washington.</li>
<li>1998 - Presented her collection <em>"Canary Islands, the Flowers of Paradise"</em>, in Paris. Presented a wedding dress made out of porcelain at the IVAM in Valencia. Launched her first and very successful line of stationary products.</li>
<li>1999 - Opened her first store in Paris and designed her first home clothing and bathing line, including socks, glasses... even radiators and light-switches!</li>
<li>2001 - Agatha participated in the Children's fashion show, <em>Pitti Imagine Bimbo</em> in Florence, and has continuously done so, the only foreign designer to present her fashion show there. Launched a layette and baby toys line.</li>
<li>2002 - Launched her collection of baby, girls and women's shoes and a line of aromatic candles.</li>
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<li>2003 - Presented her first two men's collections at the "<em>Pasarela Gaudí"</em><em> </em>catwalk. Designed a bathroom supplies line, paddle racquet collection, computer games, pet-accessorises and jewellery. Opened a new store in Oporto (Portugal), followed by new store openings in Milan, Madrid and Santiago de Chile. Expanded her distribution to the United States, South America and Korea.</li>
<li>2004 - Agatha Ruiz de la Prada is awarded the <em>Fashion Oscar</em> in Italy, for best foreign designer. Launched her women's perfumes in Moscow and exhibited several of her outfits in a Moscow art gallery. Exhibited one of her picture catalogues at the IVAM in homage to several great artists.</li>
<li>2005 - Presented new collections such as a cosmetic line produced by Gal, teenage furniture, mobile phone accessories and launched her fragrance <em>"Corazón"</em> in France and the United States. Presented her fashion collection in Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, and Florence.</li>
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<li>2006 - Agatha Ruiz de la Prada expanded her licenses to paints, mattresses, a collection of children's furniture and children's playgrounds. Presented her collection of bridal gowns at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid. Designed a mobile phone for Vodafone and collaborated with renowned companies such as Osborne, UNICEF and Greenpeace.</li>
<li>2007 - Presented a collection of ski clothes and accessories in Madrid and Milan. Launched a new line of bathroom items. Received an homage for her 25 years in the fashion industry (in Burgos, Spain) in the presence of 25 of the most relevant Spanish designers. Still in Burgos, she inaugurated an exhibition of objects designed by her throughout the last 25 years. </li>
<li>During the NY fashion week 2007, and for the first time in her career, Agatha presented her own show room for her new S/S 2008 collection. Agatha launched a new line of technological items which included an MP3, MP4 and digital frames. She also included a new fragrance, <em>"Beso"</em>, to her line of personalized perfumes. Awarded <em>"Colombia es Pasion"</em>, for her support of young Colombian designers. Awarded <em>"Prix de la Moda"</em> by Marie Claire for the best professional trajectory. Awarded <em>"Top Glamour"</em> by Glamour magazine for the best designer of the year and the<em> "New Yorker"</em> Award by the Spain US Chamber of Commerce.</li>
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<li><span class="hps">2009 -</span> Awar<span class="hps">ded</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">Gold Medal</span> <span class="hps">for Merit</span> <span class="hps">in Fine</span> <span class="hps">Arts 2008</span>. Named an Ambassador of Fashion. Presented <span class="hps">her new perfume "</span><span class="hps">Oh</span> <span class="hps">la la!" in a Vogue event. Awarded the medal of merit in Fine Arts by King Juan Carlos.</span></li>
<li><span class="hps">2010 - Agatha Ruiz de la Prada received the Spanish nobility titles, Marchioness of Castelldosríus, Grandee of Spain as well as Baroness of Santa Pau after the death of her Uncle (She has <span class="hps">been responsible</span> <span class="hps">for</span> <span class="hps">a proposed</span> <span class="hps">law that</span> <span class="hps">men and women</span> be <span class="hps">equal</span> <span class="hps">in succession</span> <span class="hps">to titles of nobility)</span></span></li>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This collection is more than a little typical of Agatha Ruiz de la Prada (I think, from now on, it shall be referred to ARDLP - we have reached the point where I would believe it impossible that you did not know what I was going on about) Prime example of la Movida Espanol, ARDLP is a beam of sunshine in international design. Eccentric, confident and innovative, the designer deploys all her originality into brightly coloured confections, non-conforming to traditional aspects of clothing.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Her recurring motifs include crescent moons, suns, stars and, of course, hearts. Her collections are testament to the dynamic and seemingly optimistic world which she presents to her public. With her originality, style and involvement in every element of design, she is one of the great personalities of La Movida espagnole. The designer who defines herself as being of an "independent, creative and idealistic" character, evolves apparently obliviously to the diktats of international fashion. Nothing stops her, she paints a vividly coloured world into every field of creative design!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">If it is not already apparent, then I shall explain my reasoning for calling this 'The Bubblegum Clan'. Although there are clothes of more sobre colours like navy and burgundy, there is overall a great use of pretty pastels (so maybe she isn't completely oblivious to the rest of the fashion world) and the lovely masks on the models faces reminded me of animated children's films I used to watch where the bubblegum would pop in somebody's face, covering them in a thin sheet of pink rubber stuff. Yes, the artistry here is clearly greater, and less spontaneous, but one cannot deny that it bears a strong likeness to those images. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Thank you for reading. This is more something to ease me back into posting, but there should be a few personal style posts and cutting wit and fashion analysis coming up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I may do a few more tit-bits of Agatha Ruiz de la Prada collections in the future, so if you want to see more outfits of this type, stayed tuned.</span></div>
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<em>Footnote: La Movida Madrileña <span class="hps">is personified</span> <span class="hps">by well-known figures in</span> <span class="hps">music,</span> <span class="hps">film, design</span>, graphics and <span class="hps">cartoon</span>, but it <span class="hps">is also felt</span> <span class="hps">in other</span> <span class="hps">aspects of culture</span> <span class="hps">as well as</span> <span class="hps">social mores</span>. It represented the emergence of the post-Franco Spanish identity and the resurgence of the economy, from 1975 onwards but most noticeably in the 1980s. Although begotten in the Spanish capital, it emerged likewise in Barcelona and most other Spanish cities. It was characterised by an appearance of hedonism, freedom of expression, defiance of taboos which had been forcibly imposed by the Franco Regime, use of recreational drugs and a new spirit of freedom in the streets. The director, Almodovar is considered one of the figureheads of the movement.</em><br />
<br />Zoéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05560281923253671378noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8423994867486243650.post-60271498133506396032013-02-03T10:07:00.000-08:002013-08-09T04:44:01.132-07:00Icon of the Month - Anna May Wong<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Few people have heard of Anna May Wong. Indeed, I only heard of her for the first time in 2005, on occasion of the hundredth anniversary of her birth, and did not follow up on this new knowledge for six years. I could have told you she was the first Chinese American Film Star but it was not until 2011, when I was researching Hollywood's anti-miscegenation laws as a follow up to my History GCSE classes on civil rights, that I genuinely took an interest. In relative terms, this woman was amazing and heavily under acknowledged. Today is the fifty second anniversary of her death and, I thought, an ideal day to make her known to a few more people who might otherwise never have heard of her (also, this means I have more of a deadline so I will not keep putting this post off) <span style="font-size: large;">She managed to have a substantial career during a deeply racist time when the taboo against miscegenation meant that Caucasian actresses were cast as "Oriental" women in leading roles.</span></div>
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In 1910, they moved to Figueroa Street where they were the only Chinese in the area, living among mostly Eastern Europeans and Mexicans, helping Wong adopt American culture.<sup> </sup>She attended a public school with her elder sister, but they then moved to a Chinese school when they became the target of racial taunts from fellow students. </div>
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At that same time, film production began to relocate from the east coast to the LA area. Movies were shot constantly around Wong's neighbourhood, and she took a strong interest, spending all her pocket money on going to the Cinema, sometimes to the detriment of her education, explaining why her father was not happy with her interest in films. Wong wished to pursue a film career anyhow and at the age of nine, constantly begged filmmakers to give her roles, earning herself the nickname of <span style="font-size: large;">"Curious Chinese Child"</span>, and by the age of 11, Wong had come up with her stage name of Anna May Wong. This started paying off when, in 1919, she appeared as an extra in the Red Lantern and dropped out of school in 1921 to pursue her career full-time. </div>
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The first film for which Wong received screen credits was Bits of Life, in which she played the wife of Lon Chaney's character. Aged seventeen, she had her first leading role in <span style="font-size: large;">'The Toll of the Sea'</span> loosely based on Madam Butterfly.<br />
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Unfortunately, due to her being Chinese, she was not able to receive the roles she would undoubtedly have acquired otherwise. Conscious that Americans saw her as a foreigner although she had been born and raised in California, Wong began developing her image as a flapper. This, however, did not help her find more varied parts in Hollywood and she was consistently assigned supporting roles tending towards two stereotypes: the innocent, self-sacrificing<span style="font-size: large;"> "Butterfly"</span> and the scheming, deceitful <span style="font-size: large;">"Dragon Lady"</span>. Her career was further restricted by the anti-miscegenation laws of Cinema at the time, which barred her from sharing an on-screen kiss with any person of another colour... even if it was an Asian character portrayed by a white actor.<br />
