Sunday, January 27, 2008

golden age of couture.

So the other day I was watching Sabrina with Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. And I know everyone always praises Audrey for her style, but I just had ooh-and-ahh over her little black dress from the movie.



I love the shape of this dress. You can't really see it, but it has a nice full poofy skirt.  The seams in the bodice are really nice as well. It adds structure and the bows on the shoulders soften it up a little. Her hat is pretty nifty too. It's like a little crown and I'm pretty sure you could fill it with M&M's or something as snacks. Also, I think wearing gloves and "party yarmulkes" (as me and C have come to call them) should definitely come back in style. Audrey also has a great wardrobe in Funny Face. She gets turned into a high fashion model and naturally gets the best designer clothes.





I like the bell shapes of the skirts in the second and third picture. Also, I feel a deep need for a striking red dress. All this researching on Audrey reminded me of the Golden Age of Couture exhibit that I really wanted to see. It showcases beautiful dresses from the 40's to the 50's and was not in any museum near me.





Simply gorgeous.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow. rude.
audrey hepburn killed my grandmother and a couture dress smothered my grandpapa.

how could you be so insensitive???

also im pretty sure the golden age of couture was last week when i wore this bad-ass purple knit poncho with this see through green jumpsuit with glitter fireworks on it. then i wore some really cool crocs with black socks. talk about sex personified. then i went out and kicked a girafe. talk about sex personified.

yeah. so that was the golden age of couture.

Anonymous said...

ps. i meant to say i was sex personified twice. because it was super true. SUPER DUPER TRUE.