There's no doubt about it, Eva Green is resplendent in her measured portrayal of Miss G in Cracks.
No wonder Miss G's diving students had girl-crushes on her; she's uber-stylish, witty, defiant, exotic, exciting and she let the dorm girls dress up and get boozy in a secret midnight feast.
"You can achieve anything you want, you just have to desire it."
I desire her wardrobe. And her sitting room.
Cracks is set during the 1930s in a remote girl's boarding school, a place where the minds of adolescent girls are receptive to Miss G's thoroughly modern ideas on womanhood.
She dresses in flamboyant, colourful scarves, silk velvet coats and *gasp* trousers!
She entertains her special girls in her private sitting room by ordering their books to be put away, dancing to gramophone records and holding sway with "tales" of her far-out, glamourous adventures abroad.
Of course, all good things must come to an end and Miss G's triumphant reign as queen of fantasies and dreams is bound to reach a crisis point. We can see that right from the start.But I still want her smudged eye makeup and bitten nails, right up until the end and beyond.
I fancied a more vibrant version of the 1930s bohemian style and it all came together when I rediscovered a long, fine, silk scarf while I was unpacking.It quickly became a Miss G-style head wrap paired with my crumpled vintage haori worn inside out and a wispy-thin silk onsie frippery as a top.Haori silk linings are always so beautiful.I had an absolute ball wearing this outfit yesterday, I didn't want to take it off.Pink haori, 1930s silk onsie, jet beads - EtsyScarf, rings, beads, 1970s lurex flares - op shops and flea markets
Oh you want to know about the eye shadow?
It's Neon Green glitter shadow by Callas Cosmetics on Etsy. I wear it with their glitter glue so it stays on my eyelid and not my cheeks, although there are usually strays that I fail to catch with a tissue.
The diamante-studded eyelashes are from a two-dollar shop and I'm wearing Lime Crime's Velvetine lip paint in Suedeberry.
Frida's always keeping an eye on me, I think she'd love some lime green warpaint don't you?
Baci,
Desiree x