Vintage Barbie Exhibition

Every girl remembers their first Barbie doll. Mine had lovely blonde tresses and a swimsuit that changed colour when it got wet. The early nineties Barbie doll had very important accessories, like a hairbrush and mirror.

Last week I attended the opening of the Vintage Barbie exhibition at the Art Gallery of WA in celebration of Barbie's 50th birthday. She looks pretty good for 50!

The vintage collection is owned by Neil Taylor and spans from 1952 to 1973. The immaculate dolls feature Barbie as a doctor, glammed up in ballgowns or casually dressed to go shopping. Her best accessory though is of course Ken! Keep an eye out for army Ken in his camouflage gear, he's a charmer!

Neil is even giving free appraisals of Barbies at selected times. If only I knew where my Barbie doll now lives, and if her swimsuit still changes colour!

Blair Waldorf's College Wardrobe

I love Gossip Girl. Everything is just drama and more drama with back-stabbing characters with perfect skin. Lately my own life has been feeling like a GG episode, so I can't help but wish I at least had the wardrobe to fit with the soap opera lifestyle.

I've always admired Blair Waldorf's style for her elegant, timeless classic chic look. She can go from demure to minx in one outfit change in one day.

Her college wardrobe still has the odd headband - even though Dan's declared "lose the headbands, its college!" to Blair in the latest episode of season 3 "The Freshman" - but she holds together a strong, streamlined polished look even though she's surrounded by student hippies/greenies/poets at NYU.

I love the below striped blue and white dress she wears in the last scene with the hot pink stilettos.





It's very similar to a French Connection dress that I've been eyeing, but not exactly the same. Apparently the above is a Co-operative Designs dress...now if only I could find one!

Stylist Eric Daman chats about his inspiration for Blair's wardrobe below. Who says fashion isn't an art?

Fashionable Fridays

Fashion Friday's are held each month at the Parmelia Hilton's Globe restaurant. This month Manning Cartell was the featured designer at the fashionable lunch which was part of the Perth Fashion Festival.

With a glass of Moet & Chandon and a scrumptious barramundi fillet for our mains, we watched the models show off the latest from the summer collection. I loved the dress with the zip ruffles skirt - not very practical though to sit down on!

The collection was full of bright patterns, a gorgeous flowing maxi dress, sizzling short mini dresses and asymmetrical cut jackets.

A highlight though was my goodie bag which contained a MAC mascara, L'oreal hair mousse, an in-season pass to 500 Days of Summer and a $10 Myer voucher amongst other things.





Dress: French Connection
Necklace: Tiffany
Shoes: Sachi (not in the photo but I do love them!)