Fashionable Friday: Vintage Glamour in Pink and Black / Shell Sherree

Fashionable Friday: Vintage Glamour in Pink and Black

20.12.14

{Pink Bow Hat Trick and Kitty Stowaway : ink pen and watercolour illustration by © Shell-Sherree}

Did someone say Mad Hatter's Christmas Tea Party? We could really get into the spirit of things by dressing like a giant ribboned gift. When I spotted this vintage Gilles Bensimon photo for Elle magazine 1987 {vintage ... really? Egads how it flies!} it struck me as glamorously festive. Hmm, I guess massive satin bows pull that kind of inevitable sway. Behold the eensy-weensy bag which could be new again, given the current repopularisation of bags you can only fit a change purse and lippie into. {And a stowaway kitten.} For the vertically-petite amongst us who have struggled under the weight of tote bags half our size for the past decade or more ~ hooray for that!

I'll be posting more regularly in the New Year and will see you again before Christmas ~ I thought I'd better give you a heads-up so you don't fall off your gold-macaron-encrusted pastel-upholstered flying Louis chairs! À bientôt! And on that note ...

Happy Fashionable Friday to you!

Ink pen and watercolour illustration by © Shell Sherree : Pink Bow Hat Trick and Kitty Stowaway
Petite Collection of Shell Sherree prints available for ordering HERE.

14 comments

MiseDecember 21, 2014 at 3:36 AM
That slender and beautifully garbed young lady has certainly come to the right place among all our slender and beautifully garbed selves. Who among us indeed is not wearing a hat this very minute as we read our screens? Certainly not moi.
Petrea BurchardDecember 21, 2014 at 1:07 PM
Mise, you are so right. I had to lift my brim to see the illustration.

Shell, your return is most welcome!
Ms MDecember 21, 2014 at 2:59 PM
Glam and classy! And Kitty, too! Now we just add some excellent chocolate, macarons, and good wine....
Hope you and Ella are having a happy holiday season, Shell! xo
AlexaDecember 22, 2014 at 3:25 AM
Oh, quelle élégance! If 1987 = vintage, then I am a well-tended antique—and therefore quite valuable, of course. :~}
I'm also looking forward to more wit and whimsy from ma belle Shell in 2015!
Comme1enviedescapadesDecember 25, 2014 at 10:13 PM
Superbe, je préfère bien sûr ton aquarelle, quel coup de pinceau magnifique
Très glamour
Baci
Danielle
Shell SherreeDecember 26, 2014 at 1:00 PM
Tu es adorable! Merci, Danielle!! Bises, ma chère. x0
from caliDecember 27, 2014 at 5:16 AM
Timeless perfection! You did Gilles proud.
Pasadena AdjacentJanuary 11, 2015 at 2:08 PM
that is my favorite line (shape) when it comes to skirts.