Retro Looks In The Modern World: Hollywood Horror

As much as the modern fashion world looks forward it also continually looks back in time. Here we explore Retro Looks in the Modern World.

The stylish chilly world of Alfred Hitchcock movies are the inspiration for this feature in Modern Media. As someone who grew up watching Hitchcock movies, I never tire of this inspiration.  Classy ladies are never what they seem!

Model: Martyna Frankow

Photographer: Stockton Johnson

Images via fashiongonerogue.com

Fashionable History: Marilyn Parties

LIFE.com has published a fantastic slideshow of unpublished photos of a then 25 year old Marilyn Monroe. The year is 1952 and she has just won the "Henrietta" Award for Best Young
Box Office Personality at a party thrown by the Foreign Press Association of Hollywood (an event that will become the Golden Globes). A few months after winning this award Marilyn will land her first cover on LIFE Magazine. Marilyn is wearing a gorgeous red velvet gown and a fur stole. Oh how I wish these photos were in color but they are beautiful in black and white and show a very glam Marilyn!
Shot by Loomis Dean.
Visit TIME.com to see the entire slideshow.

Vintage Finds of the Week: Repro Cocktail Rings

I absolutely love this photo of Marlene Dietrich. It makes me want to grow out my fingernails and wear super large cocktail rings. So for this week's Vintage Finds I have searched for Hollywood inspired cocktail rings and am amazed at what I have found. At bombshells.com they have a gorgeous collection of reproduction costume cocktail rings based on actual rings worn by Hollywood starlets in their classic films! I am having 50 heart attacks over the selection. You can choose by the actress including, Bette Davis, Jean Harlow, Marilyn Monroe, and many more. Here are some from the Marlene Dietrich collection.


From left to right:
Cognac Bauble: $70. A whopping 23ct. cz!
Seascape Emerald: $70 Inspired from the film, Pittsburgh.
Champagne Ice: $72 Inspired from the film, The Devil is a Woman.