Summer Stripes

Looking back at Summer 1984- Laura Ashley’s classic striped cotton skirts with matching tops.

Looking back at Summer 1984- Laura Ashley wide striped cotton top & skirt (left) and white cotton top & check skirt (right).

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Looking forward to Summer 2013- Roll neck white sweater and wide striped beach shorts from Cabbages & Roses.

Looking forward to Summer 2013- Cropped navy sweater and striped beach shorts (left). White linen shirt, striped sweater with clam digger jeans (right).

Fun Fashion #5

Fashion details- Summer art sale. Floral dress, woven hat & black skimmers.

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The New Vintage

Retro inspired clothing is layered over black lace.

Fashion details- Michael Kors shrunken sweater and painterly skirt with Celine black camisole (top). Rocha’s brocade split skirt with Gucci wrap sweater and black camisole. Classic footwear- Birkenstocks (above).

(Photos- Karim Sadli for British Vogue, June 2013)

Colenimo- Spring 2013

Joining the ranks for designing great classic clothing is Colenimo. You can view the rest of the collection here.

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Lily Ashwell- Spring 2013

Inspired by vintage clothing and modern sensibility, designer Lily Ashwell creates another nice collection for the warm months ahead.

Fashion details- Hana top & Kendra dress, Hana top & Samantha dungaree dress, Dustbowl maxi skirt, Jadey top & Samantha dungaree overalls.

(Photos- Mark Choiniere)

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April Showers

Fashion details- Navy waxed cotton raincoat with Liberty floral print lining.

Sally Scott- Spring 2013

All women, no matter what age, enjoy looking their best. I love how Sally Scott chose three generations to model clothing from her spring collecion.

Grab Bag- Bridal Headband

Margot headband

Bouquet Of Red Roses

Rose printed dress by Alice & Olivia is perfect for a Valentine’s Day Wedding.

A Page From…

…’Grace: A Memoir‘ by Grace Coddington, 2012.

…” While we were preparing for the Vogue shoot in the countryside, Didier and I had been watching Patrick Kinmonth’s great-aunt prepare some exquisitely hued dried flowers from the garden- she preserved them with glycerine- and we were determined to use some in the pictures. The resulting story, with the faded, dusty flowers pinned to slightly old fashioned, English looking clothes, or arranged in the hair with yards and yards of tulle, was ravishingly romantic..”-  Coddington’s description of a 1984 photo shoot with photographer Bruce Weber.

(Photos- British Vogue Magazine, 1984)