Fool and King, Ghoul and Goose

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Once again real life seems to have gotten the better of me. Instead of stressing that I'm not posting as regularly as I'd like, I'm just going to say that posts will be a bit sporadic the next few weeks until everything calms down a bit. 

In the mean time, let's talk about costumes since Halloween is right around the corner. Confession time: I've always wanted to either throw or attend a masquerade ball. It just looks so fun! Those 18/19th century folk sure knew how to throw a party. You've got your crazy costumes, loads of food, fun dancing, and according to the sketch above, bears. All the ingredients to a killer night. (Ha, get it?) And just look at some of these costumes:

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These 18th and 19th century women knew how to dress. There was none of this "sexy - insert-whatever-here" costumes. - Or perhaps there were? I mean, take a look at those hemlines. Costumes at masquerades seem to have had significantly shorter hemlines than your typical day or evening dresses. Still, look at the creativity behind some of these costumes; one woman is rocking wings that are fully attached to her arms. Another is wearing a ruff, witches hat, plus two animals. As for the bee costume, I actually think that's one of the best I've ever seen.

So here's to creative halloween costumes this year! Now I just have to think of one for myself....

Fairest of Them All

As you probably know there are two Snow White movies coming out this year, each with it's own look and feel. The March issue of Elle Magazine had a little feature on Lily Collin's costumes from Mirror Mirror, coming out this March. Movie costumes are what got me into the fashion industry, so this was right up my alley. The costumes look amazingly ridiculous and fanciful! I couldn't find images from the article anywhere online, so I had to scan them. They aren't the best quality, but I love how they show the movie costume and how it would translate to a runway look and a street style blogger outfit. I especially love the yellow raincoats!

Wild Style

Kacey and I watched the fun British movie Wild Target yesterday staring Emily Blunt, Bill Nighy, and Rupert Grint. We both thought it was really funny - the movie was a bit cheesy and completely went with it. It sort of had a Johnny English type of comedy to it. But I think the actual star of the show had to be Emily's wardrobe.

 She had on one fantastic, bright piece after another and looked so out of place running for her life (in fantastic shoes no less!) I'd definitely recommend it if you're looking for some fun British comedy and bright outfit inspiration!

Pictures from here