FIT Exhibit: Lilly Dache: Glamour at the Drop of a Hat

    "Lilly Dache: Glamour at the Drop of a Hat" is opening today, March 13th and continuing through April 21st at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
    The exhibit features Lilly Dache hats as well as rare Dache garments, sketches and photographs.
    The Museum at FIT is open Tuesday-Friday noon to 8 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Admission is FREE!
    The museum is located at the corner of Seventh Avenue at 27th Street.
    Please refer to their website for more information about Lilly Dache and the exhibit as well as more about the Museum at FIT and the world renowned programs offered at FIT.

Lilly Dache's Talking Through My Hats & Glamour Book

I love this book cover- it's got such wonderful graphics!
This is a First Edition, First printing of Lilly Dache's autobiography.
You can "Buy It Now" for $150- over at Davenport Books on eBay.

An autographed photo of Lilly Dache.
You can "Buy It Now" for $149.99 over at Autographed Cards And Photos on eBay.

Lilly Dache's Glamour Book.
You can buy it for $40- over at Gibson's Books and West Station Antiques on GoAntiques.com

Vintage Lilly Dache Hats

1950's Lilly Dache hat adorned with brown, green and orange velvet flowers and leaves.
You can purchase this hat for $70- over at Woodland Farms Antiques & Vintage

Striped velvet "Dachettes" by Lilly Dache hat.
You can purchase this hat for $125- over at Unique Boutique NYC

1960's Lilly Dache straw hat with grosgrain ribbon.
You can purchase this hat for $155- over at Retrodress

Top 10 Oscar 2007 Red Carpet Vintage Inspired Looks

Rachel Weisz in a Vera Wang gown.

Naomi Watts in an Escada gown.

Nicole Kidman in a Balenciaga gown.

Jennifer Lopez in a Marchesa gown.

Anne Hathaway wearing Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry.

Gwyneth Paltrow in a Zac Posen gown.

Kate Winslet in a Valentino gown.

Cate Blanchett in an Armani Prive gown.

Kirsten Dunst in a Chanel Couture gown.

Maggie Gyllenhaal in a Proenza Schouler gown.

*All of these photos were taken from In Style where they have many more pics from last night's festivities*

Courreges French 80's New Wave Dress

    An 80's work of art!
    This dress is made out of white cotton and features silver check print.
    What really makes this dress POP! is the silver checked overblouse.
    The dress and blouse both close with cool lucite and silver check buttons.
    You can buy this Courreges dress over at Vintage Martini for the sale price of $345-

1960's Mini Dress by Mary Quant

    Mary Quant changed the fashion silhouette for women.
    Though she did not invent the mini she was the first to popularize it.
    She sold her inventive new clothing, which was aimed at youthful Londoners, from her store Bazaar located on the hip Kings Road.
    To learn more about the history of Mary Quant check out The V&A and Fashion-Era.
    You can buy the lusciously colored plum twill mini dress by Mary Quant, pictured above, over at Mighty Flirt.

Mary Quant Velvet Mini Dress

    It's the wrong season to wear velvet.
    But, it's the right time to snatch up great items like this for the winter!
    A fabulous black velvet mini dress by Mary Quant.
    The dress has a fantastic design detail of white buttons running down the sleeve.
    You can purchase this fab dress over at Lost Horizon Vintage.

   

Nicole Kidman's Wedding Dress

    Nicole Kidman is the epitome of Hollywood glamour.
    When on the red carpet she always wears classic gowns that compliment her fair skin and stunning beauty.
    This weekend, when she walked down the aisle, she wore an ivory, one shouldered, puff sleeved wedding gown designed by Nicolas Ghesquiere.
    Today my posts are inspired by Nicole Kidman's romantic wedding gown.

Vested Gentress

    The stylish Nordic girl over at Style Bytes mentioned the fact that she found out about the clothing company Vested Gentress through my site.
    To see the garments and article that I posted look under the date of May 10th in the Women's Clothing section and in the Auctions section.
    The cute white sheath dress with pelican print pictured above has a current bid of $30.89 and there are 5 days left on the sale.

Vibrant & Fanciful Vintage Lilly Pulitzer

    The story behind how Lilly Pulitzer began designing her line of clothing is quite interesting!
    Lilly Pulitzer was a socialite whose husband owned a lot of citrus groves in Florida. She decided to open a citrus juice stand in the late 1950's. The clothes that she wore to the stand were ruined by the squeezing of the citrus fruit. And so she decided that she needed something cute and colorful to wear as a juice stand uniform. She had her dressmaker whip her up something. The dress that she had made became such a big hit that she closed the juice stand and shifted her focus to designing colorful clothing.
    Click here to learn more about Lilly Pulitzer.
    The vibrant yellow butterfly skirt pictured above can be purchased over at Posh Vintage.com

 

Sculptural Hairstyle Hats

    Yesterday I was checking out fashionologie and I came across an article that they had posted on these amazing sculptural hats.
    These are called Hairts. They are designed by Neil Moodie and Flora McLean for the House of Flora.
    You can shop for various different styles including the classic Bob and for the more outlandish Morrissey and Elvis styles.