The Shrimpton Couture Blog

i am a deliquent blogger

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:52:00 +0000

I know I know I am sorry - I have been terribly busy and I tend to twitter before I blog (insert pathetic promise to blog more here)

Here are some pretty pics to tide you over till I actually do blog proper again:

Forget the other girls -Marisa Tomei is in vintage Jean Desses

My gorgeous Rachel is in Pucci here

This is Meredith Melling Burke who works at Vogie, in a Christian Cota dress with a Rick Owens jacket. None of it is vintage but I like it anyway

Here is courtney love looking all grown up and elegant
also not in vintage but she looks so fab I don't care

And if you prefer to read -you can always jump to the latest installation of the Shrimpton column at the Herald de Paris

A Shrimpton Couture (Reworked) Vintage Celebrity Spot!

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:38:00 +0000

Because I am somewhat technically illiterate I can't figure out how to pull the pictures from the fabulous Lainey's haute gossip site - Lainey's Gossip so you must click on over and see a sneak peek of Lainey wearing this Anita Quansah frock. Lainey loved it so much that she is actually going to let the world see it on her regular gig on ETalk tonight! If I can snag some video I will post or link t0 it tomorrow!

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:12:00 +0000

Come see The Glamourai & I
TONIGHT
if you happen to be in the New York neighborhood darlings - we will fest and sip champers while we sneak peek at the new collection of reworked antique kimonos coming to Shrimpton Couture later this week! Tons of your favorite NYC bloggers have RSVP'd their attendance so its looking to be a smash up of a meet up!

Oscar Oscar Oscar

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:39:00 +0000

My friends over at the Bag Snob asked me to share this with you - they have snagged the great Oscar De La Renta himself and YOU get this rare opportunity to chat with him

Join in at www.bagsnob.com between 10am and 12pm tomorrow!

PS can someone please ask him to send me the archives for
ummmm research yeah that's it - research (giggles)

Spotted - Dita Von Teese

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:59:00 +0000

Love this vintage inspired dramatic gown by Malandrino gown that Dita wore at the Cointreau Brazil party in Sao Paulo.

Celebrity Vintage Spot - Katy Perry

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:09:00 +0000

Katy Perry looked grown-up, glamorous and gorgeous in her vintage LaCroix
(that I suspect may not be so old, but what the heck, its being reported as vintage in the media and any media mention of vintage is a good thing in my books!)

GORGEOUS Shrimpton Couture Client Vintage Spot

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:20:00 +0000

Check out the beautiful Elena showing of her baubles from The Glamourai collection for Shrimpton Couture! I have such fabulous clients no?

Dharma Dharma Dharma

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:32:00 +0000

The beautiful Kelly, the designer behind The Glamourai line borrowed back one of her own self-designed neck pieces to use in these shots!

Need to own it? Click here

Feelin rather flapperish........you?

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:28:00 +0000

PSST notice the harem pants? and you thought that was a "new" trend - silly young thing you!

There is so much new stuff.....

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:47:00 +0000

........in the shop right now its sort of nutty!

I have been working like a mad vintage couture clad computer geekazoid to get it all up for all my lovelies to see! The easiest way to view all the new pretties is to pop onto my
What's New This Week page, but I did want to show you these three pretties especially:

A gorgeous Cruise 1993 Cashmere Chanel twinset in PINK!

This fabulous early stenciled velvet jacket with lace trim

And this fabulous full length Jean Muir Jersey gown that I am in love with!

I also wanted to share this picture with you. The Glamourai did a post this morning to celebrate the launch of her new fine jewels ring collection for Shrimpton Couture and not only is she wearing an example of one of those pretty pieces, which she paired it with my 1950s Beaded Couture Skirt that you can find here

How gorgeous?

