Who are you Polly Magoo?

Today I dressed up as Dorothy MacGowan from Who are you Polly Magoo? because hey why not!

Me as Polly Magoo from the 1960s french film Qui Etes-Vous Polly Magoo?

sources (moviepostershop.com, ilovehotdogs.net, elenavzintaris.blogspot.ie, strawberige.com)

I watched the film Who are you Polly Magoo? last night. It's a movie that I've been dying to see for ages. I couldn't find a English version so a lot of the time I didn't fully understand what was going on :/ but it didn't matter because everyone looked amazing hehe 

Renowned fashion photographer and film maker William Klein ridicules the fashion industry in this 1960s satire. William Klein was known for challenging the traditional views of fashion and experimenting with fashion photography. Klein's love of avant garde and experimentalism can be seen in a great scene in which Polly discusses her feelings towards her appearance. The shot is layered with picasso like portraits which highlight the influence of modernism on the film. The opening scene has to be my favourite...a runway show featuring models wearing outfits made from sheets of aluminium. 

There are so many famous faces in this movie. It was a challenge just to name them all. I recognized  Donyale Luna at the fashion show, Peggy Moffitt also appeared a few times and at one point I think I saw Richard Avedon. I'm not quite sure (due to my poor understanding of french) but I think some the film's plot is related to the lead actress's life story. I absolutely love Richard Avedon and his artistic style really fits with the movie. He has a really unique way of photographing portraits which captures the essence of the subject in a unique moment in time. I love this famous 1968 portrait of Twiggy and the very late sixties portraits of the Beatles which borderline on pop art.

I read that Dorothy MacGowan was spotted by a talent agent from a crowd of Beatles fans... that's the dream right, meeting The Beatles and modelling for Elle. The eye makeup in this movie is amazing. I was trying my best to replicate it using eylure lashes and L'oreal Paris liquid eyeliner.

I got these fake eyelashes because they say Queen Of Mod on the box hehe 

I also got these giant sixties hoops from a wear, they are similar to ones I wore in this post

Who are you Polly Magoo? in Elle Collections S/S 13 Magazine. Peggy Moffitt looks amazing in this photograph

Vidal's Sassoon's five point cut is everywhere in this film. I got this wonderful book in tk maxx. It has two pages each dedicated to different designers, models, actresses and it girls of the sixties <3

Kings Road

pink suit - topshop
white tights - topshop
earrings - awear
pink mary janes - awear

I've meaning to show you guys this outfit for a while now because it's one of my favourites. I got it at topshop. I'm selling my shoes on etsy (I love them but they are just too small) I've been watching lots of youtube clips of Carnaby Street and Kings Road during the sixties. I like this montage of fashion models including twiggy and this documentary on fashion shops by some cynical journalist haha 

Dizzy Miss Twiggy

1960s mod dress via vinyagephilosophey at etsy, AJ Morgan Maddy sunglasses via asos, colorblock go go boots via statedstyle at etsy, yellow twiggy tote via MamaBearBeads at etsy

Carnaby Street/Pop Art/Sixties Fangirl style post

I've been inspired by the beautiful twiggy lately. I love how she plays with colour. I'm quite addicted to black but I got a pink suit in Topshop that is very sixties. I wish I had Mary Quant accessories to match. I'll take pictures of it once I get my new camera

Twiggy with boyfriend and manager Justin De Villeneuve and Sonny and Cher  at a party  in Beverly Hills, 1967

She's a Femme Fatale

For my first post I think its only right that I write about my current obsession and favourite fashion icon Edie Sedgwick.

I first noticed Edie in a book I have on The Velvet Underground called an Illustrated History of a Walk on the Wild Side (which you should definitely buy because it is amazing) There is just something so captivating about Edie in this picture.

I think with Edie there are two main looks.

The mix of uptown society girl glamour and down town beatnik style. For this look she wears her signature heavy black kohl liner, dazzling chandelier earrings, a stripy top and black opaque tights.

Her second look shows off her delicate beauty. She dresses like an elfin princess in a pale coloured maxi dress and bare feet as seen in Andy Warhol's Lupe. 

I've been searching for a full version of Lupe everywhere. If anyone knows where I can get it on dvd or vhs please tell me (I'm literally dying to see it)

For Halloween I dressed up as Edie...everyone thought I was some glamed up bride of frankenstein which I am totally okay with ;)

leopard print coat - vintage, stripy top - river island, black shorts - internacionale, earrings - Steve Stasco designs, fishnets - primark, heels - clarks

I stole my mum's leopard print fur coat for the occasion. You can tell its not mine because its literally two sizes too big on me. I also wore these amazing Edie Sedgwick earrings by Steve Stasco who designed the jewellery for the movie Factory Girl starring Sienna Miller. I adore them ♥

I used glitter hairspray from a Halloween shop, thinking about wearing it everyday now :P

aerial shot

A clip of Edie starring in Andy Warhol's film Poor Little Rich Girl

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