Being a hopeless romantic

I freely admit I'm a hopeless romantic.  I got up on Friday April 29th at 4:30 am to watch the wedding of Prince William to his Catherine.  What a beautiful wedding for two people that are obviously very much in love!  I never realized how much of a romantic I am until being at work and told to basically shut up.  My coworkers were "glad it's over", "don't know why we should care" and other snide comments.  Here I was just enthralled.  I made the comment that with all the bad news to have a bit of hope and happiness for a day...and was ridiculed for it. 
To all of you that watched the wedding and were just as enthralled, GOOD FOR YOU!!!  I love the fact that her dress was so similar to Grace Kelly's, as soon as I saw it I felt like I'd seen it before.  It only took about 2 mins before a commentator said Princess Grace's dress and it clicked.  For any re-creator of styles whether it be from the 1400's for a festival or a twist on the 40's like rockabilly we understand the draw of fashion and taking a style we like and adding a splash. 
Congrats to the happy couple!

End of my vacation...lots of movies this week

Well somehow I ended up in bliss tonight.  Old movies, brownies and quiet.  Just finished "Here comes the Groom" with Bing and Jane Wyman 

 Go figure, Edith Head creations to drool over.  Pic up on the screen now..."Gentleman Marry Brunettes" with my fav actress Jane Russell!

Costumes by Christian Dior well at least some of them...no matter what.WOW.  I'm sure there will be more films later til then.  Ta ta

Catching myself, and sharing!

So this evening I've been scanning through Shorpy and notice myself stopping at the pics from the 30's + for the hair and clothes.  I highly recommend checking out Shorpy.com but be prepared to loose a few hours.

Watched 'Ball of Fire'

I watched  Ball of Fire tonight.  With Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper. 

Edith Head's creations.  Her nightclub dress, the shirt dress (see above) and the final dress.  Not a big job on the outfits but still a great example of the 40's.    Her hairstyle really showed different ways to style those 'betty bangs'.  Oh I wish my hair was longer and thicker.

As much as I enjoyed this film, I liked the remake with Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo much better. 
'A Song Is Born' 

Irene Sharaff did the clothes on this remake...The biggest difference between the two movies, the remake had all the great musician's of that time graced the golden screen and did it jive!!!

It seemed that even then Hollywood was out of ideas that they didn't even wait 10 yrs before doing a remake.

What's your favorite remake?

Hair...gettting that look, or not

Well I've been trying for the last few weeks to get my hair into a retro look...so far I've ended up with the light-socket hair (aka fried curls) The pony tail as nothing else is working or just a simple sweep-back of the curls and pinned with a bobby on each side. The last has earned me a few compliments. I hope to find my camera soon to post a pic. I've done the sweep-back with either my foam curled(slept in) or the hot rollers. After a quick comb out, do the flip and spray. Then I pin right behind the ears and use a bit of pomade to smooth the top a bit and off I go. It's actually an easy style and the best I found a pic of my grandmother a while back from right after my grandparents got married. My hairstyle is VERY similar to hers!

A nod to the greats.

When anyone looks to the glamor and designs of old Hollywood, there is one name that many know.  Edith Head.  Her designs, creations and more.  A girl could die happy! 
All About Eve 

But while doing some research on Ms Head I came across a few others that created some of the outfits in my favorite movie. Walter Plunkett's designs for Kiss Me Kate

Irene Sharaff's   An American in Paris

And one more,  Helen Rose and High Society.  But she's better known as the designer of Grace Kelly's wedding dress.

I could keep going.  Wow.  The colors, fabrics, design...the glamor. 

What's your favorite movie? Designer? or Actress/Actor?