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This Week…
– Day #4 – Fawning over winter coats already – Bought these from Zara, can’t wait till they arrive! – Day #5 – Day #6 – Seeing my friend’s do RENT, very emotional night – O.J. & a walk in the sunshine to work – Day #7 – Finished up read Elegance by Kathleen Tessaro – Watched my little sister in Joseph & his technicolour – Day #8 – Wish magazine arrived! –B.O.B ft Taylor Swift – Both of usHectic week was hectic! Getting used to a new routine was harder than I thought and didn’t help with blogging lol. It also didn’t help that I went to go see my old theatre group do two shows, one of which my sister was in and the other, an entirely emotional affair. One thing I have been finding nice has been delving head first into work wear. I’m slowly getting used infusing my own style into a new environment. It’s also giving me an excuse to do a little online shopping ;) The placement itself has been really good so far, learning lots but lots more to learn in the next few weeks and I have a little handover with the current intern.It was also exciting to get Wish magazine in the post! I’ve already had a little read through and I’m already finding it wonderfully witty and gorgeously illustrated. I’ll definitely need to do a little review of it soon!Trying to write this post while watching the Olympic closing ceremony so forgive me if it’s a little disjointed :PKeep on wishing…R.xoxo -
Tonight | 50th Anniversary of West Side Story
If any of you are musical theatre nerd like me you should recognise the photo above and you’ll also know that this week marks the 50th Anniversary of the release of West Side Story in theatres.
LIFE magazine released previously unseen photos from the filming of the movie featuring legendary actors and actresses such as Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris and Russ Tamblyn, and more can be seen by clicking this link.
Everything about the film is completely timeless. From the re-shaping of the Romeo and Juliet love story to the recognisable New York setting, wonderful musical scoring and ever classic costuming.
In fact it really spoke volumes to me when my old theatre group were able to easily source many of the costumes of their recent production from the baseball jackets, pretty 40’s/50’s style dresses, to the boy’s chinos (if you know the musical I swear no pun intended :P) and turn up jeans were all found on the high street.
A shift towards a better classier style of dressing? Or just another happy accident that the designers for current clothes stores are all feeling a little pretty, witty and gay?
Either way, I’m just happy to celebrate a really legendary musical (and definitely one of my favourites) and all the amazing fashion inspiration it brings.
Happy Birthday, West Side Story!