another yellow brick road

I just found Annie Leibovitz has taken some Wizard of Oz themed photographs with Keira Knightley.





(I think this is my fave)


I like how Leibovitz always puts her own spin on characters and stories, which is hard when the tales have been portrayed so many times. This is not all of the images from the series you will have to look them up yourself if your interested.
If your not satisfied by this tiny nugget of Oz amazingness:

check this gorgeous necklace out from Tatty Devine

http://www.tattydevine.com/boutique/index.php?cPath=120_117

Country Girls

I went to the Ffotogallery in Penarth again today to see an exhibition entitled 'Cockroach Diary and other stories' by Anna Fox. I enjoyed the exhibition because of the humour behind all Fox's images, being British I can relate to a lot of her subjects and it feels familiar to me.

My favourite image was from her series 'Country Girls' it reminded me of the scene in The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy falls asleep in the field of poppies.

The model in the picture is none other than Alison Goldfrapp.


If you like the work of Martin Parr then Anna Fox should also appeal to you.

http://www.ffotogallery.org/exhibition.php?ex_id=340&p=

Barbie

Ive not posted in so long now I cant remember what I've been doing!
So i will just mention the Barbie Exhibition I saw on holiday.

So I went to Majorca for a week in August and I was delighted to stumble across a Barbie exhibition! (in truth I have never grown up and still get excited by Barbie dolls and other wonderful girly stuff).
The exhibition was on the top floor of Palma's El Court des Ingles (a big department store). Barbie it seems is 50 this year! Congrats Barbie! So she got her own celebratory show. (this is me all over excited)
Here are some of the many photographs i took showing my favourite Barbies from the exhibition.
Here is a 1920s Barbie with a wonderful costume, I would love to own a coat like that haha.

A copy of the fist ever Barbie made (or so I think, all the writing was in Spanish!)
Queen Elizabeth I, one of my most favourite historical characters.


Remember one of my older posts where I mentioned Cristian Dior and the 'New Look'? well look what they had a Barbie of!!




and Chanel...
an amazing Aztec Princess, i love the costume on this as well very carnival-esque and lots of pretty gold!


Some great Legends now:


Ive seen the Audrey Hepburn, Holly Golighty Doll in the pink dress on eBay before.

I like how in this box they used the young dolls to make Jane and Micheal that was such a good idea!



AND LOOK! THE WIZARD OF OZ!!
I lve this film, wish they had had a dorothy for sale :(


- uploading all those photos took ages so i'm going to leave this post here and continue giving you a catch up later.

hope you liked the Barbies, and especially all their wonderful costumes.

bye for now x

The Slippers

I have a lot of thoughts buzzing around in my brain today. My recent almost unhealthy obsession with the Wizard of Oz has blown out of all proportions, my need for Ruby Slippers is consuming me. A little research has led me to that virtual marketplace where i spend most my wages, Amazon. There is rumoured to be a book which gives the information needed to make your own ruby slippers true to the ones made for the 1939 film starring Judy Garland. So next payday I will be purchasing 'The Ruby Slippers of Oz' by Rhys Thomas (which sounds to me a very welsh name, interesting!). I have also finally watched Tin Man this week! It was different to what I expected, I really enjoyed it, I love how the storyline is totally re-invented yet fits in with the story, so you dont feel isolated. I am a big fan of Zooey Deshanel anyway but she really does make a fantastic Dorothy well...DG! The character chosen to play the actual Dorothy Gale (briefly on the 3rd episode) however i wasnt so impressed by, im nto sure why, she just didnt look right! Maybe im being harsh as she only had a couple of lines. It is a lot of fun picking out the similarities between the different stroys and how they fit together. The costumes were made by Angus Strathie who did the costumes for Moulin Rouge, and they are all fantastic, as is the set and the whole 'feel' of this modern oz.
Overall I thought the whole thing was well acted, and very well written. i think making it a mini-series rather than a film was a good choice otherwise everything would have to be cut!


I also re-watched the Wizard of Oz, I love the scene where Dorothy and Co are almost at the Emerald City and Then the witch enchants a feild of poppys to send them all to sleep. Then Glinda sends snow to wake them up.


We have had a bit of snow here the past week, it settled briefly but its all gone now. I love snow, the hills surrounding Newport are still covered in a thick blanket of the stuff and im so jealous because i can see it from the kitchen window and everytime i walk into town but i cant get there! I really need to start learning to drive!

The only things ive made this week are a tattoo style swallow thing, i guess ill make it a brooch or soemthing. And 2 cards one a birthday card for my friend Nicola and a Valentines Day card for my boyfriend. I wont post pictures because i dont want to spoil any surprises.

Im off to watch Rear Window starring James Stewart and Grace kelly now. You should too :)


ciao for now! x