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Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Castaways' catwalk...


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Gilligan`s Island (1964)Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port
Aboard this tiny ship.

The mate was a mighty sailing man,
The skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day
For a three hour tour, a three hour tour.
The weather started getting rough,

The tiny ship was tossed,
If not for the courage of the fearless crew
The minnow would be lost, the minnow would be lost.

Welcome to the Gillian's Island runway show.  Everyone take your seats as we are anticipating this to be the fashion event of the season.

The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle, with...

Gilligan...He is smartly dressed in cotton, sea-worthy trousers, cheery red shirt, a sensible deck hat and canvas shoes to anchor the whole ensemble.  He is the trusty first mate ready for that extended tour as this show is bound to become!  Gilligan looks the part as a simple sidekick.


Alan Hale, Jr.
The Skipper too....looks comfortably dressed for his leadership role at hand, in similar style as Gilligan, topped with a cheeky Captain's hat to say "hey, I'm the fat guy with authority!"


The Millionaire...is next.  He looks dashing and inappropriately dressed for a 3-hour tropical tour.  The damp heat is the perfect foil for that ascot, expensive shirt and jacket.  He drags along the perfect accessories to this outfit - trunks full of clothing and loose money.  It is the chic statement that screams "what am I doing on this tiny boat?"

And His Wife...graces the stage now, elegantly dressed on her petite frame.  Her long, white gloves complete a feminine and impractical outfit, ready to hit the sands of a desolate island.  Her breeding and upper class clearly show by her gestures and helpless air.

Gilligan`s Island

The Movie Star is next and wow, is she a knock-out!  In her gold lamé evening dress, curiously worn for a day trip out at sea, she is the embodiment of sex appeal.  Marilyn, eat your heart out!



The Professor is practically dressed in his Oxford shirt and cotton trousers.  His straight-laced sneakers are ready to spring into action the next time he invents something impossible out of palm fronds and coconuts, but he is still curiously baffled by a small hole in the S.S. Minnow.


Dawn WellsAnd Mary Ann, is last but certainly not least in her adorable gingham shirt and impossibly tight shorts.  This sweet symbol of the American Midwest is feisty and rather industrious as she is able to recreate her coconut cream pie on demand.  But where does the flour dough and crust come from..and the pie plates?


Here on Gilligan's Isle... we enjoyed this very kooky television series from 1964-1967.  We saw its transformation from black and white to colour.  We saw a very strange gathering of people "suffering" as castaways on a desert island.  This show asks the eternal question, "Ginger or Mary Ann?"  Unfortunately, it never seemed to ask the question "What about the Skipper?!"
Gilligan`s Island
Theme song lyrics by George Wyle and Sherwood Shwartz


Here are some nostagic items on sale now...


COLLECTIBLE GILLIGANS ISLAND DOLL



Vintage 1960's sparkly gold lame leather party dress shoes 7





Thursday, January 21, 2010

Closet Day Fan



I admit it - I'm a closet Doris Day fan. From her early songs such as Sentimental Journey to her Doris Day Show and 'Pillow' movies with Rock Hudson, she is still the number one box-office female star of all time.

And who can blame her! The range of Doris Day’s work was without peer - she is what is considered a triple threat in Hollywood as she could sing, dance and act. Her films are varied in subject and character and she fulfilled everything with her usual hard work and extraordinary talent.


Her singing voice of course is beautiful as is her speaking voice, which has a raspy almost breathy tone to it. A beautiful blonde, she is now 88 years of age, living near Carmel, California. Married 4 times, she has recovered from some major life setbacks, one of which was the fraud put upon her by her 3rd husband and her attorney. A lawsuit ensued, lasting well into the 1980s of which Ms. Day was successful in recouping millions of lost, hard earned money.

Born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff, her stage name did not change until working for bandleader Barney Rapp in 1939. Rapp felt her surname was too long for marquees and after the first song she performed for him was Day After Day, her stage name was set. The two songs most will associate with her are Sentimental Journey and Que Sera Sera, of which she was apparently not very fond of!

An animal rights activist, her full-time career is her work with animals, and her non-profit organizations, the Doris Day Animal Foundation (established in 1998) and the Doris Day Animal League (which recently merged with The Humane Society of the United States). She also owns the Cypress Inn in Carmel, California.


Have a look at the many websites dedicated to her. 
Doris Day Tribute 
Doris Day.com
Doris Day.net

The Doris Day Page


Call me a geek, but I'm a vintage geek for Ms. Doris Day!