So I'm sure your all excited for the sun to come back, flowers to be in full bloom and every to look pretty again. Well while we wait I'm going to do a short post on the types of clothes, accessories, colours and shoes I think look the best due in the Spring. If your a bit skint on the lead up to Spring then try and style your outfits too look vintage/retro but buy from high street shops as it may work out cheaper.
Pastel Colours:
The first thing I associate with Spring is pastel colours; they are eye catching but not bright, they are girly without necessarily being pink and they are flattering for any size or shape. It won't be hard to find pastel coloured clothes in high street shops but you may have your work cut out for you if your looking for vintage designs. I recommend everyone having at least 2 pieces of clothing this shade of colour, don't worry if your pale pastel colours really don't flush you out as you might think they do.
Shift Dress:
Everyone loves a shift dress and so you should they fit perfectly, they hug all the right places and you don't have problems walking around in them like pencil skirts. A shift dress in a pastel colour will be the perfect combination, BBQ and Dinner date kind of outfits. You can dress them down to make them more casual but I personally think its a more of an going out dress.
Capri Trousers:
I absolutely love Capri Trousers, one of the few types of trousers I think fit well! Capri's go great with baggy shirts, crop tops and polo shirts. You can make this look work both for casual and smart, with casual wear flat shoes/sandals and a smarter work kind of look wear heels. Make sure you accessorise when going on a night out in Capri's, it will make the outfit look more eye catching.
Sun Glasses:
Big sunny's are the best by covering half the face they are the best things to wear if you have a hangover. As well as for that use they also look quite glamorous, you always need a pair of sun glasses to hand this time of year an unsurprising sunny day will arise.
Shoes:
Sailor/plimsoll shoes are very comfortable to wear and look fabulous with capri's as well shift dresses. White and black ones work better as they will go with any colour outfit you decide on wearing.
Makeup:
Minimal amount of makeup is good to wear due in the spring, as its generally sunny most of the time it makes your face look a lot more natural and pretty. So wear light lipstick, like pink, orange or clear lip gloss. Don't be too heavy on the eye make up, stick to mascara no eye liner, light on the foundation and a nice light pink blusher.
Start getting ready for spring early girls!!
Unusual places to visit in London, I don't know if your like me and always seem to go to the same places when you visit London which is all good but gets a bit boring. So I've done some research of great places to go to, all mainly 60s/vintage related haunts.
La Belle Jolie:
La Belle Jolie is a Vintage spa, they do treatments such as; massages, waxing, semi permanent makeup and party packages. Looks like such a gorgeous place to visit for a birthday or a hen party, with a difference. 35 Anerley Road, London, SE19 2AS.
Rockalily Cuts:
Rockalily Cuts 'His & Hers', an awesome place to get unusual hair cuts and a fabulous place to visit. This salon also has a blog which is written by the owner, defiantly worth checking out!! 205 Kingsland Road E2 8AN.
A Cookes Pie & Mash:
This pie and mash shop was the one that Jimmy eats at in Quadrophenia, still open and as popular as ever. Defiantly a place to visit on a sunny Sunday for a lovely lunch. 48 Goldhawk Road London W12 8DH.
The Shop:
Just off of Brick Lane there's a vintage fabric shop, if your interested in making your own clothes or fashion items this is the place to go. Fabric heaven for those of you who are the creative types. The Shop, No 3 Cheshire Street, E2 6ED.
If any of you visit these place's would be great if you could send me some pictures for me to post on here. Happy shopping!!
I've recently bought the new GQ magazine as it featured David Bailey mini interview and 4 different covers including: John Lennon, Michael Caine, Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan and Johnny Depp. I have a great love for Photography and Art, due in the 60s (for me) was the best time for expression Art forms. The amount for huge celebrities within this time helped make the Photographers and Models celebrities them selves. The kind of photographers of this era mainly shot for fashion magazines such as Vogue & Harpers Bazaar but I will also be exploring my favourite documentary style Photographers too.
David Bailey:
In 1959, Bailey became a photographic assistant at the John French studio, and in May 1960, he was a photographer for John Cole's Studio Five before being contracted as a fashion photographer for British Vogue magazine later that year.
The "Swinging London" scene was aptly reflected in his Box of Pin-Ups (1964): a box of poster-prints of 1960s celebrities including Terence Stamp, The Beatles, Mick Jagger, Jean Shrimpton, PJ Proby, Cecil Beaton, Rudolf Nureyev, Andy Warhol and notorious East End gangsters, the Kray twins.
Bailey's ascent at Vogue was meteoric. Within months he was shooting covers and, at the height of his productivity, he shot 800 pages of Vogue editorial in one year.
William Klein:
He achieved widespread fame as a fashion photographer for Vogue and for his photo essays on various cities. Despite having no training as a photographer, Klein won the Prix Nadar in 1957 for New York, a book of photographs taken during a brief return to his hometown in 1954. Klein's work was considered revolutionary for its "ambivalent and ironic approach to the world of fashion", its "uncompromising rejection of the then prevailing rules of photography" and for his extensive use of wide-angle and telephoto lenses, natural lighting and motion blur.
Brian Duffy:
In 1957 he was hired by British Vogue where he remained working until 1963. During this period he worked closely with top models of the period, including Joy Weston, Jennifer Hocking, Paulene Stone and Jean Shrimpton. Duffy was also a highly successful commercial advertising photographer shooting award winning campaigns for both Benson & Hedges and Smirnoff in the 1970s.
Don McCullin:
McCullin's period of National Service in the RAF saw him posted to the Canal Zone during the 1956 Suez Crisis, where he worked as a photographer's assistant. In 1959, a photograph he took of a local London gang was published in The Observer. Between 1966 and 1984, he worked as an overseas correspondent for the Sunday Times Magazine, recording ecological and man-made catastrophes such as war-zones, amongst them Biafra, in 1968 and victims of the African AIDS epidemic. His hard-hitting coverage of the Vietnam War and the Northern Ireland conflict is particularly highly regarded.
All these photographers are truly amazing in different ways, there are a few documentaries you should check out regarding these photographers.
William Klein: The many faces of William Klein (Imagine/BBC4)
Don McCullin: McCullin Jacqui Morris (DVD)
David Bailey: Four beats to the bar and no cheating (YouTube)
Brian Duffy: The man who shot the 60's (BBC4)
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