tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58578235035832583522024-03-05T17:22:45.960-08:00Red Boa Society . . .celebrating classic glamour & grace, in the boudoir & out in the worldAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09161581311782388027noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857823503583258352.post-19117409799300525212017-03-06T09:53:00.000-08:002017-03-06T10:46:33.117-08:00When trousers first bloomed into being<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPQ3djkvPq8fV8mhE9NlbHZHvT7Bof1IZOiH_ZCtEjHtL-4FJGlaAWFNv3NMUowPsdOUkf3fvcKxyJOrJg2y0SAGSFkT4KNzZyz_knt720QoLuSF4zUAYeJ_5oL1xTUVxiLswmQyiJBl3/s1600/Lasses.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPQ3djkvPq8fV8mhE9NlbHZHvT7Bof1IZOiH_ZCtEjHtL-4FJGlaAWFNv3NMUowPsdOUkf3fvcKxyJOrJg2y0SAGSFkT4KNzZyz_knt720QoLuSF4zUAYeJ_5oL1xTUVxiLswmQyiJBl3/s400/Lasses.jpg" width="400" /></a><b><span style="color: #999999; font-size: x-large;"><i>The Pits</i></span></b><br />
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While the wearing of trousers by women took solid root in WWII, the practice dates back nearly a century. The first women to dress one leg at a time on a regular basis were the romanticized mine workers known as The Wigan Pit Brow Lasses. Their outfit of choice included skirts worn over trousers, with the skirts rolled up at the waist to keep the hems out of the way when working.<br />
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"Pit brow women working outside in the cold and dirt developed a distinctive 'uniform', they wore clogs, trousers covered with a skirt and apron, old flannel jackets or shawls and headscarfs to protect their hair from coal dust. The women's unconventional but practical dress drew them to the attention of the public and carte de visite and cabinet card portraits and later postcards of them in working clothes were produced commercially and sold to visitors as novelties." <span style="font-size: x-small;">[source: Wikipedia]</span><br />
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"Before 1842 it was common for women to work underground at the pits, usually as drawers pulling carts of coal through tunnels up to the surface. Lancashire in fact had a much larger number of women working in the mines than elsewhere in Britain. The Mines Act of 1842 however made it illegal for women to work underground. The law was generally ignored, with women dressing in men’s clothes and bosses turning a blind eye. Women could earn 2 or 3 shillings a week more if they worked underground and the tasks above ground could be just as hard work and dangerous, but for less money." <span style="font-size: x-small;">[source: lightshaweadows.co.uk]</span><br />
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The sporting life for women, popularized by cultural icon Coco Chanel, saw the rise of leg coverings for women as a practical part of engaging in athletics. The way had already been paved in the 1890s with the rise in cycling. Turkish style bloomers became part and parcel of the cycling costume, and Parisian women took to wearing them both for fashion and exercise. Bloomers were then introduced as apparel for basketball, swimming, and eventually as 'gym class uniforms'.<br />
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In this age of itty bitty thongs so scant they truly are G "strings" the knickies in the image shown here may not be considered sexy by many. But let me assure you, there's <i>nothing</i> sexy about panty lines or thong wedgies.<br />
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For quite some time I've been seeking out a solution to these ongoing inconveniences, as even my 'best' underbottoms seem to have one issue or another. I'd perused every make of 'boy shorts' I could find, but they either had too much constricting, bulge-inducing elastic at the top, or they had too much wedging thonginess in the back, or frankly, they appeared to be made for 13 year-old gamines who'd not yet developed womanly curves<br />
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Finally I resolved to search for 1920s style tap pants. Their elastic would be located up at the waist with far less resulting bulge, and given their 'boxers' type of cut, they would ultimate in a flat, eleasticless edge of lace. Thanks to Amazon I found one or two makers of these silky underpinnings, and just purchased a single one in order to test its effectiveness ... My email tells me they shipped this morning, by the by.<br />
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I then recalled that recently I'd been to an old favorite haunt to purchase a dress, only to find the store was phasing out its dress department ... *gasp* ... During that fruitless visit I'd spoken with an employee who was busy hanging some pretty-ish underthings. Now, mind you, this chain store is probably the <i>last</i> place I'd ever expect to carry 'lingerie,' but I felt compelled to return and take a closer look at their under-offerings.<br />
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What I purchased (for $12 all told) was the 4 pairs of knickies pictured here. They were <i>exactly</i> the sort of this I've been searching for the past year or so. They have smooth tops and are without elastic in the cheek area. Even better, 2 of the sets are lace! I'm a lace lover and have been very saddened that lace brassieres have been out of vogue the last few years. Finding these little goodies, and at such a steal, makes up for the lack of lace up top. And bras will at some point come back in style, I have no doubt.<br />
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For now, I'm just glad to have removed a few unsightly lines and bulges from beneath my clothing — no plastic surgery or personal trainer needed. *wink*<br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: large;">While perusing various swimsuit sites and flipping through the swimwear racks at stores, I found it difficult to locate any styles I would actually want to purchase, let alone wear. And so I resorted to my new fashion stand-by—the ever delicious <a href="http://www.unique-vintage.com/swim.html" target="_blank"><b>Unique Vintage</b></a> site. Here are a few of their red, white & blue gems, in keeping with the holiday. Now declare your independence—you bathing beauty, you—and get out there in a swimsuit!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857823503583258352.post-90257474692789258512014-10-11T11:03:00.001-07:002014-10-11T11:03:43.041-07:00Quick & Dirty - DIY Halloween Costumes for procrastinators<b><span style="color: orange; font-size: large;">If your planned costume proved far too involved for your timetable (or skill set), or you just never got around to figuring out what you wanted to <i>be</i> for Halloween, you may find yourself scrambling at the last minute to find something, <i>anything</i> to don for that weekend party.</span></b><br />
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We usually seek to post things of beauty and grace on this blog -- not so today, where we offer a hodge-podge of ideas for the truly desperate. Should such desperation apply to either you or your man, we hope that these wiki DIY ideas will inspire you to come up with something of your own. You may not win the costume contest, but you'll avoid having Halloween tricks played on you for being a costumeless party-pooper.<br />
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Umbrella Girl</div>
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Fighting crime & staying dry</div>
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Let's start with a few of her various looks — from the ingenue protector of the moors to the brazen baddy out to curse the king's infant daughter.<br />
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Now... for the makeup... and those lips.. those glorious lips! MAC makeup wings to the rescue with a delightful and fantastical arsenal of products to give you that gorgeous classic look: smokey eyes, porcelain skin, red red lips.<br />
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Here's a thorough tutorial that will help you get the look, and most challenging, the cheeks<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><i><br /></i></span><i><span style="color: red;">Should the Mac shade not work magic with your own coloring, here are a few other rich and lush options as seen in Harper's Bazaar:</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Revlon Colorstay Ultimate Suede Lipstick </span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Social Grace, Flirtation & even Tease for the Modest</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we hear the word <i>burlesque</i> most of us picture women clad only in g-strings and pasties, performing bumps and grinds to a crowd of strangers, spotlights bringing every curve into sharp relief. And most of us wouldn't be caught dead in that situation!</span><br />
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Siren School now offers a pair of classes designed to answer these questions and teach women how to feel fabulous in any situation, social or romantic.</div>
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Tease for the timid -- Have you ever wanted to do something a little extra special for your man as a birthday or anniversary gift? Have you ever wished to feel like a tantalizing tigress behind closed doors? <a href="http://joyofdanceworkouts.blogspot.com/p/home.html" target="_blank">Fantasy Fitness'</a> <b>Burly-Q Tease</b> class can teach you how. Instruction includes:</div>
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<li>Posture and Poses -- standing, seated and supine</li>
<li>Peeling & Teasing</li>
<li>Classic Bumps & Grinds & Shimmies (and how & when to use them)</li>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Yep. It's that time of year. Time to either dust off the old swim suit, or if it appears to have 'shrunk' a size or two, bolster your courage and go shopping for a new one. The good news is for those facing tummy trouble, midriff coverings are back. Retro looks have caught on swimmingly, thanks in great part to the styles embraced in the tv hit <i>Mad Men</i>, and most recently by <i>The Great Gatsby</i>.</span></b></div>
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art</div>
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Bathing Suit</div>
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art</div>
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Cole of California, late 1930s</div>
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art</div>
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Beach Ensemble</div>
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1944</div>
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art</div>
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Bathing Cap</div>
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Klienert’s, 1950s</div>
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Now you have no excuse to not enjoy some fun in the sun this Summer. So grab your beach tote and meet me on the sand!</span></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857823503583258352.post-48493615640425265272013-05-16T20:50:00.000-07:002013-05-16T20:50:32.774-07:00The Spring-Summer footwear lines get right to the pointThe designers have spoken. And have done so in no uncertain terms. Clunky 'stripper' shoes are out. Pointy heels are in... especially ones that are Metallic... as well as Strappy... and Tappy... as in tap shoes... yep tap dancing shoes... especially the ones with straps. Here's a bit of what your feet can expect as the weather warms.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i><b>A dishy recipe to Pin Up on your fridge — perfect for Summer, the No-Bake Cheesecake</b></i></span><br />
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<i>Cheesecake — which Webster defines as "photography displaying especially female comeliness and shapeliness" — is said to have gotten its name when, in September 1915, a newspaper photographer, George Miller, noticed a visiting Russian diva, Elvira Amazar, just as she was debarking her ship in New York. Miller asked the opera singer to hike up her skirt a little for the sake of the picture.</i> </blockquote>
