Winter2012 Clearance Dolls!

Spring is just about here dolls. Say goodbye to Winter! The entire SweetLeigh Store is 40% Off. Shop the Sale Now! Use Coupon Code: Winter2012 to save!

Taking Note: Spring Fever!

Spring is officially here next week dolls! While Paris just celebrated the end of designers displaying there Fall 2012 Runway shows, I am very much here and now in love with spring. Which as is normally the case in Los Angeles, feeling very much like it is already here. Not to brag. 

The Spring collections that I am salavating over feature pastels, graphic design, print and contemporary lace, oh my! What may seem quite gurly is so smart and chic. I love how everything from the styling to the textile is familiar but so fresh! And I am thrilled with the chic and sexy return of modesty. 

Preen 2012

Jill Sander Spring 2012

SweetLeigh: the Amazing Grace Collection

The new SweetLeigh Millinery Collection is of course inspired by the great Grace Jones. "The Amazing Grace Collection". Inspired by the Eccentric, chantreuse, actress and unique beauty. 

   

 

Shop the new collection available NOW on Etsy. 

CineStyle: Eyes of Laura Mars

One of my favorite fashion films is Eyes of Laura Mars c.1978. The story was conceived and co-written by John Carpenter. Faye Dunaway is Laura Mars, a high fashion photographer on top. Laura is controversial and fearless and creates images of violence through fashion editorial. Irony intended in this thriller as photographer Laura begins to see psychic visions (through the eyes of the killer) of the violent deaths of her friends and colleagues before they happen. 


Enter, Tommy Lee Jones, the detective who is investigating the series of murders and becomes intimately involved with Laura. It is a classic psuedo erotic thriller, a formula we saw so often throughout the 80's with its surprise twist ending.  

I of course adore the film mainly for its fashion and styling. The production design was by the late Gene Callahan and costume design by Theoni V. Aldredge. Aldredge also designed for The Great Gatsby and The Rose starring Bette Midler. Sadly Aldredge passed away last year January 2011. The fashion shoot scenes of the film and the still photos and exhibit photograph were images by Helmut Newton.  

Director Irving Kershner used mirrors to keep things tense and reference Laura's frightening visions throughout the film. Whether you believe it is intentional or not, I see a self-deprecating eye on the excess and end of the disco era. Or mindless entertainment. Who cares? One thing is for certain the film is beautiful to behold frame after frame.

Neon Love

When I think of neon signs I think tales of Noir, 80's new wave and the fascinating seedy underbelly of life. And what could be more fascinating than Neon Love. 


Happy Valentine's Day darlings.

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