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Folies Bergère, 1940
These saucy photos reveal the sumptuous backdrops and (sometime) costuming of revue and cabaret shows at Paris’s Folies Bergère in the 1940s. It’s kinda crazy to think that it’s still in business (and...
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Nell Shipman
What a beauty! I was immediately struck by this lovely lady’s fur hood, headband (predating the trend) and knowing gaze. According to some rudimentary research, Nell Shipman was an actress, animal...
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Vampira
Vampira, mistress of the dark! The OG late night horror hostess set the standard for campy vamp in 50′s Hollywood (those eyebrows are not for the weak of heart). Maila Nurmi‘s wasp waist character...
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Strawberry Switchblade
If I could hang with any music ladeez past or present, Strawberry Switchblade would be high on my list. It’s so obvious that they have fun and their gypsy-Egyptian-Frida-heavy eyeliner-polka dot...
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Swoon
I already knew I was obsessed with Rachel Comey’s designs (and the shoes: don’t even get me started), but after reading this interview? Well, it’s a full-blown girl crush.
View ArticleI Love Betty White
I first started watching The Golden Girls on a regular basis when I was 12 or 13. I was at that awkward age where I couldn’t really get a job yet so I was spending my summer vacation at home with my...
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Lynn Yaeger is Adorbs
Lynn Yaeger is pretty much the cutest little lady ever. Watching her geek out over her doll collections and vintage sweater obsessions is like looking into a mirror that reflects the future! I can’t...
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Sibylle Baier
Listening to Sibylle Baier on repeat these days. She has the most amazingly clear, smooth voice that feels like it’s perched inside your ear just for you. The story of her first, almost lost album:...
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Ruth St. Denis, Circa 1915
Wow. Ruth St. Denis is a vision. A pioneer of the modern dance movement, she was the mentor and teacher of Martha Graham and created a dance repertoire that melded her interests in exotic mysticism...
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Girl Crush: Anjelica Huston
Is there an actress more debonair, more elegant, more handsome than Anjelica Huston? (That bone structure. Kill me.) The woman dated a young Jack Nicholson, for god’s sake. Her aristocratic film...
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Easyriders
“No hangups, no put-ons, no phoniness—just a right-on chick biker.” — Easyriders Magazine Issue #2, August 1971 I salute all the female bikers out there. Semi-nude models in motorcycle mags aren’t...
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Selda Bagcan is a Turkish folk singer best known in the ’70s. She can wail. I’d love to learn more about her.
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Isabella
Got a girl crush! Isabella Rossellini is probably my favorite living celebrity. What an icon! I’ve watched Death Becomes Her and Blue Velvet about, oh, one hundred times, and I never tire of her...
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The Secret of the Old Clock
I loved Nancy Drew. When I was ten I would read multiple books from the series simultaneously just to see if I could keep them all straight. I actually tried to reread the books earlier this year and...
View ArticleMonday Music: The Peanuts
Aren’t these ladies cute? The Japanese twin sisters Emi Itō and Yumi Itō make up the girl group The Peanuts. According to the almighty Wikipedia, “The Peanuts are remembered most for their versions of...
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Forward Into Light
The embroidered banners of the suffragist movement were many things: informative, aggressive, sometimes even philosophical or motivational. There’s something about the handiwork that went into these...
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Gitte Lee
Lady Birgit Lee, also known as Gitte, is an example of aging with grace and beauty while never losing your personal voice. A frequent subject on Advanced Style, Vogue Italia recently profiled...
View ArticleLiz Does Her Eyes
I’m a bit of a make-up novice; I’m no longer incapable of holding my eye shut to dab on some eyeliner — I have what I like to call “twitchy eyelid syndrome” when anything pointy comes near my eyeballs...
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You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
I’m pretty fascinated by Virginia Slims’ advertising campaign of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s: “You’ve come a long way, baby.” I’ve seen enough episodes of Mad Men to realize that any feminist...
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Miranda July is Pretty Damn Sincere
Miranda July has become the unwilling exemplar of an aggravating boho archetype: the dreamy, young hipster whose days are filled with coffee, curios and disposable enchantments. “Yes, in some ways...
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Oh, Iris!
Did you know that Iris Apfel is the subject of a Maysles documentary (of Grey Gardens fame)? And more importantly, have you heard she’s getting a Home Shopping Network collection?! I will be snapping...
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Amy Poehler’s Alter Egos
I’m a huge Amy Poehler fan. Huge. (Parks and Recreation is the best thing on TV right now. Ron Swanson: so crushable!) This week’s New York includes a great piece on the Upright Citizens Brigade —...
View ArticleMy Childhood Idol
I worshipped at the altar of Blossom; I think all girls my age did. Watching this intro — almost twenty years later! — I can’t help seeing myself as a squirrely ten year old in a tube top, shortalls...
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The Life Report
Isabel Bishop, American painter and printmaker, 1902-1988. Doris Caesar, American sculptor, 1892-1971, in her studio. Betti Richard, American sculptor, born 1916, in her studio. Helene Sardeau,...
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Delicatessen With Love
This is a story of grandmas around the world and their best dish. Entitled “Delicatessen With Love”, the project took photographer Gabriele Galimberti to 58 countries, where he photographed...
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Words to Live By
“Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don’t make compromises, don’t worry about making a bunch of money or being successful — be concerned with doing good work and make the right choices and...
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