January 2010

What A great morning!

I woke up to see this beautiful post the Kelly - girl genius behind The Glamourai lable did on her new Obi belts:

{ announcing } orchid obis

after long last, i am pleased to report the release of my orchid obi belts over at shrimpton couture! first hinted at here, they are finally a reality!

handmade from vintage silk and gold-woven textiles, devised to be reversible and unbelievably versatile, they are designed to fit sizes 2-12 and coordinate brilliantly with all available glamourwraps. better yet, shrimpton couture is offering $55 off your total order when you buy both a belt & a wrap! what better excuse to treat yourself to some new faboo costumery?!?

and then

I popped over to Twitter and I saw this from Shana looking gorgeous in her re-worked 1950s cupcake dress from Re: couture
(a label that will be back soon -promise!)
Thanks for posting this for me Shana - I have been Dying to see you in it!

You can follow her on twitter here

MORE of the NEW Norwegian Wood Collection!

Grab your favorite while its here -
the last mini capsule collection from
Norwegian Wood was sold out within a week!

Daydream By Norwegian Wood

Norwegian Wood's Deco Decadence

Norwegian Wood's Cape Of Chains

Norwegian Wood's Punk Ballerina II

Just listed - Some new pretties for today!

1970s Birds Of Prey Kimono Dress

1960s Pink Diamond Sheath Dress

1950s Fur Trimmed Wool Tent Coat

You MUST jump to see the details on these - they are fantastic!

NEW NORWEGIAN WOOD Pieces are now in!

Norwegian Wood's Stevie

Norwegian Wood's Heavy Metals

Norwegian Wood's Cascade Chain

(the body chain is the very FIRST piece ever offered on Shrimpton Couture in multiple quantities. Angie has enough materials to make SIX of these piece, each hand made and similar but totally one of a kind still - so excited!)

Some more from the re-photo project!

1950s FantasticSilk Korean Hanbok

1930s Lame & Silk Couture Gown

1980s Oscar De La Renta Gown

Dita Von Teese in Jean Paul Gaultier 2006

Dita von Teese looks drop dead gorgeous wearing this Jean Paul Gaultier Spring 2006 Couture strapless lace dress which she has paired with matching Christian Louboutin’s in lace. I love the touch of color with the red lips and nails, which are of course, picked up with the red sole of her shoes.
Perfection from top to toe!
And its couture!
What a lucky lucky girl!

New In the Shop - Three more fabulous pieces!

1950s Beaded Couture Fabiani Dress

Current Alberta Ferretti Print Dress

1940s Beaded Red Velvet Coat

NEW RSVP Pieces have just arrived!!

These three glorious neck pieces are all hand made from antique remnants!

They are a romantic confections of pearls, lace, lame & silks and the top and bottom ones are convertible to collars!

Need to have one?
Jump here

(and yes your sharp eye did just spot a Fortuny looking dress being used in these pics - well it IS a Fortuny and mint one at that! And it just might be coming soon to Shrimpton Couture)

Just listed - Some new pretties for today!

Intern Alli models this fantastic 1990s Issey Miyake

1950s Faux Leopard Fur Car Coat

1940s Printed Silk Swing Dress

This is going to take awhile

This is a huge undertaking - re-photoing the current items on the site.

BUT its worth it - I upgraded to a far better camera so the pictures are much much better and you can really get a feel for some of the pieces that a lesser camera just cannot capture as well. Plus I have learned a thing or two after photoing THOUSANDS of dress pictures.

Here is the next small batch that has been redone