Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts

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.

Summer Romance

I wish I were the fairer half of a couple like this:

They're like the product of an orgy between the stars of Breathless, Roman Holiday and La Dolce Vita.
Bellissimo!

Summer, 70s style


I picked up this gorgeous 1970s dress in Retro, a vintage shop in the West End of Glasgow, for only £30.


Feeling inspired by the print, I decided to do my nails to match...


I used Stargazer 122 as the background, then some Barry M Deep Orange, then some black and white nail pens for the pattern bits.