music videos in 1960s style..oh oui!

If you haven’t heard already about French singer and songwriter Petite Meller (which is offence per se) now it’s the right time for a proper introduction. The girl with a sweet voice and pink cheeks recently came out with a new video for her newest single Backpack that was filmed around the village Garabit, the summer residence of Matisse and Picasso. The video for the single is kind of homage to Petite’s childhood days spent on French Riviera where she as a child was giggling at all old madams and gentlemen in tacky bathing suits. Therefore the talented team responsible for the video together with Petite tried to capture her juvenile memories through the lens of the 1960s masters Truffaut and Godard. 

Petite Meller is one of those French girls that with her beauty a la Brigitte Bardot and charm of Mia Farrow could easily fit in the days of Nouvelle Vague cinema. Actually Petite reminds a lot of Mia in a curly hair days. Besides we could look at her for ages, we could easily listen to her easy jazzy melodies all day long with carefree breeze somewhere by the pool. 

Jauntiness, prettiness, pools and châteaux are really misslikey’s thing so that’s the reason why Backpack deserves total respect here. Talented London-based stylist Nao Koyabu did an amazing job with the styling of Petite Meller and models. With the girly dresses, striped little things that remind of lingerie, Victorian nightgowns and lovely boater hats, swimsuits designed specially for the video by Vin + Omi and swim caps in 1930s style, she recreated aura of French Riviera in the 1960s. And yes we are totally jealous how that pinkish coat and Simone Rocha plastic heel brogues look on Petite! 

see video and loads of pretty video snapshots I took below
Petite Meller's facebook page

Etsy Vintage...Lipped Love

I discovered Lipped Love, etsy shop selling vintage clothes not so long ago, via instagram. Offering lovely range of carefully picked items from periods like 1960s or Edwardian age, it’s a real little heaven of vintage treasures. 

Did I mention that prices in this dreamy vintage shop are very affordable?
Chop-chop vintage shoppers, add to your etsy favorites list.

Editorial Love; Ours Is A Nice House by Venetia Scott for Self Service S/S 13

The work of fashion photographer Venetia Scott always leaves me breathless. Her style, the light and the vision always create fashion photography spreads that are divinely beautiful, but still realistic. Her work published in Self Service Magazine is always inspiring and unique, so I am a particularly curios regarding the news that are coming from this team. 

For issue 38 of Self Service Venetia has teamed up with her assistant, stylist Poppy Kain to create the spread in which east meets west and where mod geishas wear Marc Jacobs and Valentino in 1960s style. Hauntingly beautiful Aussie Codie Young together with fellow models Manon Leloup and Yumi Lambert, evoked the story of  oriental innocence Venetia Scott created this time.

Clothes Friends

some of the lovelies

Oh dears, you just cannot believe what happened to me one morning about three weeks ago. I went out with intention to have a cup of coffee and few cigarettes, when in front of one building I spotted bunch of old magazines left at the side with garbage. Gypsy as I am when it comes to paper and clothes, you cannot imagine how happy I was when I saw these were 1960s editions of magazine Svijet (Yugoslavian fashion and lifestyle magazine). Except I found dozens of original sewing patterns in these issues published between 1964 and 1966, I was amazed by smartness and creativity of texts while all relationships advices and the rules of politeness made me laugh. I also found in these new friends of mine some great advices on clothing care. 

Since today we are testifying this prevailing trend of clumsiness, tons of clothes that we get on the high street seasonally because of its poor quality of fabrics don’t need a special care. Wear it and throw away, set up as a motto of new generation doesn’t need extra energy devoted to maintenance. As a girl that feels really fulfilled after all her bags and shoes are polished, I believe that order and caring attitude towards things in practical life are close friends of the way you are living your life. 

Since I know that You my dear, brainy readers are lovers of all things pretty, vintage and original, I thought it would be neat to share with you some of the advices on clothing care that I found on these pages of past. Hope you will find these helpful. 

• Never close umbrella if it’s wet. 

• When you are storing summer/winter wardrobe, after you wash it don’t iron it because the smell of ironed fabric attracts moths. Store in plastic bags. 

• To keep necklaces from tangling, use your wooden mirror as hanger (place little pins onto lower part of frame). 

• If you have greasy spot on blouse, before washing it soak the spot in alcohol. 

• Curtains that became yellowish due to cigarette smoke, before washing, soak for 24 hours in lukewarm salted water. 

• To prevent dark green spots on skin made by costume jewelry pieces, apply colorless nail polish on the inside of rings and bracelets.

• Refresh white blouses and tops by soaking them for 24 hours in clean water with lemon juice (one lemon on one liter of water).

• Remove grass stains from canvas shoes and ballet flats with 90 % alcohol. 

• How to wash woolen items  Water for washing and rinsing has to have same temperature, has to be lukewarm, and don’t rub the garment, just squeeze it softly (same do when rinsing). Don’t dry them on direct sunlight or near radiator. 

• Taking care of leather bags At least once a month with soft cloth apply not too aggressive colorless cream on leather. (I use usually regular body lotion.) Clean suede leather with synthetic sponge and patent leather with piece of fresh onion, then polish with soft fabric. Light-color leather goods can be cleaned with linseed oil. Also don’t throw away old fur pieces; they would be useful for polishing leather items. Especially shoes. Clean canvas lining of bags (useful especially with second-hand bags) with mixture of ammonium and water (spoon of ammonium on ½ liter of water). After this, clean canvas with water. 

P.S. I am so sorry I've been a bad blogger-friend lately. I didn't have internet at home for almost two months. (I moved to new city and apartment.) Can't wait to sit in peace with cup of tea and catch up with all your reads you've been posting on your lovely blogs during this period of my absence. xx

Biba and Beyond

I know, we don’t have usually little heart-to-heart here on misslikey about exhibitions or events, but when it comes to Biba, hardly any of the rules could apply. In fact, I believe that it would be sin not the mention that currently there is great fashion exhibition at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery that celebrates all things Biba and Beyond. The exhibition's aim is not just to tell a story about Biba, clothes, lifestyle, but to cover everything connected to this revolutionary brand and its and far reaching influence. Through illustrations, film, fashion, music, photography, ephemera and memories of visitors, intention is also to offer retrospective of Barbara Hulanicki’s fashion career, her childhood and views on fashion.

Barbara came to Brighton (“sleepy town in these days”, she tells) in 1948, where she attended Brighton Art College. In 1955 Young Hulanicki won beachwear design competition held by London Evening Standard. She left college during second year and started to work as freelance fashion illustrators for various fashion publications, including Tatler and Vogue. She worked also in London office of Women’s Wear Daily. With her partner and husband Stephan Fritz-Simon Barbara started small mail-order business. The pink gingham dress, offered in Daily Mail was the item that prompted the opening of the first Biba shop in Kensington in 1964.