Spotted - Dita Von Teese

Dita Von Teese was spotted out shopping in this fantastic 1950s dress
Love the floral applique shoulder!

Sprouse? YSL? YEP

Some fab and rare pieces are now listed at Shrimpton Couture
just waiting for you to snatch up!

First up - this 1995 Stephen Sprouse for Barney's!

This was a short term collection he did exclusively for Barneys and is extremely collectible!

Its a ton brighter then its pictured

that true neon pink that you see on the Sprouse prints so popular over at Louis Vuitton

And just for a little celebrity linkage - Agness Deyn was recently spotted out and about in HER vintage Sprouse jacket (I like mine better)

If a Sprouse isn't fab enough,
how about an insanely gorgeous Yves Saint Laurent piece from the late 1970s?

Killer seamed sleeves

Classic fabric placement to create visual interest and a pattern reminiscent of Yves many holidays in Morocco

and did I mention its a sexy little mini too?

Click here to see ALL the gorgeous mouthwatering vintage and reconstructed pieces from vintage just listed!!

Look what's Coming!! The Glamourai!

Addicted to The Glamouiri's pieces?

Here is a sneak peek what's coming next!

That fabulous bib necklace she wears is now available for pre-order!
Email me!

Vintage & Hunters

Style.com broke down what girls wore to the Glastonbury Festival and tons mixed it up with two of my favorite things -- Vintage and Hunters!

Its a rainy day here - perfect for Hunters and just in case its a Hunter type day where you are, I pulled some of the looks for you - see if you get some ideas of how to mix in vintage to create your own festival style today!

Lillie
Vintage dress and bag, Eagle boots, Ray-Ban glasses

VV Brown
Manish Arora jacket, vintage top, American Apparel leggings, Hunter boots

Natalie Edwards and Mikela Chapel
Natalie: Hunter boots and vintage everything else; Mikela: vintage dress and glasses, Olano boots

Eliza Cummings
Vintage dress, Hunter boots, Ray-Ban glasses

Lily Donaldson
Vintage top, shorts, and bag; Hunter boots; Ray-Ban glasses

Daisy Lowe
Vintage top, Cazza cape, Levi's shorts, Hunter/WaterAid boots, Prada bag, Kate Moross necklace, Chanel glasses

Theodora Richards and Alexandra Richards
Theodora: Green jacket, Opening Ceremony top, Levi's shorts, Hunter boots; Alexandra: Urban Outfitters shirt, American Apparel tights, Hunter boots, vintage bathing suit

Need your RSVP fix?

Don't despair - new stock is being listed all week!

First up - this killer scarf caftan dress exclusively for Shrimpton Couture by RSVP

A 1970s Roberta de Camerino silk scarf is combined with Silk bamboo and vintage floral silk chiffon to make this gorgeous summer frock!

Love this

Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeah's performed in this stage costume at The Glastonbury festival.

I love it.

It makes me think of old 1970s rock and roll when girls did not give a shit about landing on blogs who say they look bad because they are pushing the creative envelope and turning their costumes into a further expression of what they feel about their music.

It reminds me of the days when rock was rock and you rolled with what life served you up.
It made me think of freedom and expression and that thing we use call being in the groove, being who you are and not caring what anyone else thought of it other then you just knew they were going to love you.

Yeah, yeah,
YES!

Find

I discovered a lovely blog today that I thought I would share with you

Musings - Brocante

Its a visual feast and if you love vintage and things from past eras you will fall in love

The girl that writes it says it best on her about me blurb which I have copied below.
What I want to know is how did she get into me head to write this?
Go peek

au sujet de moi

it's a vintage thing. It's my endless fascination with mementos of yesteryear. it's a love affair with vintage photos, and petit tresors. it's about the ugly duckling - finding a diamond in the rough at a flea market and envisioning it's transformation. it's a softly aged look. it's creative passion. it's imagining the possibilities. it's about pale tan, cream, sepia, gray, slate blue and moss green. it's about creating livable elegance. it's chandeliers and peeling, faded paint. it's pools of creamy velvet curtains and layers of sheer muted silks. it's feminine. it's romantic. it's timeless.