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Wong made movies in the UK and Germany, making her debut on the London stage with Laurence Olivier in the play <em>"The Circle of Chalk."</em> After receiving negative criticism for her too-American voice from the London critics, she paid a Cambridge University tutor to improve her speech, acquiring the English accent of the social elite.</div>
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Directors in Europe applauded Wong's <span style="font-size: large;">beauty and talent</span>, and they used her in ways that the Americans, restricted by stereotypes, never did. Continuing her career in Germany, she became acquainted with German film personalities, including Marlene Dietrich. She learned German and French, developing a continental European attitude. In Europe, she was considered a star, and was surrounded by <span style="font-size: large;"><em>"An intellectual elite that included princes, playwrights, artists and photographers who clamoured to work with her."</em> </span><br />
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In 1929, Wong starred in EA Dupont's film <em><span style="font-size: large;">Piccadilly</span></em> as a dish washer, fired from her job in a London nightclub after dancing on a table, then rehired as a dancer to give the club a needed dose of exotic glamour. Unfortunately, it all ends in tragedy when she and her and her Caucasian Boss fall in love. A year later, she filmed her first talkie - <em><span style="font-size: large;">Road to Dishonour</span></em>, released by British International Pictures. In the years before dubbing was an option and different versions of a single film had to be filmed in different languages, Wong played her part in the English, French, and German versions of the film.</div>
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Wong was offered a contract with Paramount Studios in 1930. Drawn by the promise of leading roles and top billing, she returned to the United States.<br />
Having been promised a chance to appear in a prestigious film by the studio, Wong agreed to playing another stereotypical part - Fu Manchu's daughter in <i><span style="font-size: large;">Daughter of the Dragon</span></i>. This was the last <em>"evil Chinese"</em> role she played, and also her one starring appearance alongside Sessue Hayakawa.<br />
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Wong was seen as a fashion icon. In 1934, the Mayfair Mannequin Society of New York voted her <em><span style="font-size: large;">"The World's best-dressed woman"</span></em><br />
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In 1935 Wong had the most dreadful disappointment of her career, when MGM refused to consider her for the leading role in <i><span style="font-size: large;">The Good Earth</span></i>. </div>
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Wong spent the next year touring China, studying Chinese culture and visiting her ancestral village. </div>
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In the late 1930s, she starred in several B movies for Paramount Pictures, portraying Chinese-Americans in a positive light. She paid less attention to her film career during World War II, when she devoted her time and money to helping the Chinese cause against Japan. Wong returned to the public eye in the 1950s in several television appearances as well as her own series in 1951, <i><span style="font-size: large;">The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong</span></i>, the first U.S. television show starring an Asian-American. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">This post is another rather lazy one - simply a few pictures from an old editorial I decided to share. These were taken by Ellen von Unwerth for Vogue Italia in October 2002. The model is Natalia Vodianova and she looks wonderfully Russian is this series of photos. Fur and Ice abounding as she plays the part of a Fairytale Princess trapped in a beautiful, frozen ice (not to mention some beautiful outfits you would be mad not to wish to be trapped into) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">These photos are very atmospheric and reflect my mood. Ten years after they were taken, it is the perfect time to share them, <em>n'est ce pas?</em></span><br />
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<br />Zoéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05560281923253671378noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8423994867486243650.post-80296377931769789302013-01-24T12:39:00.004-08:002013-08-09T04:25:36.090-07:00An Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2013 Rainbow<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Salutations to all! Today is Thursday 24th of January, <strike>I do not have a hat for the costume party I am going to tomorrow</strike> and I am finally making the slow, staggering crawl out of mental and physical hibernation. This post hails the beginning of an oncoming storm of interesting posts, plus some narcissistic ones because, for some unexplainable reason, I get more followers posting photos of myself than trying to make an analysis of catwalks or introduce you all to something new, or maybe that impression is a false one... I don't really know! Anywho (Oh, how I have missed this wonderful made-up word which is a slight staple of my blog, if you look for it) I am sure I could not have been the only one who was literally in raptures of excitement mingled with a light cynicism at the prospect of seeing all of the Spring/Summer 2013 Haute Couture Collection. It is always an event for me because there is nothing in the world quite like it. Every item is the height of luxury, every collection, discounting Versace, a pillar of elegance and even fantasy. Of course, pret-a-porter is always important in that what we see coming down the runway there will influence high street trends and fashions, but Haute Couture is nothing short of Art. A sometimes elusive, grandiose and nonsensical art which people often misunderstand as simply clothes for rich fashion victims. Oh-so-not the case. For those of us who do not have the money, what is the difference between a £2000 dress and a £20,000 gown? We cannot afford them either way, but their is more entertainment value in Haute Couture, for Aficionados and Cynics alike. The Aficionado can rave about the artistry, the Cynic about the extortionate price and capitalist, commercialist corruption, or something of the genre. Somehow, though it is always a pleasure, Pret-a-Porter is merely a toned down version of the big event. </span><br />
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So, after all this time, this is not really a post. More a look-what-I-have-found which I am going to share, with proper posting beginning in a couple of days. Possibly this will also prove a lighter piece between two posts that turn out to highlight the fickle nature of human existence.<br />
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I have noted recently that people send less and less Christmas cards, either in favour of not politely asking how everyone in a family you haven't seen in a decade is, or in favour of simply wishing them merry Christmas and a happy new year on their facebook wall or, lastly, in favour of sending e-cards instead. Now... e-cards are something I do not truly mind if added at the end of an email as long as it is not an attachment which takes ages to load and just ends with sparkles everywhere. Those are a no-no and most irritating. Do not send them. <br />
Designers, on the other hand, have a different way of dispelling greetings. The video! Here are a few I have chosen to share with you, all with different approaches.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is not a proper post. <span style="font-size: large;">This is a post in memory of my little brother</span> who died less than three wee</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ks ago - </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and also presents the reason for my failure to post in the last month. I have not been in the most emotionally strong mindset and have been left feeling very vulnerable and confused. In regards to this blog, I was not quite sure what to do. I was not sure whether to stop blogging for a few months, whether to leave this or not or continue on as usual in regards to posting. In the end, I decided to continue with the posting as I did before. Why? Because, believe it or not, there was nobody more dedicated to following my blog than my little brother, Pierre Barnes. There was nobody sweeter, nobody more supportive... and I am sure he would be angry if I did otherwise than to soldier on bravely, despite the turmoil I am going through right now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is not to sensationalise anything, and it's because I felt he would have wanted this, and as a way to explain to you - not that I can. So, here are just a couple of photos of him, the island of Porquerolles where he died and pictures which remind me of him. Bye Bye Baby was a song I used to sing to him teasingly when we were in the car, or when I simply felt like singing. He was my unofficial photographer, my little brother and one of my best friends. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Latest News...</span> from Karl Lagerfeld: He will bring his Chanel Metiers d'Art show to Edinburgh (Scotland) this year - in a Secret Location on December 4th. Characterised by its dark gothic architecture and dramatic surrounding rocky hills, the city will serve as the perfect backdrop for the designer's grand event.<br />
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What else in News? Oh yes, Augustin Teboul has won the Dorchester Collection Fashion Prize 2012 - she did on the 17th of October but I didn't have the time to inform you until now. Also, the <span style="color: #e06666;">Tim Walker <i>Storyteller </i>exhibition has opened at Somerset House until the 27th of January 2013 - I really, really want to go (From the 29th of November, there is also an exhibition of Valentino)</span><span style="color: #ad8f31;"> </span><span style="color: black;">Time to suggest it to my parents! In other Fashion-Related exhibitions, the <em>Hollywood Costume </em>exhibition at the Victoria and Albert is open until the 27th January 2013. A trip to London is completely in order methinks.</span><br />
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By the way, what do you all think of the November Vogue Paris cover? I honestly love it. Some people have suggested it isn't high fashion and that it is laidback and lazy, but I rather like it, even if it is a look we've seen a million times. It's a chic and easy classic. Why fix that which is not broken?<br />
