Celebrity Vintage Spot - Natalia Vodianova

Here is another celebrity vintage spot that I am behind on posting.
Natalia Vodianova wore this spectacular Fortuny to the 2009 British Fashion Awards.
Natalia is know for having quite the collection of Fortuny's. I posted about this one that met a more disastrous end.

Funny story - that post was tagged by some big new agency and sat atop their main story broad for months and I was flooded by people leaving the NASTIEST comments about children dying and people suffering and how dare I post that this was a tragedy when there where so many more important things in life. True btw but Holy get a life people right back.

This is a fashion blog
I am supposed to be shallow
like Duh

Anyway, no mishaps to this gorgeous blue off shoulder version, so I might be safe this time from all the people lined up to put me firmly in my place.

(tough job that and long line too - hope you brought snacks)

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!

BREAKING TRAGIC NEWS

This is the face of complete and utter tragedy. Style.com posted this shot of poor little Natalia's face after someone stepped and ripped her vintage Fortuny during the after party at The Bungalow. My heart goes out to her. Not only is a Fortuny one of the rarest, most beautiful vintage pieces there is to find, but it was a gift from her husband. Natalia, we all weep a little with you and hope beyond hope you can somehow salvage it. Personally I would be calling the New York Fashion Museum and begging their resoration team to assist!

Here is a better picture of Natalia in her Fortuny from earlier in the evening

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and this happens to you
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Vintage at The Met Gala

There was a TON of great vintage at the Met last last - many of the sources I have used here have full coverage of all the great dresses but I only pulled the vintage ones. Hop over to my friends sites mentioned at the bottom and see the rest if you like!

Marissa Tomei looked STUNNING in her 1940s Adrain gown.
There is nothing in the world like a great 1940s gown!!!

Mary Kate Olsen wore vintage Christian Lacroix Couture that is not photoing well at all sadly


Model Natalia Vodianova wore a Fortuny (lucky girl) that apparently her husband bought her (double lucky girl) She is shown here with Nadja who looks to be wearing the Lanvin one shoulder dress Katie Holmes has been seen wearing in the past

And finally, the stunning Eva Mendes is wearing Calvin Klein from the archives and looks every bit the goddess!!

I will update post more as and if I find em

UPDATE:
Rachel Zoe has tweeted that she wore vintage Sprouse and I have asked her to link me to a picture - there are some head shots of her on her face book but they don't show the dress .....crossing fingers she sees our tweet.......
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PS Please check out the NEW Shrimpton Couture too
maybe you will find YOUR vintage treasure today

Sources: here & here

Natalia Plays Dress-Up

Vogue has done an amazing spread where Natalia Vodianova has been styled to look like some of the greatest fashion models . She has done a spectacular job and I had to share! I can't wait for the actual issue. I also find it utterly fascinating that the designers used in this spread are all current ones. If you ever doubt the value and influence that vintage has upon current fashions then this spread will take that away completely.

I have lifted most of this verbatim from Style.com so all credit for writing is pretty much there's from this point in. Enjoy!!
Veruschka
Left: Née Vera Gottliebe Anna Gräfin von Lehndorff-Steinort, the expressive East Prussian model, actress, and art-world darling had a certain mystique that captured the attention of Salvador Dalí, Peter Beard, and Richard Avedon, who proclaimed she was "the most beautiful woman in the world.…Being beautiful in her way demands something, and you must extend yourself to meet the challenge or know that a kind of splendor is lost to you forever." Chanel Haute Couture alabaster sequined pants and paper floral headpiece.

Jean Shrimpton
Right: After meeting on a set for a cornflakes advertisement, "the Shrimp" and photographer David Bailey proceeded to have a years-long love affair that led to a broken engagement. "She was my total muse—I didn't want to look at another model," he said. At 22, she caused a stir (and ignited the Mod mini craze) at the 1965 Melbourne Cup by turning up in a microdress with bare legs, an act London's Evening News & Star defended: "Surrounded by sober draped silks and floral nylons, ghastly tulle hats and fur stoles, she was like a petunia in an onion patch." Burberry London trench coat. Jimmy Choo heels.

