Parlour's Pass Ups.

1. Why are great fabrics made in crappy materials?
2. Totally should have grabbed this vintage Cardin garment bag...kicking myself.
3. This print was stellar, but it was a granny house dress.
4. Amazing print and colors, polyester tent dress blah.
5.Totally would have bought this, crappy material and all, but it had a cigarette hole in it :(
6. Polyester, horrible cut.
7.horrible shirt, amazing print.
8. Chicos makes some fabulous fabrics :)
9. read number 1.
10. I loved this print, but I think it was an Anthrolpologie circa 2000 top.
11. Read number 9
12.This bird print knocked my socks off, the print was so modern but it was most definitely a 1970s poet shirt...wrong combo.
13. Two Words...FAKE FENDI
14. Loved this top, but the pits smelled really bad
15. Horsebit anything rocks my world, except badly cut dresses.
16.This was the most devastating of all, the most amazing vintage disco chevron stripe skirt, holes all over it near the waistband...no way to possibly repair it :(

Kansai Yamamoto

After reading the review on the amazing Louis Vuitton collection, I was quite excited to find out that Marc Jacobs' first aprrenticeship was with the fabulous Kansai Yamamoto. I have been a HUGE fan of his work for a long time now as I am obsessded with David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust era of clothing. Mostly created by the master himself...here is his story.


Kansai was born in 1944 in Yokohama, Japan. After studying civil engineering and English at Nippon University, he completed his studies at the Bunka College of Fashion in 1967.
Among the designers with whom he apprenticed are Junko Koshino and Hisashi Hosono; in 1971, he opened his own company, Yamamoto Kansai Company, Ltd., Tokyo. His first collection debuted in London in 1971 and in the USA at Hess's Department Store in Allentown, Pennsylvania, which was renowned for many avant-garde colletions. His 1975 debut in Paris was followed by the opening of his Kansai Boutique in 1977.
In 1999, he and Junko Koshino renewed the kimono, reviving interest in this classical fashion. He is also known for his avant-garde kimono designs, including ones worn by David Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust Tour.[1]
In 1999 he organized a fashion program under the aegis of the India-Japan Mixed Cultural Cooperation Committee.
Since 2001, he has been known for his fashion eyewear, sold by Aoyama USA.
He is a recipient of the Soen prize at the Bunka College of Fashion (1967) and the Tokyo Fashion Editors award in 1977.[2]
In 2008, an exhibit named "Netsuki Shinten: Kansai Genki Shugi" (or "Passionate Exhibit: The Energy Principle of Kansai") was held at the Edo-Tokyo Museum of Art.[3] In 2009, a major retrospective of Yamamoto's work was exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art[4].
Yamamoto designed the Skyliner train, unveiled in 2010, that connects Japan's Narita Airport with central Tokyo. [5]

all information via Wikipedia
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This is the most inspiring book I have ever read...ever!

I checked it out from my college library and read it three times my sophomore year!

Sweet Land of Libertine.

While perusing the people/party section of style.com I happened upon a post about Duran Duran playing this season's Fendi party. Looking at the pictures reminded me of a pary I attended during Spring Fashion Week 08. Possibly, the most fabulous party of my life thus far! I was interning for Libertine, at the time it was the hottest label in NYC. Crazy amazing people would stop by the showroom as well as great party invites. This one in particular was passed up by the designer and passed down to my BFF Natalie and I. The event was for the launch of a new Russian Vodka called Imperia. It was held on Liberty Island, yep, the Statue of Liberty! We brought two of our friends Max and Lars as they were walking in some of the shows that week. We were quite the crew! The party began with us shuttled by ferries where I sat next to the likes of Donna Karan and Natalia Vodianova. When we hit the island it was beautifully set up with huge tents decorated with Moroccan Lamps and Turkish rugs. Caviar was free flowing as was the vodka with stands in every solitary corner of the party. Natalie and I had no idea how amazing this party was going to be, and right when we thought the party had reached it's peak Duran Duran turned up on a floating stage and played a set! We Freaked and danced up a storm. This was truly a night to be remembered.

Big Biba

Last month saw the relaunch of Biba. And what better face to launch it with than London It Girl, Daisy Lowe.
Biba as a brand goes all the way back to 1964 London, where it began as a mail order clothing company ending with a gorgeous boutique in 1975. The brand was recently relaunched by Bella Freud two years previously, only to fail because the price points were not in keeping with high street prices of today. The new collection will be sold exclusively at House of Fraser for the moment.

check it out

www.mybiba.com

Parlour's Pick.

Check out this pinafore style dress! The most gorgeous plaid print with the richest colors for fall!
So very Marc by Marc Jacobs...


Find it at
Gaslamp Antique Mall
100 Powell PL
Nashville, TN
booth #220

Cristina Rosamond

I am a huge fan of 70s post pop artwork! I have been collecting watercolor portraits for about 3 years now, finding amazing prints by the likes of Sara Moon (previous post here) and artist Cristina Rosamond. Both artists share a very similar aesthetic, and very similar story. Like Sara Moon, Cristina Rosamond had very fast paced , successful career throughout the 70s and 80s to becoming almost unknown just as fast.


Here is her story

California Artist Christine Rosamond, a self-taught artist, exhibited her first two paintings in Los Angeles in 1972. Within six months she would achieve national acclaim. She soon became the most published artist in the world, surpassing even Norman Rockwell and Salvadore Dali. And yet, her name is not nearly as well-known as many of the artists she has surpassed in print. The artistic legacy of Christine Rosamond is a body of work which eloquently expresses the essence of femininity with a simple charm and beauty that can only originate in the heart of the artist. We can only wonder what further joys she might have brought us. On March 26, 1994 the world lost this very talented and treasured artist on the Pacific's rocky coast. Christine had drowned while swimming off Carmel with her daughter. The world, indeed, has lost a gem.


I found my print yesterday at Goodwill for 7.99 green tag sale.
check out what they are going for on ebay!