Silver Screen Dreaming

Happy Monday! In conjunction with the launching of the Audrey Grace Online Boutique today, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter & Audrey Grace have cooked up a little, old Hollywood inspired, photoshoot just for you. I hope you enjoy!

Dress: Vintage, Belt: Kimchi Blue, Jewelry: Vintage

Dress: Vintage, Belt: Kimchi Blue, Flower Clip: Anthropologie

Dress: Vintage, Belt: Kimchi Blue, Wedges: Karen Elson for Nine West

Dress: ERIN by Erin Fetherston, Shoes: Wasteland, Hair Pins: Alexandra Grecco

Dress: ERIN by Erin Fetherston, Bracelet: Vintage, Hair Pins: Alexandra Grecco

Dress: ERIN by Erin Fetherston, Bracelet: Vintage, Shoes: Wasteland, Vintage Clutch: The Loved One

 Dress: ERIN by Erin Fetherston, Turban: Topshop, Heels: Miu Miu

Dress: ERIN by Erin Fetherston, Turban: Topshop, Ring: Lauren Wolfe Jewelry 

Dress: ERIN by Erin Fetherston, Turban: Topshop, Heels: Miu Miu, Ring: Lauren Wolfe Jewelry

Dress: Lucy In Disguise, Crown: Giant Dwarf

Dress: Lucy In Disguise, Crown: Giant Dwarf, Mary Janes: Office UK, Bag: Vintage

Dress: Lucy In Disguise, Crown: Giant Dwarf, Bracelet: Vintage

Dress: Lucy In Disguise, Crown: Giant Dwarf, Mary Janes: Office UK, Bag & Jewelry: Vintage

Photographer: Ian Webber

Dresses: Jaclyn Bethany for Audrey Grace Boutique

Accessories: Meg Olsen (aka: Moi)

Hair & Makeup: Meg Olsen & Beth Jean Olson


Special thanks to "The Brit" for being my Photog and TheBethJean for her "choreography" and for her help making me look presentable! Be sure to check out Jaclyn's new shop  Audrey Grace Boutique for the dresses featured in this post and lots more gorgeous goodies!

xDJRD

i put a spell on you...

You may recall that I promised to post some video documentation of Dime Store Dollies  (the pop–Cabaret group I started with my pal Beth Jean) so… without further ado, here is a little peek at the DimeStore Dollies Halloween show THE BLACK CAT'S MEOW!  *This is only my second ever time singing on stage (first time singing on stage whilst in a tutu), so do be kind. Also, apologies for the shabby audio, my little camera didn't do the best job recording - in fact, I don't think it managed to get even one song the whole way through - but this should suffice for those interested!

I hope you all have a marvelous Monday! x

one autumn night

You all know by now that I love The Loved One! but wanted to share a few pictures from last week's Dear Creatures event at the TLO Pasadena store because it was such fun...

Beth Jean was my date for the night ;) Here she is with an amazing grape cardigan...

The store was all decked out for Fall. oranges, browns and yellow everywhere you looked.

I ate my fair share of these...

Both Elvia AND Hannah were there which made things even more enjoyable!

*I waited too long to do this post and have since forgotten the name of the sweet gal on the right with the awesome mermaid hair! shucks...

Me...with an adorable Dear Creatures pea coat in one hand, delicious punch and vintage in the other.

I tried to coax Beth Jean into getting this pretty blue dress...but failed.

True to form, I did not need coaxing to buy one of the vintage dresses I tried on. golly, those girls are good. I'll post this dress very soon. I've been wearing it to death!

We hung around for quite a while drinking that yummy pink punch, eating ginger snaps and chatting about anything and everything. The Loved One kids were all exhausted and took some well-deserved rest time...

Everyone had come and gone so we decided it was probably our turn and left the ladies to it...

Can't wait til their next event but I am sad Hannah has to go back home! We love having her in town.

PS: I'm sorry it's been a little slow here this week. Hoping to pick things up from here on!

Reckless Daughter does FNO-LA and then some

First order of business, I want to thank every last one of you who made it out to my Dime Store Dollies show Monday. We had a ball and I will post photos later this week!

Now...Lets travel back in time... more specifically, to last Thursday aka Fashion's Night Out which just so happened to coincide with "the Brit"s Album Release Show at the Troubadour!  I'd never done FNO before so I thought I'd give it a whirl since I couldn't be in NY for fashion week this time 'round.

