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Shorts

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

I have a confession to make. I went shopping the other day and tried on shorts. I issued a fatwa on shorts around 1998 (So Ugly American! So infantile! So unflattering to the female form!) . I wore skirts in summer, and never once considered going back. But here’s the thing: They make really cute shorts now. Shorts that make you think like this:

Top to bottom: Angie Dickinson, C.Z. Guest, Sophia Loren.

So, I find myself walking back on the shorts issue to allow that they’re fine to wear while Vacationing or Relaxing at Home, which is clearly what these ladies are supposed to be doing.

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St. Louis, Part 4

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

I went to an event last week at the Missouri History Museum. My exhibit viewing time was limited, so I had to choose between quilts and Katherine Dunham. Guess who won?

All via Katherine Dunham’s Living Legacy, an online exhibition from the Missouri Historical Society.

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Harlem Debutante Cotillion, 1950, Part 2

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Waaaay back in February, in the dawning of the Jenny Haniver blog, I posted these stunners from the 1950 Harlem Debutante Cotillion. I forgot until this week that I had more photos for a follow up post. Because weren’t you dying to know how the party was?

All from the Life photo archive, obviously.

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Mod Monday

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Wow, I am intrigued yet ultimately perplexed by minimadmod60s.com, a content-rich yet nigh-on unnavigable site about 1960s/70s fashion models (your first challenge: find the actual image archive). But if you persevere, there are some great mod graphics and photographs you might not find anywhere else:

Top to bottom: Chrissie Shrimpton, Anjelica Huston, Hiroko, Veruschka.

Plus, here’s a charming memoir about modeling for Pierre Cardin. Thanks to Cookie, frequent commenter at A Dress A Day, for pointing the way.

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Spring coats, part II

Friday, March 20th, 2009

I was just wondering if you got your spring coat yet.

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Girl on a motorcyle

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Marianne Faithfull in a famously ridiculous movie:

Anke-Eve Goldmann in real life:

Thanks to Northstar Vintage for the tip.

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Harlem Debutante Cotillion, 1950

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

The LIFE photo archive is pretty much the best thing to happen, ever. These portraits by Herbert Gehr are so beautiful I might actually die:

Stay tuned for more!

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Sailcloth overalls a must for Resort 2009

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

It never even occurred to me to want overalls. I mean, I even kind of hated them. Then I saw this George Hoyningen-Huene photograph of Lee Miller:

Lee Miller Wearing Yraide Sailcloth Overalls, 1930
via the V&A Museums

I need to know more about these. I can’t find any reference other than this photograph – is Yraide the label? What do they look like in front? Do I need the espadrilles, too?

I went on and on about Lee Miller as a guest blogger for Hollygab.

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