Fishnets & Fedoras

Passion and the Jilted Lover

Passion and the Jilted Lover, originally uploaded by Alex E. Proimos.

A quiet one. There are always shots from the streets of Argentina passing through Flickr, but this is one of the better ones.

Lisadore Heaven

This is an advert, for these shoes:

You can see it in full HD on Vimeo.

Now, I can't decide if it's beautiful and elegant, or a wee bit tacky and clichéd. Hmm. 

A Moment of Transition

From tango fantasy to comfortable reality - another great image from Avatar/K's photostream.

Solo Tango

I love this photo, by Avatar/K on Flickr, if only because I've found myself doing this on occasions...

Fishnets are Optional

While I really don't want to start pigeon-holing this irregular blogette as a tango fashion thing, this post from Eyes Wide Shut, in which the author has a surprising bathroom fashion experience, is too good not to share:

It has to be pointed out that this milonga is one of the more casual ones. People “dress up” if they want to, but there’s dressing up (i.e.: nice shirt, pants, skirt, whatever) and then there’s dressing up as if you’re about to go on stage in Forever Tango. I am sure you’ll agree that there’s an ocean of difference between the two.

More Tango Dress History

"Dress" in the broader sense this time, with a brief history of tango fashion.

Is this a (historical) tango dress?

Back to the fun issue of tango dresses, after the abject failure of my last expedition into this territory.  People's idea of what is, and isn't, a tango dress appears to change over time. And here's how I came to that conclusion:

I was doing a little search around the web for tango dress inspiration, and a hit paydirt with one result that you can see to the right. I rather like this very traditional, but very classy effort, which was posted on a site for dressmakers to share information with each other. 

I had a hunt around the site, looking for more ideas to pass on to a tanguera of my acquaintance, and found this rather intriguing number. I don't especially like the style, but the little snippet of history was fascinating

This is styled after the dress showcased on the July 1916 cover of Vanity Fair and illustrates the dramatic change in fashion that occurred in the period between 1909 and 1916, due in part to the craze for tango dancing that spread across Europe in the period leading up to the outbreak of war (and the years that followed).

The dress creator mentions that there are more details on his blog - but there's no link! However, my Google Fu is mighty, and I tracked him down.

The three related posts are a fascinating insight into the fashions around the European tango scene in the 1910s. Well worth a read.

Sabrina & Ruben Veliz at Chicago TangoFest

This is rather nice, fun, show(y) tango.

Seems a shame only 5 people have watched it at the time of posting...

(Also a shame it can't be embedded. But that's life)

A Moment of Tango Bliss

Tango, originally uploaded by Andrea Balducci.

One of the best photos I've come across in an age. Quite, quite lovely.