it's a french thing. it's street markets and boulangeries & patisseries. it's about random moments of incredible beauty and the bridges at night. it's the eiffel tower and the seine. it's joie de vivre.

it's a glamour thing. it's about dressing for dinner. it's about tucking a flower in your hair. it's about dance cards and calling cards. it's all in the details. it's bias-cut silk velvets aged to antique perfection. it's about dressing tables and bead work from the roaring 20's. it's la vie boheme. it's about delicate lingerie and silk stockings. it's risqué. it's about a fairytale world where nothing is discrete, tidy or expected. It's about burnished edwardian lace and twinkling fairy lights. it's running about in capes and gothic skirts with lace blouses that have huge ruffled cuffs. it's about feeling gorgeous and feminine.

it's who i am.

Shrimpton Welcomes Lousie Black!

I was going to do a post on welcoming Louise Black but my e-friend Denise, writer extraordinaire of The Swelle Life blog, did such a lovely job covering the new collection that I am going to take the liberty of copying her post here for you all to see!

I am REALLY excited to welcome Louise to the Shrimpton family - her items are unbelieveable - if oyu think they look good in the photos wait till your piece arrives in the mail! There are some HUGE thiings coming up for Louise that I am sworn to secrecy on but trust me - this girl is ging to be BIG. Buy her now while you can get it!

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June 29, 2009

Louise Black's Victorian Beauties for Shrimpton Couture

My favourite vintage shop, Shrimpton Couture, has embarked on an exciting venture and enlisted the talents of a handful of carefully chosen independent accessories designers to create one-of-a-kind capsule collections for the boutique. Each is known for using special vintage materials that befit their own unique style and their creations are the perfect complement to the outstanding collection of vintage and reworked clothing that Shrimpton Couture offers.

The latest set of adornments comes courtesy of Louise Black whose richly detailed Victorian pieces favour delicate vintage laces and fringe and exquisite beadwork. The story goes that Courtney Love - a client of both Louise and Shrimpton Couture - suggested the two collaborate!

How I missed posting on the recent collection from The Glamourai I have no idea because I was completely smitten at first glance with her latest. It was influenced by the Sofia Coppola film Marie Antoinette and certainly captured the decadent, feminine styling at its best. My favourite piece went before it was even in the shop due to a frenzied reaction to a preview, so it's now with a lucky owner but I'm going to show it anyway:

However, somehow this piece is still available and is equally as luscious:

And a little something for the wrist, perhaps?

Modelled by The Glamourai herself along with another stunning

neckpiece that got snapped up immediately

Watch the Shrimpton Couture boutique for two more mouthwatering jewelry collections arriving soon. And fashion fans won't want to miss the Shrimpton Couture interview for Herald de Paris in which Norma Kamali answers questions from twitterers (tweeters? I'm not sure) including one from Yours Truly about the future of vintage.
You can read the article here

The Norma Kamali Interview is Live!

I am very pleased to tell you that my interview of the great Norma Kamali is now up at the Herald de Paris.
Click here to jump to it

Norma Kamali ......Photo Todd HeislerThe New York Times

As I mention in the article the interview came about after receiving a note from her PR team thanking me for writing this blog post on Norma's early years

Norma in her studio 1997 .....Photo © APWide World Photos.

I am very pleased with how it came out and was even happier that I had the brilliant (if I do say so myself) idea to have some of my Twitter friends particpate by asking question of Norma as well!

A big thank you and shout out to them all - add them to your follows if you aren't following them already peeps!
@juicyincouture @Zuburbia @WendyBrandes @coutureallure @joulesstar @thefatandskinny @LuvSunflower @FaBuFun @M641 @TheSwelleLife

A parachute cloth jumpsuit and evening dress, 1977.