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So this is my jeans and cute white blouse ensemble, paired off with my new braces. This was what I wore yesterday (Sundays I generally spend the day in a Kaftan or Loose Shirt Dress) Look at the lovely pic of me with a sandwich, taken of me when I was unaware of what was going on. You might also notice the marks on my arm - no, I am not being abused. I burnt myself a couple of weeks ago thinking that, if I was very, very quick, I could take a metal dish out of the oven at 180 without using oven gloves. Well, I put my hands in, realised the dish was hot. Though, 'Ow. This is hot.'. Brought my hands up suddenly, they hit the grill at the top of the oven... and now I have two lovely battle scars. Yes, I know, I was being an idiot. I should not be allowed anywhere near an oven.</div>
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Greetings to all and my posse of followers! So, having narrowly avoided dying of exhaustion, leading to a potential possible mental breakdown (Is playing with a plasma ball for ten minutes, continuously saying nothing but 'Mwahaha' in a variety of different ways then listening to 'I am the Walrus' three times in a row, while dancing Gangnam Style worrying? At all?) which I think I am now drawing away from, I return to my blog. Tomorrow, it is my Birthday, and I shall turn seventeen - cue a chorus of 'Happy Birthday' by Altered Images - and at the end of next week, I shall be off on a much-needed holiday in the South of France which may delay my being sent to the nearest Asylum by a few weeks. At the same time, I have now accepted that nothing has come of the audition which I previously mentioned, and I am moving on. :) Life doesn't end just because little things go wrong (Or don't happen, as is the case here)</div>
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So... here is my retrospective of Chanel TV advertising. These are mainly adverts for No.5, but I have a Coco Mademoiselle advertisement too and a few for men's perfumes, Chance and No.19. On the subject of the vow in my last post to write more regularly, this was sort of going to be posted on Saturday, but I was just too tired to do more than find the videos. Anyway, I hope you like the videos I've found. I know that the quality is not great in all of them, but I honestly spent ages trying to find the best quality.</div>
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A timeless classic that still is a number one seller over eighty years after its launch in 1921.<br />
Created by Earnest Beaux, No.5 was the first perfume ever created using so much Aldehydes, which gives the fragrance its sparkle. Legend has is that Beaux presented Chanel with ten fragrances to choose from. (Or so the story goes...) Chanel chose perfume number five, hence the name. </div>
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1) Not an ad, but the Baudruchage... I just thought it was quite a cute, short little video. </div>
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2) During the 1960s the ads had diminished the allure of Chanel No. 5, identifying it with a scent for sweet, proper co-eds whose style bibles were teen-age fashion magazines. In the 1970s the brand name needed re-vitalization. For the first time in its long history it ran the risk of being labelled as mass market and passé. The fragrance was removed from drug stores and similar outlets. Outside advertising agencies were dropped. The remaking was re-imagined by Jacques Helleu, the artistic director for "Parfums Chanel." Helleu chose French actress Catherine Deneuve for the new face of Chanel. The print ads showcased the iconic sculpture of the bottle. Here is a Catherine Deneuve advertisement from 1978. Do enjoy! </div>
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3) Another Catherine Deneuve, but this one earlier, from 1973. It is known as "Whispered," by Helmut Newton.</div>
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4) From 1986 - the earliest advert with Carole Bouquet which I can confirm (or at least think I can confirm the date, but humour me if it is not the case) This one, directed by Ridley Scott, is known as 'Monuments' and with the sound of Nina Simone's "My Baby Just Cares for Me," it is a stunning piece of advertising. Carole Bouquet looks too beautiful for words.</div>
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5) Advertising film from 1990 and inspired by Rita Hayworth in 'Gilda', I think this is truly beautiful and I am glad that, even in the english advertising, I do not believe they changed the French words uttered by Carole Bouquet. I can hardly imagine it working in any other language... though Gilda was in English.</div>
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6) Another advertising film from 1990, known as "La star," by Ridley Scott, with Carole Bouquet and Music: "Sea of Love" - This is a lovely advert, very chic. I like the marine influence and the lighting but, above all, I must say that I love that hat with the red lipstick. Classy and Elegant. </div>
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7) In the 1950s the glamour of Chanel No. 5 was reignited by Marilyn Monroe, with her unsolicited endorsement of the fragrance providing invaluable, free publicity. After all, we all know that in a 1954 interview, when asked what she wore to bed, the film star famously responded: "Five drops of Chanel No. 5." This advert from the 90s with the inimitable Carole Bouquet pays homage to that in a charming way rather than the slightly creepy 'J'adore Dior' advert with Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich and Grace Kelly.</div>
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8) This has a very artistic quality... all the ones from this era do, but this one has, I feel, something particularly poetic and beautifully crafted. "I am made of Blue Sky and Golden Light." I am afraid I know next to nothing of this advertisement. Only that it's from around 1979-early 80s, and I am incertain of who the model is. I really cannot tell from the angle and can only suggest that it may be Carole Bouquet, but I am not sure it looks like her and I would also say that it's too early to be her. What is interesting about this commercial, if you are looking at it properly, is the shoes to the right side of the woman. Well, if you notice at the beginning while she is laying poolside, she has two shoes next to her...then when the plane's shadow passes over there is only one shoe (she must have knocked it in the pool). The man goes in to retrieve it for her and that is what he is carrying when he gets out of the pool. When he "disappears" the shoe "reappears" next to the other one. See? The devil is in the detail.</div>
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9) Advertisement from about 1982, directed by Ridley Scott, "I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire" by the Ink Spots and, I believe, covered by Bobby Scott. Perfect, even with a shadow of airplane gliding up the Transamerica building in San Francisco - slightly eerie since 2001. </div>
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10) Synchronised Swimmer, Model and Actress, Estella Warren, in this ad from... 1998? Though somebody told me it was 2002. How should I know? I was three and seven respectively in those years. But... it is a Luc Besson.</div>
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11) Advertising film from 1998, known as "Le loup," another one by Luc Besson, with Estella Warren and Music by Danny Elfman from Edward Scissorhands.... and wouldn't we all like to know where the WALL of Chanel No.5 is kept? </div>
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This is more my scene, advertising wise. Audrey Tautou being stalked by a handsome man while onboard something very reminiscent of the Orient Express, heading towards Istanbul.What could be better? One can also, of course, recognise the beautiful work of Jean Pierre Jeunet in directing this and I think this more subtle and charming advert is a perfect example of a modern one.</div>
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Me? I am not wholly appreciative. I think I understand what Chanel was trying to go for, but personally I find it lamentable - cheesy and rather pretentious, not like the classy adverts which the TV audience have been treated to in the past. Yes, they wanted to refresh their image but I do not think this has worked. The only good which can come of this are the spoof videos which are certain to follow. Anyway, do take a moment to watch Brad Pitt's nonsensical ramblings.</div>
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Perfume launched in 2001, first with Kate Moss, before being replaced as definite spokeswoman with the lovley Keira Knightley in 2006, with the advert below (right) launched in 2007, directed by BAFTA Award winning director Joe Wright.</div>
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Named after Chanel's birthday (19th August). A sophisticated scent which was created especially for Coco Chanel to use and to give to friends and favourite clients, Chanel No.19 is much less famous than No.5, but that does not mean that it has not been advertised in the past, even if it does not seem to be lately. I find these ads, mainly from the eighties, very charming. Of course, in every advertisement, there is subliminal messaging of what the product could bring you other than, in this case, a great perfume. This is the reason why it is most often Sunny in ads and why beautiful, young people in stylish clothes are used - they may even be on Holiday, and they most certainly drive a very nice car. </div>
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In this ad, the not-so-subliminal key message seems to be: "This perfume is great for kissing a man when he leasts expects it." Cue, images of a man looking surprised as a beautiful, confident, well-dressed young lady wearing Chanel No.19 leaps onto him. Ah yes. So THAT's what they are selling.... Sexual Confidence. :) </div>
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1) An advert from Christmas 1989 with the Tagline. <em>"Witty, confident, devastatingly Feminine"</em> - Chanel No.19 - and doesn't the model look lovely? Nothing sneering and aggressive or particularly supermodel about her pretty but sensible flat shoes, oversized white blouse and blue jeans. In fact, I would say that the way she is dressed is the epitomy of off-duty chic. This is my favourite of the Chanel No.19 advertisements.</div>
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2) An advert from 1982. This time, we are at the races and everyone's money is on Horse No.19, whom we watch speed through the starting gates and win the race while a beautiful, elegant woman sits watching and a man speaks of the perfume. Chanel No. 19... exciting, audacious, bewitching and, of course, prodigious. A Fragance sure to excite your curiosity. If you do not believe me, then you will have to buy it and see for yourself.</div>
