Vintage Value Venture - Forties Fever

I adore the Forties inspired outfits featured in this month's Vogue
And as much as I loved the looks, I wasn't thrilled with the prices
So here's my vintage alternative

Vintage 1940s Belted Black Dress from Vintageswank for $265
Vintage 1940s Retro Diamond Ring From Beladora2.com $2250

1940s Inspired Black T-Strap Shoes from Fleuvog $89

(Hat tip to Karen for Fleuvog my new favorite)

Add a great pair of kid gloves and a hat

and you're ready to go party with the Deep Glamour Girls

LA Fire Update - Idiots Abound

Fire photo courtesy our rocket scientists at NASA


According to this AP report on Yahoo News

the big fire may have been set by some idiot

Officials are still trying to figure out what set off the blaze in the Angeles National Forest that had burned nearly 219 square miles, or 140,150 acres, by early Wednesday. Deputy incident commander Carlton Joseph said Wednesday that the fire was human-caused, but it's not known specifically how it was started or whether it was accidental or arson.

Yikes

Spain 2009 - Horse Races on Sanlucar Beach

Yes...just a little more about Spain

One of the highlights of my vacation was getting invited to the annual horse races on the beach in Sanlucar, the launching point of both Christopher Columbus and Magellan.

Not that I'm a racing fan, I much prefer jumping, polo and dressage,
but hey, any excuse to party on a beach on a hot summer's night...

Apparently it's an important local event with a long history.

From a Sanlucar website
Sanlúcar is also noted for its horse racing which dates back to 1845 and takes place along a 2,000 stretch of beach at the mouth of the Río Guadalquivir during the month of August, daily from 6.00 pm, on the 2nd and 4th weekends of the month (Thursday to Saturday). This is a thrilling spectacle where real racehorses thunder across the sand watched by a large noisy crowd of spectators.

There is nothing amateur about this event and you can expect to see spectator stands, bookmakers, paddocks and, of course, the winners´enclosure. Now an international event with horses from other European countries taking part and many famous names amongst the spectators. This is a serious competition, the total prize money amounts to millions of Euros. Most of the prize money is awarded during the last weekend.



So this race was watched by locals on the beach, invited guests in the stands and the rest of Spain on television.

The partying began in the afternoon with hors d'oeuvres and cocktails in the stands and the race started at sunset. Afterwards there was a party in the group of adjacent cabanas that went on all night long...

or so they told me because I couldn't make it much past midnight.

While I loved hanging our with my brother and Nieves Ferris, I really adored watching all the children at the event.

Every single one of them was dressed as though they had walked out of a Ralph Lauren ad.

Absolutely adorable.

And...it was my lucky night in because my 4 euro bet won me a handy 175 euros!!!

Ole!

Politics and Glamour Post Camelot

Virginia Postrel, author and editor of DeepGlamour.net

has recently published

Politics and Glamour on Forbes.com.

In an age of cynicism and full disclosure, political glamour is a rarity--not because politicians lack good looks or wealth or celebrity but because we know too much about them. We too easily see their flaws and imagine even more than the flaws we do see.
Despite what the fashion-magazine cover blurbs suggest, glamour is not a matter of style but of psychology. It is an imaginative exchange, in which an audience projects its longings onto the glamorous object and sees in that person, place or thing the fulfillment of those desires. By binding image and desire, glamour gives us pleasure, even as it heightens our yearning.

Which got me to wondering...will there ever be another political dynasty that will be as glamorous as the Kennedy clan?

If glamour requires mystery and illusion, could there be even be another Camelot given the lack of privacy now?

State Government In Action

From the Hartford Courant

Just wondering...what are the chances that the California Legislature is also playing solitaire while the State burns?