Archive for September, 2009
Katy Perry’s Famous Vintage Pinup Style
Her breakthrough single “I Kissed a Girl” established Katy Perry in the music world. However, her fashion caught the attention of designers even before she released the song that became a world-wide hit. Born as Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson in California US, Katy Perry (as she likes to be called) is distinguished for wearing unconventional style of dresses, often combining colors and vintage fashion, as well as associating outfits with fruits.
The young pop star has generated as much controversy with her songs, particularly “Ur So Gay” and “I Kissed a Girl”, as much as she did with her costumes, some as weird as ice-cream cones and carousels. What’s remarkable is that Katy pulls off the craziest of outfits flawlessly and they look fabulous on her. An established singer-songwriter and musician, Katy can be as effortless in facing millions of her fan over a guitar as she is posing as a pin-up girl in flowery outfits teamed with sexy high heel stilettos, her dark tresses styled in soft Dita von Teese curls to give her a timeless seductive look.
Katy’s famous vintage style
Katy Perry is very stylish but she is always in the eyes of the fashion police. According to the songstress herself, she “doesn’t mind being a regular on the worst dressed lists”. As long as she is experimenting she is “totally OK with ending up in the ‘worst dressed.’ It’s happened many, many times, but I’m proud of those outfits,” Katy claims.
The singer describes her unconventional fashion style as “a bit of a concoction of different things”. Though she also claims, “I have my own look, which I call ‘Lolita meets old Hollywood Glam.’”. She pompously names actress and burlesque performer Dita Von Teese and Cyndi Lauper as her icons. “I’m a big fan of Dita Von Teese, because she does it all herself. That is her job: to look fabulous going to the grocery store.”
Fun Fun Fun
Her stylist Johnny Wujek, who’s worked with her for album and magazine covers, red carpets, and music videos, describes her style as “very colorful and vintage”. She is not afraid to make a statement. If there is something that Wujek thinks would be too much; Katy would be like, “Amazing idea!” The celebrity stylist during an interview stated, “I think it’s cool that Katy’s so free-spirited and just kind of loves fashion as an art form.”
“A nice dose of sexiness” makes a person look stylish according to Perry and says she likes to wear dresses that are fun, colorful and happy. According to some fashionistas, the most enchanting facet of Katy’s fashion sense is that she can look ravishingly sexy and innocent at the same time. While many pop stars try hard but miserably fail to achieve this look, but with Perry, you get the sense that it’s no act.
Her fruit fixation
A peculiar aspect of Perry’s style is her noticeable fixation for fruit accessories. “It started with my obsession of the 1940s and cherry charm bracelets and strawberry and cherry pattern baskets on women’s dresses,” explains the star who “loves anything fruit”. You can often notice her eclectic get-up complimented with fruit-shaped accessories such as strawberry barrettes, watermelon earrings or sequined bananas. For her performance at the Grammy’s, Katy chose a bedazzled, fruit-encrusted mini-dress complete with watermelon-shaped bra cups. Stylists often comment that fruits accessories have become a staple of Katy’s dressing.
Her affinity for shoes
Fashionistas who have watched Perry’s fashion sense closely claim that the pop sensation loves clothes, shoes and accessories possibly even more than recording a number one single. If you observe her pictures, you can easily notice that Katy is head over heels about high heel shoes. Perry’s selection of shoes is often appreciated by the accessories watchers. The color, style and heels of her shoes gel naturally with her costume and other accessories. If you just take a look at the choice of her shoes, you can observe just how sexy the right pair of shoes can look.
According to experts, Katy’s preference of shoes displays the influence of old school pop-rockers such as Cindy Lauper and Pat Banatar. The ‘Ur So Gay’ singer’s immaculate taste in shoes shows that Perry is well aware of the fact that the key to looking great is on paying attention to all the details.
Katy’s fondness for a fabulous pair of stiletto shoes is famous. Her sporty colorful high heel stilettos always seem to do justice to her funky and often jaw-drooping outfits. Pumps, court shoes, ankle strap sandals and t-bar shoes appear to be her favorite style provided they are fitted with spindly stiletto heels. Perry can often be seen sporting shoes by Christian Louboutin and Sonia Rykiel. Her favorite shoe designers though are Nicholas Kirkwood and Steve Madden. Katy often adorns her fancy feet with their vibrant and exotic creations.
This Article is written by Glena Jess to know High Heels, Stilettos, Sexy Shoes and Boots Styles of popular celebrities.
Sexy Halloween Costumes
Costumes are becoming very popular during Christmas, Halloween and theme parties. These costumes bring out the theme of the party and set it flowing. The attractive costumes add to the party decor and form a conversation topic among ladies. Where have you bought this wonderful costume from? Have you bought it on a discounted rate? Is this costume expensive? – are some of the endless questions that would be parried forth in the ladies corner. Aren’t we all human enough to love the compliments we get for our dresses?
