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Lady in Red

I stumbled upon this picture online (no idea who it is or who it's by)

but the hair & make-up and styling remind me of one of my all-time favourite style heroines, La Marchesa Casati:

although the colours remind me more of the Otto Dix (another favourite) painting of Anita Berber (ditto):

If anyone has any information about the origins of the top photograph, who it's by and whether it's part of a series - I'd love to see more - then please let me know! x Oh and Merry Yule/Happy New Year!

1973

Jayne County's condom couture.

Crisperanto

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

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.

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.

Bryan Ferry

It's always a good time to google pictures of Bryan Ferry... If only to torture myself even more.

WANT

Siouxsie tee.

from ONLY THE YOUNG DIE YOUNG.

Style inspiration for a rare sunny day in Glasgow

Candyskin

As promised, some pictures of my Candy Darling impersonation. Apologies for the horrendous webcam image quality.....

I think I'd make a brilliant drag queen... if I weren't already a girl.

Take a Walk on the Wild Side

This weekend I'm going to an Andy Warhol's Factory themed birthday party. I'll be dressed as Candy Darling, one of my favourite Warhol Superstars...

I never realised that she had brown eyes, unless this is a trick of the camera... I'll have to look up more colour photos to check. I ordered blue contact lenses partly for this occasion, partly to aid my day-to-day Liz Taylor impersonations, and partly out of curiosity (my eyes are dark brown/hazel).

I'm still impatiently awaiting the release of the Candy documentary film, Beautiful Darling, which I'm sure I've mentioned before. I can't remember when it is supposed to be coming out. Does anyone know what's going on?

Anyway, I'll definitely post photos of my transformation and of the other party folk. xx

Sebastian Horsley

The artist, writer and self-proclaimed dandy of the underworld was found dead today in his Soho flat. The 47-yr old was reported to have died of a heroin overdose. This comes only days after a play adapted from his autobiography opened at the Soho Theatre. In an interview with The Independent in 2006, Horsley joked that his suicide note would read:
"I've decided to stop living on account of the cost."

Among many things, Sebastian was known for was his outrageous yet sharp dress sense, so here are a few images to celebrate that...

A true individual and a remarkable character. Love him or loathe him, it's certain that there'll never be another like Sebastian. The play, Dandy in the Underworld, will continue to run at the Soho Theatre - so if you are able to go you definitely should!