10 Things I Love Tuesday

1. .CANOPIES.

Ever since getting a pink and white one for Christmas at age 7, I’ve been enthralled.

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2. .POLAROID SCARVES.

These adorable scarves are by French designer Philippe Roucou.

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3. .INSPIRATION BOARDS.

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4. .THIS QUOTE.

It’s from Childe Harold, Canto IV, Verse 178. So very Into the Wild.

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5. .BROODERS.

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6. .EGG CHAIRS.

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7. .BIRD FASHION.

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[8. .SURPRISING POPS OF FLORAL.

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9. .ARTIST & MUSICIAN COLLABORATIONS.

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10. .ICONIC BRIDGES.

I wish Boston had a traditional bridge like San Francisco or New York. The contemporary style of the Zakim simply isn’t cutting it.

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What are some things you love today?

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Style Icon: Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams in a hippie headbandShe Was Lost And She Took A Chance

Just a haphazard little post while packing for school tomorrow. A recent Brokeback Mountain viewing has me remembering how much I love Michelle Williams!

Michelle Williams casual style

Michelle Williams is casually perfect in hats, florals, and basics.

 

 

Michelle Williams red carpet style

Michelle Williams in a Grecian one shouldered number, a cute colorblock dress, a flapperish Behnaz Sarafpour ensemble and a mod Chloe dress.

 

Michelle Williams and the late Heath Ledger

Michelle Williams and the late Heath Ledger

 

Michelle Williams in floppy hat

Michelle Williams running after her and Heath's daughter Matilda

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Title from “She Was Hot” by the Rolling Stones

She Was Practiced At The Art Of Deception

Marianne Faitfull edgy style

STYLE ICON: MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Marianne Faithfull started out as the It girl of London’s swinging 60s scene. She had a budding music career, a love affair with Mick Jagger, and a sense of style all her own. Like many groupies, Marianne Faithfull is more notorious for her beauty and her long romance with Mick Jagger than for her singing. She even launched into acting and was actually the first person in any movie to say the F-word onscreen (in I’ll Never Forget What’s’isname).  But when the sixties came to a close, so did Marianne’s reign as rock royalty. By the time she and Mick broke up in the ‘70s she was consumed by her drug addictions.  Supposedly, “Wild Horses” and “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” were written about Marianne and Mick’s break-up. Through her troubled times, Faithfull had several jaded comebacks in the ‘80s and ‘90s.

Marianne’s interesting style perfectly captured the fashion whirlwind of the late sixties. Her love affair with Mick often appeared in their fashion choices, as they often showed up wearing similar quirky ensembles. All of her ensembles had that same disheveled look that Kate Moss brings to modern fashion. You could always read between the lives of Marianne’s outfits to see that she was most concerned with how much fun she could have wearing it. Hungover mornings aren’t conducive to impeccable perfection so her look was always ever so slightly random and tousled. Maybe she just grabbed whatever was on the floor, be it hers of Mick’s and rocked it with her glamorous confidence.

Her go-to getups included: wearing tights as outerwear, babydoll dresses, knee socks, wide brimmed hats, dark eye makeup, blunt bangs, shaggy furs, black skinny pants, over the knee boots, and tight leather.

She had such an aura about her, so luxe but so nonchalant.

Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull, the couple.

Marianne Faithfull, the bohemian.

Marianne Faithfull, the muse.

Marianne Faithfull, the fashion icon.

Marianne Faithfull the artist.

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Title from “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” by the Rolling Stones

Don’t Question Why She Needs To Be So Free, She’ll Tell You It’s The Only Way To Be

Peggy Lipton bohemian hippie

STYLE ICON: PEGGY LIPTON

Unfortunately, I was born in era far removed from the swinging sixties. I think I would have loved living in the decade of Woodstock, Haight-Ashbury, and the hippie manta. During this free-wheeling time period, Peggy Lipton was a style icon. A model turned Mod Squad star, she epitomized the generation’s free-love look with her long straight hair, big eyes, bell bottoms, and love beads.  She looks angelic but admitted in an autobiography to affairs with Paul McCartney, Terence Stamp, Keith Moon, and Elvis Presley, and of course her husband, Quincy Jones.  Today, Peggy is the mother of Kidada Jones (a fashion stylist) and Rashida Jones (the wife in I Love You Man and Karen on The Office). I guess the modern day equivalent of Lipton would be…dare I say it, Lindsay Lohan? Ugh, the times they are a changing.

Peggy Lipton

With her daughter Rashida Jones

With her daughter Rashida Jones

Peggy Lipton in aviators

Peggy Lipton

With her husband Quincy Jones

With her husband Quincy Jones

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Title from “Ruby Tuesday” by the Rolling Stones

I’m With The Band

Almost Famous

Anita Pallenberg

This model had affairs with three members of the Rolling Stones (Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards) and was rumored to have inspired several of their songs (including “Angie,” “You Got the Silver” and “Gimmee Shelter”). She was and is best friends with another famous groupie, Marianne Faithfull.

Anita Pallenberg

Anita and Mick
Anita and Mick
Sienna Miller is the spitting image of Anita (left).
Sienna Miller is the spitting image of Anita (left).

“Miss” Pamela Des Barres

This famous groupie had affairs with Mick Jagger, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, Waylon Jennings, Chris Hillman, and Noel Redding, traveled with Led Zeppelin, lived with Don Johnson, turned down a date with Elvis Presley, and was close friends with Robert Plant, Ray Davies, and Frank Zappa.

Miss Pamela with Alice Cooper
Miss Pamela with Alice Cooper

Miss Pamela

Morgana Welch

She was a fixture on the Sunset Strip and an avid Led Zeppelin groupie.

Morgana

Morgana mingling with Led Zep
Morgana mingling with Led Zep

Pattie Boyd

I just finished reading Wonderful Tonight, Pattie’s memoir about her modeling career and how she came upon meeting her two husbands, George Harrison and Eric Clapton. The  inspiration for the song “Layla, ” she is not as band-aid-like as some of these other groupies, but she is a musician magnet nonetheless.

Pattie

Pattie Boyd and George Harrison

Pattie Boyd and George Harrison

Pattie Boyd and Eric Clapton

Pattie Boyd and Eric Clapton

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