Daisy, Daisy

All photos from Stella magazine, shot by Jane McLeish Kelsey

These photos are from an editorial in Stella magazine from March. I liked them as soon as I saw them but only just got around to scanning them. In the middle of the working week it's pleasant to imagine wandering about a country house with your pet rabbit and dancing around in chiffon. I love the model's hair and also that lace dress with the little collar in the second picture. The shoot is based on the character's of Daisy and Jay from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The great Gatsby. I'm looking forward to seeing the new film version when it eventually comes out.  Also vaguely interesting fact, the male model is Alex Watson, Emma Watson of Harry Potter's little brother. Not much else to say this week, but enjoy the pictures!

For Grace and Charm

I recently found this rather sweet little booklet/calender of my grandmother's and thought I would share it with the wider world. It is for a lingerie brand named Spirella. Their slogan appears to be;

"Just a corset means so little"

"SPIRELLA means so much"

On one page it says, 'Spirella service is the embodiment of all the experience, scientific research and consideration of individual needs can produce.'

I have to assume this belonged to my great grandmother since my own grandmother would have been just 5 in 1930. It is a good example not only of how much women's lingerie has changed over the past 80 years, but also how these old fashioned styles are becoming popular again. Although I doubt rubber corsets will ever be back in fashion. Another Spirella page is entitled 'Prevention is better than Cure' and goes as follows;

'A scientifically designed Figure training garment or belt provides the necessary abdominal uplift and support with slight intra-abdominal pressure, and yet is sufficiently supple to permit freedom of movement and comfort, even during strenuous games.'

It is odd to think of having to wearing a corset while playing sport. Although I think the drawings in this little booklet are lovely, and I adore 1930's clothes, I have to say I am happy women are no longer expected to wear 'figure training garments' anymore.