My gosh.  I'm not usually a big pleat fan, but jeez.  That's pretty darn cool.

Incredible dress.  But even better is Rosamund Pike's, in the background.  It's worth seeing the movie just for the clothes.  (It's also worth seeing because it's actually about something more than clothes and boys.  Things like the point of education and independence and responsibility of parents and how people's decisions affect more than just themselves and on and on and on.  You could say I like it a bit.)

I'm trying to figure out what I would really, really feel comfortable wearing.  I love the chic polish of the Hitchcock blondes, but I'm never comfortable when I feel over-dressed.  I like the grubbiness of grunge, but it makes me feel slobby, and I'm not thin enough to pass it off.  So what would really, really make me feel comfortable?  I've been puzzling it over, and I think I've semi-figured it out.
I want to be the heroine.  You know what I mean?  Clothes you can adventure in.  They might not be the hugely fashionable thing, but you can live in them.
This movie is a little... but, anyways, KD looks and behaves the way I mean:

Her jacket comes on and off, she spends the whole day just running around, and looks totally unconscious of what she's wearing.  I know it's a movie, but the spirit is right.  I'm looking for a sort of loose, sixties feel.  Happy and light and careless.  I'm not sure what the clothes to get this feel would actually be, but I think knowing this will help.
 I know what my clothes must not be, though. Nothing I have to layer or be always adjusting.  Nothing too expensive, because feeling free and careless in expensive clothing is almost impossible.  Everything well-fitted and flattering, so I feel confident that I look my best and can think no more about it.
How nice does that sound?
Pretty darn nice, I think.
Next day: found this on the Terrier and the Lobster and it's go the feel I want, too -

J Crew ad, Roman Holdiay, 2008

Natalie Portman

Coco Rocha.  I'm pretty darn sure this was taken for a feature on Pat McGrath.  She did the makeup for that lovely Dutch masters Louis Vuitton collection.

So, my mad posting of everything under the sun is basically a waste of time.  What would not be a waste of time?  Well, using this as a place to think about style - to figure out what I like and why I like it - would be a more worthy use of my time.  If thinking about anything so silly as style is worth anyone's time.  If I allowed myself emoticons, I would put a wry simile there.  From now on, if something is deemed worthy of posting, it must be accompanied by an explanation of why it is worthy.  So there.

This is glamour to me.

Jennifer Connelly, on the left, photographed for Vogue. I don't adore the dress, but the spirit is right.  And, heck, it's a great picture.

Carey Mulligan on the right.  I probably wouldn't have the guts (or, let's be honest - the money) to wear it, but wow. That's some dress.