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3) An advert from 1990. The sound on this is quite low, so you might want to turn it up. Once again, the tagline is <em>"Witty, confident, devastatingly Feminine" </em>and this time we are visiting a filmset under the direction of a lovely dressed (I have to keep emphasising this point) female director.<em> </em></div>
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4) A Mediterranean feel to this one. Imagine the heat of the Summer. This is one I really cannot say much about. The model is familiar but I would not like to hazard a guess without being certain and I have no idea of the year. I can, however, say that the advertising music was composed by Pierre-Jean Gidon. Or Georges Bodossian. I accidentally do not know which of the two it is.</div>
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5) I do not know the date on this one. If anyone has any idea, feel free to say so, but I can state that it features the model Patti Hansen (a.k.a. Mrs Keith Richards) This time the Tagline (following the same pattern of saying the name of the fragrance as the 1982 one, suggesting it is an ad from the early 1980s) is Chanel No.19 - Intriguing, Different and Devastatingly Sensual. That said, I would be glad if somebody who speaks better Spanish than my own would confirm this.</div>
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6) Another ad promoting Chanel No.19 as the perfect fragrance for catching men unawares with.a grab and a kiss, even while he is behind the wheel of a car. I am not sure but, even though he has stopped driving, I still think that it might be frowned upon as a health and safety hazard... he might accidentally step on the pedal of the car. Well, it is the '<em>Outspoken</em>' Chanel.</div>
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A Fragrance launched in 1984, this advert with Vanessa Paradis in "La cage aux oiseaux" dates from 1992. This is one of my all time favourite perfume advertisements, known as l'esprit de Chanel. Classy, elegant and, I feel, very well thought out... every detail is perfect, from Coco Chanel herself (well, someone pretending to be her) standing at the window to the cat looking at the songbird that is Vanessa Paradis, as though just waiting for her to come in reach of his sharp claws. What more could you want from a perfume ad?</div>
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It has been rather a while now, has it not? I must say that that is all wholly my fault and a mixture of acute laziness and the burgeoning of the new school year with its ensuing stress, mainly about the state of my future, are the key reasons. How are you all? I have missed my target 250 followers by the end of September, but I am still very happy and full of bright ideas.<br />
So, I did a few posts of collections presented at New York Fashion Week, and one from London with none from Milan and none from Paris so far. From this, you might have come to the conclusion that I have the largest interest in New York Fashion Week and, from there, the three that follow can't match up - nothing could be further from the truth! Not that I don't like New York Fashion Week, but the ones I keep an eye on most avidly are Paris and London.<br />
With that in mind, I am doing a quick update on five of the collections - Nina Ricci, Viktor&Rolf, Vivienne Westwood, Christian Dior and Jean Paul Gaultier. The analysis is not very in depth, but this is more to whet your appetite for next Spring's fashions than a deep and meaningful critical look at the collections... I hope you enjoy!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This Viktor&Rolf collection is a surprise favourite for me. Not a surprise in terms of the theatrical nature which is usually there, but the lack of it, the regularity and the ability to cross the wide divide between runway and the wardrobes of the fashionable female population. One felt a sense of old Hollywood and grecian-style whimsicality with delicious pleats. Did I mention that I love Pleats? As in floor-length dresses pleats? As in, a LOT? There is not a lot more perfect than floaty, pleated skirts, stylishly cut. Well, apart from floaty, floor-length, pleated skirts with broad shoulders and small waists, as on display in this collection. Alongside this, think large bows, roses and pretty tulle embroideries - bref, eveningwear to die for. I also found, to my surprise since I generally feel that silver is a colour I should best avoid, that I am now wishing to buy a floor-length, pleated, <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">silver lamé skirt from somewhere.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, if you've been with this blog for a bit, you may have remembered that I said I was rather cynical about how Raf Simons would progress at Dior, bearing in mind that Dior fashion is a staple of luxury femininity and Raf Simons had been at Jil Sander before, where minimalism and simplicity is the order of the day. With this collection, I feel my fears were proved once and for all to be completely unfounded. There were elements which were not completely to my taste but, by and large, I could not have asked for anything better. The discipline created a sensible restrained sensuality, very different to pre-Raf Simons collections which we had seen recently. It was sharp glamour with some beautifully cut pieces and surprising bright colours. I loved the sophisticated dresses with pretty gauze, the two tone tops with simple black shorts creating a beautifully coloured statement and the four final pieces of simple black cashmere tops<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> with iridescent balloon skirts of floral-</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">printed satin duchesse. I have more than accepted the idea</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">of designing seasonal collections to present a woman with ideas and apparel options which are actually wearable and not just show pieces for the satisfaction of fashion lovers. I'll know by Raf's next couture collection for sure what I think of<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> his posting at Dior and if I think that this brand of wearability is enough to make up for the lack of breathtaking pieces so far - those who don't like it need to understand it's a </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">new Dior, a new age, a New Look... *Winking Face*</span><br />
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So, that was not a great comeback and each review was rather short and sweet without analysing key trends, but I really don't have the time or energy for much more right now. Hopefully, I'll be back on form with a little more time on my hands soon. :)</div>
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You find me in a mixed state of Melancholy, Worry and pessimism mixed with a feeling of peace with the world and semi-contentment with the way my own life is planning out, even though it is not planning out as well as I, or my parents, might wish. I've come to terms with this. The results of two years of hard work came out in August - not quite as well as I need to go where I want to go, but not bad enough to destroy all chances. I have accepted this and am looking forward to whatever life throws at me. It's too much stress and too depressing to be staring back at the recent past with regrets. I regret not working harder, but since I can't change what has happened that drastically (and my school was really not being so helpful when last I broached the subject of re-takes etc.) I won't let it hold me back. Learn from this, Move on. These words are valid to many things in life, and I'm semi-glad that I have this attitude. <br />
The Melancholy, Worry and Pessimism are for different things. Sometimes I wonder if the world is falling apart, and if we're going to fall back into another great war, and hesitate to think that it feels like it's 'them' and 'us' even though it shouldn't be, and we're all human and should accept one another. Then I get angry about how stupid people can be, on both sides. So yeah... nonsensical, egotistical little paragraph is now over. :)<br />
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On another note, I have finally reached the semi-depressing stage where my wardrobe is literally full to bursting and I still have another pile of things which need to go in. Oh dear. Either I negotiate the eventual takeover of the whole of my sister's wardobe or hang up an extra rail or, and this is the not-going-to-happen-but-I-really-wish-it-could option, persuade my Father to convert our loft into one enormous wardrobe for my benefit, like the above (The above is NOT my wardrobe)<br />
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So, back to Fashion and Style, and posted a day later than I meant to, having chosen my favourite pieces of this collection an hour before Downton Abbey yesterday, after which I was too tired to get around to writing and posting. I am, as you can sort of guess from the Blog title, doing a post about Mary Katrantzou's latest collection. I hope you enjoy.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When I was around twelve or thirteen, I collected Stamps for the space of about a year. I got bored rather quickly, though I still have those stamps and think they're beautiful <em>(I love each one. So many different styles and colours, a snapshot into the world, the global nature of the world we live in, something which might have travelled around the world on the back of itself. A snapshot into History - I had stamps from countries which don't exist anymore, stamps with important figures and stamps with decomissioned boats. A snapshot into the exotic - birds of paradise alongside vibrant tropical flowers)</em> Why did I grow tired of my modest collection? Probably because I couldn't understand Stamps as well as I might have liked. I couldn't understand how to class them, how much they were worth and how rare they were, even how to get them and it was taking too long to create a competent collection. Bref, Stamps were not really my thing... until I saw yesterday's Mary Katrantzou Spring 2013 collection where my renewed interest came alongside a Fashion tour de force, beautiful, sophistcated and oh so chic.</span> <br />
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There was something romantic and even melancholic (like the way I'm feeling today) about the collection. Mary Katrantzou is fast becoming, in my eyes at any rate, the true Queen of the print. At her hands, we've had offerings of (and reminiscent to) metallic wires, scales, feathers, flowers, Fabergé eggs, Meissen porcelain, cloisonné enamel, Ming vases, Sophisticated Interiors, Architectural details, portraits of Madame de Pompadour, kaleidoscopic swirls, spiraling, fluid forms of artisanal blown glass, sharp-angled geometric explosions and images of perfume bottles. All this since Autumn 2009 where she presented her debut collection. In the space of three years, she has risen high on the list of designers which most inspire me, and has carved an international name for herself. So, I have established that Mary Katrantzou can turn pretty much anything into a delicious print, perfect on her beautiful silhouettes...<br />