HUGE mega Catch Up Post

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:47:00 +0000

I know I have not been blogging as regularly lately. The shop has been so busy its been hard to juggle it all! So Today I am going to do a HUGE mega catch up post of all the fab happenings of the last week or so! In no particular order - here we go:

First I get hassled all the time about my lack of self-costume posts here on the blog so when I was invited to a dinner party thrown by one of my best friends and UBER talented Interior Designer Lee Ann, of Beaux Arts Interior, I suffered through a mini photo shoot just to quiet you all down for at least a few weeks, les sigh

(wearing a vintage kimono coat that might be listed soon if I don't keep it myself, a Temperley London dress, vintage Chanel necklace & Gucci shoes)

Now on to a enviable vintage costume post:

Kristen Davis wore vintage Milla Schon last week and looked fabulous

Kelly who is the designer behind The Glamouria line, wore her own self designed Crystalline Crumble Collar that was available in the shop up until yesterday but has just sold - sorry peeps - should have grabbed it when you could have!

Meanwhile, my beautiful client and author of the blog Golden Means posted own self wearing another of The Glamourai's creations. How fabulous!

I posted SEVEN new RSVP dresses today

A new semi-precious ring collection just landed in the shop today as well

(CAN you say HUGE? And drop dead FABULOUS - go peek)

And I was pretty pleased to bring an entire NEW collection from the UBER talented Anita Quansah to the site today - She has collaborated with Christian LaCroix in the past - WOW
MUST GO SEE

This 1970s Fish Print gown sold to one of my favorite clients and I was sad to see it go - I can't believe it has not been long gone.
I always have suspected it was a Lanvin but it has not label - bye fishies!

I finally found a digital copy of this picture. I have been hunting for it for a bit - I LOVE the doors and want to use this feel as a possible inspiration for my future permanent studio space. Rustic creams blended with some of the best fabrics on the planet - perfection, no?

I spoiled myself and scooped this coat this week!
Shhhhh don't even tell My Guy a HINT that I did this - will be so in the couture dog house
*wink*

This is a sneak peek preview of a new Look Book story coming soon, shot by the talented Jennifer Cress - and yes that is this rather NON-sexy looking 1960s silk Travilla -
see what styling can do for a dress - yowza

Speaking of fabulous photos - this is from Kelly's blog today to celebrate her week of guest blogging on - ummm on THE LUCKY MAGAZINE SITE. Yep our very own gorgeous girl is guest blogging there all week. I sent her a couple of skirts from the shop to use for some shoots so you might just recognize this little 1950s Hand Painted Mexican Skirt.
Its famous now :-)

And that was my week!

Bye Bye

Beautiful Shrimpton Client Alert!

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:56:00 +0000

The beautiful Katie posted this picture for me to see of her gorgeous self on Facebook.

That necklace you see peeking out from under her shirt is from Shrimpton's very own Crystal Waterfall in the Louise Black collection!

Lovely Shrimpton Client Spot!

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:31:00 +0000

I always am so happy when I can share pictures of my fabulous clients wearing their treasures from Shrimpton Couture. Judy posted this picture on her blog today and sent me the link and I could not resist posting it here as well. She is the author of the Atlantis Home blog and its sort of funny that though I read her blog every day for some reason it did not clue in who she was when she purchased this 1970s Adolfo sweater dress from me. It was only afterward that I found out and had a bit of a laugh at my clueless self. She looks incredible and if you are not already a daily reader of her blog you need to pop over

Love

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:52:00 +0000

I am so in love with Anna Dello Russo at the moment - total girl crush.

She is like a walking runway of some of the best edited looks of the season and is fearless in wearing even the extreme looks that we might love but wonder if we could actually wear. These are from fellow bloggers The Sartorialist & Jak & Jil so you might have already seen them but I am posting anyway.

If there was ever a closet I would want access too.........

Reinterpreting Icons

noreply@blogger.com (laurakitty) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:27:00 +0000

Meow! I should probably introduce myself- I'm Laura, a fashion historian and photographer in New York. I write on my own blog, Sighs and Whispers, about fashion, costume history and photography, and a month or so ago Cherie asked me to start writing some guest posts for her. Of course I was overjoyed at the opportunity so I'm finally starting now.

