Posts Tagged ‘1950s’

Doesn’t it look straight out of the pages of a 1950s issue of Vogue? Like this maybe…

Hmm, perhaps my next “Hat of the Week” feature will just be hat photos from vintage Vogue…

I’m in Italy right now. I taught last weekend in a place called Sasso Marconi outside of Bologna, and now I’m relaxing for a few days with my friends Silvia and Bruno in Genova. Though I’m not really taking advantage of being in wonderful Italy (I’m taking the downtime to try to get my business in order, so I’m spending most of my time on my laptop), still it’s always so great to be here! The Italians are wonderful (and crazy!), the pesto is so good here in Genova, and when we watched the first Italian World Cup match the other night, we could hear the crowds roaring outside. Viva Italia!

From the top:

INhouse round tortoise frames
$225, Reynolds Optical Co

Blinde clear plastic frames
$235, Visage Eyewear

Women’s vintage tortoise frames
$99, Decades Vintage Company

Men’s vintage wood-grain frames
$99, Decades Vintage Company

Cutler & Gross black-and-clear plastic frames
$420, Visage Eyewear

LA Eyeworks horn-rimmed frames
$365, Visage Eyewear

From memory this was a vintage 1950s hat, that was up for auction on eBay a long time ago…

Bettie Page in Wink magazine, October 1954. Deliciously absurd.

Via

Well, a Jaguar E-Type is at the top of my dream car list, but if that might be a little out of my league, maybe this one isn’t. One day I will own this car! Volkswagen calls it, simply, the Type 14. It was marketed from 1955 to 1974.  I prefer the coupe, to the convertible. I love the two-tone… maybe the mint green, with the cream top. Or Tiffany blue?

Photograph by Loomis Dean in Paris, 1957.

A little Mad Men-esque romance for your Thursday…

Man. Suit. Vintage motorcycle. Designer stubble. *phew*

I just posted a L’Wren Scott retrospective over at SwingFashionista.com, and I can’t help but post my favourites up here as well. So feminine, so figure hugging, sexy but lady-like, one of my favourite labels for sure.