Saturday Haiku~

 

An oily summer lake

his feet are wrinkled

carefree abandon

photo credit: judo dad1954(flickr)

Where have all the Mermaids Gone?

We have had a veritable (and may I say delicious) warm spell here, in Ontario. It prompted my dragging shorts out of the closet and then contemplating my sad, sun-deprived body (when I was a child, we used to say "you have skin like a miller's daughter")....

.....and then, thoughts of bathing suits flooded my head and I had to run and hide in a corner for a while, like a child hiding from chores...alas, the bathing suits of 1910s and 1920s were so much less, how shall I put it, "engaging", "obligating"?

 

 

The photos range in date from 1908 to 1929. I adore these women, some genuinely thrilled to be on the beach, close to water, in a bathing suit?!! I love their knees and real-woman-thighs, their grins....

....here's to summer's carefree abandon and a different bathing suit for each day of the week !!!!!

photos: Library of Congress, State Library of New South Wales

Anglomania

Vivienne Westwood's Anglomania Spring/Summer 2010 Collection....

..presented at Selfrigdes in November, 2009

Inventive...feminine and yet definitive....

 

When I grow up, I want to be like Dame Vivienne....

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Playing Dress Up

Here's my fantasy outfit for a summer evening out....

Items in this set:

Suzette silk-jersey playsuit, $490

Diane von furstenberg trousers, 275 GBP

Goya Awards « Red Carpet Fashion Awards, $695

Diego suede studded bucket bag, $795

Frantz Necklace, $700

fun courtesy of polyvore.com