oh my god i'm totally buggin'...

thought i'd share a few pics of my 90s girl crush alicia silverstone.

remember the Aerosmith video for "crazy"? i think everybody fell a little bit in love with her then, and this was the catalyst that inspired movie director amy heckerling to cast her as the lead (cher) in pretty much my all time fave film ever, "clueless".

she had such an innocent, girly vulnerability about her which made her perfect to play cher. i first saw 'clueless' when i was 10 and i've NEVER got sick of it, despite being able to quote word for fucking word. who could forget her great advice - "dionne when your allergies act up take out your nose ring" and her mis-pronunciations "And so if the government could just get to the kitchen, rearrange some things, we could certainly party with the hai-tee-ans". just a few examples of the life lessons i learnt from cher.

to top it off alicia was a bonafide grunge icon. just check out my pics for the proof

happy birthday edith head

a little off the subject of grunge but i'm remembering edith head today as it would have been her 116th birthday (thanks for the memo google).

edith was an american costume designer who dressed the main players such as grace kelly, sophia loren, audrey hepburn and liz taylor. she was a fave costume designer of alfred hitchcock as she chose to shun short lived costume fads, resulting in timeless outfits and have reflected the classic films.

as a young woman with no experience in either costume design or illustration edith blagged her way in to paramount studios using someone else's designs at the interview*. the blagging paid off as edith went on to scoop 8 oscars for her costume designs on movies such as sabrina and rear window.

check out the pics for a glimpse in to the glamorous world of edith head.

Audrey Hepburn

Ginni Adams

Edith with her 8 Academy Awards

Edith Head

Edith Head

Edith Head quote

Edith Head

Liz Taylor illustration

Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina

*note to self, lie at interviews...

leather love

so last night i was invited along to the i love 2 love leather jacket blogger event. BUT that's all i'm gonna say about that for now cos i have pics to upload and a full post about the event coming tomorrow so just sshhh!

but it inspired me to take a look through the kurtcouture archives - with a little help from google - at just a few of my favourite leather clad idols.

i don't see leather ever getting old (not literally, just in the context of style, obvs). leather is just synonymous with cool, unless you're jeremy clarkson. are you jeremy clarkson? if you answered yes then hello and why are you reading my blog? from johnny & kate to madonna a simple leather number can be worn in so many ways and it never fails to add edge to any outfit (again unless you're jezza clarkson).

more on this tomorrow, but for now here's a kids you'll know looking super bad ass and rocking a leather: if you don't recognise them then you'd better go home.