Street style.

STREETStyle

Here I have photographed two girls who's style I really liked, who were dressed very on trend. I particularly favour the leather skirt worn on the left and the burgundy blazer on the right, they are both items I would have in my wardrobe.

Leather Skirt - Select
Blazer - H&M

The left outfit was also worn with some berry red Dr. Martins, which are unfortunately out of shot, but I adored them! A pair of DM's should definitely be the next addition to my shoe collection.

(Berry Red Dr. Martins) ^^

N.Y.E outfit

New Years Eve

So, this outfit is what I wore for New Years Eve, and since I was only attending a small gathering at a relatives house, I kept it pretty casual, just a black graphic tank top, with a burgundy chiffon skirt accessorised with a black belt, black tights and creepers.

Fashion Environment – Italian designers in the 1950s.

The 1950s is a decade in which fashion statements were made and young women chose to abandon the notion that they should look and dress like their mothers. Dazzling dresses with fitted waists, wide skirts and bold and bright patterns emerged and shot to popularity, these kinds of dresses were befitting for dancing to Rock’n’Roll yet were still exceptionally fashionable.

These sorts’ dresses originated from the Italian fashion designer Emilio Pucci, even though he began his fashion career by designing ski-wear, as he was a fan of the sport, he created a line of vividly coloured and intensely bright patterned silk scarves in 1949 and continued to progress with his line of clothing, known as Pucci, further by incorporating his daring patterns with blouses and dresses. Pucci was attaining recognition for his clothing internationally by the early 1950s and received multiple awards over time; even the iconic Marilyn Monroe was a fan of Pucci’s line and was photographed in numerous items of his. And more celebrity fans gradually became fans of Pucci, even Madonna wore one of his items later on in the 1990s.

Marilyn Monroe wearing a Pucci print dress

Another Iconic Italian designer from the 1950s was shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo made his first pair of shoes at the mere age of 9, for his to wear to an event, this was the moment in which Salvatore discovered his true calling and decided his profession. After travelling and working hard to achieve his goals, in the 1920s, Salvatore was creating unique, one-off hand-made footwear for Hollywood stars, such as Eva Peron, Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn.  Ferragamo shoes’ popularity peaked in the 1950s and he was also known and commemorated for designing the ‘cage heel’ and the ‘wedge heel’.

Audrey hepburn having a shoe fitting with Salvatore Ferragamo

The 1950s.

1950s

PHOTO-SHOOT

As a university project, I had to create a photo-shoot, partnered with another member of the class (Sarah Clark), and we were given the based on a particular era and Sarah and I were given 1950s housewife. 

The model that we chose is extremely well suited to the 1950s housewife look as she was already a fan of the style of this era. We used the photography studio in Northbrook college and were given a 30 minute slot to capture the shot needed for the final edited image.

The following are a few of my favourite shots from the photo-shoot:

These were all fierce contenders for being chosen as THE final image, but in the end, after tedious amounts of editing, we chose one of these shots, edited it and finished it as the final image, as shown below:

By adding some light humour and subtle, yet affective, editing to the image I think that we created a great 50s housewife style image here, though with the proper props dated back to the actual 50s, such as the hoover, we could have made this a fantastic and realistic image, but we utilized what we had to work with and made the best of it and overall I love the final outcome.