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The Divine Jean Patchett

It aint no secret that I adore Miss Moss, I’m a bit of a sucker for beauty, aesthetics, I love to gaze at images of undeniable gorgeousness, and in my view, it doesn’t get much better than fashion photography. Get a great girl in a great dress, get her shot by a great photographer and ta-daaah, beauty, it’s right there.

I have a fascination with many models from different eras and the very lovely Jean Patchett has to be one of my most favourites. Her face became the very definition of 1950’s glamour, her trademark natural beauty spot and perfect red lips made her inimitable. Working as a model for Vogue, Life Magazine, and so much more, Jean’s career spanned from 1948 through to 1963. Jean died in 2002 at the age of 75. Irving Penn, the legendary Photographer who worked closely with Jean said of her; ‘She was a young American in Paris Couture’.

I am quite literally dazzled by the elegance of these images, the fashion is beyond dreamy and Jean has an unspeakable allure. Absolutely divine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A Prim & Proper Exhibition

A delighted gal was I, when my shop Prim Vintage Fashion was asked by The Forum in Norwich to dress the set for an upcoming exhibition! Jubilee Journalists, in the Fusion Digital Gallery at The Forum, showcases the Diamond Jubilee as seen by Norfolk’s younger generation. Over 30 young people received journalism training from The Eastern Daily Press, BBC Radio Norfolk and BBC Voices in a Norfolk County Council organised venture. The resulting films, stories and images are then projected on the huge digital screen that wraps around the walls inside of the gallery.

To add a little extra to the exhibit, I was asked to display a selection of dresses which would have been typical of young women in 1952 when the Queen took to the throne. I spent a fair while stressing about how best to show the era, short dresses, long dresses, daywear, cocktail gowns….I am pretty fussy when it comes to showcasing my shop and my style, but alas, when I arrived to dress the mannequins the dresses I had planned were too small for the slightly larger than described mannequins! So after a very quick rethink I opted to show 4 versions of the same classic 1950’s silhouette. Knee length dresses with nipped in waists and full skirts, lovely! 3 brightly printed cotton ones, I like the clash of the patterns next to each other, and one prom style sugared almond pink dress, so, although not the dresses I originally planned, the exhibit adds a pretty cool extra dimension to the work on the screens, without distracting from it. I ruddy adore dresses and putting them on display, my favourite part of owning a shop is the window displays, so taking part in this is a real big Yipppeeee!

Jubilee Journalists is free and is on until 25th August http://www.theforumnorwich.co.uk

Dresses from Prim Vintage Fashion http://primvintagefashion.com

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Summer Daytrippin’

I had a feeling in my tummy that we needed a good summer day trip, the sun was a blazin’ so we borrowed the coolest green VW Camper from James’ brother for the day! No map, no Sat-Nav, just a quick sunny adventure for the two of us. We ended up in Ranworth, on The Norfolk Broads, sat in the sun eating, climbed up to the rooftop of a church for some utterly peaceful views and mooched about the sleepy village. We stumbled across a village hall beer fest and this ace house with a charity book sale in their car port…it looked like something from a late 1970’s American movie…..loved it! Then we headed out to Winterton beach to watch seals, kites and people. Sun-swept and wind-kissed, we took the slow route home in the camper as the hazy sun came down over Norfolk. Days like these are good.

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Swimwear and Swooning

I’m not a sporty gal, nor do I tend to indulge in watching much of it, but wooosh!… I was overcome with swooning at the mere sight of all the beefcake swimmers in the Olympics. Jeepers! All of a sudden I became an avid sports voyeur…..

I shall celebrate my new found love of swimmers by doing a pictorial post on the absolute and utter beauty of vintage swimwear….women’s swimwear…..because lets be honest, it’s not the men’s swimwear that I like to look at! In the world of vintage fashion, heck, it doesn’t get much sweeter than a cutesy swimsuit….oooh my!

 

 

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