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<i>Later, the photographer's editor, something of a gourmet, is supposed to have exclaimed, "Why, this is better than cheesecake!"--Kevin Freeman <span style="font-size: x-small;">[MutoWorld.com June 2004]</span></i></blockquote>
Prep Time: 30 Min | Ready In: 2 Hrs 30 Min<br />
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<b>Graham Cracker Crust</b><br />
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<li>1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs</li>
<li>1/4 cup margarine, softened</li>
<li>1/4 cup sugar</li>
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<li>1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese</li>
<li>1 cup powdered sugar</li>
<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract</li>
<li>1 cup heavy cream, whipped</li>
<li>1 (12.5 ounce) can cherry pie filling (or other filling of your choice)</li>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">Directions</span></b><br />
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<li>Mix together graham cracker crumbs, margarine, and sugar in a bowl until well incorporated and crumbly. </li>
<li>Press into a pie plate, going up the sides as much as possible.</li>
<li>Beat together the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla in a bowl until smooth and spreadable. </li>
<li>Whisk whipped cream into cream cheese mixture until smooth. </li>
<li>Pour cream cheese into prepared crust. </li>
<li>Smooth the top with a spatula, and refrigerate until firm, about 2 to 3 hours. </li>
<li>Spread the cherry pie filling over the top, and refrigerate until serving.</li>
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<i>Cheesecake had always existed in the realm of pin-up, but it wasn't until the 1940s and 50s that it really took off. Cheesecake is a style of pin-up characterized by playful expressions, story line themes, and over the top poses; in short, "hamming it up". Cheesecake images were used throughout WWII: painted on the noses of airplanes, decorating both magazine pages and GIs' lockers, not to mention advertising for countless companies."<span style="font-size: x-small;"> [DallasPinup.com]</span></i></blockquote>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Nutritional Information</span></b><br />
Servings: 12 | Amount Per Serving Calories: 296 | Total Fat: 18.5g | Cholesterol: 48mg<br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">source: AllRecipes.com</span></i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857823503583258352.post-30296804495584947842012-05-12T10:39:00.000-07:002012-05-12T10:39:05.453-07:00Sexygenarians<b><i>Age does not define me -- period! </i></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Angie Dickinson at age 78</td></tr>
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Whenever anyone asks how old I am I reply, "Oh, I don't do age actually. I would have to do the math to figure it out."<br />
The uniform response is a snicker followed by a comment along the lines of "Forever 21, huh?"<br />
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I then explain, to the listener's bewilderment, that nope, I have no desire to be 21 again. In fact, the day I turned 21 was the very day I stopped telling my age. Having grown up with constant age discrimination based on my youth, I vowed while in my single digit years to stop being labeled by age the moment I was totally legal... ie 21.<br />
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Also, I have never understood society's current obsession with youth. I have no desire to be younger, just to be me! As a child I so admired the reverence given the 'elders' of Native American tribes. That made sense to me -- to respect and look up to those who have experienced life... oh, the stories they could tell. To me, wrinkles and scars were badges of honor and victory. I thought of fresh, young unlined skin as a sign of inexperience. It looked pleasant, but was not nearly as interesting to me as crows feet and laugh lines.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raquel Welch at age 71</td></tr>
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As I mature, and yes, I have thankfully matured, I am feeling more and more attractive as a human being, which is certainly not because of improved physicality -- far from it. Over the course of the last 3 years I have given up almost all physical activity goals and plans in favor of helping others. It won't always be this way, but for now, I am grateful to be of service. So how has this affected me physically? How do I look? Well, I have never felt better in my life, in part because I have been nourishing my soul. As for my physique -- meh, I've gained 45 pounds, lost muscle, and am flabby. But you know what? I couldn't care less! I have been enriched beyond measure, and have planned my do-gooder activities so that I can start getting out in the picture postcard perfect Spring weather following Mothers Day. From there I will have a whole Summer to cycle and swim, run and dance... and best of all... sleeeeeeep.<br />
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The women shown in this post are seasoned livers of life... ugh that sounded wrong... but you get what I mean. They have lived and aged, with panache! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mimi Kirk at age 71</td></tr>
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Now, yes, there may have been cosmetic surgeons involved for at least one of them, and yes, these photos may show them in their best light, but as far as I am concerned, they are gorgeous because of the confidence and poise they express. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sofia Loren at age 72</td></tr>
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And guess what, they are ALL over 70! Between their example and the increased vibrance I feel with each passing year, I look forward to my advancing years, and see them as golden indeed.<br />
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<i>Bonus confidence-booster video for any age, showing the reality behind the airbrushing</i></div>
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<i>... I mean, Photoshopping</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">[Note: I did my best to find photos with verified ages. If you have a different age or date for the photos, by all means, chime in]</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857823503583258352.post-67130019871982700802012-04-17T13:51:00.001-07:002012-04-17T13:51:13.036-07:00All is Vanity<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>“<span style="color: purple;">If this be Vanity who’d be wise</span>” </i></span></b><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SobD6qBTcGI/AAAAAAAAAy4/7fMKfj70wdc/s1600-h/Ava+Gardner+-+Vanity+Mirror+from+The+Happy+Wanderer+on+Flickr.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370195018165481570" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SobD6qBTcGI/AAAAAAAAAy4/7fMKfj70wdc/s400/Ava+Gardner+-+Vanity+Mirror+from+The+Happy+Wanderer+on+Flickr.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 317px;" width="316" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22078413@N02/3077869421/in/pool-22499150@N00" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Ava Gardner</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1922 - 1990) - Photo via The Happy Wanderer on Flickr </span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoYO9yEBQWI/AAAAAAAAAyw/MJJxzxA18F0/s1600-h/Barbara+Pepper+-+Old+Hollywood+Glamour+Vanity.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369996060259336546" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoYO9yEBQWI/AAAAAAAAAyw/MJJxzxA18F0/s400/Barbara+Pepper+-+Old+Hollywood+Glamour+Vanity.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 317px;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://joltenjoeswife.livejournal.com/4593.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Barbara Pepper</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1915 - 1969) - Photo via Rantings of a Modern Day Glamour Girl </span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SpJLNVrrKGI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/T9VaLtx7vVQ/s1600-h/Bebe+Daniels+in+Maltese+Falcon+-+via+Atavism+from+Rad+Nauseam+-+388x500.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373439997937133666" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SpJLNVrrKGI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/T9VaLtx7vVQ/s400/Bebe+Daniels+in+Maltese+Falcon+-+via+Atavism+from+Rad+Nauseam+-+388x500.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 310px;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://atavism.radnauseam.com/browse/by-name/bebe-daniels/" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Bebe Daniels</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1901 - 1971) in "Maltese Falcon" - Photo via Atavism from Rad Nauseam </span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SpJLNClLLmI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/FmFw9pG-5Go/s1600-h/Bebe+Daniels+-+Old+Hollywood+Glamour+Vanity+-+via+Things+and+Other+Stuff.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373439992809598562" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SpJLNClLLmI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/FmFw9pG-5Go/s400/Bebe+Daniels+-+Old+Hollywood+Glamour+Vanity+-+via+Things+and+Other+Stuff.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://www.things-and-other-stuff.com/movies/ephemera/1920s-obsequio-cerveza-polar-series-1.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Bebe Daniels</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1901 - 1971) - Photo via Things and Other Stuff </span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXXfoeXJTI/AAAAAAAAAxo/JqqytIsbNlE/s1600-h/Claudette+Colbert+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+only.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369935069149865266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXXfoeXJTI/AAAAAAAAAxo/JqqytIsbNlE/s400/Claudette+Colbert+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+only.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 318px;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://starletshowcase.blogspot.com/2009/05/mirror-mirror-10.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Claudette Colbert</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1903 - 1996) - Photo via Starlet Showcase </span><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXXDbvhShI/AAAAAAAAAxg/f7Nle-5EvXk/s1600-h/Colleen+Moore+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369934584695835154" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXXDbvhShI/AAAAAAAAAxg/f7Nle-5EvXk/s400/Colleen+Moore+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 360px;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://starletshowcase.blogspot.com/2008/02/mirror-mirror-3.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Colleen Moore</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1900 - 1988) - Photo via Starlet Showcase </span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SpJLN8lZNVI/AAAAAAAAA5g/WDuhwhWvPJk/s1600-h/Jane+Russell+-+Old+Hollywood+Galamour+Vanity.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373440008379774290" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SpJLN8lZNVI/AAAAAAAAA5g/WDuhwhWvPJk/s400/Jane+Russell+-+Old+Hollywood+Galamour+Vanity.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 324px;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://oliverue.blogspot.com/2009/01/old-hollywood-glamour.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Jane Russell</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1921 - living) - Photo via Olive Rue </span><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXXCdVx9tI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/OK16n2SCBWI/s1600-h/Jeanette+MacDonald+-+New+Movie+Magazine+Jan+1931+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369934567944877778" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXXCdVx9tI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/OK16n2SCBWI/s400/Jeanette+MacDonald+-+New+Movie+Magazine+Jan+1931+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 328px;" /></a><br />