Yesterday's collection distinguished itself from her past one. She brough forward the geometry and complicated simplicity of A-lines, shirtdresses, shifts, and sheaths. A geometry only re-inforced with the delightful patterns. Take this, the serrated edges of a stamp; the perfect pattern to trace down the side of a narrow pair of trousers. <br />
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<em>Note: Believe it or not from the photos, Katrantzou used denim for the first time at the beginning of the show. If you look closer at these top three dresses, you'll see it, and hopefully it will make you (like me) love the design of the dress all the more for it. :)</em><br />
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That particularly stunning outfit crystallized just how refined Katrantzou's eye has become at abstracting pure form from her inspirations.<br />
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<span style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Salutations! I forgot to say in my last post that I have finally reached the two hundred follower mark *Thrilled* and now hyped up to reach the three hundred mark. :) So, today is the last day of New York Fashion Week, and tomorrow the beginning of London Fashion Week. After this, it always goes so fast... anyway, here is my last review of a New York Fashion Week collection, and it's a good 'un - Ralph Lauren Spring 2013 Pret-a-porter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was a <span style="font-size: large;"><em>quintessential Ralph Lauren</em></span> collection, passing by a <em><span style="font-size: large;">Spanish Bullfight</span></em>. There were Swinging, brightly coloured or sophisticated black skirts, <span style="font-size: large;"><em>cordobes hats</em></span>, jewel tones, and waterfall ruffles down shoulders and sleeves... with delicate pretty necklines encased in vintage collars and choker ribbons. <span style="font-size: large;"><em>Like many of his past collections, Ralph Lauren presented a very literal representation of his inspiration.</em></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">One of the things which always makes me follow Ralph Lauren's latest doing is his inimitable way of mixing wearability and even practicality with whimsicality and pure unadulterated chic.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">As is often the case, the last pieces of the collection were the shout-out outfit. Gauzy whit ruffles delicately enveloping the figure, chaste white below-the-elbow blouse, statement black belt, black scarf tied trendily to the side and a black cordobe hat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The collection finished on a high with a black and gold number. Stylish beret, dramatic toreador jacket with epaulettes, thick black belt and floorlength ruffled black skirt. Perfection!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So, it was quite a short review. I hope you liked the collection and appreciated the pictures of paintings which I feel relates to it. </span><br />
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<br />Zoéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05560281923253671378noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8423994867486243650.post-48694003254053186542012-09-10T17:33:00.000-07:002013-08-09T04:38:41.474-07:00Zac Posen Spring 2013 pret-a-porter<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Salutations! You find me here, an exhausted, slightly confused young woman. Exhausted because, for some stupid unknown reason, I am having trouble sleeping and doing my best to keep up to date on every one of next season's collections at New York Fashion Week is harder than I thought - although, if I don't like the collection in the first few outfits, unless it's a well established brand, I do not really follow through and look at the rest. Oh, and Marc Jacobs tomorrow - exciting!Confused, because I'm in a semi-constant state of confusion and incertainty. As soon as this post is finished, I'm off to bed... and I would be off now if it were not for the fact that I meant to post this on Sunday Morning, and I hate being behind schedule, so to speak. Also, although it's not exactly breaking news, I'd like this blog to be sort of current.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So, those of you who have been with my blog for a bit, might remember that I did a review of the Zac Posen Resort 2013 collection, which I absolutely loved... and I am happy to say that my esteem of Zac Posen has not lowered a mm with his latest Spring 2013 collection. The vintage themes and sharp tailoring in the Resort collection were carried through to here.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The clothes had a retro feeling, with 1940s elements on show in suits and pretty floral dresses. And then there was a distinctively 1950s Hollywood vibe in the stunning ballgowns the designer reeled out, and it seems quite apparent (to me, at any rate) that these might have been his focus over the rest of the clothes. Honestly, who could blame him? Ballgowns and evening dresses are always my favourite pieces to look at in a collection, so it would make sense that some people find more natural affinity with those red carpet, Oscar-worthy numbers over anything else. There was a hint of Grace Kelly, a myriad of colours, all topped off with a jade green duchesse satin and tulle strapless ball gown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">If I have one criticism? It might be that I think the mermaid-tail (or trumpet) shape of the dresses was heavily at play until we reached Erin O'Connor in the afore mentioned jade green duchesse satin and tulle strapless ball gown. If you look at the ball gowns in his last Autumn 2012 collection, and again at his Spring 2012 and Autumn 2011 - fine, so obsession with the mermaid shape is not really an issue, since that was when he really started bringing them out - they almost all share this similar skirt shape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Well, I'm not going to criticise him for having a definite 'Look' and I never say much about the usual nipped-in waists, which are very much on display, much to my satisfaction... and what he does create is luscious. I'll just rest my case having pointed out, what I may call, the 'Mermaid Obsession'</span> </div>
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Greetings! I have just finished an interesting three days, having finally arived at sixth form and looking to my A-Levels. It feels like the last five years of my life went really fast and in next to no time, I will be off to University. This prospect is daunting as well as absolutely delicious - like everything that involves moving on to larger fields.<br />
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Anyway, New York Fashion week is well underway and I shall probably present a few collections. Escada I chose because I thought it a classically pretty collection - not normally what I like to present - I like interesting over pretty, but I could not find much that I thought innovative enough to compensate for their innate dullness and ugliness (In a harsh mood today. By no accounts did I find absolutely everything ugly - in fact, when in a better mood, I can see the beauty in everything) so I shall have to go with this classic pretty Spring 2013 pret-a-porter collection by Escada, inspired by Miami. <br />
Being a strong promoter of the colour yellow, which I find pitifully excluded from many people's wardrobes, the above tailored tuxedo with the contrasting black lapels could not fail to catch my eye. <br />
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It was a demure collection for Escada, which has a past built on sequins (though they were thankfully not completely banished from this collection) and was known for extravagance. Instead we have soft draping lines and elegant tailoring, paired with sequined clutches and dazzling patterns. I especially liked a couple of patterned suits, a gorgeous patterned black dress with yellow belt, a luscious green Kaftan and, the defining evening dress piece - a piece that, if I were a hollywood star, I would adore to wear to an awards ceremony or premiere - I am, of course, speaking of the black lace with sheer skirts and a sexy but elegant thigh-high slit.<br />
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I love the above suit with patterns. One of my favourite things is a suit where there is an interesting pattern from head-to-toe. I came across a very nice one recently which had a sort of blue china motif. It felt like a teacup in a suit! How can you possibly beat that? I also liked the oriental vibe and vibrant colours of the above dress, but I must say that this gorgeous checked suit is stunning for casual occasions and this demure white outfit turned sexy with a slit is very pretty and summery. <br />
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Buongiorno! Well, I have finally finished my thirty or so performances of Three Musketeers, a strange mixture of sad relieved that it is over but with the promise of throwing myself into next years' productions. I have an audition for Luciana in Comedy of Errors and Hermia in Midsummer Night's Dream on the sixth of October, I believe. Wish me luck, thought I do not think I will get the roles as there is a lot of competition from many people much more experienced than myself.<br />
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In other news, finally back to school for good on Wednesday with the pleasurable feeling of knowing I have done all my Holiday Assignments (something I've never even thought of doing before) and I have completed the unbelievably hard task of tidying my room. Earlier on today, my sister walked into the room asking to borrow something, forgot what she'd come in for and instead started wandering about, as if to assure herself that it was real. Hell, I'm not known for being the most tidy, organised and pro-active of people. I expect most of my family believed it would stay looking as though a bomb had dropped or I had been robbed for the next couple of years... by which point, going off to University would have forced me to have to do something about it. I am also glad to be finally heading back towards less warm weather because I honestly feel I can dress better when I don't have to worry about removing layers.<br />
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In Fashion News, only a few days until New York Fashion Weeks kicks off the rest and we can lust over designer offerings for next Spring (And, if you are like myself, curse yourself for never having any money to spare)<br />
