One Year : (I heart weird people)

Hello there. It's been one year since I started this blog.

I feel kind of speechless and shy *thought bubble: overwhelmed*

Just wanted to say "thankyou for reading the blog" and "here are some pictures of some awesome weird people/characters (not weird in a negative sense, but weird in a cool, interesting, different, funny sense!) who I admire"...

I don't actually know if this Kaiser Wilhelm II fellow was 'weird' in his day...but considering he's dressed as a Musketeer he gets my thumbs up.

Neil from The Young Ones

One of my favourite artists and all round amazing lady, Frida Kahlo

Molly Ringwald as Andie in Pretty In Pink

Enid, Ghost World

Be yourself and stay awesome, cause I know you are ;)

Psychedelic Moves: Edie Sedgwick Dancing

Beautiful compilation footage of Edie Sedgwick dancing by Miapink on youtube - dubbed to the haunting psychedelic sounds of the Crystal Stilts.

Just entrancing to watch. What beautiful moves she had.

~ Happy Friday ~

70s skirt 60s shirt

This is what I wore on Tuesday - Melbourne's big Cup Day horse racing holiday. However, because I dislike horse racing - as I do any other kind of animal abuse - I decided to dress in bright colours to stop myself getting too depressed about all the fuss.

It sort of worked.

I love this skirt because it sits really nice on, and I love love this shirt because it is an ascot tie and because it is orange and brown!

In other news:

• I saw George Harrison: Living In A Material World and I loved it and it did not feel like 3+ hours to me.
• I also finally started up a writing blog. I wrote an article about Vintage Shop Assistants and put it up there (I am slightly embarrassed about how angst ridden my writing is) but it's good to write to get stuff out of my system.

Hope you're doing well too.

Awkward George

In light of the new Scorsese documentary which I really need to see right now, I thought it was fitting that I stumbled upon this tumblr blog last night:

http://awkwardgeorge.tumblr.com/

Most of the photos I usually see are of serious George or smiling George but you don't see much awkward George...unless you visit this blog.

All I can say is, I wanted to be serious, I wanted to be like "no I will not let awkward George get in the way of sexy George" but then I failed. It's just too funny. Then I realised, as I think one person commented on the blog itself, that George being awkward is sexy.

:D

It also has this great quote from Dhani Harrison a couple of pages down which I just love so much:

“My earliest memory of my dad is probably of him somewhere in a garden covered in dirt, somewhere hot, a tropical garden, in jeans, khakis, covered in dirt just continuously planting trees. I think that’s what I thought he did for the first seven years of my life. I was completely unaware that he had anything to do with music. I came home one day from school after being chased by kids singing ‘Yellow Submarine’, and I didn’t understand why. It just seemed surreal: why are they singing that song to me? I came home and I freaked out on my dad: ‘Why didn’t you tell me you were in The Beatles?’ And he said, ‘Oh, sorry. Probably should have told you that.’” - Dhani Harrison

Thinking Out Loud

Todays post is really just my mind in pictures, kind of inspiration and what not.

Firstly, I haven't posted about how much I love George in a while, but I still heart George and love this photo. He has a beautiful smile. Men (and women!) who have beautiful smiles are beautiful.

 

I also bought The Beatles Number 1's last week and am loving it. Love these boys. I love seeing pictures of people when they look genuinely happy, which is why I like this picture below. I like the Beatles because they're a happy band (well in the early years) and when I listen to them they make me happy too.

 I just came across this picture on tumblr, and have decided that I need this room to be my bathroom haha I love how kitschy 60s home decor is!

 It's also been a while since I had my hair cut, and it's slowly starting to grow out...contemplating whether or not to cut it again. On Monday my friend suggested over coffee that I should cut my hair in a little 20s bob and gel two little curls around my cheeks. My first response was, this dosen't really work with my 70s tomboy styling, but now it is churning around the back of my head like a growing possibility. Still pondering...

 I also watched Ghost World for the first time this week and really liked it. I like the fact that Enid has this thing for nerdy guys and how cynical she is. I can really relate to that. Feeling like an outsider sometimes. I also just think it's hilarious, and love movies that can make you laugh out loud in a non artificial/trying-too-hard way.

 Finally I've been doing alot of cooking the past week, and need to listen to music while I cook otherwise it's too boring! I've been listening to Led Zepplin a lot and really love Babe I'm Gonna Leave You. It has great riffs.

Anyway thanks for your comments on my previous posts. I always love reading them.