And in honor of the interview I listed a couple of new Norma Kamali pieces onto Shrimpton Couture including this 1980s jumpsuit that I could not resist adding since it is a close sister to the one Rachel Zoe recently wore for a Decades event!

1980s Norma Kamali jumpsuit availbale now - click to jump

Wonder what lucky girl will rock that one!

Thank you again to Norma Kamali for allowing me to speak with her.

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Explore the world of Norma Kamali

The Norma Kamali Collection
YouTube Channel
Twitter: @NKCollection
And Norma is on Facebook: NORMA KAMALI COLLECTION

Spotted - Zoe Saldana

Zoe Saldana is becoming a regular around this column.
She attended the BET awards looking refreshingly lovely against the sea of glitter and tiny outfits in her minimalist white Calvin Klein. It just goes to show you that sometimes the way to stand out is to pare it back

Louise Black is COMING SOON

I am so excited to be just a day or so away from officially welcoming Louise Black to the Shrimpton Couture line-up of fabulous goodies!

About a month or so ago I received an email from Louise saying that our fabulous shared client, Courtney Love, had urged Louise to get in touch with me. Courtney thought that we might be a good fit for each other and she was spot on!!

I love the work that Louise Black does, its rocker chic mixed with Victorian girlie decadence and I already personally own a few pieces that I wear regularly to rave reviews!
Her workmanship is incredible- I am incredibly picky about the quality and I am a fan - she does tight stitching, uses incredible antique and vintage textile remnants, and all are mixed and constructed into beautiful piece done with an astonishing aesthetic!

I will be posting more pictures soon and launching the entire line - I have 6 pieces in my hands right now and there are 6 more coming shortly.

I anticipate that like The Glamourai she will soon be selling out before I can even get items posted so watch this space carefully for updates!

Here is a sneak peek of one of her incredible cuff bracelets

LOVE!
Trust me when I say that Louise Black is on the cusp of being the next big thing so grab her pieces while you can!!

The Word is OUT

Check out this post from my e-friend over at The Clutch 22 blog!!

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Sneak Peak: IHNW for Shrimpton Couture!

June 26th, 2009

If you’ve seen past posts on my I Heart Norwegian Wood harness and panelled leggings, you probabaly already know of my obsession. It’s about to get better. Angie Johnson of I Heart Norwegian Wood is doing an exclusive line for Shrimpton Couture, a fabulous vintage shop!

Angie filled me in on some exclusive details about the line including the below:

• Super special harnesses and fringe/feather combo necklaces
• A mixture of both feminine and hard, edgy pieces
• Each piece will be totally one of a kind, often incorporating vintage elements that Angie only has one of (e.g. vintage lace, metal trims, special buckles, etc.)

Some of the materials she is using include the following:

• Vintage hat-making trims
• Feathers
• Deconstructed jewelry
• Vintage lace
• Fringe
• Leatherette elastic
• Art deco inspired buckles
• Chain
• Mini pleated chiffon
• Garters

Stay tuned for more details on prices and availability! In the meantime, make sure to check out the I Heart Norwegian Wood Etsy store and Shrimpton Couture’s online shop!It’s cool to see indie collaborations. What other cool collaborations have you seen or heard about? What do you think about this one so far?

Inspiration - Move Those Legs!

Look what's Coming!!

The Glamourai wrote a lovely blog this morning - a send off to her next 4 pieces that should be on my doorstep today - I have pasted it here for you to see. These are truly spectacular pieces and you should take a peek. All are availbale for pre-order.

Also I am really please to tell you that Shrimpton Couture will be carrying a couture capsule collection from Louis Black that will debut in the next day or so as well.
Watch this space for previews of that collection too!!

