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Sunday, August 5, 2012

True Blue

Romy Schneider wore blue shirts in so many films that I have to wonder if it was part of her own style or something that was just popular in the early 1970's. Of course, a blue shirt is always in style and is a staple of my own wardrobe. I feel like I'm always on the hunt for the perfect blue shirt and I wish I could find one that looks as soft and luxurious as the one Romy wears in Cesar et Rosalie (above and below), albeit with a slightly smaller collar. I think I might pop over to J.Crew today and look at their options while you enjoy this look at other fans of the blue shirt.

Romy Schneider in Cesar et Rosalie

Romy Schneider wearing a monogrammed blue shirt in The Things of Life.

Romy Schneider in La Piscine

Carolyn Murphy photographed by Mario Testino for US Vogue July 1999. Carine Roitfeld styled this shoot and makes me wonder if she was inspired by Romy Schneider as well.

Carine Roitfeld is also a fan of the blue shirt in stripes and solids.

Carine Roitfeld

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Sofia Coppola in Louis Vuitton

Sofia Coppola

Ashley Olsen

Paul Newman

Emmanuelle Alt another French fashion editor with a penchant for blue shirts.

via The Sartorialist

Lauren Hutton

Lauren Hutton with Richard Gere in American Gigolo

Johannes Huebl and Olivia Palermo

photo by Mario Testino

Emmanuelle Alt

Katherine Hepburn

Rosella Jardini in blue shirt and fabulous necklace. I actually own a very similar necklace and will definitely start pairing it with my blue shirts.

Alessandra Ambrosio

Reese Witherspoon

via Maison Scotch

I wasn't familiar with Maison Scotch but I will definitely be checking them out now!

via Vogue

via Garance Dore

Giovanna Battaglia shirt detail.

Giovanna's entire ensemble.

My favorite blue shirt in I Am Love.

I love how the necklace sits inside the shirt in I Am Love too.

via Tommy Ton

Nothing goes with a blue shirt better than Celine!

Friday, June 8, 2012

The Little Black Jacket

I have a meeting in Soho today and while I'm down there, I can't wait to stop by The Little Black Jacket exhibition. Karl Lagerfeld photographed over 100 iconic people in the iconic little black jacket for a new book The Little Black Jacket: Chanel's Classic Revisited by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld that will be released this fall. The photos will be on display at 18 Wooster Street from June 8-15, 2012.

“The Chanel jacket was actually inspired by an Austrian men's jacket. Coco Chanel invented a type of piece that had never before existed in this particular form, and no-one can take this achievement away from her. It is an icon that embodies the essence of the Chanel style. Some things never go out of fashion in the world of fashion: jeans, the white shirt and the Chanel jacket." - Karl Lagerfeld

“I designed the Chanel suit for women who move”, Gabrielle Chanel is reported to have said. “I’m a great admirer of the female race. I wanted to give women clothes that they would feel comfortable in, that they could drive in but that, at the same time, would emphasize their femininity."

"It's a classic that goes with everything." - Sofia Coppola

"I now own one and I happened to wear it today to this shoot and amongst some other things in my life, I consider it a prize possession. I feel very lucky."

- Sarah Jessica Parker