Happy Wednesday!

 

Blog changes & Style Crush: The Runaways

I watched The Runaways again for the first time in about a year. I saw it twice at the movies when it came out cause I loved it so much. I pretty much love everything about it: the music, the story, Joan Jett's awesomeness and of course the fashion. I'd just really like a pair of high waisted denim flare jeans right now. That is my one desire. But well fitting jeans are hard to find at the best of times and well this kind just isn't very prominant in department stores or op shops. I hope one day I will find some.

I have also made a few little changes to my blog being a) I have added a little survey question on the bottom right hand side because I just felt like it and I'm curious and b) I added a 'reactions' box to the bottom of my posts and changed it to a 'like box'. The reason I did this is because I am sick of blogger being a pain in the ass and not letting me comment on people's blog posts that I like. There have been so many in the past few weeks that I wanted to comment on and I decided that it would be nice if there was another way to let people know that I liked their post. So I would encourage others to try this out too. If you go to the design section and click to edit the blog posts layout there is an option to add 'reactions' ie words like 'cool' etc to your posts, but you can also modify it if you want to and change the 'reactions' to whatever you like, so I chose to make it a 'like this post' box. I think this is a good way to spread the love when blogger is being unreliable.

Anyhoo here's the styles I love from The Runaways...

Really loving this double denim!

Shorts & Inspiration

I got these cool paisley pouffy shorts the other day and they are really fun to wear. It's like wearing a really short skirt but without the constant fear of it riding up. Oh yeah and I cut my hair too...big change for the good!

Anyway  here's some of my favourite retro-carefree- inspiration for the week. Enjoy:

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Man Style

Lately I've been thinking how men's retro fashion kinda gets neglected in the bloggersphere compared to women's fashion. Even though I am not a man myself I still tend to like male fashion from bygone eras better than I like most of the male fashions we see today. So I thought I would share with you my five favourite man fashions though out history:

1. The Georgian Era 1714-1727

The wonderful age of ponce and finery: curly wigs, dainty heeled shoes, stockings, frills, embroidery and walking sticks...I just love how flamboyant and blatantly over-the-top and swishy these outfits were. Two great films that really showcase these fashions are Orlando 1992 and The Draughtsman's Contract 1982. It all just looks so funny and uncomfortable that it makes you want to laugh! Although it's nice to see that there was an era when men's fashion was just as impractical as the women's!

Scene from Orlando

The Draughtsman's Contract

2. The Victorian Era 1850s-1900

I have always had a thing for men in period dramas, particularly Victorian as they just look so dashing and neat. I particularly love the facial hair of the 1800s, the dark colours, the tweeds, the shiny shoes and the fabulous top-hats. I honestly think top-hats are one of my favourite things in the world! Two of my favourite films set in Victorian England are Sherlock Holmes and The Young Victoria.

Jude Law as Watson. Watson is very stylish in the new film

 The Young Victoria

*sigh*

3. The 1920s

You can really see how 1920s fashion equates with the end of the war in both women's and men's clothing. I like that for men it was still quite formal but also more light hearted and comfortable using lighter colours, suits in white and navy, stripes and boater hats. There are plenty of films around set in the 20s but my favourite two would be Brideshead Revisited 2008 and Singing In The Rain 1952.

Brideshead Revisited

Singing In The Rain

4. The 1960s

Now I'm sure it was a given that I like 60s men's fashion but I actually more than like it. I think it is just the coolest. I love how in the 60s men's clothing was super colourful, textured, shiny and frilly, things that you tend not to see in other eras of men's fashion. That long shaggy hair, the tailoring, the velvet and the paisley, it was just very flamboyant and very sexy.

Brian Jones yeah baby. Tailored pants are like, divine!

The Hendrix Experience, again super stylish guys.

And lets not forget these strange people

5. The 1970s

Ok so the 70s were just a bit tougher than the 60s and experimented more with androgyny. The music generally got louder and punk surfaced. I also obviously have a bit of a thing for the 'bad boy' image haha. Some of my favourite 70s moments include Mick Jagger in eyeliner, Ziggy Stardust, and Punk.

Mick Jagger in the film Performance 1970

Ziggy Stardust

New york Dolls and The Sex Pistols

Anyway I'm kinda ending on a rough note though this has been a journey of refinery haha. Don't even get me started on the 1990s and 2000s pants so low that your showing your undies look!

High pants are just fine thank you very much