<a href="feed://operator_99.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Jeanette MacDonald</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1903 - 1965) - Photo from New Movie Magazine, Jan 1931 via Allure </span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXXCM5U3_I/AAAAAAAAAxI/qIWUUqhVTcw/s1600-h/Joan+And+Jayne+Mansfield+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369934563530563570" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXXCM5U3_I/AAAAAAAAAxI/qIWUUqhVTcw/s400/Joan+And+Jayne+Mansfield+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 338px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<a href="http://starletshowcase.blogspot.com/2008/04/mirror-mirror-4.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Joan and Jayne</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> - Photo via Starlet Showcase </span><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXXBrN152I/AAAAAAAAAxA/H253rIkvf3w/s1600-h/Joan+Crawford+-+large.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369934554489808738" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXXBrN152I/AAAAAAAAAxA/H253rIkvf3w/s400/Joan+Crawford+-+large.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 310px;" /></a><br />
<a href="feed://operator_99.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Joan Crawford</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1905 - 1977) - Photo by New Movie Magazine, Jan 1931 via Allure </span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXWERlTqJI/AAAAAAAAAw4/PiPKKRqf9nk/s1600-h/Judy+Garland+at+home+1946+-+From+TheJudyRoomcom.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369933499636885650" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXWERlTqJI/AAAAAAAAAw4/PiPKKRqf9nk/s400/Judy+Garland+at+home+1946+-+From+TheJudyRoomcom.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 358px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<a href="http://www.thejudyroom.com/gallery/snapshots/mgmyears/pictures/athome1946.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Judy Garland</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1922 - 1969) - Photo via TheJudyRoom.com </span><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXWDlF1fHI/AAAAAAAAAww/qnLPQxC4FPM/s1600-h/Katharine+Hepburn+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369933487693724786" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXWDlF1fHI/AAAAAAAAAww/qnLPQxC4FPM/s400/Katharine+Hepburn+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 310px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<a href="feed://operator_99.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Katharine Hepburn</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1907 - 2003) - Photo via Allure </span><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SpJLMIV9JkI/AAAAAAAAA5A/BZeTF6QIaXw/s1600-h/Katharine+Hepburn+in+Bringing+Up+Baby+-+Old+Hollywood+Glamour+Vanity+-+via+Ultra+Style.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373439977176507970" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SpJLMIV9JkI/AAAAAAAAA5A/BZeTF6QIaXw/s400/Katharine+Hepburn+in+Bringing+Up+Baby+-+Old+Hollywood+Glamour+Vanity+-+via+Ultra+Style.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 298px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<a href="http://ultrastyle.com/forum/art-books-music-tv-movies/109-top-10-film-fashion-moments.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Katharine Hepburn</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1907 - 2003) in "Bringing Up Baby" (1938) - </span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXWCy1laEI/AAAAAAAAAwg/13yQDRavj4I/s1600-h/Lotte+Lorring+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369933474203789378" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXWCy1laEI/AAAAAAAAAwg/13yQDRavj4I/s400/Lotte+Loring+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 264px;" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<a href="http://starletshowcase.blogspot.com/2009/01/mirror-mirror-8.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Lotte Lorring</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1893 - 1939) - Photo via Starlet Showcase </span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SpJLeg9a8KI/AAAAAAAAA5o/GszqWzK-d9M/s1600-h/Marlene+Detrich+-+Old+Hollywood+Glamour+Vanity+-+mirrored+van1.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373440293022134434" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SpJLeg9a8KI/AAAAAAAAA5o/GszqWzK-d9M/s400/Marlene+Detrich+-+Old+Hollywood+Glamour+Vanity+-+mirrored+van1.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 396px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 316px;" /></a><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992) </span><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXWCahBh1I/AAAAAAAAAwY/keRZFxoxea8/s1600-h/Mae+West+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+by+Picassowoman+on+Flickr+-+only.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369933467675101010" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXWCahBh1I/AAAAAAAAAwY/keRZFxoxea8/s400/Mae+West+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+by+Picassowoman+on+Flickr+-+only.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 318px;" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<a href="http://www.doctormacro1.info/Movie%20Star%20Pages/West,%20Mae-Annex.htm" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Mae West</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1893 - 1980) - Photo via Dr. Macro's High Quality Movie Scans </span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXVtdn8kQI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/rczuV33Mlns/s1600-h/Marion+Shilling+-+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369933107732189442" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXVtdn8kQI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/rczuV33Mlns/s400/Marion+Shilling+-+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 336px;" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<a href="http://starletshowcase.blogspot.com/2009/04/mirror-mirror-9.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Mirion Shilling</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1910 - 2004) - Photo via Starlet Showcase </span><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXVs92oFBI/AAAAAAAAAwI/10_Zh2Eydy0/s1600-h/Martine+Carol+-+Mirror+46095+-+large.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369933099203826706" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXVs92oFBI/AAAAAAAAAwI/10_Zh2Eydy0/s400/Martine+Carol+-+Mirror+46095+-+large.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 310px;" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<a href="http://filmnoirphotos.blogspot.com/2009/06/reflections.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Martine Carol</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1920 - 1967) - Photo via Film Noir Photos </span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXVr49eMBI/AAAAAAAAAv4/bYCEvU4H9Ws/s1600-h/Miriam+Hopkins+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369933080710492178" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXVr49eMBI/AAAAAAAAAv4/bYCEvU4H9Ws/s400/Miriam+Hopkins+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 335px;" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<a href="feed://operator_99.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Miriam Hopkins</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1902 - 1972) - Photo via Allure </span><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXVrmMg6wI/AAAAAAAAAvw/iqkAhV_VoPM/s1600-h/Myrna+Loy+in+The+Barbarian+from+Annex+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369933075673312002" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXVrmMg6wI/AAAAAAAAAvw/iqkAhV_VoPM/s400/Myrna+Loy+in+The+Barbarian+from+Annex+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 305px;" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<a href="http://filmnoirphotos.blogspot.com/2009/06/rub-dub-dub-myrna-loy.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Myrna Loy</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1905 - 1993) in "The Barbarian" (1933) - Photo via Film Noir Photos </span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXVQTqnRhI/AAAAAAAAAvg/fI4_TK9qu4k/s1600-h/Norma+Shearer+in+Empty+Hands+1924+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+only.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369932606842816018" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXVQTqnRhI/AAAAAAAAAvg/fI4_TK9qu4k/s400/Norma+Shearer+in+Empty+Hands+1924+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+only.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 325px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<a href="http://www.freewebs.com/normashearer/silents/empty1.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Norma Shearer</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1902 - 1983) in "Empty Hands" (1924) </span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SpRtqaGlq3I/AAAAAAAAA6I/1YqUg4S5mxU/s1600-h/Sue+Carol+-+Old+Hollywood+Glamour+Vanity+1938+-+LIfe+Magazine.jpeg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374040830688734066" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SpRtqaGlq3I/AAAAAAAAA6I/1YqUg4S5mxU/s400/Sue+Carol+-+Old+Hollywood+Glamour+Vanity+1938+-+LIfe+Magazine.jpeg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 248px;" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<a href="http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=4fbdb8a92054095e&q=%2522dressing%20table%2522%20blog&prev=/images%253Fq%253D%2522dressing%252Btable%2522%252Bblog%2526ndsp%253D20%2526hl%253Den%2526client%253Dsafari%2526rls%253Den%2526sa%253DN%2526start%253D920%2526um%253D1" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Sue Carol</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1906 - 1982) - Photo via Life Magazine in 1938 - Look at her ostrich feather shoes! </span><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SpJLfCj6NcI/AAAAAAAAA5w/ZrHk2U0oGbw/s1600-h/Susan+Hayward+-+Old+Hollywood+Glamour+Vanity+-++via+Art+Movies+Wood+and+What+Not+blog.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373440302041937346" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SpJLfCj6NcI/AAAAAAAAA5w/ZrHk2U0oGbw/s400/Susan+Hayward+-+Old+Hollywood+Glamour+Vanity+-++via+Art+Movies+Wood+and+What+Not+blog.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 313px;" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<a href="http://artmovieswoodandwhatnot.blogspot.com/2009/07/susan-hayward-part-vi.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Susan Hayward</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1917 - 1975) - Photo via Art, Movies, Wood and WhatNot </span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXVPYCUjPI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/imSy79ssptQ/s1600-h/Tallulah+Bankhead+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369932590836124914" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXVPYCUjPI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/imSy79ssptQ/s400/Tallulah+Bankhead+-+Vanity+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 317px;" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<a href="http://filmnoirphotos.blogspot.com/2009/06/reflections.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Tallulah Bankhead</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1902 - 1968) - Photo via Film Noir Photos </span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SpJLfZKPGhI/AAAAAAAAA54/fIUvYJq5UxI/s1600-h/Valerie+Hobson,+Martita+Hunt+and+Tony+Wagner+in+Great+Expectations+1946+-+Old+Hollywood+Glamour+Vanity.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373440308108270098" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SpJLfZKPGhI/AAAAAAAAA54/fIUvYJq5UxI/s400/Valerie+Hobson,+Martita+Hunt+and+Tony+Wagner+in+Great+Expectations+1946+-+Old+Hollywood+Glamour+Vanity.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 302px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;">Valerie Hobson (1917 - 1998), Martita Hunt (1900 - 1969) and Tony Wagner in "Great Expectations (1946) </span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXXDNMEKDI/AAAAAAAAAxY/Ta5XgVAZY80/s1600-h/DeCarlo+-+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369934580789028914" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Ztb0MdPtzhA/SoXXDNMEKDI/AAAAAAAAAxY/Ta5XgVAZY80/s400/DeCarlo+-+Mirror+-+large.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 385px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"></span><br />