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And in the news most related to this blog post, Phillip Lim has created his own comic book to coincide with the launch of his latest collection. The designer has produced one-off comic <em>Kill The Night, </em>in line with the inspiration for his Autumn/Winter 2012/2013 Pret-a-Porter line, which was heavily influenced by famous comic book fiction such as <em>Sin City</em> and <em>V for Vendetta</em> in particular "the neo-noir heroines" that feature in them.<br />
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The book is set to launch on September 6 to coincide with Vogue Fashion's Night Out. <br />
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">^^^ Gold shoes, of which everybody needs a pair to brighten up their outfit. If paired like this with almost entirely black, it creates a very dynamic and chic effect.</span></em> </div>
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<em>^^^ Lovely - Geometrical lines are here to stay.</em></div>
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<em>The above might just steal my prize for favourite-in-collection. It is imbued with wearability and, paired with the right accessories, would feel as right in a casual environment as it would in a formal one. Lovely cut, lovely high waist and gorge belt! This style of belt was used more than once and I am now mentally thinking about keeping an eyes open for flimsy plastic belt cheaper versions of it.</em><br />
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<em>Again with the whimsical, transluscent plastic belts - in this case, it just gives new dimensions and textures to the outfit and, in doing so, finishes it off perfectly. </em></div>
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<em>^^^ Simply beautiful. The belt, the collar, the cape-like feel. *Flails*</em><br />
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<em>^^^ I do not know if I would normally love (Like, certainly) but I do... it looks elegant, the coat is practical for cold weather, it has the waists I love and the colours are demure and elegant. With bright colours, elements like the coat and the collar would have been 'overkill alert!' As it is, stunning.</em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hello! (Can anyone explain to me why that feels so strange? Why I prefer to say 'Greetings' or 'Salutations' - Maybe I have issues and just need to learn to say it to people more. Well, I'm testing it out here) So here are some photos of what I've been wearing today. I don't know why, but when I got dressed this morning, I did not feel like much colour. I felt like wearing black clothes, clip-on faux diamond earrings and sunglasses and carrying a black umbrella as I trotted through the rain, like a sort of reluctant young widow in stilettos who drinks too much. Or has a reason to hide her identity and doesn't understand the concept of 'blending in'... just like all these celebrities who wear sunglasses in the middle of winter and wonder why people realise they are celebrities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The outfit was only brightened up by the vibrant red strip of my lips... though prepare yourselves because I think tomorrow might be red. Head-to-toe <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">BRIGHT RED</span>... and I shall probably feel the need to share. Tomorrow, I shall also be in London, in a ploy from my Father to remove me from the Sitting Room where I have been living, consuming an endless supply of Chicken Tikka Masala and Pepsi Max... (He also has to pick a bike up from Kings Cross. Bearing in mind his love of cycling, I think that might have actually been the driving force)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Iron Fist Girls Platform Heels with polkadot bows and colourful detailing - These are my go-to shoes for dramatic semi-comfort. Because of the platform, the heel does not feel that high and so they're great for walking around in (as long as you're walking through a flat city or town and you intend to stop walking and go home after two or three hours)</span></div>
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So, I have been busy recently with acting commitments, preparing quote from the Duchess of Malfi for when I return to school, buying clothes and supplies for when I return to school... Oh, and I've been on holiday and recovering from my GCSE results as well as learning an audition piece so I will have more acting commitments next year.<br />
These photos were taken before I went off to Amsterdam, even before I went off to Prague. I wasn't going to share them until October or maybe September because they felt a little autumnal to me, but I could not be asked not to do it now, if that makes any sense at all, which it probably won't.<br />
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My inspiration is the sort of Factory Girl, Rosie the Riveter style. This is most apparent in the way I arranged my hair, and that is sort of what I focused on. The rest is just something which I felt worked well with it.<br />
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This is very simple and laidback - the sort of thing I wear when the Summer is really not going the way it should be. It's sort of cute but it's 'pulled on' rather than 'I thought about this' and, to me, the hairstyle is what makes it worth wearing (Otherwise, I think I would sincerely find this really rather boring)<br />
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Zoéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05560281923253671378noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8423994867486243650.post-25024654734887526242012-08-05T16:47:00.000-07:002013-08-09T04:43:34.102-07:00The eternal Blonde Bombshell<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One thing that people often overlook with Monroe is the more intelligent side to her, which was not much fostered by her 'dumb blonde' image. She loved Goya, ahead of her time in terms of promoting civil rights, her hero was Abraham Lincoln, when she met Nikita Khrushchev, they discussed 'The Brothers Karamazov'... and she was reading 'To kill a mockingbird' at the time of her death. Although we often like to see the young, innocent side, we forget that many described her as manipulative and shrewd, she had problems with co-stars, lines and turning up to set. </div>
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I'm not going to do a simple biography, because I'm languid today, that would take too long and you can find it elsewhere, but I will point out a few interesting items. Monroe was passionate about equal rights, indeed she helped Ella Fitzgerald, who was her friend, with her career.</div>
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<em>"I owe Marilyn Monroe a real debt ...it was because of her that I played the Mocambo, a very popular nightclub in the '50s. She personally called the owner of the club, and told him she wanted me booked immediately, and if he would do it, she would take a front table every night. She told him -and it was true, due to Marilyn's superstar status - that the press would go wild. The owner said yes, and Marilyn was there, front table, every night. The press went overboard. After that, I never had to play a small jazz club again. She was an unusual woman - a little ahead of her times. And she didn’t know it."</em> Ella Fitzgerald</div>
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+++ 'Every Baby Needs A Da Da Daddy' taken from the B Movie 'Ladies Of The Chorus' (1948). This was only Marilyn's thrid film appearence and her first starring role. At 22 years old she is a far cry from the icon we know as Monroe. Nevertheless, this early performance shows how she was later groomed and trained. Her voice is deeper throughout this film - she was not doing the "breathy" thing yet... and I think this shows her in a slightly different light. +++</div>
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+++ The infamous 'Diamonds are a girl's best friend' from Gentlemen prefer Blondes where she starred alongside Jane Russell - a sex symbol at the time of a different nature - as Lorelei Lee opposite Jane Russell's Dorothy Shaw and, if it were not for this delightful number, I would have to state that Jane Russell completely stole the show though I am sure Marilyn was the main attraction for the cinemagoers. +++</div>
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<i>Ladies of the Choru</i>s (1948)<br />
<i>Love Happy</i> (1949) Uncredited<br />
<em>A Ticket to Tomahawk </em>(1950) Uncredited<br />
<em>Right Cross </em>(1950) Uncredited<br />
<em>The Fireball</em> (1950)<br />
<em>The Asphalt Jungle</em> (1950)<br />
<i>All About Eve</i> (1950)<br />
<em>Home Town Story</em> (1951)<br />
<em>As young as you feel</em> (1951)<br />
<em>Love Nest</em> (1951)<br />
<em>Let's make it Legal</em> (1951)<br />
<em>O. Henry's Full House</em> (1952)<br />
<em>Clash by Night</em> (1952)<br />
<em>We're not married</em> (1952)<br />
<i>Don't Bother to Knock</i> (1952)<br />
<i>Monkey Business</i> (1952)<br />
<i>Niagara (1953)</i><br />
<i>Gentlemen Prefer Blondes</i> (1953) <br />
<i>How to Marry a Millionaire</i> (1953) <br />
<i>River of No Return</i> (1954) <br />
<i>There's No Business Like Show Business</i> (1954) <br />
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<i>The Prince and the Showgirl</i> (1957) <br />
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Anywho, I arrived in Prague on Sunday Evening, staying with some really lovely people in a much less tourist-y part of Prague and therefore bringing a much more personal side to the city. That evening I went to see Sweeney Todd with my host, who had designed the fantastic costumes for it. </div>
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<<< <em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Church of St Nicholas, Prague</span></em> - the first sight I came to and the thing which called me to the Old Square. It is one of the leading Baroque structures in Europe with the main architectural design made by Krystof Dientzenhofer and his son Kilian Ignac Dientzenhofer between 1702 – 1752. It was Kilián who designed the unique vault and robust dome, which has since become one of Prague’s main landmarks. <br />
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<<< I'm narcissistic so I had to include a photo of myself (wearing my brother's circular sunglasses - well, if he had not wished me to use them, he should have taken them on holiday with him) This is, of course, a self-portrait... you can see my arm reflected in the sunglasses.<br />
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We visited the cathedral of the Prague Castle on the Wednesday and had coffee in the place behind it. The cathedral was impressive, but the most impressive element was its incredibly bright and colourful stained glass windows. Unfortunately, I cannot show you the pictures of those because they came out very blurry.<br />