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leaving me lonesome

i bid adieu to four very special necklaces today, to brighten other wardrobes via shrimpton couture.

every piece i make is meticulously sculpted, and truly one-of-a-kind. my working style is very free-form; i literally will start with one crystal, then weave it with another, then another...

sometimes i have a general look in mind, but i never know exactly how a piece will turn out. i just trust the materials to show me when to add more, when to reduce, and when i am finished. at some mysterious moment (after many hours, sometimes days), they come together. my hands ache, they are always a mess; jewelry making is physical as well as cerebral work!

i've adjusted very slowly to accepting the idea of selling my jewelry. every piece i make is so personal to me. they are like little diary entries, more expressive than words to convey how i'm feeling, what i want to celebrate.

though i had been perfectly happy keeping this catalogue to myself, i'm glad i 'went public.' it's been really touching to get to know my new clients, several of whom have already started collecting ~ plucking from etsy, shrimpton, or placing custom orders through this blog. it is inspiring for me to always make something new, and there is an intimacy in having something beautiful which is yours alone.

(above + below featured in style sample magazine)

still, i am a little sad every time i part with a piece of jewelry. every one is a memory for me, but it is nice to dream of the mark they will make outside my little life, all across the world.

(all works pictured are available for presale via shrimpton couture)

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Update:
Sorry girls Black Orchid Petal Necklace (the piece with the black ribbons and fish)
is now SOLD

The Amber Chrysalis Collar is now SOLD as well

Update!
Sorry but ALL four of these are now SOLD
More to come soon!

Don't forget their are more Glamourai piece available at the shop too!
Jump to see them here

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PS If thats not enough for you - watch for a SLEW of NEW RSVP pieces and more fabulous vintage all coming this week!

Celebrity Vintage Spot - Cameron Diaz

Cameron looked gorgeous in bright 1980s Chanel
while appearing on the Tonight Show a couple of weeks ago!

Shout Out - Style Bubble!

Was so excited to find out that the RSVP line was featured in Style Bubble!
I have copied it for you to see but please pop over to Style Bubble if its not already a daily read!
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23 June 2009

RSVP To This

Reworked vintage conjures up some fairly mediocre beige (not the colour but the FEELING of beige) things for me. It's all too easy to chop up a fairly decent vintage dress, whack on some ribbone/lace and take up the hem and call it 'reworked' and then price it up accordingly. It's a sub category of vintage that people take great pride in, but there's only so much excitement you can exude for a maxi dress taken up with a bit of elastic sewn into the waist. That said, 'reworked vintage' hasn't completely been struck off yet. Especially when you look at the work of RSVP who caught my eye when I was browsing the haute vintage site Shrimpton Couture. No quickie elastic fix here. With some pieces, I can't even discern what the original garments looked like before RSVP's reworkings and that's because they've taken them far away from their original form. With others, there's been a restoration process where it's much like those scientific paint dabbers, working away at a painting in a painting. I'm particularly drawn to the sheer pieces that look like they can be thrown over anything...

Posted by susie_bubble on 23 June 2009 | Permalink

Look who wore vintage

Australian newcomer Isabel Lucas looks absolutely stunning in this vintage Chanel Haute Couture chiffon embroidered dress, at the premiere of The Transformers in L.A. last night.
She might even be giving Megan Fox a run for your money in this dress!

Ahh the power of fabulous vintage!

Girl crushes & strapless dresses

This morning on the jak & Jill blog I spotted these two photos of Anna Dello Russo in two versions of a strapless dress

I instantly developed a girl crush.

First of all we have the same studded Balmain shoes so I know we would be instant BFFs.

Second, the girl is not afraid to wear color which I love - we all wear too much black

Third, I have a soft spot for strapless dresses and along with my fave one shoulder look, wear them constantly throughout the summer, so Anna & I could swap. i could teach her how to wear vintage ones with her Balmains for when she wants to be vintage cool rather then couture cool.

