Know what I love even more than electroswing? Electroswing mashed up with vintage film! This one is genius, IMHO!
http://youtu.be/bq9DyAJpuKk
At certain moments, I SWEAR I see moves done by Laurel and Hardy that performers like M.C. Hammer and others brought to the dance floors in the 80s!!
I LOVE Electroswing. Good news for those in LA, a new club has opened up. Here's their Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/electroswingclubhollywood?ref=ts&fref=ts. As an aside, it's interesting how many of our reactions against electroswing as a loud and new fangled music genre probably...
Janelle Monae!
I LOOOOOOVE Janelle Monae's style!!! The fashions in this video of hers knocked my socks off!!!! http://youtu.be/LHgbzNHVg0c. She wears many pieces drawn from men's (vintage) wear with great flair!
After noticing a lack of blogs about the subject of vintage menswear and modern men into vintage fashion, I have decided to start a weekly series highlighting dapper vintage-loving chaps. I posted the first one today over at my blog...
Miss Golightly, I'm SO excited that Carole Craig is going to live with you! It's absolutely chic!! I hope you will post pics wearing it once it arrives! :)
To be honest, I sent Sara at Victory Fabrics a copy of the 30s colour beach pj pic and she and her partner were able to get a "sample" and scan it onto a fabric!!!
What an amazing photo! A treasure indeed! All of the vintage 1930s beach pyjamas I've acquired were made of various types of novelty cotton (ranging from feedsack to sturdier cotton that is almost more akin to canvas or broadcloth?), so if were wanting to go that route, you might be able to...
For some reason, I think this new Florence + the Machine video has a very vintage art deco feel to it: Florence's hair and makeup reminds me of Nazimova (crossed with Betsy Johnson?). http://youtu.be/iC-_lVzdiFE
Heidi actually even came across a picture of a woman wearing the exact same (or identical style) of beach pjs, complete with matching hat, that she had acquired a while before. What are the chances?! Vintage serendipity strikes again! I'll see if she will post here or let me do so!
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