<a href="http://starletshowcase.blogspot.com/2008/09/multi-category-starlet-pictures.html" style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Yvonne De Carlo</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: left;"> (1922 - 2007) - Photo via Starlet Showcase </span><br />
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Partially re-blogged from LoveYourPlace blogspotUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857823503583258352.post-48764091294058566512012-02-16T08:29:00.000-08:002012-02-16T08:29:10.701-08:00The sweetest smell of successBorn in 1883 to an unwed laundress in a French facility for the indigent, Gabrielle's life prospects looked very bleak. At age 12 her mother died and Gabrielle was sent to a convent where she lived until age 18, at which time she was moved to a boarding house for Catholic girls. Owing to the sewing skills she acquired at the convent, she was able to earn a wage as a seamstress, and she augmented her salary by working at a local cabaret. But it would be half a decade before she began living the 'good life,' to be sure, the decadent life, as a mistress to wealthy men.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisp82ir8MJbuELqIPjRaAC487Y972jIt5OUp_1-o_HepUtYcmtpkS9EUK65vSPLG1EDT44gbVOEMNNrz82RJkDXC8LIxw0iYwqVt_IEBZFsSKsHseh4fVLV3rvvvWmjOh2VfersbLMr2AY/s1600/coco-chanel-05.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisp82ir8MJbuELqIPjRaAC487Y972jIt5OUp_1-o_HepUtYcmtpkS9EUK65vSPLG1EDT44gbVOEMNNrz82RJkDXC8LIxw0iYwqVt_IEBZFsSKsHseh4fVLV3rvvvWmjOh2VfersbLMr2AY/s1600/coco-chanel-05.jpeg" /></a>At age 34 her lover of 9 years, who had never been faithful to her, died in a car crash... a blow she never fully recovered from. 2 years later she became a licensed modiste (hat maker) and worked in the fashion industry until her death in 1971 at age 87. A bohemian friend Misia talked of “her genius, lethal wit, sarcasm and maniacal destructiveness, which intrigued and appalled everyone.” She never married. <br />
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Thus was the life<br />
of Gabrielle<br />
Coco<br />
Chanel<br />
listed as one of Time magazine's 100 most important people of the century, and top 25 most powerful women.<br />
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From her unpromising early life until her death, when she still maintained a rigorous work schedule, Coco Chanel gave to the world its most enduring fashion icon designs. The "Flapper" look, costume jewelry, Chanel No.5, the "little' black dress," even the concept of women having suntans and enjoying the sporting life... these all came into fashion via Coco Chanel.<br />
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To this day her products are manufactured, purchased and valued as relevant, tasteful, classy and timeless; and her legacy is unrivaled.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous."<br />
~Coco Chanel</td></tr>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">by Joie de Vivre</span></i><br />
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She was beautiful, talented, passionate. Her paintings have been collected by Madonna, Barbra Streisand and Jack Nicholson. And a ground-breaking play with an unprecedented 10 year Hollywood run was named after her.<br />
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Any idea who I'm talking about?<br />
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-- Tamara de Lempicka, the darling of Paris' art deco scene in the late 1920's.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">[excerpted & edited from Wikipedia:]</span><br />
Born into a wealthy and prominent family, her father was Boris Gurwik-Górski, a Polish lawyer, and her mother, the former Malvina Decler, a Polish socialite. Maria was the middle child with two siblings. She attended boarding school in Lausanne, Switzerland, and spent the winter of 1911 with her grandmother in Italy and on the French Riviera, where she was treated to her first taste of the Great Masters of Italian painting.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;">Tamara painting her husband,<br />
<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Tadeusz Łempicki, 1928</span> </span></td></tr>
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In 1912, her parents divorced and Maria went to live with her wealthy Aunt Stefa in St. Petersburg, Russia. When her mother remarried, she became determined to break away to a life of her own. In 1913, at the age of fifteen, while attending the opera, Maria spotted the man she became determined to marry. She promoted her campaign through her well-connected uncle and in 1916 she married Tadeusz Łempicki (1888–1951) in St. Petersburg—a well-known ladies' man, gadabout, and lawyer by title, who was tempted by the significant dowry.<br />
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In 1917, during the Russian Revolution, Tadeusz was arrested in the dead of night by the Bolsheviks. Maria searched the prisons for him and after several weeks, with the help of the Swedish consul, she secured his release. They traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark then London, England and finally to Paris, France to where Maria's family had also escaped, along with numerous upper-class Russian refugees. It was there in Paris that her art career burgeoned.<br />
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Her distinctive and bold artistic style developed quickly and epitomized the cool yet sensual side of the Art Deco movement. She was soon the most fashionable portrait painter of her generation among the haute bourgeoisie and aristocracy, painting duchesses and grand dukes and socialites.<br />
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In 1925, she painted her iconic work Auto-Portrait (Tamara in the Green Bugatti) for the cover of the German fashion magazine Die Dame. As summed up by the magazine Auto-Journal in 1974, "the self-portrait of Tamara de Lempicka is a real image of the independent woman who asserts herself. Her hands are gloved, she is helmeted, and inaccessible; a cold and disturbing beauty [through which] pierces a formidable being—this woman is free!"<br />
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Famous for her libido, she was bisexual, and her affairs with both men and women were carried out in ways that were scandalous at the time. She often used formal and narrative elements in her portraits and nude studies to produce overpowering effects of desire and seduction. During her heyday she was introduced to Italy's great man of letters and notorious lover, Gabriele d'Annunzio. She visited the poet twice at his Lake Garda villa, seeking to paint his portrait; he in turn was set on seduction. After these attempts to secure the commission, she left angered while both she and d'Annunzio remained unsatisfied.<br />
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Her husband tired of their relationship and in 1927 abandoned her. The next year her longtime patron the Baron Raoul Kuffner von Diószeg made her his mistress. De Lempicka continued both her heavy workload and her frenetic social life through the next decade. The Great Depression had little effect on her; in the early 1930s she was painting King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Queen Elizabeth of Greece. Museums began to collect her works.<br />
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In the winter of 1939, Tamara and the Baron started an "extended vacation" in the United States. She immediately arranged for a show of her work in New York, though the Baron and Baroness chose to settle in Beverly Hills, California, living in the former residence of Hollywood director King Vidor. She became 'the baroness with a brush' and a favorite artist of Hollywood stars.<br />
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Tamara's portrait of Nana de Herrera, 1930 </td></tr>
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Her popularity waned with societal changes in style and taste, but Tamara lived long enough for the wheel of fashion to turn a full circle: before she died a new generation discovered her art and greeted it with enthusiasm. A 1973 retrospective drew positive responses. At the time of her death, her early Art Deco paintings were being shown and purchased once again.<br />
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The stageless play Tamara written by John Krizanc first ran in Toronto, then for nearly ten years in Los Angeles. The story was based on the journal of Gabriele d'Annunzio's housekeeper Aelis Mazoyer, chronicling d'Annunzio's failed seduction of the artist. Like the artist herself, the play was an original.<br />
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If you too love the enduring art of Tamara, come visit the <b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tamara-de-Lempicka-and-the-play-you-follow-from-room-to-room/228470783864451" target="_blank">Facebook page dedicated to her </a></b>and the play she inspired.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857823503583258352.post-70139895775632742332011-12-10T11:59:00.001-08:002011-12-10T14:04:46.963-08:00Joyeux Salome Noel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been thinking what oh what to give my Red Boa beauties for Christmas. I was searching high and low, online and within my brain, when the answer found me... on Facebook of all places, compliments of the social media hostess with the cultural mostess, Bobbi Todres. It is the following clip, which in and of itself is a true holiday treat. But what warrants its gift status from me to you is what it represents.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In it you will get a delicious taste of Strauss' Salome, performed at the Met Opera in 2008, starring soprano Karita Mattila. I have long been captivated by all things Salome. The story of the young girl whose dance resulted in "the head of John the Baptist on a platter" made quite the impact on me in my youth</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have enjoyed a number of different takes on the story, from the original Bible story to Oscar Wilde's play to Strass' operatic adaptation of the play, the lovely Rita Hayworth's cinematic dance, and perhaps my favorite, Carlos Sauras' flamenco version. But I don't think any have affected me as much as Karita Matilla's performance of the Dance of the Seven Veils. You see, she was not a teenage dancer showing her studied skills. She is a soprano singer, who at the time the scene was shot was 48 years old. In her modern garb she de-veils down to her knickers, for all the Met patrons and video viewers to see. And based on the pics I found a la Google, in the 2004 version she stripped down to the altogether.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was agog at the confidence and attendant sexiness her bold act exuded and inspired. This was no waif, but a full-blown woman, all curves and experience, the perfect choice to grasp and parlay the fever and fervor behind the Wilde/Strauss vixen.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And so, my beauties, what I am giving you here is a taste and reminder of YOUR OWN unique, undying and undeniable allure and attractiveness. The Salome depicted may be a fictional character, but the woman who plays her is as real as they come. Merry Christmas, you beautiful woman.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><i>(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHzTxVz0Vgo&feature=related" target="_blank">For the 7 veils flamenco version I mentioned, click here</a>)</i></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857823503583258352.post-68735487292975346712011-11-07T07:04:00.000-08:002011-11-26T08:13:20.475-08:00Monkeying Around with everyone's favorite food<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pepperoni Pizza Monkey Bread</span></b><br /><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Everyone loves pizza; this is not news. But this recipe is a new way to serve it -- monkey bread style, meaning in pull-apart fashion. It makes for a playful snack at your next holiday get-together; and also is a nice departure from the turkey, ham and fixin's flavors. So what are you waiting for, grab a piece and dunk!