Fifty People One Question

Watch this - simple idea, executed really well. Humans are really so fascinating.

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What I love about Stevie Nick's Style:

• Dramatic, floaty layers
• Crochet and lace
• Thin neck scarves
• Full sleeves, often cuffed to define volume
• Hats: top hat, bowler, knitted beret, velvet slouch
• Knee high boots with block heels
• Tunic tops belted at the waist
  
• White, peach, charcoal, black
• Frizzy hair, not straight, not curly (makes me feel better)
• Tamborines and her voice
  

Jean Shrimpton

What I love about Jean Shrimpton's Style:

• Dared to bare her knees at the Melbourne Cup in 1965
  
• Amazing brooches strategically highlighting cleavage
• T-bar sandals
• Structured leather handbags
• Dirndl skirts
• Shift dresses for day and night
  
• Suede trench coats
• Heavy made-up eyes
• Ballet flats with a pointed toe
• A man's wristwatch
• An intriguing mix of innocent gamine with swinging 60s sexiness
  

Francoise Hardy

What I love about Francoise Hardy's style:

• She can play the guitar
• Neutral palette: black, grey, white, navy, tan
  
• Motorcycle leather
• Parisian stripes
• Oversized white frames
• Wool capes
• Black chiffon sleeves on body hugging knits
• Crazy space-like metallic outfits
• Man style watch
• Feline features - high cheekbones & almond eyes
• Washed out denim, or white
• Little fitted short sleeve sweaters, so cute
• Flat boots, knee high with A-line minis or ankle length with stovepipe pants
  

Jane Birkin

What I love about Jane Birkin's style:

• The blunt, heavy fringe
• High waisted denim rolled open
• Body hugging sheer knit dresses with short A line hems
  
• Sweet broderie anglaise lace blouses
  
• Sheer fitted tees
• Trench coats that saucily hit the top of the thigh
  
• Mary-Jane shoes with square toes
  
• Wicker baskets as handbags
  
• A-line mini skirts and tailored high waist shorts
  
• No-one pulls off off a slinky crochet dress with just a pair of knickers underneath like Jane.
• She has two daughters - Lou Doillon and Charlotte Gainsborough - both whose style I adore.
  

Do the Jane Fonda...

Jane Fonda

Had a gorgeous weekend that has basically consisted of shopping and beach walking. Mariam and I indulged in a bit of vintage scouring, and managed to score some pieces for the upcoming birdmotel Autumn shoots and for myself - more on that later.

Then in Dolly Up on Cleveland, I found myself totally drawn to a photo of Jane Fonda.

And it got me thinking about icons, old and new, and just how much I actually enjoyed my first job as a photo researcher at the celebrity photo agency. Being paid to look at pictures of beautiful people all day was my idea of bliss back then - and well, I had my favourites. Everyone knew that the Kate Moss folder had permanent residence on my desk, and never made it back into the filing cabinet!

So this week, I am going to post about woman whose heyday were in 60s and 70s, and who continue to inspire choices I make about clothing and photography today.

Through the looking glass...

Why is that when shopping for a new a pair of sunglasses, the first pair you try on is always the best? But you still spend the next 3 hours trying on every other pair, just to be sure.

Welcome to my life, red hot Burberry specs, it would seem that we were destined to be together.