Wednesday 29 April 2015

'70s Stylespiration: Thea Porter Exhibition

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L-R: British Vogue, 1970; British Vogue, 1969; British Vogue, 2005
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L-R: Thea in her workroom; Persian print maxi coat; Model in window of Thea Porter Decorations Ltd., Greek Street, c. 1970
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L-R: British Vogue, 1975; British Vogue: 1971

Ok, you know how I keep promising to stop banging on about '70s style? Yeah, well, about that...

Today, I was introduced to the designs of Thea Porter at the Fashion and Textile Museum's retrospective exhibition of her work, and it turns out that, despite her relatively low public profile, she played a pretty darn crucial role in giving us '70s boho chic as we know it, by bringing the fabrics and cuts of her formative years spent scouring the souks of the Middle East to the streets of Soho, and "Swinging London"...

So not to give her some well-deserved credit would just be plain rude, no? I mean, just look at those '70s Vogue editorials up there... what stylist/designer/photographer wouldn't kill to have these shots in their portfolio right now (and wouldn't life be so much more fun if men still wore coats like that)?

Anyway, scroll on down for my shots from the exhibition (which you can still catch if you're quick - it closes on Sunday) - aside from dresses galore (obvs), there are reams of gorgeous extracts from Thea's personal scrapbooks on display - it's a (nosy) vintage lover's paradise!

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The Clothes...

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This coat was made from an actual Iranian carpet!

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TP12Thea's actual living room mirror... sporting Thea's actual face - genius.

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The Scrapbooks...

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Were you already aware of Thea? What do you think of her creations?


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Tuesday 28 April 2015

SS15 Lookbook: 7 Ways to do '70s Style

For my first lookbook vid, '70s style was always going to be the obvious choice... a decision reinforced by the complete hair-over I was given by Schwarzkopf yesterday, prepping me to model their '70s/festival inspired "Hippi Glam" look on this season's UK Essential Looks tour... eek!

I promise you more non-'70s outfits will be in the offing shortly, but for now please enjoy my latest fusion of new finds (pink paisley dungarees, anyone?) and old favourites (yep, I've managed to wring a few more looks out of my kimono!).

Sneak preview of one outfit (and the new 'do!) below, but you'll have to watch the vid to see the rest...


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Dress and Shoes: Both Primark


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