Halloween Party

Reader Beware - You're in for a scare!

(Thank you, R.L. Stine...)

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Franny Gets...

SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED

as "Bond Girl" Domino Duvall, played by French actress Claudine Auger in 1965's "Thunderball" opposite 

Connery, Sean Connery.

Dress: Vintage, Ralston cotton (from RetroSheila, Coolangatta)

Heels: Novo patent

Bag: Vintage, Glomesh

Headband: Sportsgirl

Chunky Bangle: Vintage, American brass

Thin Bangle: Du Monde brass

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A vibrant printed 1960s style maxi dress & hair bow are all that's required to channel ingenue Domino, who is unfortunately mixed up in an international extortion scheme to steal American nuclear warheads after her wealthy benefactor, Emilio Largo - actually a super-villain working for SPECTRE - murders her brother, an Major in the Airforce. She & Bond meet in typical fashion - while she is in a bathing suit - & begin yet-another ill-fated romance for the dashing Secret Agent. 

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Completing this ensemble are a pair of black patent platforms, vintage Glomesh handbag & brass bangles for that touch of Joie de Vivre...  

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Franny Gets...

ORIENTAL

as "Bond Girl" Kissy Suzuki, portrayed by Japanese actress Mie Hama in 1967's 

"You Only Live Twice" alongside Sean Connery.

Dress: Gift, Vintage 1970s satin

Heels: Novo patent

Bag: Target

Flower Headband: Lovisa

Pearl Bracelets: Adorne

Hinged Bangle: Wallace Bishop silver & elastic

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An oriental print, late 1960s vintage satin kaftan conjures up images of only one character: Bond Girl & Special Agent Kissy, James Bond's only ever WIFE! Sure they get married as part of the case, to save his life & to make his trip to a nameless Japanese island with a bunch of Secret Service ninjas (yes, really...) seem plausible, but they DO end up enjoying what can only be described as a honeymoon when the case is said & done, the spacejackings (again, really...) are a distant memory & the threat of nuclear war is no longer hanging over the heads of the world's leaders... 

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Just add black accessories - patent platform sandals & a fan-shaped clutch as well as a striking large floral headpiece -  complemented by the addition of a silver hinged bangle & pearl bracelets & there you go... Instant Kissy Suzuki! Arigato...

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

After attending a 1960s themed Halloween Party in which I dressed as one of the best-loved Bond Girls, I headed home for a quick change & then headed out for trick-or-treating with friends dressed in yet another Bond-themed costume before retiring – candy in hand – to watch horror flick Prom Night, followed by the comic relief of the Bette-Midler-driven Hocus Pocus & finally finishing the night off with my childhood favourite, 

Scooby Doo meets the Boo Brothers. 

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Dress: Gabrielle Fratini

Sandals: Corelli @ Williams

Headband: Dollar Tree

Cuff: Wallace Bishop silver

Bracelet: Oxfam silver & onyx

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Sartorially-inspired Halloween get-up... this time NOT a costume. Spooky black & grey stripes & spiders print cotton shift topped off with silver & black accessories in the form of a cuff & beaded bracelet as well as some hilarious dollar store finds - a spider headband & plastic spider rings for all of my fingers! Perfect for sitting around watching scary movies & stuffing my face with candy. 

Scroll down for pics of me trying to look scary... 

Pretty comical, really, considering that I'm even cuter than that Annabelle doll...

“What’s your favourite scary movie?” as they say in Wes Craven’s 1996 gore-&-giggle-fest Scream (the first of 4 films) which incidentally didn’t make this list despite the fact that I LOVE the mix of horror & comedy & the whole poking-fun-at-the-genre thing… We all know that horror movies are often fatally flawed (ha ha, see what I did there!?) when it comes to continuity & plot, so it’s great when someone actually plays on it WITHOUT making a spoof…

Franny’s Top 5 Flicks 

(to watch on the scariest night of the year)

1 Friday 13^th (the Kevin Bacon one from 1980) – I never understood WHY anyone would want to go to summer camp as it just seems like MORE school IN NATURE & I certainly don’t want to go after watching this flick! If you’ve ever heard the name Jason Vhoories or seen that Simpson’s episode where Homer busts in on Bart wearing a hockey mask & brandishing a weapon, then HERE is where it started…

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2 The Ring – either the original Japanese version OR the American remake with Naomi Watts) – so scary when turned up LOUD! I nearly jumped out of my skin in the cinema when the horse jumped over the side of the ferry & was sucked back up against it…

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3 Prom Night – I like it more than the Halloween movie franchise & it just wouldn’t be fright night without Jamie Lee Curtis, right? And it has Leslie Nielsen & it’s not that ridiculous Naked Gun movie… that alone is a win in my book.

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4 I Know What You Did Last Summer (not to mention the horrendous sequel, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer) – what can I say? I was a high-schooler in the late 1990s..! Jennifer Love Hewitt (she was in Party of Five, you know), Freddie Prinze Jnr, Ryan Phillipe & Sarah Michelle Geller – need I say more?

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5 Carrie – anyone who hated high school will know what I mean... Stephen King’s 1974 novel has never been out of print & the 1976 Sissy Spacek film has cult status. In fact, it’s even been remade into a 2013 film starring Chloe Grace Moretz & although they may have changed vast chunks of the story, they still kept the infamous Prom Night pig’s blood scene word-for-word. 

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