Augustine- Lilly's Kiwi cousin?

 

If the popularity of Augustine (NZ) is anything to go by, Kiwi women would love Lilly Pulitzer!  

Kelly Coe's Auckland-based label is overtly fun, flirty, and girly!! all words associated with Lilly. 

Coe saw a gap in the NZ market for bright fun fashion and started Augustine with her husband Nathan in 2008. 

My Facebook feed is ablaze with "ISO Augustine" and the other lines under its umbrella- Stella Royal (plus size!) and Charlo (casual, versatile pieces)

We are known as a nation obsessed with black and navy fashion, as seen with Nom D and Zambesi, and visitors often comment on this! Before Augustine, the only established designer to use bright colour was Trelise Cooper but her pieces can be pricey. 

 

*Stolen images are Augustine from malletts.co.nz and

bottom image is Lilly Pulitzer from katiesbliss.com

"Jackie" (2016)

 

Just like JFK's beloved Camelot, Jackie Kennedy's life was a show, with all the salty tragedy necessary to create her  triple-strand Princess America pearls.

She wore his head on her sleeve after JFK's death, but was a secret smoker, and hid all-seeing eyes behind dark sunglasses. 

Reviewers are gushing over Natalie Portman's portrayal of Jackie but I found it to be caricature-like and too thickly frosted. 

The film's recreation of Jackie's White House tour was a highlight as it showed the artiface of her image and the great trouble she went to to appear so poised. I rewatched the original tour and, as I suspected, her speech was not as cartoonish as the reinactment suggests. 

Mica Levi's dramatic soundtrack, coupled with Portman's bold portrayal, painted this film as almost pantomine but much more watchable than the standard cookie-cutter biopic. 

 

(my tea towel, handed down from my Aunt)