Inspiration for Days

(le fashion) i love the delicacy of the peach, the femininity of the mixed laces, and the toughness of the stockings and shoes. what an outfit!

(the sartorialist) i must.need.want. to wear a scarf like this. like right now. and forever.

(le fashion) corally salmon is always a yes. always. don't even try to argue with me.

(camp comfort) grrrrrrreally love this.

(le fashion) totally vicious. let's all get snake rings!

(5 and inch) quite possibly the most comfortable looking sweater i've ever seen. i wouldn't even care if someone broke up with me, as long as i could rebound with that sweater.

(le fashion) i could see serena vanderwoodesn wearing this. omg, did i say serena? i meant me.

i just wanted to share some of the more lovely things i've stumbled across in my daily blog wanderings.

what do you think?

Anna May Wong's Painted Knees

Ever hear of painted knees? Nope? Me neither. Evidently it was quite the fashion accessory for flappers back in '25. Reminds me of the body painting of the sixties. I guess the flappers were the original mod girls.

The following headline and blurb accompanied this cute photo of Anna May, which appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on August 1, 1925:

Painted Monkey Graces Knee of Almond-Eyed Film Star
Anna May Wong, Chinese screen actress, who has adopted the fad of having her knees painted. The much-discussed evolution monkey adorns Anna May's limbs.

Pretty cool, huh! However, I'm of the opinion that it's not Scopes' monkey who's climbing Anna May's calf — but mischievous Sun Wukong, the Monkey King!