My Erte Arrives!

A few months back, I ordered an Erte print. I was sooo excited when it arrived, but the frame was wrong, so it had to be sent back and reframed. Now our living room is pretty much complete with my Erte girl. I just finished reading Barbara Walter’s memoir, and she told [...]

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Horst: 20th Century Photographer

For some weird reason, I have not received the past two issues of Domino in my mailbox…So, I was browsing their site and saw a mention of Horst photography, which sent me off on a search for more information on this iconic photographer.
Horst, born in Germany, began his career in 1931 in Paris and first [...]

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MethodIzaz Photography

So I thought this style of photography called MethodIzaz was a little weird at first, but now I love it and think it is just brilliant. Izaz Rony, a photographer from Brooklyn, will take pictures of you or whomever that are shot like a paparazzi picture would be. You give your schedule and [...]

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Fashion Illustrations Auction

As if the book Fashion Illustrations by Fashion Designers with its beautiful sketches by many of today’s top designers wasn’t cool enough, you can now bid on original sketches from the book to benefit Fashion Targets Breast Cancer. Visit this style.com link to view the sketches, buy the book from Amazon, or bid on [...]

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Lindsay Lohan as Marilyn Monroe

 

When I heard earlier in the week that photographer Bert Stern had recreated “The Last Sitting” with Lindsay Lohan as Marilyn Monroe, I almost couldn’t believe it.  The original images were so beautiful (see below and this previous post) and now this project seems to me to be one of the best, most artful things [...]

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Lovely Lady Portraits

On my favorite blog Absolutely Beautiful Things (isn’t it everybody’s favorite?), Anna has been showing many beautiful portraits of women, so I thought I would show this picture taken at a lake house that my boyfriend and I got to stay at last year.  Sorry it is such a bad angle-I had to cut myself [...]

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French Fashion Prints

Images via L’Officiel de la Couleur des Textiles et des
Industries de la Mode, No. 10
With the fashion shows getting under way in Paris, I wanted to share this book I bought for less than a dollar at an estate sale in Mississippi about two years ago. I thought it was some kind of [...]

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Photographer Andrew McLeod

Andrew McLeod is a fashion photographer that my boyfriend’s father represents. He recently shot some photos at my boyfriend’s parent’s home in Long Island, and I think they came out wonderful! Andrew emailed my boyfriend these photos, which are not on his website, but to see more of Andrew’s work, visit www.andrewmcleod.com. [...]

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Planet Hollywood Grand Opening

My boyfriend got invited to the grand opening this weekend of the Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino here in Las Vegas.  I loved checking out the decor, relaxing at the spa and pool, and attending the festivities.  I saw Pamela Anderson working out in the gym!  It was such an interesting weekend.  Barbra Streistand performed [...]

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Gawker Artists

 
I use to look at the gossip site www.gawker.com all the time, but today was the first day I looked at it in a while (I had to check out the story of a lady suing for $400,000 because her wedding flowers were the wrong color).  Anyway, Gawker now shows different artist’s work on their [...]

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