These are my picks for Anna when she finds my blog and emails me and we instantly bond and she wants to borrow

xoxoxox

1970s Sequin Strapless Dress

2001 YSL Rive Gauche Dress

1980s Unlabeled Ungaro Dress

Click here if you want to see the other strapless dresses you can scoop out from under Anna

Here's another nothing new

Michelle Yeoh in a black sequin gown Roberto Cavalli gown

1950s sequin gown available at Shrimpton Couture

The Glamourai Preview

Look whats coming my way!
This fabulous necklace will be available in the shop soon and YES that is ALL one insanely gorgeous over the top piece
Email me to pre-order

Nothing New Under The Sun

I saw this picture this morning and had a giggle. This is the cast from Sophie's Revenge at a Press conference. My eyes immediately zoomed in on Fan Bing who is wearing an asymmetrical Salvatore Ferragamo Spring 2009 maxi dress with a leopard print

I noticed it becasue it looks oddly familiar - somewhat like my 1970s Alfred Shaheen one shoulder maxi that was recently sent off as a feature in the Dujour Magazine Vintage issue. Its one of my favorite pieces and was a loan from my personal archives

And so the wheels of fashion go round and round no?

The 1970s Shaheen or 2009 Ferragamo?
Who did it better?

Inspiration - Skirts

I am constantly collecting images that I find inspiring and now have amassed quite a collection of them on my computer. I thought I would start a new feature here at the blog called Inspiration as a way to share. These are images I find to be interesting and that I draw inspiration from when I work on Shrimpton Couture.
Enjoy

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Celebrity Vintage Spot - Sonam Kapoor

The talented Sonam Kapoor was spotted at International Indian Film Festival held in Macau. She wore a killer 80s Thierry Mugler black one shouldered dress

I love the close-up of her laughing - she has a fantastic smile

Photo: Red Carpet Fashion Awards

Spotted - Nicole Trunfio

Nicole is wearing an ensemble from Michael Angel. Do you love this as much as I? It has just the right amount of quirkiness to me. I love how the color of the dress is picked up in the legging. I have to say I have never seen his work at all before so I immediately googled him and found his site

I clicked onto his collections and the little blurb explained instantly why I felt such a bond -

"My girl is modern, sexy, confident and at the same time she has that dash of rock 'n roll in her, she might listen to 70s rock but she lives in the now and looks towards the future"

Michael are you selling to all my clients too?

I am utterly enamored

Its My Blog I can Rant if I Want to

OK so now that the fight over the proposed Design Piracy Prohibition Act in the USA is under full swing are we going to have to endure countless stories of how designers are copying this person and that?
I am already dead bored.
The latest under attack is Nicholas Ghesquiere at Balenciaga.
His gorgeous leather jacket from the 2010 cruise line is being dragged through the fashion mud as being a too-close copy of the famous 1960s East West Musical Instruments Parrot jacket pictured above to the left

So?

Do you know how many peices of clothing are out there based on vintage designs?

Do you know how many great designers actually have their interns and assistants do the work for them.

So?

There are only so many versions of a dress or a jacekt one can make until you make something unsellable. I love vintage, I stand by the integrity of vintage but I also love seeing what a designer can make of it when they give it their own twist.
A buttonhole for buttonhole copy? Yeah that is wrong but the jacket above to the right is most cetaintly NOT the jacket above to the left.
Get off your soap boxes peeps.
Aren't there dying children, starving people, wars and animals going to extinction that you can focus on?

Oh and really nice jacket Nicholas
I might even buy one

Spotted - Yasmin le Bon

Looks amazing in Christopher Kane

Pretty pretty Dresses - Just Listed

This amazing 1970s Waltah Clarke maxi is just jaw-dropping
Click here to jump to it

And this is one of those fresh, easy to wear 1970s chiffon dresses - slip over the head add flat or heels and go!
Click here to jump!

Shout Out - Khaleej Times Online >> Wknd

Shrimpton Couture had a nice little mention in a story run on the Khaleej Times Online today - thanks Hannah!

