Charley

And on the subject of hair... Julianne Moore's dishevelled up-do in Tom Ford's visually stunning A Single Man is second to none. Even though her character Charley is a raging alcoholic (albeit a very lovable one), Julianne Moore is the epitome of class and 60's glamour. Her dress, her make-up... I die!!

But it is the hair that really got me in this film, that lavish curled and piled-up, side-swept beehive thing she has going on... It even had my boyfriend asking why I can't wear my hair like that every day.

Gentlemen, do you KNOW how long a hairstyle like that would take? Neither do I, but I would think hours. And there are only so many hours in the day to devote to beauty!

Monday, Monday and California Dreaming

Some more Michelle Phillips ♥

Bubblegum

Staying on the bubblegum theme just long enough to include this pretty song.

I enjoy being a girl

Everything about this song sets back all the hard work of all the feminists throughout history about 1,000 - actually make that 10,000 - years... but aesthetically it is lovely.

Sukiyaki

This is my favourite old song at the moment. I saw it on Mad Men on SBS a few weeks a go ("Flight 2", Season 2) and instantly fell in love with it. It was timed so perfectly with the beautiful waitress (Elizabeth Tsing) sashaying out from around the corner of a 1960's Japanese restaurant in slow motion.

I tried to find an actual clip depicting the entire desire-fuelled scene, because these photos of Elizabeth Tsing in the show do not do her justice, nor does Kyu Sakamoto's music video clip do his song any favours either (no offence Kyu, it's just a bit boring).

On Mad Men, when the song is playing, all you see is the glossy black of the waitress' sleek hair, the emerald green of her cheongsam, and the red red red of her lips.

Happy Fathers' Day

I tried to find the live Jane Birkin version but it seems to have been wiped from the face of the earth. I always do still love Marilyn though and am especially fond of her blue-jumper-no-pants get-up and fairy floss hair in this clip so it's really not such a loss at all.

As for the Polish subtitles... enjoy!

And happy (belated, oops) Fathers' Day for last Sunday.