It is likely that everyone who is reading this has some interest in vintage- whether you've come across this blog due to a celebrity wearing some vintage piece, or from Shrimpton Couture's work with the Zoe Report, or are a die-hard vintage fan I always find it important to look at why wearing vintage is such a great choice. I'm sure many of us who dress in vintage have different reasons for doing it, but I'm sure at the base of it all is personal expression. It is one thing to slavishly follow fashion, and another to dress how you truly want to. It is definitely possible to dress individually in only new clothes, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who can go from shop to shop without seeing a single thing to buy. I've worked in retail and for a designer so I understand that stores need to buy what sells and designers need to make what sells, but that doesn't always allow for the greatest creativity. The fact that I can go into a vintage store with several other girls, and we can all emerge with completely different and wholly personal outfits makes it so special to me.

Even when we are seeking to create our own personal styles, most of us look to the past for inspiration. I adored Vogue Paris's September issue as all of the editorials were based on style icons of the past, and all of these looks could be easily reinterpreted with more era appropriate vintage pieces, which will likely be much less of a burden on your bank account than these high end designer ones.

Natasha Poly as Brigitte Bardot, by Mario Sorrenti.

Lara Stone as Gloria Vanderbilt, by Mert & Marcus.

Raquel Zimmerman as Debbie Harry, by Alasdair McLellan.

Sasha Pivovarova as Liza Minnelli, by Bruce Weber.

Tao Okamoto as Tina Chow, by Paola Kudacki.

Anna Jagodzinska as Diane Keaton, by Mikael Jansson.

Edit: I fixed the link!

Spotted - Louise Black

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:54:00 +0000

Our very own Louise Black rocked the Marie Clair NY red carpet in her own vintage inspired frock and signature cuff. Louise is doing terrific on Project Runway 6 and we could not be prouder!

Want to own a piece of fashion history?
Jump here to snag an original Louise Black piece from her capsule collection done exclusively for Shrimpton Couture!

Congratulations Rebecca!

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:46:00 +0000

We are kind of partial and unabashedly biased when a Shrimpton Couture client does good, but when she debuts in a brand new TV show and we LOVE it we somehow feel entirely responsible (teehee). The entire Shrimpton team LOVED Eastwick last night and wishes Rebecca tons of continues success!

(Though we do think her character should wer nothing but vintage from here on in!)

Shrimpton Went to the Emmys!

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:40:00 +0000

OK so it wasn't me but one of the dresses from the shop! My gorgeous client Katherine arranged with me to wear the RSVP gown from the shop on her jaunt to the Emmy's! Katherine's husband is John Hodgman who appears on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He is the show's "resident expert," so he was invited to go with the cast and writers. The Daily Show was up for Best Variety Show and Best Writing for a Variety Show AND it won in both of those categories! Can you imagine how fabulous it must have been to be there and see your husband be a part of that team!! WOW

John was also the voice you heard giving the color commentary throughout the show, providing funny bits of biographical trivia about the winners as they approached the stage.

I am so proud to have been a part in finding Katherine the dress that she chose to wear and she has promised to send us more pictures when she arrives back home so I will update this post with them the second I have them

Congratulations and I cannot believe how fabulous you made that dress look Katherine!!

Now the only important question is of course....
Can I come with you two next year please?

Celebrity Vintage Spot - Jennifer Garner

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:06:00 +0000

Jennifer made an appearance at the Toronto film fest and wore vintage! She looked gorgeous in her Vintage Oscar De La Renta dress paired with Casadei shoes

Jennifer was styled by Rachel Zoe!