</i></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Ingredients</span></b></span></span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">4 tbsp butter</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">2 lbs pizza dough (I used 2 balls of Trader Joe's fresh dough)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">6 oz. mozzarella cheese, cut into small cubes (about 48 pieces)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">pepperoni (about 48 slices)</span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">2-3 cups marinara sauce for serving</span></span></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">Directions</span></b><br /><ol>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">In a small saucepan, heat garlic and butter over medium heat until garlic begins to brown. Remove from heat and allow to sit. Brush the inside of a bundt pan with the garlic butter.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Pull off large marble-sized balls of dough and flatten. Place a slice of pepperoni and a piece of cheese on each, folding the dough around the cheese and pepperoni and pinching well to seal.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Brush the pizza ball with the garlic butter and place in the prepared bundt pan. Continue until all dough has been used.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Cover and allow to sit for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 400F and bake for 35 minutes, until top is browned. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes. Invert onto a platter and serve with warmed marinara sauce for dipping.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">from <a href="http://www.jasonandshawnda.com/foodiebride/archives/7195" style="color: #006699; text-decoration: underline;">Confections of a Foodie Bride</a></span></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09161581311782388027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857823503583258352.post-25100607577714956232011-11-04T17:56:00.000-07:002011-11-04T17:58:42.447-07:00Beauty Can Be a Pain<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Today's beauty standards laud sprayed-on sunshine, instant Rapunzel-length manes and solid walls of thick black lashes. These are easy, painless and usually immediate fixes. But things weren't always so easy for those setting the glamour standard.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here are a few examples of how the Tinsel Town beauties of old had to suffer (or at least, alter) and certainly work for their art:</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Perhaps most famous is gorgeous Rita Hayworth's hairline raise (via electrolysis) as mandated by Fox Studios</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Louis B. Mayer commanded svelte Swedish beauty Greta Garbo to have her hairline and teeth fixed and to lose weight!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Joan Crawford underwent plastic surgery and is said to have slept nightly with her face secured with surgical tape, and started her days by immersing that same face into a a bowl of ice and water</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Bette Davis also used tape to gift her face a lift. Plus, she 'colored outside the lines' when applying lipstick in order to feign a fuller mouth. In her later years she resorted to cosmetic surgery as well</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Norma Jean Baker changed more than her name. The iconic Miss Monroe reportedly went under the knife to improve her chin and nose.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">On the less invasive and much pleasanter side, here are a few tricks des femmes to make you feel fabulous:</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Take an ice bath laden with some classic Chanel No. 5</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The old cucumber on the eyes de-puff trick</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Homemade facial masks using vitamin-rich ingredients such as avocado and eggs</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Pond's Cold Cream - still receiving rave reviews from the entertainment industries youthful beauties</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Be a flake - exfoliate</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">le French manicure</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thefunplace.com/house/tips/beauty.html">This page</a> boasts a bevy of home beauty tricks</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Who is your icon for classic beauty? <a href="http://www.dailyglow.com/quiz/which-classic-beauty-icon-are-you">This fun little quiz</a> will help you identify your inner screen goddess. Come and share your results on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/194896823880237/">Red Boa Facebook page</a>.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857823503583258352.post-55677126895569094312011-09-24T13:21:00.000-07:002011-09-24T13:36:33.815-07:00Gorgeous or Ghoulish... or Both<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Awesome Costume</span></b></i><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from Joie de Vivre</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's that time -- the time for the serious Halloweener to get in gear and begin planning this year's outlandish outfit.... if she hasn't already. Here are some ideas from hand-spun to haute couture to get your creative costume juices flowing.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">talk about creative! a living breathing comicbook</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">a cute and easy twist on a popular floor game</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">comfy, easy & oh so malevolent </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">totally awe-inspiring... and equally time-consuming</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">now go perch yourself on someone's lawn</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">for those who look like a Barbie doll, may as well play it up playrfully</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">layers, gloves and a bonnet will make you the Southern belle of the ball </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">a kimono, bedecked wig, parasol and classic makeup can change you completely</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Sally <3</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Going grey - this monochrome approach makes for the most interesting of ghostly get-ups</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">be a Bollywood babe with some layers, bangles & eye makeup</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">turn men to stone as a modern Medusa </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">homemade Bellatrix LeStrange</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">upgrade your basic party toga to give you goddess status </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Simply get a gown from the thrift store, add tulle puff sleeves, the pointy crown & wand, and voila! You have Glinda.... or is it Galinda?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">accessories make this Venetian wonder</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">pretty without being overt, look closely, her midriff is covered </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">wow, this has got to be the cutest clown costume ever</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">classic literary beauty, and rentable too!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">for fairy flirty, just add wings</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">a little paint can go a long way</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">OK, so I added this pic just because I love it</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">this one too</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09161581311782388027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857823503583258352.post-19940606376123873032011-09-17T14:17:00.000-07:002011-09-17T14:29:49.193-07:00Getting Pinned<b><i>Get ready for your soft-focus, powdered, primped, painted & eventually photoshopped close-up</i></b><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCytV4EXDFmijIMney900qZoZK16VO9kpCZkLNGCmMEdcSFUqlLnR3z-4GtfDqBJdMSeaywmxdNlzhAF61RiNVpmpOXW16pGMWLbczL5jHO4prdSNlljdWx5QQOt1hIa8xyFzrocu5dfbd/s1600/pin-up-06.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCytV4EXDFmijIMney900qZoZK16VO9kpCZkLNGCmMEdcSFUqlLnR3z-4GtfDqBJdMSeaywmxdNlzhAF61RiNVpmpOXW16pGMWLbczL5jHO4prdSNlljdWx5QQOt1hIa8xyFzrocu5dfbd/s1600/pin-up-06.jpeg" /></a>Think you could never look like one of these stunning pin-up models? Think again. These glam gals are just ordinary women who jumped onboard the latest trend train -- pinup photography. Inspired and emboldened by the recent rise in boudoir photography, especially on the part of brides, women of all ages and marital states are giving themselves the gift of glamour and signing up for these cute and innocuous photo shoots.<br />
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A far cry from the teased and draped glamour shots found in the local mall, this latest fad affords the subject more than just 8x10 glossies -- it offers nostalgia.... a trip back to what we now perceive as a 'gentler more innocent time'... which it most likely was not.... but that's not the point. So then what is the point, you ask? It is a little bit of all the good stuff our world today calls for in order for us to make sense of it and retain our hope and promise for the future.</div>
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These photos make women feel like fresh-faced desirable Betties.... as opposed to aging in-need-of Botox has-beens the media and cosmetics companies make us out to be. The clothes, hair, makeup and overall vibe of these shots is simple and flirty without skewing sleazy. And they are a fun and lasting way for women to do a little something nice for themselves and have something to show... something BEAUTIFUL to show.... for it, in perpetuity.</div>
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I for one intend to contact my favorite photographer [insert <a href="http://amyallenphotoblog.com/">Amy Allen Photography</a> plug here] and arrange for one of these playful photography sessions. Who knows, if I end up with twelve good shots I may even go for a calendar! Time to blow up the beach ball, grab a sailor hat and visit the vintage store, and of course pick up a tube of Chanel's CoCo Red Lipstick... then pose... and practice my pout.<br />
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<i>Keep your eyes on the <a href="http://sirenschool.blogspot.com/p/dates.html">Siren School event calendar</a> for a <b>Pampered PinUp party</b> this winter.</i></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857823503583258352.post-82522496781830835252011-08-19T18:29:00.000-07:002011-08-19T18:29:59.667-07:00Kahlua & Chocolate Pecan Pie.... oh my!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>(from http://www.bhg.com/recipe/pies/chocolate-pecan-pie-with-kahlua/)</i></span></span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline !important; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 60px;">3/4 </strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">cup <span class="name" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">semisweet chocolate pieces</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b>3</b> eggs, lightly beaten</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b>3/4</b> cup light-color corn syrup</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b>1/2</b> cup packed brown sugar</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span class="name" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>1/4</b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><span class="name" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> cup butter, melted </span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b>1/4</b> cup coffee liqueur</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b>1</b> tablespoon all-purpose flour</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b>1</b> teaspoon vanilla</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b>1</b> cup chopped pecans, toasted</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">Coffee Whipped Cream (optional)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"><b>1/3</b> cup semisweet chocolate pieces, melted</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15px;">Pecan halves, toasted</span></li>
