As effortlessly elegant and poised as the women of the Royal Family may look in their couture, there are of course certain rules their wardrobes have to abide by, and a new exhibition at Kensington Palace explores this delicate balance through three iconic Royals’ closets – Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret and Diana, Princess of Wales. The exhibition is […]
“Some Like It Hot” was supposed to be filmed in colour (as were all Marilyn Monroe’s movies, according to her contract), but Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon looked greenish and unsightly in the film tests, so it was finally filmed in black and white. These rare and beautiful behind-the-scenes photographs of Ms Monroe and her cast mates […]
The 1960s-1970s hippie/ boho influence was quite clear to see in Anna Sui’s latest collection this week (I think I’ve sold some dresses which looked pretty similar). Clashing bold prints, bell sleeves, fur trims and ruffled collars combine to sound like something you can find in the Lehza Vintage closet, from one of my favourite […]
Pouring over these images from the Marchesa Fall 2016 ready-to-wear line has me transported to an era of more than one hundred years ago. The designers, Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig, were inspired by Edwardian artist John Singer Sargent’s paintings of high-society women, and don’t these models just look like realistic oil paintings? The antique influences of […]
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