"...Don't think you were born too late. Everyone has that illusion. But you aren't. The only problem is if you think too late." - Diana Vreeland
I always feel that I would have fitted in better (sartorially speaking) had I been born 100 years ago. I still get a touch upset that we don't dress for dinner as we used to or that hats and gloves are no longer donned every day. But as Vreeland states, that is simply not the attitude!
However today I feel a bit nostalgic for the icons of yesteryear and wish to hark back to the classics and pay homage to them and the stars of today who keep the fires of glamour burning. A bit of fashspiration for all tomorrows parties...
These are the fashion gods I pray to when I stand in front of my chaotic wardrobe (above) asking my most favourite question WHAT SHALL I WEAR?
Jane Birkin
Kate and Johnny. I mean...
Diana Vreeland. Watch The Eye Has To Travel
Sebastian Flyte with Aloysius and Charles Ryder, Brideshead Revisited
Iris Apfel - read this amazing book Rare Bird of Fashion - The Irreverant Iris Apfel
Lorna Garman. Read The Rare and The Beautiful - I became obsessed with her style after reading this book. Her lover Laurie Lee wrote in his journal that 'Once she turned up in seven different blues (counting her eyes)'
Marilyn Monroe when she was hanging out in Palm Springs
Jean-Paul Belmondo. Watch Pierrot Le Fou - you may well fall in love with him. I did.
Audrey Hepburn - specifically in Breakfast At Tiffanys. This outfit makes my heart sing.
Edie Segwick read Edie- Girl On Fire
Elizabeth Taylor - specifically this outfit which she wore to marry Richard Burton the first time.
Marchesa Luisa Casati, painting by Augustus John. Read The Marchesa Casatti - Portraits Of A Muse
Her fancy dress outfits are legendary.
Anna Della Russo - check out her blog here
Zelda Fitzgerald - inspired the character of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby - see my take on a modern day Daisy here
Grace Kelly. Amen.