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In conclusion, I think Prague is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been to - I was absolutely enchanted - and I met some lovely people. I would love to go back (as soon as possible) and I encourage anyone reading this to go if you can!<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Thank you for reading, do <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">follow</span></em> and please <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">comment</span></em>!</span><br />
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<br />Zoéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05560281923253671378noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8423994867486243650.post-78785113389154865762012-07-29T00:42:00.000-07:002013-08-09T04:48:19.563-07:00Tim Walker - Lily takes a trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>Good dawning to thee, friend!</em></span> <em>(King Lear, Act 2, Scene 2, Line 1... if you are interested)</em> </div>
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In my last post, I stated that the Olympic Opening Ceremony could not live up to the level of expectations set by all the publicity set - I have never been more wrong. I don't care for cynicism and I don't care for pessimism.... I am hardly ever even minorly partriotic but last night I was. It was a damn impressive revue of all that is good about this country I live in and proving once again that Danny Boyle is a genius. It was a beautiful run through british culture and history. Pastoralism, the industrial revolution... Running from Charlie Chaplin to Dizzee Rascal via Stairway to Heaven and Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and everything in between (Mary Poppins, Voldemort, James Bond, Mr Bean... and the ever brilliant Sir Kenneth Branagh) Proud of my british half. In my humble, and possibly biased, opinion London was better than Beijing. Whereas Beijing was a triumph of sheer volume, precision timing and power, the London Olympics had imagination, artistry, humour, creativity, depth and innovation. Don't shoot me for saying so, because I adored Beijing... I didn't stop watching for a second and was impressed by the sheer size of it. It's a matter of personal taste and I liked the more light-hearted approach.</div>
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Anywho, finally on route to some sort of Holiday. A holiday I am more than ready for, being a person of a naturally more lazy than hardworking disposition. Until this point I have been surviving on sheer hope of more Sunshine appearing, Pepsi Max, a bucketful of dreams and expectations, 2 minute microwave rice and beautiful photos of exotic or culturally significant locations: </div>
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So, before I leave for my holiday, I leave you with this July 2005 UK Vogue Editorial. I have never personally been to India, but it is items like this which make me consider it and photos of women in their colourful saris carrying spices (I don't mean to stereotype) their eyes rimmed with Kohl and bangles on their wrists which make me desperate to visit. Enjoy! If you are not going on Holiday then I hope this brings you a piece of the sun.</div>
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^^^ Miss Cole looking mysterious with a... net (Not being the most knowledgable in subject of fishing and insects and the like, I hesitate to call it a butterfly net) wearing a very simple and elegant outfit, perfect for the Indian late afternoon heat. A very visually striking photo, with the soft reds and oranges of the evening sunset contrasted with the blue of the dress.<br />
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^^^ Again, Lily is eclipsed by the room, though the picture would not be complete without her, bringing a sense of enigma to it all, dressed in her peacock dress, perched on a cabinet amidst the faded ornament and destruction of the room (which only adds to its overwhelming beauty - vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas)<br />
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^^^ I WANT THIS DRESS! All of these photos have a sense of faded grandeur and richness, but in this one there is also a look to the future with the arrival of a beautiful woman dressed like a princess, descending the delicately delicious spiral staircase (and the door in the background! *Flails* Very beautiful methinks)</div>
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Writing this, we are an hour away from the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics - and watching the countdown on BBC 1 - green lawn, rolling hills, a little cottage, clouds on strings, peasant women in scarves and shire horses galore! Finally here - after what feels like ages of publicity and TV and Magazine Covers, even of Vogue, on the subject. Can't wait for it to start! </div>
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Salutations! Finally reached 180 followers, with my next target being the 200 margin and looking forward to being in Prague this Sunday. So many exciting things, even if this is one of my least active holidays ever - at this time of year, I'm normally at my grandmother's house in France.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Archery, Athletics, Badminton,Basketball, Beach Volleyball (Prince Harry has tickets for the Women's) Boxing, Canoe Slalom, Canoe Sprint, Cycling - BMX, Cycling - Mountain Bike, Cycling - Road, Cycling - Track, Diving, <span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Equestrian, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Fencing, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Football, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name"><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Gymnastics - Artistic, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Gymnastics - Rhythmic, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Handball, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Hockey, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Judo, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Modern Pentathlon, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Rowing, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Sailing, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Shooting, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Swimming, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Synchronised Swimming, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Table Tennis, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Taekwondo, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Tennis, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Trampoline, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Triathlon, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Volleyball, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Water Polo, </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Weightlifting and </span></span></span><span class="disciplineBox"><span class="b disc-c"><span class="disc-name">Wrestling.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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I could have fashion-ed it with some of the many dynamic editorials of Sport directly on the subject of the Olympics, but since you are sure to find those easily enough, I instead wish to present you with this editorial I found of Lily Cole with a range of diverse gymnastics pieces... Gymnastics perhaps being my favourite part of the Olympics, in terms of events, since the Opening Ceremony is altogether the best bit - the artistry along with the pure skill. It's breathtakingly beautiful. If you have time, check out Nadia Comaneci at the 1976 olympics for Romania; always worth re-capping on.</div>
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I also could have given you pictures of actual Olympians, rather than Fashion models (as much as I like Lily Cole) but there are so many to choose from and since I will be supporting two teams (France and UK) even more! So, I just had to go for this striking, colourful imagery.</div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Danny Boyle's Fabulous Spectacle for the Opening Ceremony.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The Gymnastics (Both Male and Female)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Seeing what will happen with Ussain Bolt in the Athletics - will he hold on to his title? (Probably) Can he be beaten? (Probably not)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Seeing all the different teams' Uniforms for the Opening Ceremony. USA in Ralph Lauren, Italy in Armani and France in... Adidas. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It all dying down and life going back to normal - yes, there is a cynical side to me.... but not that cynical. Olympic-bashers, who go on about the cost etc, irritate me. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The closing Ceremony... and the Rio takeover of the Olympic Flame.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The Rio Olympics! Snapshot images of Christ the Redeemer, beaches, blue skies and all that. Oh, and not being hit constantly with Olympic imagery 24/7 once the pressure is off the British. Anybody for a Samba?</span></li>
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Personal Note: In Britain, this event has been given a lot of hype. Proof that I didn't organise it. I am a strong believer in lowering expectations - people will be less disappointed if they expect less, or more impressed if you will - so this spectacle had better be damn good. If I had done it, I would still have conducted it like it is done now, but I would have told everybody that it was just a little do behind the local pub with people prancing around in tutus. Then, you would be sure that, everybody would be blown away.<br />
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Big Flaw in this Plan: Nobody would turn up or tune in. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><em>Salutations!</em></span> I have spent today very idly and I am ashamed of myself for being such an unproductive member of society, spending it lounging around like a Pasha, watching films, learning to do this hairstyle, realising that there are some things about girls I will never understand (((Why on earth do they talk about their friends behind their back the way they do? Left, right and centre... all I can hear are girls going on about all that is wrong with their mutual friend, finally deciding that they don't like them, but then act all nice when that person is around. Why?))) and thinking about eventually making Chocolate Roulade (Unless I make something more healthy, and useful to practise when I eventually have to start cooking for myself)</div>