NEW Glamourai Cuffs & Necklace on Pre-Order NOW

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:57:00 +0000

Head's up peeps
The latest Glamourai collection is now up and available for pre-order and this little cache of couture jewels is to DIE. Three insanely fabulous necklace - modeled here by the lovely Kelly herself

And her debuted collection of the MOST fabulous, gorgeous original CUFFS that are all adjustable and ever so wearable. Each incorporating a vintage bauble or two in it's design!

Go grab one while you can - they should arrive in stock later this week and will go out right away to their lucky girls. Go here to Pre-Order and here to see the rest of her goodies currently in the shop

PS Kelly did a wonderful post on the shop today
thank you doll!!

Rachel Zoe in Shrimpton Couture!

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:23:00 +0000

You all know how much I love Rachel Zoe.

How can you not love a girl who loves vintage like Rachel does?
I am especially happy to post today's celebrity vintage spot of Rachel herself, wearing a 1970s chiffon jumpsuit direct from the racks at Shrimpton Couture on her way to Zac Posen for New York Fashion Week. She sent these over herself before running out the door.
Doesn't she look fabulous?

I Die Rachel
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Update:

Well once again an item from Shrimpton Couture is out having WAY more fun than me at the moment. Rachel and her jumpsuit went to the Zac Posen show this morning

(pic from @AnnieBrat twitpic files)

She did press in it

(pic from Canadian's own Fashion File host @adrianmainella twit pics)

And Rachel herself posted this picture in Twitter working on her 2010 handbag collection for QVC while wearing her new jumper!

(follow Rachel @rzrachelzoe & you can follow me on twitter @shrimptoncoutur)

and just now WWD posted pics of
Rachel front row at the Carolina Herrera RTW Spring 2010

Update #2
Last one I promise and then we will go back to being non-geeky. Looks like Rachel ended her day in SC vintage by attending the Donna Karan Collection. I was a teeny bit excited to live vicariously through the jumpsuit when she sat with Joe Zee (Creative Director of ELLE Magazine & @mrjoezee on twitter) and Milla Jovovich in the front row

And I must must must thank the wonderful Vera at my favorite Gossip blog
I'm Not Obsessed for doing this fabulous post

This weeks Herald De Paris Column is out

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:41:00 +0000

NEW YORK (Herald de Paris) - Unless you live under a very non-fashionable rock, you are probably aware that it is Fashion Week in New York City. These are THE shows of the year, with editors, clients, bloggers and media all vying for the right invites to the right shows and it is a really big deal to the fashion world.

I love the start of the shows as much as any fashion conscious girl and eagerly await the news feeds to see what is hot and where things are going trend-wise. But I have to say from a vintage perspective, I tend to stay somewhat nonplussed. I look at the shows not only for what they are showcasing for the new season, but what might be of interest to me years from now. For me, fashion shows get more important the longer they become a thing of the past.....

read the rest by clicking here

GORGEOUS Shrimpton Couture Client Vintage Spot

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:06:00 +0000

The fabulous Jill, author of the Stella's Roar blog has posted another picture of herself in a Shrimpton Couture find.

Peeps this make me happy to my CORE.

The worst thing about running a vintage shop on-line is not getting to see my clients look all lovely and fabulous in their treasures. Look how fabulous and interesting and beautiful Jill is. From a purely selfish point of view I feel quite smug to have somehow landed such a fabulous girl as a client.

Gorgeous Jill!

Vintage Vs New

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:25:00 +0000

I spotted this picture today over at Red Carpet Fashion Awards of the gorgeous Eva Mendes wearing a Chloé by Hannah MacGibbon Resort 2010 dress.

I immediately thought of this dress that is up on my site. Its a immaculate 1950s Mexican Wedding dress that is to die for.

Aren't they amazingly similar?
Except the original has loads more hand finished details.
And I think the sleeves are better and more dramatic
What do you think?
Like the new or the old?

Flashback - Ode to the Beach

noreply@blogger.com (Shrimpton Couture) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:40:00 +0000

Till next year .......