Shop News: Vintage Lingerie Listings!

I've added more vintage lingerie listings to my Etsy shop The Sparkling Cocktail.  Here's a viewing of the new items. Lot's more in the shop!

Betty Blue. Floaty double layered nylon chiffon robe. Vintage 1950s Radcliff.  

Robin's egg blue. Crystal pleating and lace make this slip swoon worthy.  Vintage 1960's Vanity Fair. 

Pink Puffett. Stay cozy and cute while you read in bed. Vintage 1950's Barbizon bed jacket. 

Beau Monde Beauty. Vintage 1930's Bias Nightgown. 

Mid-Week Inspiration: Red Fascinator and Polka Dots

Eva Herzigova in Vanity Fair Spain.

Mid-Week Inspiration: Vanity Fair's "Ain't We Got Style"

I gasped with excitement when I opened my August issue of Vanity Fair. The clever stylists recreated scenes from seven Depression classic movies, with young fresh Hollywood faces in designer clothes. The images are amazing in their own right and the homage to Hollywood and the 3o's, both glamorous and down on it's luck is spot on. Here are four of the seven images.

It Happened One Night. One of my favorite movies. Here James Marsden is Clark Gable and Rose Byrne is Claudette Colbert. Photographed by Michael Roberts.

42nd Street. I love the outfits in this one, from the tap dancer's flimsy shorts and bobby sox to the vamps on the right in their pencil skirts and seamed hosiery. Photographed by Norman Jean Roy.

Letty Lynton. What's not to love here? Mila Kunis in Joan Crawford's role in that Givenchy dress! The original Letty Lynton dress by Adrian was hit and sold over 500,000 copies.
Not to shabby for the Depression. Photographed by Mark Seliger.

My Man Godfrey. Channing Tatum as William Powell in Armani, and Amanda Seyfried as Carole Lombard in Galliano. Photographed by Norman Jean Roy.

Mid-Week Inspiration: Catherine Deneuve

The new issue of Vanity Fair has come out and on the cover is the very lovely and talented Kate Winslet channeling her best Catherine Deneuve. While Kate looks absolutely stunning, no one can out do Ms. Deneuve. For this week's Mid-Week Inspiration I have chosen two photos from two of my favorite Deneuve films, Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1964) and Belle de Jour (1967). I love her early 60's look, and the hair in both films is very inspiring.

GASP! New Inspiration!!

I haven't been inspired from current high fashion in a long time. This one made me stop dead in my tracks and gasp for air when I opened my August issue of Vanity Fair. Claudia Schiffer stars in the Autumn/Hiver 2008-09 ad campaign for Chanel and she and the ads are gorgeous! I love the half lace half opaque stockings and just plain everything about it... the mood, the messy brunette bob, the half moon manicure.... I'm in heaven!! Thank you Karl!