coffee and donut dame

7/23/10

under the big top

yesterday night i went to film forum's last screening of charlie chaplin's "the circus" from 1928. i was pleased to find out that it was a double feature including "the idle class" from 1921. out of all my vintage loves, 1920's masquerade and circus attire has always been my favorite. it's one thing to see pictures and illustrations of such clothing, but quite another to see it embodied and in movement.

this one reminds me of kenneth anger's pierrot character in "rabbit moon" (another must-see!)

wish there was a better picture of this great tammis keefe scarf but it was swiped off of ebay.

7/17/10

crowd pleasin'

like some out there, i am not a fan of crowds and most of the time this translates into road rage: the walking edition. i end up walking on the street to avoid the throngs of tourists near where i live. it seems a little odd that one would want to wear a garment with small representations of our species when they're all around us, but it makes for some rather likeable patterns. these are all from the 30s and 40s.

it's another seersucker! it seems like many children's fabrics were done in seersucker (if anyone knows why, please share)