The Gibson Girl

The 1900 was the beginning of a path towards more comfortable clothes for women of all statuses. A new style of skirt known as the "hobble skirt" for the way it restricted the wearer from taking long strides and usually worn with a sash around the waist was a big step away from the previous centuries bustle skirt. With the help of the Paris fashion houses influence and Charles Gibson sketch of "The Gibson Girl" which was said to set the first national standard for beauty, we began to see a new confident 20th century women emerge.

The scene outside Harrods: Edwardian Gallery

The Gibson girl: drawn: By Charles Dana Gibson

A portrait showing the hairstyle influenced by the Gibson Girl: By John Singer Sargent

Evelyn Nesbit: By Rudolf Eickemeyer, Jr.

Squeaky Clean

THIS will change your skincare routine forever..

Fashion in Film

The right costumes can change peoples idea of a film in a much bigger way than we think.The beauty of older films is the way the women would wear long dresses made from layers of materials of all different types. My favourite films for the costumes have to be The Duchess, My Fair Lady and Red riding Hood (after listing films with such historical references, this film seems a little misplaced but watch the colours and fabrics used in this movie and you'll see what I mean.)

In The Duchess Keira Knightly plays Georgiana Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire. Aside from the fact that the film was based on the life of a real person, it was the idea that this woman's only creative outlet was her clothes that captivated me the most. It was the only thing that she had full control over in her life and she used them to her best ability to express her personality, especially at a time when the fashions of the people around her was so were so rigid.

Edwardian clothes were admittedly more subtle than those of the centuries before however in the scene where Eliza Doolittle of My Fair Lady goes to Ascot we see another side to these clothes. The ladies have tried to outdo each other by dressing as outrageously as possible, in spite of this they all seem to look perfect together in their monochrome costumes while still managing to hold their own sense of style.

If you've only seen the trailer then you may have thought that Amanda Seyfried in Red Riding Hood could never be compared to Audrey Hepburn however after seeing this movie you wont be able to resist the charm of her big green eyes that suck you into the story line as if you were there yourself. Her fairytale-ish features make her the perfect actress for playing Valerie, the young girl living in the small village of Daggerhorn. Out of all the clothes she wore in this movie, of course the red cape won hands-down but the best thing about the costumes was that although they were based on more old fashioned clothes there was also an element of modernity in them too.

RookieMag

I think now is appropriate time to write about Tavi's new online magazine. Its basically a kind of remake of Sassy but the thing that makes this magazine even better is the fact that it is written by people from all around the world and of different age groups. It talks about troubles that affect teenagers in the world today however it can still be read by anyone who is an interest in virtually anything.  The variety of writers mean that the articles are really easy to relate to and are written in a way that makes you feel as if your talking to that energetic friend who always has too much to say and can never get it out fast enough. The writers at Rookiemag also seem to have taken into consideration the fact that your average teen is usually broke therefore we do not always enjoy having expensive items thrown at us to tempt us into breaking into our savings and instead, explain where to get the cheapest version of something usually through DIY or thrift stores. So I'd advise anyone of any age (Especially if you are about 14 and have just started attending an American High School then this magazine will become your ultimate handbook) to check out rookiemag because you never know what you might find.

Picture credit: Rookiemag

Parkas- Get the Look

Liked the Kate Moss inspired Parka look from Altazarra but cant afford the desighner prices? With a little help from ASOS you can also pull the look off without the high price tags.

DIY it

This is a bag I made out of an old dress. It took me a while but I finally finished it!

Uptown Downtown- Fall inspiration

 

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