Style Icon #1 Doris Day

Ever since I was a small girl I've loved to sit in front of the television and watch old movies.

The pretty women dancing and singing with there handsome male love interests never failed to capture my attention when I was a girl, I could sit for hours shit off from everything except the pretty pictures in front of me. I think that's where my love of everything vintage started.

One starlet who really used to mesmerism me was Doris Day. 

 

The film I ever saw her in was Move Over Darling,

I thought she was so beautiful and ever since then she has been my favorite screen actress, past and present.

She has such a grace in everything she does, the way she moves, the way she talks and the way she dresses.

I'd say I mainly style myself with her in mind, not on her though, just with her in mind because I also think with vintage style it's important to be original as well as take inspiration from old starlets and pin up girls. other wise we'd end up with a bunch of Marilyn's and and Audrey's running about.

But anyway back to Doris...

Her style was so fresh I think, she had the platinum hair and the dreamy eyes, she was a blonde bombshell but not in the obvious sex kitten way that, say, Marilyn Monroe and Veronica Lake were (that's not to take away from their style and beauty though). But that's not to say she wasn't just as beautiful or just as appealing.

To me her look was a lot more understated than others of her time. She had the whole less is more thing going on with her make up and her clothes were always tasteful and modest but very stylish.

  

 

Doris Day is, and will remain for the rest of time, a timeless beauty and that's why she's my style icon.

(sorry about the messy layout folks, I'm having a bit of a malfunction over here)

Till next time folks,

Laura Lou x

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