Marisa Berenson
Left: The American-born, European-bred '70s It girl was known as "the Queen of the Scene" for her presence at the world's chicest happenings and hot spots. She parlayed modeling into a stellar acting career, starring in Death in Venice (1971), Cabaret (1972), and Barry Lyndon

Suzy Parker
Right: Still in her teens, the model, born Cecilia Ann Renee Parker, landed several magazine covers, including Vogue and LIFE. Her beautiful red hair and superb bone structure caught the eye of Coco Chanel (Parker became the brand's signature face), Irving Penn, Horst P. Horst, John Rawlings, and Richard Avedon. "The only joy I ever got out of modeling," she once said, "was working with Dick Avedon." Marchesa floral embroidered satin-faced organza gown. Suzanne Couture Millinery hat. Fred Leighton necklace. Verdura ring. (1975). Diane von Furstenberg canvas dress. Patricia Underwood hat. Louis Vuitton necklace and leopard-print bangles. R. J. Graziano bangles. Suzi Roher belt.


Penelope Tree
Left: First photographed at the age of thirteen by Diane Arbus, "the Tree" went on to become, by way of Cecil Beaton and boyfriend David Bailey (who called her "an Egyptian Jiminy Cricket"), an icon of the swinging sixties. Asked to describe the unabashed original in three words, John Lennon replied, "Hot, hot, hot; smart, smart, smart." Chanel knit coat with Mongolian lamb-fur trim, brooch (on hat), and over-the-knee boots. Kokin hat. Munnu/The Gem Palace bracelets and rings.

Twiggy
Right: At sixteen, Lesley Hornby was declared "the face of '66" by the U.K.'s Daily Express. With eyes like saucers, long lashes, and an impossibly slender figure, the Cockney pixie catapulted to the molten center of the cultural Zeitgeist. Diana Vreeland, then Vogue's editor in chief, called her perfection: "This strange, macabre little bit, like a waif, came to see me in New York with hair like cornsilk, the most wonderful skin and bones." Jean Paul Gaultier silver-chain mesh minidress. House of Lavande ball earrings. Falke fishnets.


Lauren Hutton
When the South Carolina-born beauty moved to New York in 1966, she was turned down by every agency except Ford. "Incredibly Eileen said she'd take me on, providing I had my nose fixed and my teeth capped," she recalled to Vogue in 1973. "I promised I would, once I had the money, but inside I was figuring it would take me a long, long time to get around to it—if ever." Loro Piana cashmere sweater. Black Fleece by Brooks Brothers shirt. Gap khakis. Hermès hat and watch. Dolce & Gabbana loafers.

Jean Patchett
Left: When the model died at age 75, her New York Times obituary read, "In a photograph in profile by Erwin Blumenfeld for the famous Jan. 1, 1950, cover of Vogue, Ms. Patchett's immaculate red mouth, penciled left eye, and natural beauty mark became shorthand for an entire decade." A favorite of photographers Louise Dahl-Wolfe and John Rawlings, she had the strongest relationship with Irving Penn, who called her "a young American goddess in Paris couture." Dior gray wool jacket, skirt, and belt. Ellen Christine Millinery hat. Balenciaga brooch. Louis Vuitton gloves. Hermès bag. Stuart Weitzman slingbacks.

Dovima
Right: One day, Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba was standing on a New York City sidewalk when she was discovered by a Vogue editor; the next, she was being photographed by Irving Penn. Born in 1927, the half-Irish, half-Polish model (who took her nickname from an imaginary childhood friend) developed an enduring artistic relationship with Richard Avedon: "We became like mental Siamese twins, with me knowing what he wanted before he explained it." Balenciaga by Nicolas Ghesquière gray viscose jersey strapless dress, crystal earrings, and elbow-length gloves. House of Lavande choker. Manolo Blahnik pumps.

Spotted - Stirrup Pants?

Natalia Vodianova was spotted in stirrup pants
I hate to say it but they actually look good here. Don't g getting any ideas girls.
This look is for the very very few
Don't you agree?

Photo: style.com