Showing posts with label ghost world. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ghost world. Show all posts

Saturday, 9 January 2010

Venus In Furs


Leopards and glamour pusses have long gone hand in hand, with some even going as far as owning one as a pet, and once again, the classic print is back in the fashion spotlight. Stylish types have been sporting leopard print everything, from 5-inch Louboutins to that Agent Provocateur leotard. However, I think leopard print looks best worn as nature intended - fluffy and furry - or as saucy underwear. It is particularly effective in the form of a warm furry coat (faux, naturally) or a coquettish little hat. Note in the example below, from the previously- blogged film 'An Education', how you and your friend can craftily co-ordinate by wearing one item each!

Rosamund Pike & Carey Mulligan in 'An Education', sporting co-ordinating lovely leopard pieces. 


Audrey Hepburn keeping it minimal in a leopard print pillbox hat.


Edie Sedgwick sporting her two best-known trademarks, her faithful leopard coat and her distinctive silver 'do.


Alexa Chung having a rare old-school glamour moment with the oh-so-glamourous combination of leopard print and red lipstick.


Brigitte Bardot adding even more french flair to her Leopard trench with a jauntily-placed beret.


The divine Daisy Lowe teaming her coat and a Ghost World-style mask with great panache.

If you are looking to add a bit of leopard to your wardrobe, Topshop is stocking a particularly lovely coat and a very chic beret can be found at H&M!

Tuesday, 5 May 2009

Living In A Ghost Town


''It's not like I'm some modern punk, dickhead. It's an obvious, 1977 original punk rock look. I guess Johnny fuckface over there's too stupid to realize it. ''

Last night I watched my ol' fave Ghost World for the first time in years. I used to love Enid- the feisty heroine played by Thora Birch- as a fourteen year old, and she still ticks all the boxes for what I like in the protagonist of a film: sarcastic, cultured, not quite perfect and with a bloody good dress sense. It's no secret that a certain Ms Luella Bartley was so inspired by the cult hit to base her entire Spring/ Summer 2008 collection around Enid's get ups! Last year, the stand out ditzy prints of said collection got done till their death, but there's no reason why we can't draw inspiration from the rest of the excellent styling. Here's a few of Enid's best looks...






And here are a few of my fave's from the Luella collection it inspied... please note the Batman prints, geek chic glasses and the BEIGE doc martens!






If you've not seen this film, I really can't recommend it enough... watch it!