Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Spring inspiration from The Cannes Film Festival

    On Sunday I had a client who was getting her color done in preparation for her trip to France for the Cannes Film Festival, which is extra special this year because they are celebrating 40 years. So she inspired my weekly wednesday want. Here's a polyvore set I created (with of course a ton of my Brian Atwood faves!)
    Early to mid century inspiration is still on trend with everything from messy boho braids to deep parted soft retro waves. A great mesh of the large gap in decade trends and differences is going soft on accessories (since the clothes of those times were...loud) with rhinestone flower barrettes and rings. They appeal to the boho floral feel and the glitter of the 20s and 30s. 
   Formal spring/summer events are a little harder to appeal to as we are in a war of the eras, anything era goes really. Keeping your dresses shorter or a peek of the leg will work for something that sparked. While softer fabrics will balance a longer dress.
  For makeup we are seeing natural hues of eye shadows with strong lashes and liners, combined with cocktail inspired matte lips. Think rosé, pomegranate, grape, merlot, peaches and creme. 
  Hope you like the set! And all the Brian Atwood (swoon!!)
Spring inspiration from The Cannes Film Festival

Jovani mini dress
$1,150 - harrods.com

Prom evening dress
rissyroos.com

Jigsaw flapper cocktail dress
$495 - johnlewis.com

Ban do ban do
shopbop.com

Hair clip accessory
$60 - stone-bridge.co.uk

AERIN lip makeup
bergdorfgoodman.com

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Donzo!

Okay kiddos, so it was a lot of work with this ole back but with my hubby's help and my trusty tens unit, my rehabbed broyhill is up! Sneak peek pic of some more DIY accent pieces to hang over the headboard. Using some awesome monogram letters I found at anthropologie for our wedding that i didnt end up using and some vintage old school shutters! ( yes there will be more steel wool involved)... To be continued! Stay posted dandies!!



Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The crafty itch

So as some may know, I'm preparing to have a major back operation this summer. I have had to cut back on my regular work as a stylist and makeup artist because its physically too much with the degenerative issues I have in my spine. And I've been waiting to muster up the energy when I'm having s good day, because with a degenerative back diseases, simple easy tasks are difficult and painful. Just washing a few dishes could mean a lot of unbearable extra pain. Now there's a tangent being born here.....
Since we rent, I have a constant itch to add knick knacks and make things feel as much as mine as possible. Renters need apartment therapy sometimes, but nothing beats not having the stress of a mortgage, we could pick up and go if our gypsy hearts chose. Since both my husband and I work in the commission and contract job industries that we do, what never know what's around the bend. Not that anyone does, but we don't even have a cushion around the bend. Which means buying anymore furniture than we already have isn't in the cards if we want to start a little Cushion for the coming months ill be out of work.
Since I'm going to be stuck in recovery for at least four months, I've come across some amazing vintage and funky finds that are begging me to be repurposed. Starting with this amazing brass candleholder that needs some tlc, a vintage broyhill bed frame (going to re knack and just use the head board cause our master room needs one), turn a slowly saddening ikea table into a farm table esque table and ........I'm determined to take a crap plywood dresser and knock it up with some paint, decal printing (I see a tutorial in the future?) and putting some amazing knobs to add character. It's so easy to dress an old piece of furniture up with some cool knobs. I usually hit up world market or wait for knobs to go on sale at anthropologie. I got my rustoleum colors picked, some steel wool, face masks and a silly smile! Here's a sneak peekin!!!