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Vintage Couture

Hannah Elizabeth (The cut)

.............................www.shrimptoncouture.com is run by a self-confessed vintage freak and her entertaining blog is full of celebrity sightings of vintage as well as advice on how to mix older pieces with items from your modern wardrobe. Shrimpton couture also has a selection of ‘remodeled’ clothing in which vintage pieces are given a new lease of life through repairs, alterations and redesigning..........................................

Real Life Vintage Spot

While cruising through the posts of some of my fellow bloggers this morning, I spotted this photo of this beautiful girl in her pretty dress & floral accent at The Sartorialist


Doesn't she look simply stunning? So fresh and pretty. I love how she took a little 1940s dress and paired it with flowers and brogues and patterned tights. and it all looks completely light and sunny and just wonderful.

I also was a bit taken aback as it is eerily like a dress I had just had cleaned and prettied up and have only just finished editing the photos on.
It's slated to go up on the site later today.

They are not exactly the same of course, that would be too much of a vintage coincedence - but they are awfully close!

getting your own outfit ideas yet?
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This dress is now posted - click here to jump

Love this

Alex Chung

source - tfs

Love this

Sarah Rutson, the Lane Crawford fashion director, in a killer outfit

photo from here

CFDA Vintage spot - Ashley Olsen

Ashley Olsen wore this fab 1930s studded orange crepe gown last night.

I have seen some less then flattering shots of Ashley floating the internet today and deliberately searched till I found this one that puts both her and the dress in a more flattering light. I have yet to find a back shot and wish I could - these gowns where often cut to be strict and severe at the front and then cut low or left bare at the back. The back was the erogenous zone then and when I see some starlets on the red carpet these days with everything they have hanging out I sometimes wish for the days when it was the unexpected flash of bare skin that made you take notice.....
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Update:
Twitter to the rescue - a few moments after I linked this post to my twitter feed I received a message from @RococoVintage who found this shot.

Its not a full on back shot but you can see that the stud design goes all the way down the back and there is definitely a hint of skin!
Just fabulous!

Update #2
My twitter friends rock - @NoirGirl found a straight on back picture for us!
Fabulous!

PS these extra pics both came from Celebrity Gossip - thanks to them as well!
PSS Twitter is fun - follow me!

NEW Items!

Some of the New items are going up at Shrimpton Couture!

Click on any picture to jump straight to the listing!

1970s Sequin Butterfly Top
SOLD

Fabulous 1950s Green velvet coat with Beaded trompe-l'œil handbag
SOLD

1970s Halston ultra suede wrap dress

Original 1970s Emilio Pucci zip front top

Click here to jump to the What's new page to see everything!

The CFDAS

Lots of great pics are rolling in from the CFDAS so will post as I find ones I like.
I have to do some other stuff first so check back as the day progresses

Spotted - Megan Fox

I thought this was in interesting juxtaposition to the Halle Berry post.

This red Roberto Cavalli gown illustrates beyond a doubt how much fabric (or lack of it) and cut can really change what is basically the same dress design wise as the one Halle is wearing below.

Which do you prefer?

Spotted - Halle Berry

Doesn't she look lovely?

She is wearing a one shoulder Marchesa dress that is apparently a lavender, even though it is photoing as more of a white. I am always impressed with the Marchesa line. The seem to completely ignore trends and keep every dress red carpet & somewhat timeless. Maybe it is not cutting edge fashion but they sure do make a girl look good!

Rumour has it that Halle will soon be shaving her head off completely for an upcoming role - how brave is that! Think she will spark a bald trend?

Celebrity Vintage Spot - Natalia Vodianova

Natalia is rapidly becoming my favorite super-model as she obviously has a healthy respect for all things vintage. And she has great taste. You might remember this post that featured Natalia & her Fortuny gown. I would love to know if she was able to have it repaired?