Make sure you choose the correct costume for a theme party. Like, don’t go dressed as Superman in a Stone Age theme party. To avoid such confusion, hosts include the theme of the party in the party invitations. As you go to a Halloween get together, you are sure to have at least some surprises as you try to guess the identity of masked faces of your friends! Halloween parties are very popular in America.
If you have forethought, you shall plan in advance and avoid the eleventh hour confusion. That is the reason why guests are informed so many days in advance for theme parties so that they may plan their look and buy or rent the costume they wish to have. Most adult couples are fond of the Halloween sexy costumes as it makes them look smart and sultry. Couples try to wear coordinated apparels for Halloween parties. For example, a rugged wizard and a scary witch together.
The usually bought Halloween sexy costumes for couples are:
o Adam and Eve
o Batman and Catwoman
o Aladdin and Jasmine
o Caveman and Cavewoman
o Hercules and Zena
For the sexy look, the Halloween sexy costumes are either made tight to the skin or shorter than the regular. Either way, the body shape is exposed, which creates a very sexy environment. Wearing sexy Halloween costumes, couples get closer and reignite the passion which had gotten lost in the daily routine of work. Thus, one can argue that while wearing Halloween sexy costumes, couples that were drifting apart can get closer. The whole idea of a Halloween party is to come together and have a great time.
Sexy Halloween costumes are available for all men and women, and all sizes-even plus sizes. For adult plus size costumes, you don’t need a tailor to stitch the costumes for you. These days you get most of these sizes in costume shops, shopping malls, and online shops. Most big costume shops have their websites, which exhibit the photographs of all the costumes that are available. You can browse through the various adult plus size costumes and select the one you want. Then, to buy, you have two options.
The customer may make a previous choice of a dress online and then go visit the shop’s showroom. Take care to note down the item code of the dress that had been liked, else precious time would be spent in finding it. If the customer has a home or office printer, then a printout of the dress may be taken and shown to the shopkeeper during physical purchase.
This shopping method helps you save time which your local shopping malls do not. Secondly, you can also try out the dresses selected online beforehand. In some cases the design selected online does not look equally good when seen actually. Then you can always give up your previous selection and make a new choice.
The second buying option is that you can buy the adult plus size costumes online by using a credit card or debit card. The major advantage with this buying method is that you can get your costume at your doorstep. However, there are disadvantages too.
Firstly, you cannot tryout these costumes and secondly the delay due to shipment. Check for the terms and conditions of online shopping before making any payment online.
Raymond Plona is the leading marketer for adult costumes and his store holds plenty of different thematically outfits for different occasions. Some examples are adult costumes, Thanksgiving costumes, men’s costumes, poodle skirt costumes, intimate lingerie, pirate costumes and so on.
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Using Vintage Pinup Photos to Decorate!
Vintage pinup photos from the 1930s and 1940s, by such artists as Gil Elvgren, are classy and glamorous. Here are just a few ways to decorate your home with vintage pinup photos.
Ways to Decorate With Vintage Pinup Photos #1: Framed Photos
Finding copies of vintage pinup photos are generally pretty easy to do. Do a quick online search or look in a poster shop, and you are bound to find at least one of these types of art. Find old or cheap photo frames at flea markets of craft stores, and insert several different copies of
these photos. Hang several on a single wall for a look that is not only hodgepodge vintage, but seamlessly tied together as well.
Ways to Decorate With Vintage Pinup Photos #2: Collage Tables
If you have an old coffee table, desk, or dining room table you wish to spruce up adding a collage of vintage pinup photos to the top is easy. Find several that you enjoy and have them laser printed on cardstock. Repaint the table as desired, and then decoupage the photos to the top of the table. Cover the tabletop with seven to eight coats of heavy duty polyurethane sealant before using.
Ways to Decorate With Vintage Pinup Photos #3: In Bathrooms
Bathrooms are an easy choice when deciding where to decorate with vintage pinup photos. A bathroom’s small space gives the photos a defined, almost theme-like look. When decorating in a bathroom, you can simply hang photos on the wall or go a bit further. Decoupage a few photos on a plain wood mirror frame and seal with polyurethane sealant. Hang the mirror in place of where your existing mirror is.
Ways to Decorate With Vintage Pinup Photos #4: In Bedrooms
The vintage pinup look has become, over the years, a very sassy feminine style. Thus, using vintage pinup photos in a bedroom is also a great idea. Pair the photos with prints such as leopard and zebra, for a “female with sass” look. Use simple black frames, which will contrast with the bright colorings of the vintage pinup photos.
Artists To Look For
While Gil Elvgren is classified as the “father of vintage pinup”, other artists definitely ruled the era. Al Moore, Joyce Ballantyne, Varga, and many others did a fantastic job at their craft.
A quick online search Pin Up artists
for these artists can yield copies of their photos for sale. Find which artist you favor before you begin your decorating.