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Babe Paley and the amazing Kate Spade collection

Talking of Kate Spade… I’m really interested in basically her entire Spring 2011 line. It’s the pineapples that do it. Apparently, the appearance of the fruit on virtually all the accessories is down to the influence of Babe Paley’s house in Round Hill, Jamaica.

Babe Paley, for those not so obsessed with mid-century socialites as me, was, well… a mid-century socialite.  More importantly, she was Vogue editor until she married an oil baron (bloody oil barons), and was a true style icon, voted World’s Best Dressed Woman fourteen times, until she was inducted in to the Fashion Hall of Fame in 1958.

I’d like to imagine she had a gold pineapple ice bucket – which, incidentally, is all I want for Christmas. The one in WAH Nails keeps looking at me.

Obsessed with the Topshop pineapple dress

With the Vegas trip looming ever closer, thoughts have turned solely to wardrobing the occasion. So far the only outfit set in stone revolves around this pair of vintage Betty Barclay trousers [I know!] that I accidentally bought because I thought they were a maxi skirt. They’re really high waisted and so wide you would think they were a skirt (it’s where I went wrong) and feature a rather fetching anchor motif. Them, my New Look boater and a nice denim bralet, all good.

Anyway, today I got an email about this Topshop dress and it has been added to the list. Something about a vintage fruity print and one armed bandits just seems to work nicely together. There’s nothing I like more than dressing to a theme. There’s also a really nice t-shirt with the same motif, except the pineapple is embroidered. I was considering buying that last week, but I think the dress is better. So, next step, work out an outfit around this. Two days down.

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