…filming Shanghai Surprise.
This is all I want to look like right now. And I guess with these pics doing the rounds Madonna wouldn’t mind it either. Ouch. No fair.
I am looking for an oversized and chunky navy cotton knit sweater like crazy but to no avail. I also missed on some 80s Cutler and Gross frames on ebay… feels like the gods are conspiring agin it.
Searching for a dress to be married in last year was fascinating. In the space of a month I had completely moved my sights from very sculptured and tight dresses, like a Forties “war bride” suit or a Gaultier flesh-pink corset dress, to more romantic and feminine shapes. Edwardian lawn dresses, Thirties chiffon and my favorite of all - Irish Crochet Lace gowns.
I didn’t wear one in the end. They’re totally impractical for a registry office then pub day, far too tiny for Australian-reared shoulders and waists, they’re mostly available in the States, and a hand-made well-preserved dress will set you back thousands.
Doesn’t mean I can’t dream…
On ebay.
I hope to win this 1940s wool and knit myself some over-the-knee socks from a pattern I found in a junk shop a few years ago, but that has languished in a box since… or a vest with an accent colour at the neck and hem, or perhaps that old standby of a large moss-stitch scarf.
Wish me luck!
Changing my mind on kilts forever, from Time’s Up Vintage.
(The auction is for the sailor top though.)
Matching boots of course!
I missed this vintage (and tiny) French leather corset on ebay, only because I stumbled on it minutes before the auction ended.
Then as if to taunt me further these boots appeared via Wikstenmade on ebay, 3 sizes too small for me!! Oy vey!
I remember an interview with Melissa Auf Der Maur in a Sunday supplement a few years ago, maybe just after she’d left Hole, where she wore knee-high lace-up Victorian boots with worn-thin jeans and a simple black and white thin striped top. Perfect. I have just spend half an hour trying to find it, and if anyone does I will kiss them on the mouth.
Here she is looking like she wants to climb in that corset and play some bass.
Navy? Check. Stripes? Check. 24 inch waist? oh goddamit.