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<ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Prepare Pastry for Single-Crust Pie. On a lightly floured surface, use your hands to slightly flatten dough. Roll dough from center to edge into a 12-inch circle. Wrap pastry circle around rolling pin; transfer to a 9-inch pie plate. Ease pastry into pie plate without stretching it. Trim pastry to 1/2 inch beyond edge of pie plate. Fold under extra pastry. Crimp edge as desired. Do not prick pastry. Sprinkle with the 3/4 cup chocolate pieces.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">For filling: In a medium bowl, combine eggs, corn syrup, brown sugar, melted butter, coffee liqueur, flour, and vanilla. Stir in the 1 cup chopped pecans. Slowly pour filling over chocolate pieces in crust, spreading evenly.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cover edge of pie with foil to prevent overbrowning. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove foil. Bake about 10 minutes more or until edge is puffed and a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Cover and chill within 2 hours.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If desired, prepare Coffee Whipped Cream before serving. Garnish pie with the melted chocolate and the pecan halves. Spoon the whipped cream on top of each serving (if using). Makes 8 servings.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Pastry for Single-Crust Pie: In a medium bowl, stir together 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in 1/3 cup shortening until pieces are pea-size. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon cold water over part of flour mixture; toss gently with a fork. Push to side of bowl. Repeat with additional cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time (4 to 5 tablespoons total), until all is moistened. Shape into a ball.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Coffee Whipped Cream: In a small bowl, combine 2/3 cup whipping cream and 1 tablespoon coffee liqueur. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until soft peaks form.</span></li>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09161581311782388027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857823503583258352.post-53223693084673334492011-08-11T08:17:00.000-07:002011-08-11T08:37:44.694-07:00Creme Brulee that's not a Crime<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small; line-height: 21px;"><i>by Anajak (<a href="http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=1255845" style="color: #cb0098; text-decoration: none;"><span class="s10" style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=1255845</span></a>)</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #323232; line-height: 21px;"></span><br />
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<li><span class="s1" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Lightly beat the egg in a bowl. </span></li>
<li><span class="s1" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Add and combine milk, sugar and vanilla </span></li>
<li><span class="s1" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Place 2 ramekins or small cups into a medium sized casserole dish </span></li>
<li><span class="s1" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Pour the mixture evenly into the two small dishes and then carefully pour an inch of hot water into the casserole dish</span></li>
<li><span class="s1" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">BE CAREFUL not to splash any water into the ramekins or cups</span></li>
<li><span class="s1" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Bake for 35 mins or until a knife comes out clean...</span></li>
<li><span class="s1" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">YUM and not too bad for a decadent dessert </span></li>
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<li class="li34" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Amount Per Serving</span></span></li>
<li class="li34" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Calories: 148.6</span></span></li>
<li class="li34" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Total Fat: 4.6 g</span></span></li>
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<li class="li34" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-color: rgb(118, 118, 118); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Sodium: 77.9 mg</span></span></li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">1 teaspoon lemon juice</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">6 ounces caster sugar</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">For the filling</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">5 fluid ounces double cream</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">2 ounces icing sugar</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">1 tablespoon crushed raspberries</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">To decorate</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">2 ounces fresh red berries</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">3 tablespoons redcurrant jelly (optional)</li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2f2f2f;">1. Preheat the oven to 225°F. Using an electric mixer, whisk the egg whites with the lemon juice and a third of the sugar until they form firm peaks. Add another third of the sugar and continue to whisk for 2-3 minutes. Add the remaining sugar and mix just enough to incorporate it into the meringue. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2f2f2f;">2. Lightly oil a baking tray and then line it with baking parchment, pressing it down well. Using a piping bag fitted with a 1/4-inch plain nozzle, pipe out a heart shape about 6 inches long and 4-5 inches across. Fill in the center by continuing to follow the shape of the heart until it is full. Starting on the outside rim of the heart, pipe another single line on top of the one you originally piped but pull the end away from the heart as shown in the picture, so it tapers away. Repeat the process a third time, making sure you pipe directly on top of the 2 lines you have already piped. You are building an outside edge that is higher than the middle of the heart. (You will probably have quite a lot of meringue left over after making the heart, but it's not practical to whisk up less than this quantity of meringue; make another heart with the surplus, if you like, as they store well.)</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2f2f2f;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2f2f2f;">3. Bake the heart in the center of the oven for 40-50 minutes, until the outside is set. You should be able to slide a palette knife under the heart and lift it up from the paper. Do not overbake the base or it will be totally dry in the center. Leave to cool on the tray.</span><br style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2f2f2f;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2f2f2f;">4. Whip the cream with the icing sugar and crushed raspberries until firm. Spoon or pipe the cream into the heart. Decorate the heart with the red berries, making sure all the cream is hidden. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2f2f2f;">5. If you want to glaze the berries, heat the redcurrant jelly in a small pan with a tablespoon of water and brush it over the berries to make them shine. </span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09161581311782388027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857823503583258352.post-72161113154796038852011-06-20T20:39:00.000-07:002011-06-21T08:59:22.476-07:00Les Chapeaux<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Queen Anne, Founder of Ascot</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I fully intended to post a detailed history of Ascot -- and have spent a good deal of time researching it all... but something kept getting in the way.... what else .... the HATS! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I just can't get past them -- nor do I wish to... they are far too much fun. So then let's just say that o<span class="s1">n 11</span><span class="s2"><sup>th</sup></span><span class="s1"> August 1711, Ascot (originally called East Cote and founded by Queen Anne) held its first race, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Her Majesty’s Plate, with a purse of 100 guineas. Now that we have that out of the way, let's take a look at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the fillies... </span><br />
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</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09161581311782388027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857823503583258352.post-73030527088092888332011-06-02T10:21:00.000-07:002011-06-02T12:46:35.127-07:00Extremities to the Extreme<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When Does Fashion Go Too Far?</span></b><br />
<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">by Joie de Vivre</span></i><br />
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Fashion is a funny thing, meaning funny strange... well funny haha too at times. Take Princess Beatrice's funny fascinator at the recent royal wedding, a fashion statement so emphatic it has spawned dozens of Facebook pages including the following gems: "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Beatrices-Hat-What-is-it-and-what-can-it-be-used-for/152666511467662" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Beatrice's Hat - What is it and what can it be used for?</a></span>" "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Princess-Beatrices-Ridiculous-Hat-Killed-Osama-Bin-Laden/151216294945285" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Princess Beatrice's Ridiculous Hat Killed Osama Bin Laden</a>,</span>" and my faves, "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/In-loving-memory-of-the-deer-that-gave-its-life-for-Princess-Beatrices-hat/168457166540969" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">In loving memory of the deer that gave its life for Princess Beatrice's hat</a></span>" and "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-awkward-moment-when-you-see-Princess-Beatrices-hat-for-the-first-time/197630166945164" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">The awkward moment when you see Princess Beatrice's hat for the first time</a>.</span>" ......'<i>fashion sense</i>' - qu'elle oxymoron.<br />
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</tbody></table>From Cher's Bob Mackie black widow creation to Bjork's swan wrap-around (which I still love!) to Lady GaGa's meat couture, the tabloids have found plenty of fashion fodder over the years. Same goes for this post's focus, footwear. When I Googled 'weirdest shoes' I found shoes in the shape of fish, sandwiches, cars, peeled bananas and dinosaur skeletons, shoes encasing rodents and tarantulas, foot cages, and designs I can't even begin to describe. But outrageous celebrity get-ups and high-concept shoes rarely cross our paths while at the supermarket or attending our weekly book club. What <i>has</i> managed to infiltrate the mainstream is the formerly taboo <i>stripper shoe</i>.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLBFUM9lyvYq4Xc43iVsAqptHpPwXWQw-UgzBqdL_YLexOhoalx7GiBKpmW_dzVy2uYX34ojq_AtwK-Wv_F0wbJrwU-ZSA9th-OYtWn2ANUeY0aL5Z-pmfuXqAS0qo6_ALZIgGsSg9BQ/s1600/imgres-48.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLBFUM9lyvYq4Xc43iVsAqptHpPwXWQw-UgzBqdL_YLexOhoalx7GiBKpmW_dzVy2uYX34ojq_AtwK-Wv_F0wbJrwU-ZSA9th-OYtWn2ANUeY0aL5Z-pmfuXqAS0qo6_ALZIgGsSg9BQ/s200/imgres-48.jpeg" width="200" /></a>Psychologists and sociologists could no doubt double team to come up with a whopper of an explanation as to why this is the case. Without going too far back or into too great of detail I will simply say that over the last decade or so I have seen a decided shift in female attitudes towards women's rights and sex, resulting in a generation of females who pride themselves on their sexual prowess and abilities as a means of exerting power over men... and the men sure don't seem to mind!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWWgoUDiikJY5r3Gq-RfuRjN2gIRgrc_Dmoe_ZZNvyOixYBva3PQ4ZtD-CqlpnE12fdOb5qes5RTNZ_5ZJZfnG6aLxCsgd6zv9XOkfFbcYaNh63b-X1YOlOtafVigjc8ZMY8uqKMFPg/s1600/pole-party-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZWWgoUDiikJY5r3Gq-RfuRjN2gIRgrc_Dmoe_ZZNvyOixYBva3PQ4ZtD-CqlpnE12fdOb5qes5RTNZ_5ZJZfnG6aLxCsgd6zv9XOkfFbcYaNh63b-X1YOlOtafVigjc8ZMY8uqKMFPg/s200/pole-party-01.jpg" width="130" /></a>Social mores notwithstanding, my guess is the single biggest catalyst for the current skyscraper-high watch-out-or-you'll-break-your-neck foot-deforming shoe craze is the fitness industry...... to be specific, the suburban popularity of the athletic art of Pole Dancing. After packing lunches and dropping off the kids at school, soccer moms across the land are casting aside their Nike's in favor of their lucite platforms and racing to get to Pole Class on time. As for birthdays and bachelorette bashes, fuhget about it -- Vegas and limo bar hopping are out. Pole Dance parties are in!<br />
