Prêt-à-Porter: Winterizing
02/03/2011 § 5 Comments
Cherie, spring is taking its sweet time to appear, is it not? No matter, I have decided that I can’t wait for warmer climes to wear my lightweight dresses. I officially reject the concept of season-appropriate clothing in an effort to combat my low-grade seasonal depression. However, in order to avoid freezing to death, I’ll need to winterize. Here, I’ve paired one of my favorite summer dresses with a wool cowl neck sweater, scarf and wool tights.
Have a few dresses you miss dearly? There’s no reason to wait. Bring them out and warm up with a few cozy layers.
Peek of an elbow patch. I love grandpa sweaters.
Je porte: Rugby Ralph Lauren sweater, H&M dress and belt, Banana Republic tights, Common Projects shoes
Le shopping: Rugby Ralph Lauren sweater, similar dress, similar shoes, similar belt.
La photographe: Jennerator
LIFE Archives: Joanne and Paul
24/02/2011 § 2 Comments
In the month of February,
my mind has been turning to great love stories…
There’s not much I can say about Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman. Married for 50 years, and ended only by Paul’s death in 2008, they were an amazing couple that set the gold standard for Hollywood romances. At the time of Paul’s death, it was the longest lasting marriage between two working actors. They were so in love and it shows in almost every photo of them.
As actors, passions ran hot and cold:
“I’m all in favor of a good screaming free-for-all every two or three months. It clears the air, gets rid of old grievances and generally makes for a pleasant relationship. Joanne has a habit of rationalizing, and when she starts that, that’s when I turn ugly! But when she tells me what she instinctively feels, I pay very close attention.”
Via Vanity Fair.
Can we pause to note how awesome Paul looks here, with his rolled cuff, natty overcoat and leather folio embossed with his own name?
This is the very moment Joanne won her Best Actress Oscar in 1957 for the “Three Faces of Eve.” Can you see how happy Paul is? How lovely…
If you can’t get enough of Joanne and Paul, I wander over to this darling Tumblr — fuckyeahpaulandjoanne — whenever I am in need of a little love moment. J’adore!
Further reading: “The Newman Chronicles”
Patricia Bosworth for Vanity Fair
LIFE Archives: Bacall and Bogart
21/02/2011 § Leave a comment
In the month of February,
my mind has been turning to great love stories…
A true May-December romance, Lauren Bacall was only nineteen when she first met Humphrey Bogart. He was forty-five, and married. He would soon divorce his third wife — a drinker who once stabbed Bogart — to marry the statuesque former model whose real name is Betty Joan Perske.
Bogart preferred to call Baccall “Baby.”
The pair was married for over ten years and had two childern. They were separated by Bogart’s untimely death from cancer in 1957. Bacall buried with her husband a small gold whistle, inscribed with a line from their first movie together: “If you want anything, just whistle.”
The couple on the set of The African Queen.
Further reading: “To Have and Have Not”
Matt Tyrnauer interviews Lauren Bacall for Vanity Fair
LIFE Archives: Elizabeth and Richard
14/02/2011 § Leave a comment
In the month of February,
my mind has been turning to great love stories…
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were drawn to each other with a force that would not be denied. Actually married twice, their romantic liaisons proved to be irresistible fodder for the gossip pages while their film performances garnered accolades, nominations, and awards.
Richard was so taken with Elizabeth that he showered her with the most extravagant jewels in the world. Most notable was the 69 carat “Taylor-Burton” diamond, which was auctioned after the couple divorced for the second time.
Images via LIFE
Further reading: “A Love Too Big To Last”
by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger for Vanity Fair
LIFE Archives: Marilyn and Joe
10/02/2011 § Leave a comment
With Valentine’s Day approaching,
my mind has been turning to great love stories…
The marriage of film siren Marilyn Monroe and Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio, which lasted less than a year, has always stood out to me as one of most passionate affairs in history. The joining of these two superstars proved too explosive to sustain, but the love they shared was to endure forever.
For twenty years after Marilyn’s death,
Joe continued to send roses to her grave twice a week.
All images via LIFE
Channel a bit of Marilyn for your Joe (or while looking for your Joe) with these lovely Garbo earrings by DANNIJO — that feel just a bit mid-century modern.
Image via Shopbop
LIFE Archives: Nasser’s Egypt
04/02/2011 § Leave a comment
Captured by LIFE photographer Grey Villet in 1963
LIFE Archives: The Orient Express
01/02/2011 § 3 Comments
As captured in June 1950 by LIFE Photographer Jack Birns…
To read the article these pictures were originally shot for, in the Sept 11, 1950 issue of LIFE magazine, head here.
Happy Birthday to Paul Newman
26/01/2011 § Leave a comment
26 January 1925 – 26 September 2008
Images via fuckyeahpaulnewman
If you’ve ever visited my tumblr, you already know I have quite a thing for Paul Newman. I get my daily dose from fuckyeahpaulnewman. Profane name, but hours of entertainment. You won’t be disappointed. (Sidenote: If your thing is Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, there’s even a tumblr for that as well, called — what else? — fuckyeahpaulandjoanne. Those tumblr site names. Go figure.)
Quite Continental 
