Stylinspiration: the Faye way

 One of my all-time favorite style icons is Faye Dunaway.

I can't tell you how many times I've scrambled through my wardrobe only to pause from my fluster and sift through images of Faye-ensembles, hair and makeup for help getting myself put together before I emerge from the house.  

Today I noticed that the two other fashionable ladies I'm currently style-crushing on are pretty darn pre- and post- Faye's.

Lykke Li / Faye
userserve-ak.last.fm / ia.media-imdb.com

Faye / Lykke Li
ia.media-imdb.com / blacren.com

Lykke Li / Faye
prettymuchamazing.com / starletshowcase.blogspot.com

Betty Grable / Faye
filmbug.com / blog.zap2it.com

Betty Grable / Faye
3.bp.blogspot.com / classiccinemaimages.com

Betty Grable / Faye
i757.photobucket.com / e2de.com

xoxo, 

 

Raspberries, Blueberries, Gingham... It's a Picnic!

Prior to shopping for the next lookbook pieces, I picked up the bestie {who had the day off, unexpectedly. HOORAY!}.   

Her wardrobe, and I mean everything in her closet, is near 98% vintage: circa 1920 - 1950.   

Today's ensemble played well with others, mine in particular.   

So 

...

let the photos commence!

the school girl and Vivien Leigh

the HAM & the CHEESE

hot pink picnic-plaid oxford, "Eliot" by MADEWELL
cream loose-knit sweater, GUESS JEANS
shorts w/ gold button detail, TORY BURCH
lone-tone argyle knee-highs, ANNE KLEIN
nude Brotherson Wedge, ALDO

xoxo,

Art is the Only Way to Run Away Without Leaving Home. ~Twyla Tharp

after a rigorous 2 hour pointe sesh...

I decided to visit my new @ted_baker Kihi Printed Skirt .  As I danced about the dressing room, twirling it and swinging the chocolate chandeliers into a harmonious tinkling of Swarovski that only I could hear, my gaze caught something I could not wear but so desperately wanted -- NEEDED to complete my darling ensemble.  It was one part of my two piece Christopher Martin Ghost Series in amethyst and the # 25 (or birthday).  As you'll see, these two items -- the skirt and the lithograph -- absolutely haaad to be together.  So I paused and celebrated their likeness.

Then D called and I became distracted by his sugary declaration, "I'll be there soon."  Daydreaming of art I could wear and fashion I could hang had to be set on the shelf of things hoped for as my {desired} role of always-superb-looking-"seamstress for the band" took center stage in the powder-room mirror.