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So where does this leave the rest of us... we without a pole to call our own? -- at the mercy of the designers who are cashing in on the craze with dizzying death-defying designs. In keeping with all memorable trends, the stripper shoe fad has been pushed to its limits with shadowy fetish footwear now creeping into the light. While I am an admitted sucker for some of today's outrageous shoes, my first glimpse of ballet toe-shoe-like extreme shoes immediately brought to mind Chinese foot-binding... a concept which has long intrigued me in a train wreck sort of way. <br />
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In teaching etiquette to teen and tween girls over the years, our last day's class has usually emphasized the enormous gap between true beauty and body disfigurement for the sake of fashion. Piercing, tattooing, face lifts, liposuction, botox, breast enlargements, anorexia, corsets, neck-elongation, head-flattening, lip-stretching, foot-binding, we cover it all. Whatever the reason (perhaps nothing more than the fact that our feet are vital to our most basic need to move through our lives and days), I was deeply affected by the concept of foot-binding. Though it is not a topic I broach off-handedly at cocktail parties.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-OuUsFYqYwOc8rlaIqOuiN4ntUFd1K3z6UWPHGeRgMHNOrfAa3aGAouGmnKdk2o19fMMZPd6ECDzriaxnZHGCCLI7IMFHOGh7V2OrhI3Lnwj6_pr-rXw_LnRiBICBkQictZ4HCd09LQ/s1600/imgres-51.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-OuUsFYqYwOc8rlaIqOuiN4ntUFd1K3z6UWPHGeRgMHNOrfAa3aGAouGmnKdk2o19fMMZPd6ECDzriaxnZHGCCLI7IMFHOGh7V2OrhI3Lnwj6_pr-rXw_LnRiBICBkQictZ4HCd09LQ/s200/imgres-51.jpeg" width="129" /></a></div>A few years ago, while preparing for a trip halfway around the world, I asked a book shop proprietor friend for suggested reading material for the long flights. The spell & foot-binding story told in the recommended book <i>Snow Flower and the Secret Fan</i> by Lisa See has remained with me ever since. And while looking it up for inclusion in this post, I just learned that it is being made into a major motion picture starring Hugh Jackman, slated for release next month.<br />
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Here are Wikipedia's descriptions of both that specific piece of lyrical fiction as well as a few excerpted facts about its premise, Chinese foot-binding, written by those far more knowledgable than I:<br />
<div class="p5"><blockquote><span class="s2"><b><i>Snow Flower and the Secret Fan</i></b> is a 2005 novel by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_See"><span class="s3">Lisa See</span></a> set in nineteenth century China. In her introduction to the novel, See writes that Lily, the narrator, was born in 1823 — "the third year of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Daoguang"><span class="s3">Emperor Daoguang</span></a>'s reign". The novel begins in 1903, when Lily is 80 years old. During her lifetime, Lily lives through the reigns of four emperors: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Daoguang"><span class="s3">Emperor Daoguang</span></a> (1820–1850); <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Xianfeng"><span class="s3">Emperor Xianfeng</span></a> (1850–1861);<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Tongzhi"><span class="s3">Emperor Tongzhi</span></a> (1861–1875); and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Guangxu"><span class="s3">Emperor Guangxu</span></a> (1875–1908). </span><span class="s2">The novel received an honorable mention from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian/Pacific_American_Awards_for_Literature"><span class="s3">Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature</span></a>.</span> </blockquote><blockquote><span class="s2"></span><span class="s2"><b><i>Plot summary</i></b></span><span class="s2">In rural <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunan"><span class="s3">Hunan</span></a> province, Lily and her friend Snow Flower are a <i>laotong</i> pair, related more closely than husband and wife. Lily's aunt describes a laotong match this way: "'A <i>laotong</i> relationship is made by choice for the purpose of emotional companionship and eternal fidelity. A marriage is not made by choice and has only one purpose — to have sons.'"<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Flower_and_the_Secret_Fan#cite_note-2"><span class="s3"><br />
</span></a></span><span class="s2">The two girls experience the painful process of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding"><span class="s3">foot binding</span></a> at the same time, and write letters to one another on fans with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BC_Shu"><span class="s3">Nü Shu</span></a>, a secret phonetic form of 'women's writing.' </span> </blockquote><blockquote><span class="s2">In addition to the language itself, the young women learn Nü Shu songs and stories.</span><span class="s2">Both friends are born under the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_(zodiac)"><span class="s3">sign of the Horse</span></a>, but they are quite different. Lily is practical, her feet firmly set on the ground, while Snow Flower attempts to fly over the constrictions of women's lives in the 19th century in order to be free. Their lives differ as well. Although Lily comes from a family of relatively low station, her feet are considered beautiful and play a role in her marriage into the most powerful family in the region. <i>[spoiler content removed here]</i></span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJKVGO9p4PWWrnf_2O1lg7aKdvwRw38o1sI9z46JwXcH2FmX4O575aUu6pEtxCUxm5VNyXAocweyWeYoXKARzHtsGPJrF6dtwjPwRCiHAJy3h5VWDXssLpnQ6lT5K6XSqd6Nzhm3iVw/s1600/imgres-52.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJKVGO9p4PWWrnf_2O1lg7aKdvwRw38o1sI9z46JwXcH2FmX4O575aUu6pEtxCUxm5VNyXAocweyWeYoXKARzHtsGPJrF6dtwjPwRCiHAJy3h5VWDXssLpnQ6lT5K6XSqd6Nzhm3iVw/s200/imgres-52.jpeg" width="134" /></a></div><blockquote><span class="s2">The novel depicts human suffering in many ways: the physical and psychological pain of foot binding; the suffering of women of the time, who were treated as property. </span><i>[spoiler content removed] </i><span class="s2">The detailed treatment of the suffering which Lily and Snow Flower experience in their laotong relationship is a major aspect of the book... </span><i>[more spoiler content removed here]</i></blockquote><blockquote><span class="s2"><b><i>Film</i></b></span><span class="s2">The film version of <i>Snow Flower and the Secret Fan</i> is directed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Wang"><span class="s3">Wayne Wang</span></a> and ...</span><span class="s2"> stars <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Bingbing"><span class="s3">Li Bingbing</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun_Ji-hyun"><span class="s3">Jun Ji-hyun</span></a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Jackman"><span class="s3">Hugh Jackman</span></a>. Filming in China began in February 2010. Fox Searchlight has acquired North American rights to the film, and plans to release it on July 15, 2011. </span> </blockquote><blockquote><b>Foot-Binding:</b> <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding</a> excerpts</i></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The perfect "lotus" foot would measure under 3.5 inches long</td></tr>
</tbody></table><blockquote><span class="s2">What is clear is that foot binding was first practised among the elite and only in the wealthiest parts of China, which suggests that binding the feet of well-born girls represented their freedom from manual labor and, at the same time, the ability of their husbands to afford wives who did not need to work, who existed solely to serve their men and direct household servants while performing no labor themselves. The economic and social attractions of such women may well have translated into sexual desirability among elite men.</span> </blockquote><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Broken bones and lifelong pain<br />
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</tbody></table><blockquote><span class="s2">However, by the 17th century, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Chinese"><span class="s3">Han Chinese</span></a> girls, from the wealthiest to the poorest people, had their feet bound. It was less prevalent among poorer women or those that had to work for a living, especially in the fields. Some estimate </span><span class="s2">that as many as 2 billion Chinese women had their feet bound from the late 10th century until 1949,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span class="s2">when foot binding was outlawed by the <span class="s3">Communists</span> (foot binding had also been banned by the Nationalists, but the Nationalists never had thorough political control over the entire country, and were unable to enforce this prohibition universally).</span> </blockquote><blockquote><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrrpGRzyRqXTi-h44STXn2HDevlwmQsKqM2tSd9Iy0KUuFHdib273_Eq-8Q4rUvECE07GfOlPhDwlmZQuFpAoQMP5zlt7R85qUvFL25PaFbNz9SyXcSkk7FOvvTz0ZnUFlGBKdrA_Tw/s1600/foot-binding-03-shoes.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrrpGRzyRqXTi-h44STXn2HDevlwmQsKqM2tSd9Iy0KUuFHdib273_Eq-8Q4rUvECE07GfOlPhDwlmZQuFpAoQMP5zlt7R85qUvFL25PaFbNz9SyXcSkk7FOvvTz0ZnUFlGBKdrA_Tw/s200/foot-binding-03-shoes.jpeg" width="200" /></a><span class="s2">According to the author of <i>The Sex Life of the Foot and Shoe</i>, 40-50% of Chinese women had bound feet in the 19th century. For the upper classes, the figure was almost 100%. Generally speaking, footbinding was not as widespread in southern China as in the north. In contrast to the majority of other Han Chinese, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakka_people"><span class="s3">Hakka</span></a> of southern China did not practise foot binding and had natural feet. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchu_people"><span class="s3">Manchu</span></a> women were forbidden to bind their feet by an edict from the Emperor after the Manchu started their rule of China in 1644. Many other non-Han ethnic groups continued to observe the custom, some of them practised loose binding which did not break the bones of the arch and toes but simply narrowed the foot.</span></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fashion hobbles amuck</td></tr>
