...kick up your heels and have some fun!
We'll see you after the weekend!
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
A Sunday Kind of Love
1960's girl group cult artist, Josephine Sunday, performing on American Bandstand and doing her best to make you forget Ronnie Spector's name.
Girlfriends
Diana Ross and Mary Wilson (with Florence Ballard reflected in mirror) backstage at The T.A.M.I. Show, 1964
Female impersonators, 1964In both instances, we're fairly certain someone got bitch-slapped shortly after the shutter clicked.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Crowning Glory
As suggested by our beloved Toby Worthington, wouldn't this charming chapeau have been the perfect finishing touch to our Easter ensemble?
Two Different Worlds
Babe Paley, photographed by Richard Avedon, 1960
Bess Myerson, ca. 1950'sTwo differing ideals of 1950's elegance -- one, the uncrowned queen of the social set; the other, a tiare-ed ruler of the television set.
Joan Arden
Trivia time: In 1925, MGM teamed with Movie Weekly magazine to hold a contest, bestowing $1,000 upon the lucky reader who chose the perfect name to rechristen their latest starlet, Lucille LeSueur. But, there were multiple entries with the winning name: "Joan Arden." Rather than award multiple prizes, the thrifty Metro went with the second choice: "Joan Crawford."
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Pink on Parade
Robbie Ross of the Jewel Box Revue, ca. early 1960's (via Queer Music Heritage)
British fashion designer Enid Boulting, 1961
Balenciaga, 1965
TJB, Easter Sunday, 2011Polka Dots and Moonbeams
Remember, darlings:
When choosing your spring wardrobe, don't let patterns overpower your natural assets.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Just Imagine...
...the all-black version of Valley of the Dolls?
Helen Williams as ANNE WELLS: Good girl with all the bad breaks!
Leslie Uggams as NEELY O'HARA: Nice kid turned lush!
Barbara McNair as JENNIFER NORTH: Sex symbol turned on too often!
Diana Sands as MIRIAM POLAR: A sister with a secret!
...and...
Miss Lena Horne as HELEN LAWSON
Helen Williams as ANNE WELLS: Good girl with all the bad breaks!
Leslie Uggams as NEELY O'HARA: Nice kid turned lush!
Barbara McNair as JENNIFER NORTH: Sex symbol turned on too often!
Diana Sands as MIRIAM POLAR: A sister with a secret!...and...
Miss Lena Horne as HELEN LAWSON
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Ménage à Fab
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jack Paar and Jayne Mansfield
Liza Minnelli, Elizabeth Taylor and Betty Ford
Debbie Reynolds, Lana Turner and Ruta Lee
Ida Lupino, Ann B. Davis and Vivian Vance
Julie Christie, Ursula Andress and Catherine Deneuve
Joan Crawford, Gypsy Rose Lee and Pearl Bailey
Elke Sommer, Ross Hunter and Constance BennettFriday, April 22, 2011
Who'll Be Turning Joo On?
She will, she will, she will!
We hope you have some togetherness this weekend, darlings!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Tallulah Thursday!
"The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner."
Nature's Call
...[Tallulah] had to go to the john, but found when she was settled in for the duration that there was no toilet paper at hand. "So I looked down and saw a pair of feet in the next stall. I knocked very politely and said: 'Excuse me, dahling, I don't have any toilet paper. Do you?' And this very proper Yankee voice said: 'No, I don't.' Well, dahling, I had to get back to the podium for Adlai [Stevenson]'s speech, so I asked her, very politely you understand, 'Excuse me dahling, but do you have any Kleenex?' And this now quite chilly voice said: 'No, I don't.' So I said: 'Well then, dahling, do you happen to have two fives for a ten?'" - from People Will Talk by John Kobal
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Tallulah Bankhead and friends at Finnochio's, ca. 1950's"How should I know, dahling? He's never sucked my cock." - Tallulah Bankhead, queried about co-star Tab Hunter's sexual orientation
Tab Hunter and friends in The Girl He Left Behind (1956, Warner Bros.)
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