Busy bunnies that night.  I met up with Beth Jean on Melrose in West Hollywood because we knew there were a few things happening in that area... plus, I love Marc Jacobs so any excuse to visit those stores is ok by me.

We started off with a bang (and a cute little can of Sophia) at BookMarc -- which I had not yet been to.  It is essentially an art/fashion bookstore that also sells a bunch of MJ accessories. We hung around there for a while, scoured the books and met a few people. We then mozied on over to the Diane Von Furstenburg boutique because we were told they had all sorts of fun things happening including a very special photobooth...

Which made these little flip-books!  They recorded 15 seconds or so of photos and then printed out for you bookstyle! (these Instagram photos don't really do it justice but, trust me, it is super cute). Next to the booth was a table full of DVF accessories you could throw on.  I really wanted that black & white scarf I'm wearing in the book because it reminded me of a Tim Burton movie.

People there were so lovely.  These two darlings who were kind enough to let me snap their photo! (thanks ladies!)

After store hopping a bit it came time to switch locations.  So we headed to Opening Ceremony to see what was going on there. 

We drank a little more wine (feeling good at this point) and I tried on some adorable polka-dot Repetto flats. Alas... they did not have my size which was probably for the best (for my bank account). We had one last stop before dinner/"the Brit's" show...the Stella McCartney boutique!

 Things were sort of winding down by the time we got there but the Stella girls (Kelly & Kendra) we super sweet plus they entertained us! I even got them to do their best "fashion blogger poses" for me...

in a word: amazing...

BethJean bought perfume while I drooled over velvet smoking jackets and lace dresses that probably cost more than my rent.  We then moved to the Little Door (where we ate dinner) but because I was so hungry by that point the camera was the last thing on my mind. Once we were done it was time to head to The Troubadour! to watch "the Hopelessly Devoted" (the Brit's side-project).

boys in the band...

 showtime...

 They had a great crowd. Everyone was dancing. Including my gal pals Kristin & Britt...

After the show we got to hangout backstage which was a bit of a thrill for me because the Troubadour has such history and I've seen so many great bands there.

By the end of the evening I was a sweaty wrinkled mess!!

secret project revealed! introducing the Dime Store Dollies

Hello loves! I wanted to take a moment invite you all (particularly those of you in LA who can make it) to the debut of a 1920s infused pop-cabaret project The Dime Store Dollies. This is something I've been wanting to do for a long time and now - through a collaboration with my dear (musically inclined genius of a) friend, Beth Jean - it's happening for real! If you find yourself looking for something to do this evening (and you aren't in NYC for fashion week -- still jealous I'm missing it btw) PLEASE come down to BAR LUBITSCH in West Hollywood and introduce yourself! It all kicks off at 10:30pm! (the Brit plays a set with his band just before us at 10pm so it's a two for one!) Tickets are $5 at the door and it's 21+. For those of you who can't make it, fear not, there will be a DSD post in the near future!! wish me luck!! xdjrd

la fête d'anniversaire

As promised, LOTS more photos from Bean's & my joint birthday party last weekend. I am afraid it is birthday week here on my blog because my actual birthday isn't even until Saturday!

The night before my little sister (sadly not pictured - oops), Bean and I got started on the decorations. We may have gone the slightest bit overboard but, really, can you ever have too many streamers?

We also had plenty of nibbles ready for our guests...

 

including the most delicious cupcakes in the universe from Magnolia Bakery ( I don't even like cupcakes so this is saying something!)

And so, we were ready for our guests!

sam & kristin appeared...

of course, "the Brit" and little lola were there (they didn't have to go far, they live with me).

 Derek came too...

voila...c'est moi!

I also had a special visitor who happened to be in town from NYC... little miss Sandra!

She was here visiting her boyfriend Ludvig who lives in LA now...

*Sandra took the above photo ^ and has posted some beautiful photos on her blog too.

We had set up a little photobooth in the kitchen so people could take their own pictures.

 

some of the photo-booth pictures...

We had a bit of a games theme around the house (which you may have noticed)
Jenga, which I lost right after this photo was snapped.

fishing game

the pups watched us play...

 The party lasted into the early morning hours. a success, by all accounts!

^photo by Sandra

*thanks to Kristin for commandeering my camera so I could actually be in some of the photos ;)