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Doctor Who – Bow ties are cool…

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

So there you have it – The Time Lord himself confirms it! And he has seen it all, every corners of galaxy, every time, dimension and species… Bow ties are cool.

The beautiful new 11th incarnation of the Doctor (I will not pretend any longer that it’s just a TV show on BBC – that’s what they want you to think…)

So being the sharing, giving kinda gal I am I thought I’d share my love and passion for the coolness that is the dickie bow and send him some from my stash. So I’ve done just that!

Here at Extinct we’ve know it for a while…For more bow ties that are cool… unearth some in the Extinct store (before that crack widens and swallows us all ~ can’t wait for the last episode of the season!

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Fancy looking like a Fifties Starlet on the beach this season?

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Ever dreamt of a swimming costume that is so utterly gorgeous you’d look like a Fifties Starlet on the beach?

Well, New York designer Norma Kamali has recreated the fantastic look with designs which hark back to the Fifties, when women were well groomed and demanded good tailoring. The Fifties glamour puss had an hour-glass figure and rarely wore a bikini.

The swimsuits of the Fifties were often apron-style and had flattering detachable, halter neck straps with ruching at the front.

Norma Kamali has definitely made a beautiful job of re-creating the starlet look for the women of today. This swimwear is so stunning we here at Ollie&Agnes would be scared to get it wet, however we do live in hope that it would detract attention from the body IN it! We also know we would feel a million dollars in it with all it’s ruching, attractive halter neck and diverse shape.

Norma Kamali has been creating innovative clothes for 15 years, and is most famous for her sleeping bag coat, and for using actual parachutes to make clothing. As well as the starlet-style costume, there’s a massive selection of really original pieces.. something with ruffles and frills or a leather look, black costume she has everything! Sections include Swim Jersey; Goddess Swim, Swim Ruffle and Foil.

PS: If you fancy an Original swim suit check out Extinct Design’s Glamourous vintage tiger print number!

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Floral en croute.

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Ode to a skirt
You have lived with me like a sister
But now time’s we part
Your beauty is incomparable and likened to some art…

I love selling vintage clothing and do view each piece as mini rare works of art and none more so than the skirt above, from my own private collection sold to my lovely new model, (I don’t think I could of parted with it to anyone else!)

It’s a striking piece and reminds me of still life paintings from the Middle Ages…
Flemish painter – Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568 – January 13, 1625) sometimes called “Flower” Brueghel, and “Paradise” Brueghel, of which the latter two were derived from his floral still life’s which were his favored subjects. Packed with symbolism, flowers representing both the beauty, fragility and ever turning circle of life. Often in the paintings there would be insects, such as for butterflies represents transformation and resurrection while the ant hard work and attention to the harvest, often dead or dying insects (and later sculls, watches, candles burning down, fading fruit) really enforcing that life is transient, capturing memento’s of beauty…

The flowers in themselves too offer symbolic meaning, which we are often aware of but have no real recollection how we know what they mean; rose (Virgin Mary, transience, Venus, love); lily (virginity, purity of mind or justice); tulip (showiness, nobility); sunflower (faithfulness, divine love, devotion); violet (modesty, reserve, humility); columbine (melancholy); poppy (power, sleep, death).