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I've got a few blog posts coming up, all set until my Marilyn Monroe tribute on the fiftieth anniversary of her death... and hopefully the weather will stay this good for my next few outfit posts, since taking outfit posts when it's raining or cloudy out of season makes me sort of sad, unless I have a different setting to take the photos of them in.</div>
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<li>Shortening things can be a good way to go; regency-style dresses but above the knee or the way, that I have a modest strip of midriff showing (The skirt is a little loose at the waist, so it hung down in a way I had not noted until I looked at the pictures)</li>
<li>Shoes - brightly contrasting colours, killer heels or, at this time of year, sandals.</li>
<li>Contemporary hairstyles, which of course I did not try since I was attempting a Gibson Girl style.</li>
<li>Make-up - Whether more of it or less of it depending on the era being replicated. Or you can simply create something historically-reminiscent purely through the use of make-up, especially if going for something along the line of the sixties, or 18th Century. This also applies to hair, e.g. A pompadour a la Marie Antoinette paired with blue jeans, a floaty blouse, beauty spot and a choker.</li>
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I'm not going to state that you pass completely '<em>inapercue</em>' when wearing this, but it's not as if you are wandering through town in a fluorescent pink jumpsuit with yellow polkadots (Feel free to do this if it is your 'thing' - I don't judge, though I will probably have to conceal laughter if ever I came across you ;) and it really feels nice. Bonus: You don't have to worry about people seeing anything when you bend over. Always a positive.<br />
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It means a lot to me. :)Zoéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05560281923253671378noreply@blogger.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8423994867486243650.post-23287468669550420202012-07-23T15:45:00.000-07:002013-08-09T04:49:24.481-07:00Sweet Side of Summer<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vbLas7aQNgs/UA1wVPf5J5I/AAAAAAAAB4k/qF4l1Rpr2F8/s1600/P1010311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vbLas7aQNgs/UA1wVPf5J5I/AAAAAAAAB4k/qF4l1Rpr2F8/s400/P1010311.JPG" width="279" /></a>Yippedee! Yahoo! Wooh! We. Have. Summer! - The British Summer is not just a myth passed down from generation to generation, since today there is conclusive evidence to support the idea that such a thing exists! ... Hello Folks - forgive my absence of nine days - I can assure you that I was not idling away my Summer Holidays, rather stressing about the fact that in a month my fate and future shall forever be sealed as I receive my exam results, and the impending wrath of my parents. In the mean time, I have the three musketeers (Play I'm in) for another two and a half weeks, a trip to Amsterdam and a trip to Prague coming up. *Exciting* Today, I went to see Twelfth Night, and it was one of the best Shakespeare performances I had ever seen complete with delectable 18th centure costume and wigs, some excellent physical comedy and an inimitable Sir Andrew, an absolute delight and very accessible, even to my young French cousin.<br />
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What I love about this outfit is the contrast of the green and the orange; I adore bright colours and these two feel well together, like the rose I am holding in my hand in a few of the photos. It feels like something to wear on a slow, langorous July day when I wish to avoid Sunburn and I'm worried about the weather turning for the worse, but still want to feel Summery, colourful and elegant.<br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><em>Like a horse flicking away flies,</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><em>And the smell of a freshly mown lawn.</em></span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: Times; font-size: x-large;">And a Ladybird climbing a blade of grass nestled with the cuckoo spit.</span></em><br />
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<li>Platform Shoes with Polkadots - Iron Fist Girls</li>
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<br />Zoéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05560281923253671378noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8423994867486243650.post-21120880275411519522012-07-14T15:50:00.000-07:002013-08-09T04:51:22.508-07:00Jacqueline de Ribes<div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><em>Greetings and good will to all!</em></span> Pleasantly sipping champagne with a drop of cassis, my nose pressed (not literally) against the computer screen while my brother brushes my hair (literally) and I venture out on posting today's blog post on the subject of Jacqueline de Ribes. Having spent a day dressed entirely in a black turtleneck, floor length black skirt and black jacket in the middle of July, the weather is starting to depress me. I can not but think sadly of all the lovely summery clothes I could be wearing right now. My sister, of course, refuses to let the bad weather get her down, clad in tight shorts and one of my red shirts. Maybe I should take this stand, "Weather - I shall not be defeated!" but I do so detest being cold. The very british grit (grit on which they built their empire, stiff upper lip and all that) or optimism of having picnics in the rain, while teenage girls travel around with sunglasses and shorts, cannot transfer to my french half.</div>
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She spent most of early childhood residing with her maternal grandfather, and described him as being 'the only one who loved me' devastated by his death in 1939. During the Occupation of France, Jacqueline and her siblings were sent to Hendaye with their Scottish nanny, who was soon after locked up in a labour camp, she being British national. She and her siblings lived parentless with a guardian in the concierge’s cottage at Hendaye after the Gestapo had requisitioned the main house, where her former bedroom was used as a tortured chamber. When Jacqueline was thirteen, she was moved by her parents to the château of the Count and Countess Solages, in the centre of France, where she shared the chateau with german officers,. This is where she stayed until the liberation.<br />
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Jacqueline was then sent to the convent of Les Oiseaux, in Verneuil, where she took a key part in the school dramatic productions, making costumes. In 1947, she was taken by her uncle to meet Christian Dior shortly after he opened his couture house. Later she studied architecture.<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UcUFqrYFgyk/UAHPYGu4pwI/AAAAAAAAB3Q/fMnh58DWdtc/s1600/jacqueline+de+ribes_dior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UcUFqrYFgyk/UAHPYGu4pwI/AAAAAAAAB3Q/fMnh58DWdtc/s1600/jacqueline+de+ribes_dior.jpg" /></a> Her beauty and sense of style catapulted her into the limelight and all through the 1960s and 70s, de Ribes cultivated her image of a elegant clotheshorse.</div>
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By the 1950s, she played a key role in Parisian High Society, and was one of the invited to Carolos de Beistegui's<em> </em>1951 <em>Bal du Siècle, </em>or<em> Bal Oriental, </em>still considered the party of the century, where the guestlist included Cecil Beaton, Orson Welles, Natalia Pavlovna Paley (of Romanov Royalty, a socialite who later pursued acting) Leonor Fini and many others, this being just an example. Christian Dior and Salvador Dali designed each others costumes for the event, which helped to launch the career of Pierre Cardin. On a side note, I could not invent the lavishness of this ball - Photos taken by Cecil Beaton of this event are almost surreal, harkening back to an 18th century venetian high society. Sincerely worth studying, and mouth-wateringly delicious.</div>
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She has been the muse of many designers such as Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent and Guy Laroche, being a stunningly beautiful woman, often paralleled with the egyptain queen Nefertiti. Jean Paul Gaultier dedicated his Spring/Summer 1999 collection to her.</ul>
She was interested in designing, making suggestions to the couturiers who dressed her, bringing sketches, making changes, and considered Coco Chanel one of her heroes... though, because she never hesitated to change a sleeve, add feathers or otherwise alter a dress she fancied, she never wore Chanel, who would not let the slightest element of her designs be changed. <br />
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Her upbringing did not encourage women of her class to work, though she would be far from the first socialite to turn her hand to fashion. Warmly encouraged by Italian designer Valentino, de Ribes took the plunge with her first collection shown in 1983, though her friend Yves Saint Laurent was arguably less enthusiastic, calling her 'crazy'. Fashion in one guise or another had always been part of her life. As a child she recalled sneaking into her grandmother's fittings when the dressmaker came to call. As a willowy, tall teenager she cut her first ball gown on the floor of her mother's sitting room.<br />
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Her first collection was shown in Paris and New York in 1983.<sup> </sup>Her aura of glamour, grandeur and good taste ensured that her gowns were admired. She designed what she new best - Long, slim evening gowns with shoulder dramatic ruffles, drapes, or simple bows. Tailored suits detailed with black velvet... expensive ready-to-wear, each suit or gown priced at thousands of pounds. De Ribes was designing for herself, consistent with her emphasis on color and line, designing plain, almost severe, dinner suits in bright pastel satins. Lace found an eye-catching use in a slim black de Ribes gown featuring a V-shaped bodice and side insertions of see-through fabric. By 1990, de Ribes had softened her look, her evening gowns began to be made of gathered, draped bodices and yards of sherbet-hued chiffon. The next year, she introduced above-the-knee cocktail dresses, with seductive side draping or layered organza. Her collections were quite a commercial and critical hit, though as the then publisher of <em>Women’s Wear Daily, </em> commented “Everybody was prepared to ridicule the society lady making fashion."<br />
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She retired from designing in 1994 for health reasons, after dreadful back pains which left her in hospital and unable to walk for three years.<br />
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In April 2010 the French President Nicolas Sarkozy decorated her as a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur at the Elysée Palace.<br />
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