I still prefer the red version, but it’s nice to see someone else wandering around London in a flamboyant Biba dress…especially one seen adorning Paula Wilcox in Man About The House. And one I have flounced around in myself, although not nearly enough for my liking.
Looks like Lily Allen was out and about in a lovely black Ossie Clark dress last night. I suppose it might be a repro, or a Jimmy Choo for H&M, but I sincerely hope not. Googling around to try and find out, I see she’s planning to launch her own ‘vintage label’ at Goodwood this August. Hmm.
Sounds like a pretty awesome event; Sandie Shaw, The Damned etc. Though with that, Roxy at Lovebox and The Who at the Albert Hall….I am going to be stoney broke if I do everything I want to do this year.
Oh poo.
It takes a lot for me to be impressed by some modern starlet in some modern outfits, but Lily Allen has apparently been out and about wearing a lot of covetable pieces lately. I’ve been a bit behind since before Christmas, mind you I’m usually 30-40 years behind anyway, and have been attempting to catch up lately. Nothing really impressed me until I saw Lily in the cream jacket (wantwantwant). Then my friend said she’d seen a photo of her in a jumpsuit I would just adore (even my non-vintage friends know me all too well…..”hmmm, a jumpsuit, better tell Liz!”).
Then I did a bit of searching and found the lovely blue chiffon number AND the awesomely 80s-esque black mini with some seriously avant garde styling. Team all this with a super cute haircut and well done make-up and you’ve got a mini style icon in the making. I’d be more impressed if they turned out to be vintage, but they’re probably repros. Sigh. Well, you can’t have everything can you?
I’m still no fan of her casual gear, but I’m going to ignore that for now…..
Liz Eggleston 