'The Great Gatsby's' Costume Designs

One of the many reasons I want to see Baz Luhrmann's film 'Great Gatsby' is the dress collection that will appear on the big screen. 

As soon as I heard that the gorgeous dresses in the style of the 20s who will be wearing Carey Mulligan will be designed by Miuccia Prada, I was more impatient than ever to see these dresses in movement.

Meanwhile, we sated our curiosity with pictures of the shootings and with the four sketches that Prada published of the costumes that the tragic Daisy Buchanan will wear.

Prada worked with costume designer (and  Luhrmann's wife) Catherine Martin to create 40 looks, inspired by dresses already appeared on Prada and Miu Miu catwalks.

According to Vogue Prada admits that what intrigued her the most when working on the project was the way in which many of her designs could be so easily translated into Twenties pieces - despite not necessarily being originally created with that era in mind. The dress worn by Mulligan as Buchanan in the big party scenes took its roots from Prada's spring/summer 2010 "chandelier dress".

"That's what interesting. The point of view can transform things so much," she toldWWD. "Yes, probably a few [dresses] had that kind of edge, but almost none were meant to be Twenties when I did them. I was really fascinated by that."

It is not the first time that Prada works with the director Baz Luhrmann. They have previously worked together to creat Leonardo DiCaprio's suit in the 1996 version of Romeo + Juliet.

Luhrmann says in an exclusive article on Stylist (you can find it here) : "Miuccia is a very old friend of mine, and she did the first suits for Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo + Juliet. What we share with Miuccia is that she takes old classical things, that were once modern but are now seen as clichéd, turns them on their heads and reinvents them in a way that they’re refreshed and renewed."

Martin chose Tiffany & Co. to design the magnificent jewelry for the actors Carey Mulligan, Leonardo Di Caprio and Elizabeth Debicki and collaborated with the brand Brooks Brothers for the menswear costumes worn in the film. 

She was also in charge of creating other 1,700 beautiful vintage designs for the cast.

The 40 costumes designed for the film, showcased in an exhibition celebrating the costume collaboration between Prada and Catherine Martin. (More for the exhibition here)

Is it just me who believe that we are going to see more roaring 20s-style clothes on the catwalks?

Catherine Martin for the collaboration with Miuccia Prada  

Sources : Vogue

Mother's Day

Life with Famous Moms

On Mother's Day I decided to share the selection of portraits of famous (or not) moms with their kids that LIFE.com offered. Not only because I love the vintage touch of these pictures, but also because despite the fame and the riches these persons may had, the pictures of this gallery could be seen as true daily moments of moms with their kids.

Don't forget to give a huge hug to your mom today!

"Whether rich or famous (or neither); whether strange or perfectly, unpretentiously, refreshingly normal, moms deserve recognition simply because, after all — as all of us will readily admit in our more brutally honest moments — moms rule the world. And while devoting one measly day a year to celebrating and honoring mothers everywhere might be a rather feeble way to express our gratitude and love, not to worry. They’re moms. They understand." Read more: http://life.time.com/culture/mothers-day-special-life-with-famous-moms/#ixzz2T0nENE3o

Jackie Kennedy reads to her daughter, Caroline, in Hyannis Port, Mass., in 1960

Elizabeth Taylor on the set of Cleopatra with her daughter, Elizabeth Frances, in Rome in 1962

Elizabeth Taylor and her mother, Sara, in 1948

Shirley MacLaine and her daughter, Sachi Parker, in 1959

Judy Garland holds her daughter, Liza Minnelli, at home in Hollywood in 1946

Burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee holds her 4-year-old son, Erik Lee Kirkland, 1949

Ingrid Bergman and her daughter, Pia Lindstrom, in 1959

Sophia Loren with her son, Carlo Ponti, Jr., in 1969

Sophia Loren (right) poses with her mother (center) and her sister, Maria, in 1957

Shirley Temple with her daughter, Lori, in Atherton, California,1957

Joan Crawford and two of her children, Christina and Christopher,
 on the beach, Monterey, California, 1945

Zsa Zsa Gabor and her daughter, Francesca, at home in Bel Air, 1951

Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy with her children, 1961

Nancy Reagan and her son, Ron Jr., in Pacific Palisades, California, in 1965

Natalie Wood and her mother at home, 1945

Peggy Lee gets a goodnight kiss from her 4-year-old daughter Nicki, 1948

Jane Fonda and her daughter, Vanessa, in California, 1971

Mia Farrow reads to her children on Martha's Vineyard in 1974

Source : LIFE.com

David Bowie's 'The Next Day' Clip

Despite his 66 years, David Bowie, is still inquiring mind, as his new video managed to provoke reactions and divide opinions.

David Bowie plays a Christ-like figure in his latest music video.
The video also stars Marion Cotillard as a woman with blood spurting from stigma-like wounds and Gary Oldman as a priest condemning Bowie.
Written, conceived by and starring Bowie, the video for 'The Next Day' was directed by the Italian filmmaker Floria Sigismondi.

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The girl and the wild nature

Tippi of Africa

Tippi Degré was born in 1990 in Africa, where her French parents, Alain Degré and Sylvie Robert, worked as freelance wildlife photographers. Tippi spent her childhood in Namibia among wild animals and tribespeople.

A true adventurous childhood, we only hear about in legends. 

"It was magical to be ale to be free in this nature with this child," explains Sylvie, Tippi's mother. "She was a very lucky little girl - she was born and raised until the age of ten totally in the wild. It was just the three of us living in the wild with the animals and not too many humans."

During her stay in Namibia, she befriended wild animals, including a 28-year old elephant Abu, a leopard nicknamed J&B, crocodiles, lion cubs,giraffes, a Northern Greater Galago, a Banded Mongoose, an Ostrich, meerkats, a baby zebra, a cheetah, a Caracal, a snake, an African Grey Parrot, giant bullfrogs and chameleons. She also befriended the Bushmen and the Himba tribespeople of the Kalahari, who taught her how to survive on roots andberries, and to speak their language.

"Tippi always said that everybody was gifted and this was her gift," explains Sylvie. "She was in the mindset of these animals. She believed the animals were her size and her friends. She was using her imagination to live in these different conditions."

It is absolutely stunning to look at these pictures, to see the real connection between the wild animals and the little girl.

Sylvie said: "The photo with Tippi next to the young lion cub Mufasa sucking her thumb is wonderful. The year after this photo we came back and we went to see him and he was huge. Mufasa came to Tippi and he friendly brushed her with his long tail, like a cat would do, and she almost fell down. I had to take her away - I was not at ease."

Her mother added: "Linda, an ostrich from one of the African farms we visited, was so nice that we couldn't even take a photo of Tippi riding her. Linda was so afraid of riding Tippi she didn't want to move."

After living in Africa for ten years, Tippi moved with her parents to France, where she became a celebrity. A book of her adventures, Tippi of Africa , was published and translated in several languages.
She returned later to Africa to make six nature documentaries for the Discovery Channel.

“I don’t have friends here. Because I never see children.

So the animals are my friends”. 

- Tippi Degré

Sources : The Telegraph
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