THIS WEEKEND WAS VERY BUSY...

So I missed updating on Sunday and Monday. :( I was doing so well, too!

TODAY, I'm doing a big three-part post to make up for the neglect - and to give a nod to the three great shows I saw!


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First up:






The 2009 Tony Awards - Rock of Ages - Tony Performance Medley + Don't Stop Believing


Kick it kinda like Sherrie in ROCK OF AGES --



-- with a pair of badass red leather boots (vintage circa when else but the 80's). Take your pick off Etsy:



(The first and second pairs are my favorites...)


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Next to Normal - Just Another Day (promo clip medley)



Alternately, go crazytown without ever leaving the suburbs in a hot red shirt dress like Diana's from NEXT TO NORMAL:





The Fabulous 80's Shirt Dress - Schmoo1515 on Etsy



OR take a cue from her daughter Natalie's wardrobe instead...





...And my favorite thing she wears is her outfit for her recital.





Next to Normal - Catch Me I'm Falling (promo clip)

For that general look, you'd combine a white blouse (half-unbuttoned) with some kind of sleeveless knit v-neck dress...



Classy tights...

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...And classy flats (plain black ones would be good, but I'm gonna use these because I have loved them long time):




AND NOW YOU ARE READY TO PLAY PIANO FOR YALE!!!


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Unless you'd rather drop out of school, become an unwashed hippie, and channel some anglophilia/Brit Envy from Claude Hooper Bukowski in HAIR:





HAIR 2009 Broadway Cast Album - Manchester England





...In a bold flag-print mini dress:




British Pride Vintage Dress - BowTieVintage on Etsy


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THE END

Normal-sized entries will resume tomorrow.


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On dit qu'à Toulouse les briques sont roses...

Goblin Hood Dress from Real Vintage Fabric Newspaper - malam on Etsy

Malam! Malam! Malam!

Wonderful clothesmaker based in Paris. Very expensive, like prom-dress expensive, but so well-made and special.


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Camille - Paris

And look what you're ignoring...

Today's post inspired by & dedicated to my friend Emma, who gets hit on by too many creeps.






Little Bird Riding Hood - TrilliumArtisans on Etsy


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"Just one would be so boring..."




Into the Woods - Hello Little Girl (London Cast)


My first time seeing any clips from the London production! Rather different from the American take -- at least in the general styling of the Wolf...




Into the Woods - Hello Little Girl (Broadway)


I love the American wolf, Robert Westenberg; I think he's one entertaining B.A.M.F. and no mistake (plus I dig the loud jacket and kneesocks, haha)... buuuut I may be digging the London wolf, Clive Carter, even more. Not in every single aspect, but on the whole. He's especially great in the verses when he's interacting with Red and persuading her. ((I vastly prefer the American Little Red to the British one, though.))

Like everyone and their dog (wolf?), I was in a student production of Into the Woods in high school. Our Little Red and Wolf were actually both pretty great, and aptly cast; offstage Red's actress was a spunky lass, Wolf's actor sort of a persistent weirdling. O, memories...

I had a strange feeling I was with...COOKIN' GEAR

Jungle Tour Romper - Modcloth

Told you they'd be back.


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The Cadets - Stranded in the Jungle

I crashed in the jungle while trying to keep a date
With my little girl, who was-a back in the states...

(Lyrics)


Some of you may recognize this song from the party scene in the movie Dead Poets Society. That's where I first heard it, and how I hunted it down to post opposite this romper. Really fun, swingin old school tune. I love the back-and-forth between the "States" and the "Jungle" sections.

Well somehow I don't think so

The 1940's Red Bonnet - jessjamesjake on Etsy

This hat is badass and magnificent. It reminds me of three things:

1) Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf
2) Imogen Heap
3) Sweeney Todd


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Imogen Heap - Getting Scared

(Lyrics)

I think Imogen fits today. (Picked this Hard Candy video someone did because it's pretty good, and Heap's actual music video for this song kind of blows. Nice Red Riding Hood parallel at the very end, too.) But now that they're on my mind, expect visits from Sweeney and Little Red in entries soon to follow.

O that I might sit below his chin, gaze up at him and shine

Harmonica Necklace (mini working musical instrument with free shipping) - contrary on Etsy


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Fiona Landers - The Harmonica Song

...And I'd sing out
brassy and bold
and unrefined
just the way you like

Oh if I was your harmonica
I would
glow silver in the light
of your eyes
I would
Ring out in your sighs...

Let's see famous people glow

The other night, I went to a restaurant that played a silent film projection for its customers on the front wall ("The Cameraman" with Buster Keaton). The whole time I was salivating over not only my delicious meal, but also every dress and every hat worn by the lead actress, Marceline Day.



Here's a clip from the middle of the film. As they're walking, you can see some of Marceline's dress under her coat (though the youtube resolution does none of this justice) - a drop-waisted plaid frock, one that reminded me of this dress I stumbled across a couple weeks ago:



60s Plaid Bow Twiggy Dress - putonthatdress on Etsy

"Now in technicolor!"

The name says 60s, but the cut is just a little bit 20s, too...


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Dawn Landes - Picture Show

Digging, digging in the ground
Looking for a thing to love
Lonely ones are
never found,
but they can tell you things
about the soil;
they fill
your heart
with oil.

(Full lyrics)