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Ada, 23. Feminist. Lives in Lyon, France. Translation student on a gap year. Reads a lot, tries to write novels and stuff.
I blog about books, social justice, and also fashion, music and art in general. Current obsessions include Marina and the Diamonds and Loco Roco.

Posts tagged vintage

Jun 1

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May 28

From A to Zierfische; Obsolete Signs are Being Saved from the Dump at the Buchstabenmuseum in Berlin (Photos)

Jan 26

French opening to the 1985 anime Princess Sarah (小公女セーラ). This used to be on TV when I was a child.

A Little Princess week, day six — #706

Jan 25

Cover to a 1888 edition of Sara Crewe or What Happened at Miss Minchin’s, which later became A Little Princess

A Little Princess week, day five — #705

Jan 24

1949 French edition of A Little Princess illustrated by Annie Claude-Martin

A Little Princess week, day four — #704

Jan 22

‘More than once she had been known to have a teaparty…’ ~ A Little Princess illustrated by Ethel Franklin Betts

A Little Princess week, day two — #702

Nov 8

#634 | They Drive By Night

Today I was at someone’s house and the television was playing this film. I didn’t quite follow the story, but Ida Lupino’s costumes were simply amazing. Just sayin’.

Sep 14

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Aug 21

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Jun 19

#530 | Maggie Smith’s Outfits in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Part II

First part was yesterday.

As I’m writing this post I’m realising how much Maggie Smith’s outfits are part of her character and play their own very important part on screen, where very often her dresses are the only bright spots in the gloomy classrooms.

Here we go for the seventh outfit, a gorgeous silk blouse worn with a beige/brown skirt, and later with a matching cardigan:

The eighth outfit, fiery red:

The ninth outfit might very well be my favourite, with its perfect length, shape and colours, and perfect balance of conservatism and sixties-ness:

The tenth outfit is a flowered bathrobe:

The eleventh outfit, a very conservative one, which she wears when (spoiler alert!!!) she talks about Mary Macgregor’s death:

And the final outfit (which is not the last one on screen, since number nine comes back for the final scene), which makes Maggie Smith look like a flower, or a butterfly, or something, and is my second favourite:

And now, to conclude, look at that gorgeous poster:

Jun 18

#530 | Maggie Smith’s Outfits in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Part I

The film is quite different from the book, but I really enjoyed it. Given the structure of the book, I think it was quite necessary to change a few things, and I enjoyed it as a free interpretation of Muriel Spark’s novel. Anyway, I’m only concerned today about shape and fabric.

I take particular delight in the fact that the film (shot in 1969) is supposed, like the book, to take place in the 1930s, and yet no effort is made to have the title character dressed in a remotely 1930s fashion, or even dressed in a not-conspicuously-1960s fashion. But, ha ha, anyway, I love every single one of Maggie Smith’s outfits in the film. A great lesson of style.

Now let’s look at the first outfit. Notice the thin belt? The sleeves? Oh, those sleeves.