Girl Gang

Yesterday was World Book Day.  My Little Miss decided she wanted to be Dorothy.  Cue a re-watch of the film and a trawl of the internet for inspiration 

Of which I found lots! 

As much as I've always wanted to be Mombi, I simply can't resist Glinda's sparkling beauty and that dress!  The colours, the colours, it's all too dreamy, I can't take it gaaaaaaah!

So I thought I'd share some other random stuff that's been inspiring me lately...

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Inspiration has also come my way by way of this pastel punkette 

Int she grand?  I'm totally inspired for Spring now!

Finally, on a musical note, I have been pleasantly surprised by the new direction this girl has taken

Pink and red together - swoon

 Traditionally, I'll admit I was not a fan,  more of a dismissive overlooker.  But, reading a bit about her charity work, other extra curricular activities and her general attitude towards sexism in music, empowering women and the importance of building self esteem in young girls, has made me see her in a different light.  The latest album has echoes of Hole, Bikini Kill, The Breeders, and Lush among others, so the music's not bad either!

She has a bit of a potty mouth and her material is too adult for my 5 year old daughter at the moment but, given a choice between Kate and the bumping, grinding, copious flesh exposing, domestic violence acquiescing "pop princess" Rihanna, I know who I'd rather my daughter choose as a role model

Riot grrl for 21st century teens?  The Courtney legacy Courtney didn't quite manage to leave?

Discuss

A thousand crystal towers, a hundred emerald cities

 Regular readers may know I'm a little obsessed with all things Oz, so imagine how overcome I was when I first saw this beautiful souvenir of my childhood actually available for sale

 A reproduction of the original key to Oz made by Zara Taylor in tribute to the 1985 kids film Return to Oz, a personal favourite of the designer

At £35 it's more than I would usually pay for a piece of jewellery, but as soon as I saw this necklace I knew one day I would simply have to own one

 I waited a fair while but Mr N eventually gave in to my constant haranguing and the giant thudding sound of hints being dropped and realised he would get no peace until he caved

It hasn't left my neck since

 Getting my Oz on

Ever since I started blogging I have wanted to do a post about this film but I have always been put off as I thought I could never do it justice. It's my favourite ever Disney film but one of it's least successful commercial outings.  I'm not surprised.  It's creepy as heck.  I mean what kind of kids film starts with the main character (a child) visiting a sanatorium for 'electric healing'?

"Bad dreams"

"Why do you need to tie me down?"

So basically, Dorothy ends up escaping from the 'clinic' amid a thunderstorm and the anguished cries of the "damaged" people in the cellar and finds herself back in a desolate Emerald City

Along with all kinds of strange creatures, including the maniacal wheelers

The film is based on the books "The Marvellous Land of Oz" and "Ozma of Oz".by L Frank Baum, and incorporates the original character of Princess Langwidere, ruler of the city of Ev.  In the film Langwidere, complete with her hall of interchangable heads becomes Mombi, princess of Oz under the Nome King.

who likes to wear womens shoes 

I've kind of always wanted to be Mombi

Is it a dream or is it real?  I found this post which gives a much better in depth analysis of the plot and symbolism therein than I could ever give

As for me, I'm now fully equipped to escape should I ever be surrounded by wheelers

xxx