Here she wears a pretty little corset dress and a vintage 1920's lame shawl. Her huge neckpiece also looks to be vintage or at least made from vintage pieces. Lovely!

Spotted - Kimberly Stewart

Kimberly Stewart may not be a regular on this blog but there is no denying that she looked quite lovely at the Raisa Gorbachev Foundation gala dinner, in a stunning Alberta Ferretti gown. I am very impressed and hope she continues this new grown-up look!

Celebrity Vintage Spot - Thandie Newton

I was especially glad to see this celeb vintage spot because Thandie not only looks wonderful in this dress but the dress is a silk taffeta. Silk taffeta, like silk velvet seems to be one of those fabrics that have fallen out of fashion favor and its just a shame. There are so many lovely 1950s frocks made of this fabric that get overlooked as being a little too "old fashioned". Perhaps seeing Thandie has changed your mind? Would you wear this fabric?

The Lady Of Shalott

This is the image that inspired this weeks Column over at Herald de Paris!

Click here to read it!

We go looloo for our LuLu Award!

Every year Lulu's vintage runs a contest for the People Choice Top 10 favorite vintage site voted on by her readers and also awards the top 10 Best Vintage Websites Award.

Last year Shrimpton Couture made the top 10 Best Vintage Websites list which was a fantastic honor.

And this year I'm hoping to make it again! AND I would love, love, love if I was a People choice too! Last year I got flooded by emails saying that you did not realize you could vote so here is your chance!

So if you love Shrimpton Couture and want to vote for the site (and me) all you need to do is go to Lulu's blog and comment your vote for me HERE!

The great Zandra Rhodes & New Stuff

Sorry for the late post today - am feeling slightly under the weather and am just catching up. I posted an immaculate, never been worn, cream 1950s wiggle dress & jacket today along with a gorgeous little 1970s spring coat.
Click here to go see them.

In other news the Graduate Fashion Week Gala took place in the UK and I had to post a picture of one of my favorite iconic designers - Zandra Rhodes

She is of course wearing her own designs and I love how it matches her hair.

And don't think for even a second you can critique anything about her - she is a living legend and has earned every inch of her pink hair.

I have a small collection of Zandra pieces and just sent off pictures to her PA to help date them more accurate - if you follow me on twitter you probably already saw most of the pieces but I will share once I hear- promise.

If you have Zandra pieces tucked away........
HELLLOOOOOO
EMAIL ME RIGHT THIS SECOND
and hand em over!!

You should know better by now to hold out on me
yeesh.

One of my biggest dreams is to own an entire closet jammed packed stuffed with vintage yummy Zandra pieces in all their wild exhuburance and joy.

I would call it my happiness cupboard.

There were a couple of other interesting women there as well.
Erin O'Connor looked supermodel lovely in a Diane Vin Furstenberg wrap dress

You can buy a vintage DVF wrap dress here

And I thought it interesting that Mary McCartney showed up as she does not make that many public appearances. She is of course sister to Stella

Don't you think its eerie that they have the same tilt to the head when they pose?


And I guess it would be irresponsible of me not to post the winner
Myrto Samou and her winning collection.

Personally I think the stars add to the whole concept.
Perhaps one could hire someone to throw them about you as you walk?

And last but certainly not least, I had to post this picture as it is another legend
the fabulous Jeff Banks, designer extraordinaire & the current president and founder of Graduate Fashion Week, with Terry Mansfield, the chairman of the event.

If you are not aware of who Jeff Banks is, pop over here to see the two pieces I have on the site right now.

Another JOYful designer for the cupboard, no?

Spotted - Kate Moss

In a 1970s sheer Indian caftan at the beach.
Vintage caftans are the perfect beach - to market - to lunch - to dinner - to night - attire!

Spotted - Rachel Zoe

At the Webby awards in what appears to be a fabulous 1970s dress

Update:
Rachel confirmed on twitter that the dress is vintage Halston
and that it was a gift from a happy client!