Blog Details: (IN)DECOROUS TASTE

I don't usually give the Academy Awards or celebrity dressing much thought, but I loved this dress (and accompanying bun, because who doesn't love a bun bigger than the head to which its attached?) when I saw it, only to find out that it made basically every "worst dressed list" imaginable. But... why? What gives?

Off the runway, on Sarah Jessica Parker:

And on the Chanel Spring 2010 couture runway:

Latest project: floral chintz upholstery.  Well, it's upholstery now anyway.

And, in search of a not-quite-so-80s way to make neon work (read: not black and neon), I've come to the conclusion that neons and metallics are naturally the dearest of acquaintances.

Oh, and the weird serpent piggy bank? That thing has NINE LIVES, and now, evidently, a mohawk (see below), which previously belonged to a shoe.  Hahaaaaaaaaaaa.

Styling, photography, painted screen, fabric, and pillow by (IN)DECOROUS TASTE. Chair also painted by (IN)DECOROUS TASTE.

I'm fond of the Geoffrey Bennison quote that I've got copied in the column to the right.  He was a proponent of the idea that one should always put "something mad on top of something very good, or something very good on top of something mad."

THIS IS DEFINITELY THE "MAD". It's out of control. What is it? It's a plaster cast serpent piggy bank (didn't even realize until I shot it), courtesy of a recent thrifting expedition.  

Don't laugh!!  Actually, feel free to...that was my first reaction.  But now, I think I quite like it. Something about it.

Styling and photography by (IN)DECOROUS TASTE.

Barbara Streisand, Marlene Dietrich, Elsa Martinelli, at a Chanel show, 1967.  What a juxtaposition.

I'm into it. Also: don't you love i-D's sense of humor? I do!!

Image of Lara Stone (below) and Georgia Jagger (bottom) from i-D Magazine, The Flesh and Blood issue, Winter '09.

Above, Lara Stone in ID Winter '09.