Oh Yeah, Like I Pleats You

Did you know that my favourite evocative adjective "grotty" has its origin in the film A Hard Day's Night, where it is

applied by George Harrison to shirts? Fortunately, I did not feel grotty whatsoever in this vintage handmade dress of gossamer-light silk with its tremendous puffed sleeves and fancy bodice-pleat action, rather, I felt quite marvellously "gear".

sheer yellow scarf: Netty Vintage
vintage silk dress: handmade / no label, Netty Vintage
my favourite shoes: Fluevog Truth Britta, worn here

I've been doing some casual research on the Beatlemania era related to a writing project. Regardless of whether it yields much of anything, it's been great fun!

sunglasses: Tom Ford Nikita, ebay
antique amber ring: a gift from my mother, worn here
blue glass bead bracelet with wood clasp: Gabii's (Progreso, TX), worn here
buttonflower: Megan Mae Designs, worn here

These are a few of the text sources I consulted:

• "We're Going to See the Beatles!" An Oral History of Beatlemania as Told by the Fans Who Were There by Garry Berman
• Beatles '64: A Hard Day's Night In America, text by A.J.S. Rayl and photographs by Curt Gunther
• The Beatles Landed Laughing In New York, poems by John B. Lee
• BOOM! by Tom Brokaw
• Miss O'Dell by Chris O'Dell with Katherine Ketcham

However, the most absolutely fascinating writing about The Beatles I have ever come across is a series of blog posts - Yoko Ono: A Feminist Analysis by Cara Kulwicki, which Yoko herself liked so much as to re-post on her IMAGINE PEACE site. Cara's whole Gratuitous Beatles Blogging category at The Curvature is a treat.

Let's see if I can still link up to Gracey's Literary Stylings at Fashion for Giants, and of course I'm always ready for Visible Monday at Not Dead Yet Style. AND Bella's Shoe Shine. Yeah, yeah, yeah!