Happy Holidays

 

Hope you all had a Christmas as wonderful as this little lady! 

Love Story 1970

Every time I watch Love story I want to run outside with a fist full of money to buy vintage Pendleton plaids, Burberry skirt suits & Italian wool pea-coats.  Jennifer Cavalleri, the quintessential Radcliffe smart girl, personified New England Collegiate style in 1970.  While Jenny's personality may have been off beat and quirky, her fashion sense certainly was not...in fact quite the opposite; think preppy, classic...American.  Jenny wasn't from a wealthy background, so one has to assume that she was a thrifty smart shopper! When you streamline your look, sticking to a specific color palette and silhouette, a few keys pieces can go along way.

The Cavalleri Look: turtlenecks, tweed skirts, plaid, opaque tights, pea-coats, knit hats w/matching scarves in a color palette of black, crimson and camel.  And of course gorgeous long shiny hair!

Vintage French Fabric

How amazing are these 1930s swatch cards from a book of imported french fabrics?  I love that design sketches are included with the fabric swatches.  Let me be the first to tell you, swatch books now-a-days are definitely not as neat as they were 80 years ago! {via nypl}

 

 

 

100 Watts

Michael and Janet Jackson have gorgeous smiles.  A smile like theirs can light up the darkest room.  

Just beautiful.

Best in Show: The Beekeeper

The Alexander McQueen S/S 2013 Collection is utterly amazing! This is the sort of show that makes my heart skip a beat.  A McQueen show never skimps on the theatrical and "Queen Bee" (get it!) head designer Sarah Burton is most certainly carrying on the traditions of the late designer.  While I could make a number of bee references and puns, I'll just let the clothes speak for themselves.  Brava Mzzz. Burton!