Ladies and Gentlemen...

The other evening, Monorail film club showed Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (Lou Adler, 1981) at the GFT. Starring Diane Lane (The Outsiders, Rumble Fish), Laura Dern (Blue Velvet, Wild At Heart), Ray Winstone (Scum, Sexy Beast) - as well as Steve Jones and Paul Cook from the Sex Pistols and The Clash's Paul Simonon - it tells the story of 3 teenage girls who, dissatisfied with their lives, start a punk band called The Stains who carry the motto "We Don't Put Out!".
Lead character Corrine Burn's costumes and hairstyle, which quickly become slavishly imitated by the band's legion of female fans calling themselves 'Skunks', are but a few of the things that helped make the film acquire a cult following of its own, with fans such as Courtney Love and the underground filmmaker Sarah Jacobson. If you haven't seen The Fabulous Stains, I urge you to hunt down a copy NOW.



Fuck Black Swan, it's all about The Red Shoes.



Oh Chloe...

That hat is on my hitlist.

Crisperanto

Currently reading Quentin Crisp's 'How To Become A Virgin'.

Bygone Fashion

Just discovered a great livejournal style blog, Bygone Fashion. Here are some images by the photographer Mark Shaw who shot some of the most classic and elegant fashion photos of the 1950s/1960s and was also known for his  documentation of the Kennedys home life.

Model in Dior

1920s style shoot for LIFE magazine.

Model on the beach, circa. 1950

'50s Ballerina

Paris 1960.

Dreaming of Daphne

I just posted about Daphne Guinness' latest charitable endeavour over on my other blog, and while continuing my stalking session I came across this beautiful photo set by Bryan Adams (yes, that one) for Zoo magazine (not that one). Among them are some of my favourite images of the great lady. In images that recall those by Man Ray and the silvery sparkly portraits of Cecil Beaton, Adams succeeds in capturing Guinness as a surrealist heroine (in one image she is seen drinking out of a Meret Oppenheim-style fur teacup) of both the past and the future.



view the complete set here.

More Miles

I've just posted some Miles Aldridge images that relate to my own work over on my art blog The Nova Express, but here are some more purely for eye candy's sake.

Any Human Heart

Caught the first episode of this new tv series last night, the wardrobe certainly didn't disappoint.

Will post more pics when I find them. Googling 'Any Human Heart' just sends up loads of awful photos of actual hearts. Not so hot.

Raven Hat & Veil

The finished piece...



debuted at The Way of the Tomb last night.

Bird hat



Philip Treacy

I'm about to embark on making the all important headpiece for my Izzy Blow costume and am in need of some inspiration from her favourite milliner.....

Isabella Blow

For the Way of the Tomb Halloween club night, I'm thinking of going as Isabella Blow (the fancy dress theme is 'dead celebrities' and she is one of my favourite sadly deceased). So here are a bunch of photos I can use as inspiration.