Look at these heels gorgeous from Chie Mihara!!
Chie Mihara d’Orsay Sandals (a.k.a. Black Magic)
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Baron George Hoyningen-Huene (1900 – 1968) was a seminal fashion photographer of the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in Russian to Baltic German and American parents and spent his working life in France, England and the United States.
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During the Russian Revolution the Hoyningen-Huenes fled to first London and later Paris. By 1925 George had already worked his way up to chief of photography of the French Vogue. In 1931 he met Horst, the future photographer, who became his lover and frequent mode and traveled to England with him that winter. While there, they visited photographer Cecil Beaton, who was working for the British edition of Vogue. In 1931, Horst began his association with Vogue, publishing his first photograph in the French edition of Vogue in November of that year.
In 1935 Hoyningen-Huene moved to New York where he did most of his work for Harpar’s Bazaar. He published two art books on Greece and Egypt before relocating to Hollywood, where he earned his wedge by shooting glamorous portraits for the film industry. Beyond fashion, he was a master portraitist as well from Hollywood stars to other celebrities.
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Categories: Celebrities, Vintage PhotosMore paper dolls!!! Click here for Ziegfeld dolls.
“This set comes in a folder, with one pocket containing 3 cardboard pages 7 x 11 inches for the dolls, and the other pocket containing one large 23 x 32 inch sheet which unfolds into eight 8 x 11.5 inch panels. The inside folder shows a pink bureau below a shelf of dolls on the left and a vanity table with two chairs on the right.
According to Mary Young, the artist is Maxine McCaffrey. The version of Six and Sweet 16 #2582 pictured in her Collector’s Guide to Saalfield, Lowe and Merrill has the same cover as mine, but it includes six pets instead of three (the six pets can be seen on the back cover), on a separate cardboard from the dolls. It was reprinted in 1960 as Big ‘N Little Six Sisters, also numbered 2582.
Many thanks to Jean Woodcock, who owns the Merrill copyrights and has given her permission for these scans to be shared online and printed for home use only. Due to copyright restrictions, these images are provided at slightly under half-size, with two clothing sheets per letter-sized page, and limited to 100 dpi. Please visit , where you will often find original Merrill sets for sale.”
In tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen, I have been posting a retrospective of past collections, from a SwingFashionista perspective. The best of Alexander McQueen for retro-loving folk. May he rest in peace. In part 7, my top picks from the Fall 2005 ready-to-wear show. More to come…
I can’t believe how cute these are!!!! You can find more or just enjoy them on Swing Fashionista. Click to enlarge.
Summer is coming up which means it’s time to start looking for bathing suits. recently bought a blue vintage bathing suit off of ebay (click ) and it’s cute, cute, cute!! There are a few places you can find some vintage inspired suits and but one of my new favorites is . Strange name, but great suits. Here are some favorites:
So what are you planning on wearing this summer?
Categories: ClothingI think I need a pair of wedges for summertime. Here are some super cute one’s at Anthropologie!! Click on pictures to buy.
Categories: ShoesIn tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen, I have been posting a retrospective of past collections, from a SwingFashionista perspective. The best of Alexander McQueen for retro-loving folk. May he rest in peace. In part 6, my top picks from the Spring 2004 ready-to-wear show. This show was quite the spectacle:
The show – staged in the Salle Wagram, a nineteenth-century Parisian dance hall – was an exuberantly hilarious reenactment of Sydney Pollack’s Depression-era film They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? Choreographed by Michael Clark over two weeks of intensive rehearsals in London, the narrative involved dancers, models, and audience in a visceral celebration of exquisitely glamorous clothes.
Marina Diamandis in a stunning 1930s style Eudon Choi dress, fronting up Marina and the Diamonds at InStyle magazine’s Best of British Talent party:
Here’s the promo shot from Eudon Choi for that dress:
I just stumbled upon this collection and I love it. LV, you have my heart! Actually, I guess it’s more like Marc Jacobs (he’s the designer, fyi). Click on pictures to enlarge!!!
For the whole collection, click .
Categories: On CatwalksJesse LeNoir’s collection from Project Runways’ season 7 finale. I think it’s rather cute.
Jesse’s is the cutie with the microphone. I thought this was a collection created by a woman, but am pleased to find out that was not the case. I love the suit he is in.
For more pictures from Jesse’s collection, click .
Categories: Celebrities, On CatwalksIn tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen, I have been posting a retrospective of past collections, from a SwingFashionista perspective. The best of Alexander McQueen for retro-loving folk. May he rest in peace. In part 5, my top picks from the Fall 2004 ready-to-wear show. More to come…
Rianne de Witte, the Dutch eco-fashion legend, presented a beautiful Autumn/Winter 2010 collection in Paris a few weeks ago. Her collection is has timeless appeal, soft fabrics, and soft shapes.
For more pictures from the collection, click .
Categories: ClothingMy favorites from the Hermes Fall 2010 ready-to-wear show. Plenty of lady fops and dandies, with leather replacing tweeds in a mildly fetish twist. Like British super-heroines in some post-apocalyptic London… very Avengers. These women clearly need to be driving . Animal print umbrellas, pocket watches, leather gloves, bowler hats and netting veils, what’s not to like?
In tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen, I have been posting a retrospective of past collections, from a SwingFashionista perspective. The best of Alexander McQueen for retro-loving folk. May he rest in peace. In part 4, my top picks from the Fall 2003 ready-to-wear show. More to come…
With Marc Jacobs (*swoon*) at the helm, the Louis Vuitton Fall 2010 ready-to-wear show was all about an unabashedly vintage silhouette. Balconette bosoms, wasp waists, lined 50s circle skirts, sweater girls, fur collars, bows, long gloves and clutches. Also so nice to see a retro-inspired collection trotted down the catwalk, without terrifying abstract makeup or surrealist hair, to ‘balance out the old-fashioned’. Of course, I would have preferred red lippie and pincurls, but the preppy ponytails and fresh-faced ingenue makeup is a welcome relief after some of the absurdist hair, makeup (and shoes) of the season. Here are my favourites:
Check out how gorgeous both Dita von Teese and Beyonce look in Elie Saab’s gorgeous cobalt blue dress, with cap sleeves, and a plunge-neck bodice!
Dita Von Teese poses at the Elie Saab Fashion Show during Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture S/S 2010 at Palais de Chaillot on January 27, 2010 in Paris, France. She looks like a pin-up in everything!
Beyonce looked glamorous in the same frock back in April 2009 on a visit to The Late Show with David Letterman. Same dress as above, but she looks a bit more modern. Shoes and hair make such a difference!
