INSPIRATION OF THE DAY....IMAN!

IT IS IMAN.....NEED I SAY MORE?

MADAME GRES.

MADAME GRES WAS A HAUTE COUTURE DESIGNER FROM FRANCE WHO FOUNDED HER HOUSE IN 1942. SHE WAS A SUCCESSFUL DESIGNER AND A PROLIFIC PERFUMER. SHE WAS A TRAINED SCULPTRESS WHO SPECIALIZED IN CUT OUT DESIGNS AND DRAPING. SHE DRESSED JACKIE O, GRETA GARBO AND MARLENE DIETRICH. SHE WAS THE LAST COUTURE DESIGNER TO CREATE A READY TO WEAR LINE SITING THE LESS EXPENSIVE LINE AS A PROSTITUTION.

"SEX AND THE CITY 2"

I HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED KIM CATTRALL'S PORTRAYAL OF ALPHA DOG SAMANTHA IN "SEX IN THE CITY. " YOU HAVE TO REALLY BE IMPRESSED THAT A 50 SOMETHING WOMAN STANDING NEXT TO A CHILD IN THE SAME EXACT OUTFIT ON SET. THE PICTURE IS FROM THE SET OF "SEX IN THE CITY 2." SAMANTHA AND MILEY CYRUS WEAR IDENTICAL OUTFITS ON THE RED CARPET AND SEEM TO BE OK WITH IT. WONDERING IF THIS HAS TO DO WITH SJP WEARING A RED CARPET GOWN FOR THE "SEX IN THE CITY" PREMIERE THAT WAS ALREADY PHOTOGRAPHED???

NORMAN NORELL IMAGES

THERE ARE 2 PREVIOUS POSTS REGARDING THE AMAZING NORMAN NORELL. HERE ARE SOME AMAZING IMAGES THAT SHOWCASE SOME OF HIS WORK.

MUSE OF THE DAY....LEE RADZIWILL

LEE RADZIWILL, ONCE A PRINCESS, SISTER TO JACKIE O AND A FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL STYLE ICON OF MINE. PICTURED HERE WITH TRUMAN CAPOTE. I ALWAYS LOVED HER STYLE B/C I THOUGHT SHE WAS LIKE JACKIE BUT WITH A DASH OF FLASH. LEE HAD AN EDGE TO HER. SHE DRESSED VERY MUCH AS THE NYC WOMAN. i AM NOT SURE WHO SHE IS WEARING IN THIS PICTURE. COULD BE NORELL.

RICK OWENS BORROWS FROM STAR WARS....AGAIN.

THE REAL THING!

RICHARD AVEDON SHOT ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE MODELS----DOVIMA! SHE WAS THE MOST ELEGANT AND UNCONVENTIONAL MODELS OF THE 50'S. SHE WAS CONSIDERED EXOTIC WHEN MOST MODELS WERE BLONDE AND FRESH FACED. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN IN PARIS IN 1955. DOVIMA IS WEARING CHRISTIAN DIOR DESIGNED BY HIS ASSISTANT YVES SAINT LAURENT.