Vintage ballerinas

It's now pretty much exactly seven years since I managed to break myself, and so completely ruin any chances of ever having a dancing career at all! Isn't that ironic - I managed to ruin my life at Halloween!...But now - seven years later - when I've managed to work away most of the chronic pain, and with the extra help of a little pill (I'm so happy I could die...), my life doesn't feel completely ruined any more. This last year has been really good. I've been able to do so much "normal" stuff, not having to worry about the pain (no painkillers help) all the time. I was even able to go to NY! I just wish I could watch ballet. But I can't. It just makes me so depressed. I shouldn't even watch pictures of ballerinas...So, of course, that's exactly what I did...

In celebration of mine and my pain demons seventh anniversary I will now dedicate this post to ballerinas of the past!

Lycette Darsonval

Nina Vyroubova

Raisa Struchkova

Maria Tallchief

Alla Sizova

Antoinette Sibley

Alla Shelest

Moira Shearer

Anna Pavlova

Toni Lander

Lydia Kyasht

Maya Plisetskaya

Vera Karalli

Margot Fonteyn

Lubov Egorova

Liane Daydé

Alexandra Danilova

Sonia Arova

Beryl Grey

And last, but not least, Swedens own Anneli Alhanko - Prima Ballerina Assoluta - a title only given to very few, utterly talented ballerinas!

Anneli Alhanko 

Monday's school outfit

Last week I told you I had found a 30s dress at "Old Touch", and that pictures of it would probably appear on this weeks "Monday's school outfit" post. I always do everything I can to keep my promises, so here it comes! The fabric is transparent with black and white patterns, so underneath I'm wearing a black 40s slip. I thought I would have to take the dress in a bit, but my clever friend Fanny told me to try it with a wider belt than the slim one, in the same fabric as the dress, that came with it. I prefer not to alter old dresses if I don't have too - especially with fragile fabric like this - and with a wider belt it worked really well! This is a dress that's not supposed to sit tight around your body anyways. The belt I used is from H&M.

I almost always wear stockings, but with this dress I wanted opaque black ones, so pantyhose it became! These ones are from "Pierre Robert" - really soft ones! The shoes are the ones I found in NY, from "Chelsea Crew".

I love finding shoes that both look good and are actually comfortable to walk in too! These ones are.

Chocolates anyone?

A lot of people find Mondays the most boring day of the week, so here comes something to cheer you up - chocolates! I happened to come across something a few weeks ago when I was doing my PR-class homework - "United Indecent Pleasures". The name sounded...well...interesting, and this is what I saw when I entered their home page...

...Chocolate penises! And the text on the first page says:

Sex & Chocolates

Created with the most indecent intentions, our first work invites you to sin exceedingly with the union of two ancestral pleasures: sex and chocolate.

For starters we offer you an exclusive creation, an orgasmic chocolate cock: A large truffle made with Ghanian cocoa filled with soft and perverse fluids that can ooze over anything you like.

You can chose between six different fillings:

• Fresh mint fondant
• Valencia orange fondant
• Williams pear liqueur fondant
• Mozart liqueur fondant
• Cointreau liqueur fondant
• Irish coffee liqueur fondant

Well that was all for today. Hope your Monday became a bit more interesting...

Carmen Dell'Orefice

Whit 66 years in the business, Carmen Dell'Orefice can truly be called the longest working model of all time! She was born in 1931 and started her career at US "Vogue" in 1945. Since then she has graced the cover of this magazine six times, landed 14 cosmetics campaigns, and been photographed by Richard Avedon, Irving Penn and Cecil Beaton, to name just a few. She also became Salvador Dalí's muse. And today, at the age of 80, she's still working as a model - looking as gorgeous as ever! Here's a few pictures from her long career:

Vogue, 1946

Revlon ad, 1954

Vogue

Julliard Wool ad, 1948

1953

The Redd Dress Collection, 2005

Rolex ad

Yep, she's 80...This is one cool lady!

Andy Julia

Andy Julia is a freelance photographer who lives and works in Paris. I just discovered him through the blog "The Dainty Doll's House". I love the dreamy effect of his photos. The way he blends old and new, melancholia and sensuality.

I can't show you all his lovely pictures - there are too many. But if you want more, check out his home page. There you can see the photos in bigger format too. When I try to enlarge them here, they just get blurry. Annoying...