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Charlotte and Jane – Silks, Seams and Silhouettes

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Madamecoco | 0 Comments

Exclusive in-depth interview with the co founders of the Irish Vintage Style Design Label – Charlotte and Jane Charlotte & Jane – Silks, Seams and Silhouettes. Every year at the London fashion week – quite a noticeable proportion of designers showing have come through the cloistered halls of Central St Martin’s ( ok – there aren’t any Oxford style…

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1960s Fashion – Pattie Boyd models Mary Quant -1966

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Madamecoco

1960s Fashion Shoot -Pattie Boyd models Mary Quant -1966 Originally published in the iconic American sixties fashion magazine Seventeen, this Mary Quant fashion shoot featured model and Beatles girlfriend Pattie Boyd. 1.A Mary Quant rayon crepe navy mini dress with acid green bands. Pattie is seen here with actor Tom Courtney 2. A similar Mary Quant navy dress, with acid…

Charlotte and Jane – Irish vintage fashion house

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Madamecoco

1940s and 1950′s retro inspired Spring Summer clothing collection from Ireland. Continuing our current Irish flavour for vintage fashions, and following up on our wonderful find of an archive color fashion film of Sybil Connolly from 1957, we’re taking a quick peek at this years Spring Summer Collection 2012 from Charlotte & Jane, the Kinsale based bespoke fashion house run…

Sybil Connolly – Ireland’s First Great Fashion Designer

Posted on June 21, 2012 by Madamecoco

The name Sybil Connolly returned to the fashion press recently when actress Gillian Anderson turned up to the annual Bafta Awards wearing a vintage 1950′s pleated handkerchief linen dress. One of the Irish designers most famous innovations – uncrushable linen – was a fashion sensation in the late 1950′s. Glamourdaze have recently unearthed a forgotten 1950′s fashion film featuring Sybil…

Edith Head – Hollywood’s Greatest Costume Designer

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Madamecoco

A study of Vintage fashion on Film through the costume design of Edith Head A small diminutive woman, famous for her Anna May Wong inspired crop and signature sunglasses – Edith Head may not have been a fashion visionary, but she knew how to concoct screen glamor like nobody before her or since. With a staggering 8 Oscars and 35…