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<div class="p3"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s2"><span class="s2"></span></span></div></div><div class="p3"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="s2"><span class="s2"></span></span></div></div></div>What exactly do our current fashion fads and choices say about the 21st century as a culture? Whereas few of us are in danger of mangling our metatarsals as a result of donning extreme footwear, the over-the-top and under-the-heel fashions we collectively covet do serve as signposts of our society's psyche for future generations to study, debate and contextualize in the ongoing saga of mankind's development.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiep_8ByJEPE5nMH0ffy-3dXAzGcPqJqjrHIZDZJKboITBCDSI0x6vVj9fEaKUiJMddqvUO5tkMvCEYu5o-q3mJH7Lxux8HsY9qnCqPRW6LaxNBEwbpBbMUKbQbGS04MetRwIYvB-3DhA/s1600/shoes-11-red-black.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiep_8ByJEPE5nMH0ffy-3dXAzGcPqJqjrHIZDZJKboITBCDSI0x6vVj9fEaKUiJMddqvUO5tkMvCEYu5o-q3mJH7Lxux8HsY9qnCqPRW6LaxNBEwbpBbMUKbQbGS04MetRwIYvB-3DhA/s200/shoes-11-red-black.jpg" width="78" /></a>As for myself, I believe in human equality regardless of gender, race, nationality or pay-grade. I have no interest in kowtowing to body image trends or having any "work done" as I mature. Does this mean I will stop shaving my legs or burn my growing collection of corsets? Ah, heck no! And as for shoes to wear with those corsets... I'll gleefully take that little boudoir number at left in a size seven and a half, should you find yourself feeling particularly generous...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09161581311782388027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5857823503583258352.post-63218190641874066722011-05-06T15:08:00.000-07:002011-05-06T15:08:55.570-07:00The Fascination with Fascinators<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Think the current head adornment craze known as the fascinator started with Kate Middleton? Think again. These frothy cabesa creations go back exactly 300 years to the advent of the Ascot races in England, founded by Queen Anne. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Though the fascinator burst on the scene with royal pomp and prestige, it immediately fell into obscurity until its heady heyday between 1889 and 1909 when it reached its zenith. Thereafter the fashion's popularity quietly ebbed and flowed from 1935 until the 21st century, with increasing demand ever since.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">TheHummingBirdRoad.com explains it this way, "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">It was in the late 17th century that women’s headwear began to emerge in its own right and not to be influenced by men’s fashions. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">By the mid 1800’s Swiss and Italian straws, together with imitation straws made from paper, cardboard, grass and horsehair were available to women, along with the introduction of velvet and tulle. Lace was also introduced, mostly used as hair caps underneath large flamboyant hats decorated with feathers. As ladies in the 18th century started to dress their hair in elaborate high styles, so hats became hair pieces – or <i>fascinators</i> – small arrangements of feathers, beads, netting, ribbons and flowers.... </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">Now hair fascinators are an elegant alternative to a hat and are much favored by mothers of the bride and bridesmaids who'd rather not wear a tiara. Increasingly, modern brides are also going for a delicate, original fascinator instead of a veil or jeweled headpiece.</span>"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thus the case can be made that the fascinator's inspiration, if not origin, sprang from the late 17th century's overblown and often outlandishly adorned wigs. At the time, size did seem to matter insomuch as the elevation of one's wig often equated to his or her rank in societal standings. These cotton candy couture coifs boasted everything from stuffed birds to live ones in cages and model ships. Which brings to mind by far and away the most jaw-dropping hats I have ever seen.... which I will keep tucked under my cap for another post... not so as tease the reader or her hair ... it's just that the headdresses in question are so over the tippy-top in size and scope they will most likely take up the whole page!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So instead I will defer to the article on the subject I enjoyed most, by Clare Douglas as published in the National Post. It was too good not to quote in its entirety:</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIjTdvsY5n5cVwoDzopifPljFFdgQIhpVhumpsNuhT3e6j9Hm0QORa0tKQ4f-bXCbm6iJpxSQT3KBElM8LWWj5G02RMD7x61jM-n6de1GYv8OQtPa_mcrnqoGpWl_pK9yAwb0KRQiHQ/s1600/imgres-18.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIjTdvsY5n5cVwoDzopifPljFFdgQIhpVhumpsNuhT3e6j9Hm0QORa0tKQ4f-bXCbm6iJpxSQT3KBElM8LWWj5G02RMD7x61jM-n6de1GYv8OQtPa_mcrnqoGpWl_pK9yAwb0KRQiHQ/s1600/imgres-18.jpeg" /></a></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Modern-day fascinators, embellished hair ornaments adorned to one’s head with either a comb, clip or band have become the go-to celebratory headpiece, with society pages brimming with trendsetters showcasing their attachment to the daring hat alternative. Less fussy than a full-coverage hat, perfect for keeping blowouts voluminous, light and airy for warm summer nights and the ability to transform a simple cocktail dress into a formal stunner — the fascinator is turning heads. </span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, Lady Gaga’s steak fascinator declared no limits in headwear design, and thanks to conceptual milliners like Stephen Jones and Philip Treacy (tapped to dress many royal wedding guests), variegated headpieces are now a staple in accessory editorials and the piece de resistance of an outfit. Alisa Horth has been creating headwear for over 16 years through her Vancouver-based line Alice Hart Couture Millinery.</span> </blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCpI2dZQZkCmMJwJeF_0UaxMoLM6kqRlyW4Fu72Amkui2q-uSvJFok8-1_Rz1QqVKofynnm0-9pnHn8MFXYol9prVkiknOqKyhK4057prF5gqiuwavy2-GwqwXjt1-l4LD3PYAl8Y5A/s1600/imgres-16.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQCpI2dZQZkCmMJwJeF_0UaxMoLM6kqRlyW4Fu72Amkui2q-uSvJFok8-1_Rz1QqVKofynnm0-9pnHn8MFXYol9prVkiknOqKyhK4057prF5gqiuwavy2-GwqwXjt1-l4LD3PYAl8Y5A/s320/imgres-16.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Recognizing the British influence attributed to hat trends, Horth also believes that fascinators are simply "more comfortable to wear than some formal hats." With comfort on their side, the past decade has witnessed a fascinator frenzy — from a blossoming English garden on top of Sarah Jessica Parker’s head to Kate Middleton’s catalogue of feathery fantasies, simple bridal flair and pretty party accessories. Toronto milliner Nicole McInnis, of Oh Dina! designs, has witnessed a new-found understanding and appreciation for this distinctive headpiece. McInnis states that, in the past, people "had to ask what fascinators were, but now they know." Why the switch to these must-have toppers? Canadians are "embracing crazier styles. People are becoming more risque with their fashion — a little less safe," she says. </span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Even time-honoured fashion festivities have been affected. Parades of millinery masterpieces have eclipsed that of thoroughbreds at horse racing events from Royal Ascot to the Melbourne Cup and Kentucky Derby. Former Ladies Days’ odds-on-favourite hats-of-grandeur have been defeated, with substantial fascinators becoming the headpieces of choice. If Eliza Doolittle were to make her debut at Royal Ascot today, she might forgo her distinctive Cecil Beaton chapeau for a brimless plethora of flowers and fruit as an ode to her simple beginnings — because making a statement has been at the core of headdress for centuries.</span> </blockquote><blockquote><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimMgUSYaB3Ofvguo9saLl7oAXRGaqCCUj7J_qXxtNaUB82HF7GG-ZCkN1e57h5X2prex6m0Er07DJI1x9s7sKaGB7V_Ntf6Orf_iHyM-aT9dAplWkNLkxgGSW_xTC9Dv0uETXp8cRcg/s1600/imgres-13.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimMgUSYaB3Ofvguo9saLl7oAXRGaqCCUj7J_qXxtNaUB82HF7GG-ZCkN1e57h5X2prex6m0Er07DJI1x9s7sKaGB7V_Ntf6Orf_iHyM-aT9dAplWkNLkxgGSW_xTC9Dv0uETXp8cRcg/s1600/imgres-13.jpeg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Fascinator is a recent designation but its ornamental essence is deeply rooted in 18th-century dress. British women paired the popular "Dutch" hairstyle with a topknot, also known as a pompom — made up of ribbons, small feathers, butterflies and jewels and secured to the front or off to the side of the head. During the late 1700s, Marie Antoinette and other French ladies of influence had a strong desire for beauty, prestige and attention, igniting battles in creativity and flamboyancy. Hair-covered cushions stuffed with wool or horsehair, resembled tall egg-shaped towers and acted as foundations for fastened adornment. Flowers, lace, jewelled pins, fruit, garden scenes — anything and everything was considered fair game. (Clipped-on battleships and cannons to celebrate war victories? Why not?) </span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Revolutions and recessions slowed down the practice of extreme headdress, but moderate decorative pieces have always been present, with a shift toward varying types of formal hats in the early 20th century from large-brimmed Merry Widows to the sophisticated pillbox, before today’s headgear bursting with clipped-on confidence took top spot on the hat rack. </span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5mHbhpli3DvU73G79usQ-VSSUU7_pVdkL888HIHD24pTjN13RtW4bO6kY5K0mhT4zvpBdbhAsrRSnPkVMfi4-OS7t4fEtzZ-ij1FbvT2Z59eCyOJUY50Fl2-LFpOssw8HEQApibOrQ/s1600/imgres-15.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5mHbhpli3DvU73G79usQ-VSSUU7_pVdkL888HIHD24pTjN13RtW4bO6kY5K0mhT4zvpBdbhAsrRSnPkVMfi4-OS7t4fEtzZ-ij1FbvT2Z59eCyOJUY50Fl2-LFpOssw8HEQApibOrQ/s1600/imgres-15.jpeg" /></a></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Feathers have always been a chief decorative material in millinery. Ivan Sayers, fashion historian from Vancouver’s Original Costume Museum Society shares that, "historically feathers were not only pretty, but were used to showcase allegiance to political parties and devotion to the royal family." Chances are ladies won’t be using feathers to parade their pick for prime minister over the next few weeks, but this tradition is still exercised. Recently, Kate Middleton debuted a pheasant-plume-topped fascinator designed by Vivien Sheriff Millinery — atop sat a badge representing the Royal Welch Fusiliers, a regiment within the Prince of Wales Division of the British Armed Forces. </span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYcaYOn35uGvVkL1rSye5sEsG8Y8lGMIrzzo2ICiKt7uXbuRpEVJS0K3UqpsLQHc4rRzEKclJtLjaIT_uNfI6Jh71bkubIAyq5OS_QabgwPOH11FH0Oal2n2TvLJHFMxhrd8uRyyDvw/s1600/imgres-11.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYcaYOn35uGvVkL1rSye5sEsG8Y8lGMIrzzo2ICiKt7uXbuRpEVJS0K3UqpsLQHc4rRzEKclJtLjaIT_uNfI6Jh71bkubIAyq5OS_QabgwPOH11FH0Oal2n2TvLJHFMxhrd8uRyyDvw/s1600/imgres-11.jpeg" /></a></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">From simple to extreme, fascinators will draw a range of responses, from "What is that?" to "I want one!" There’s no need to fear the fascinator. If you look at it with a "What am I thinking?" attitude, just remember that you’ve survived numerous "What was I thinking?" moments. Simply said by McInnis, "fascinators make you feel pretty." And in the end, no matter how you get there, or what you have on your head, that feeling is what really fascinates.</span></blockquote><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Whether you find yourself invited to a royal wedding or would simply like a little splash of color topside to set off your ensemble, there is a fascinator for every look and price range. Happy shopping... and may you feel and look fascinating!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.anuccia.co.uk/coppermine_dir/thumbnails.php?album=6">anuccia</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.oohlalaplume.com/history-of-fascinators.html">some informative tidbits from ooh la la plume... whom I love</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://fuchsiawoman.com/blog/wear/fascinators-information/">celeb fascination</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_hat">the cocktail hat</a></span><br />
<a href="http://www.designerfascinators.com/2008/08/definition-and-history-of-fascinators/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">misc info</span></a><br />
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