A Fashion Statement

The history of British fashion in the past 100 years in 100 seconds.



Many thanks to Cathy for sharing this.

PS: Okay not sure what happened here but this should look better -thanks Debra for pointing it out.

03 settembre/September - San Gregorio Papa

Von Trapped!

The last time I was in Austria I bought myself a trachten suit - no not track suit trachten suit, you know the sort of thing Christopher Plummer wore when he played Captain Von Tapp.  And despite my initial feeling that it was a little bit like getting up for a road company of The Sound of Music  it turned out to be one of the most comfortable suits I've ever bought and the style suits me. And though it has occasioned the odd stare at La Scala and Teatro dell'Opera di Roma I will, charitably, put it down to petty Italian jealousy and the old Austro-Italian rivalry.

On our stopover in Innsbruck I saw a more casual jacket in a store window and thought I'd just try it on. Turns out it's perfect for the matinée concerts here in Salzburg - matinée in the old sense of the word being a late morning performance - particularly when paired with the new shirt and tie I had to buy to go with it.

And while in the shirt shop I just happened to spy a really great sweater made of Yak wool - and though I had sweaters with me I was perishing with the cold.  And when it was offered as a gift how could I refuse?????

 

Now I don't normally post photos of myself - as point of fact I don't normally allow photos taken of myself - but I just had to show off the cool Alpine green stitching on the sleeves, the elbow patches and that stag on the chest. And warm??? Like newly buttered toast!

27 gennaio - Sant'Angela Merici

Window Shopping

I'm really not that much of a shopper myself - I prefer online where I don't have to deal with snotty clerks - but window shopping here in Roma can be great fun. The Corso is the ultimate in chic shops though Nazionale and Victorio Emmanuale have their share of name designers and boutiques.

The Galleria off Corso is a bad imitation of the glorious Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele II in Milano - they try but....

And for the man who still uses a straight razor - or Sweeney Todd

And should you need that ancestral bust for the entrance hall or cherub for the garden walk.

You may have heard about how stylish Italian woman can be; well there's stylish then there's...... downright slutty.

I thought of one or two people I know when I saw these shoes - and most of them where women.

And how practical would these little items be?

Borsalino makes hats for men, women and, if that orange one is any indication, pimps.

Then there's those Christmas chatkas that we all need - like Faberge egg presepe and sterling silver Santa sleighs.

And looking forward to the blushing bustiered brides of spring:

And for all your devotional needs:

16 gennaio - San Marcello papa