“Cyclone” Evening Dress, 1939
Jeanne Lanvin (French, 1867–1946)
Steel gray silk taffeta embroidered with metallic sequins and pink beads
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Mrs. Harrison Williams, Lady Mendl, and Mrs. Ector Munn, 1946
“Infanta” Evening Dress, 1939
Cristobal Balenciaga (French, born Spain, 1895–1972)
Ivory silk satin and black silk velvet
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Mrs. John Chambers Hughes, 1958
Evening Dress, 1938
Madeleine Vionnet (French, 1876–1975)
Black silk satin and black silk net embroidered with black sequins
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Mrs. Harrison Williams, Lady Mendl, and Mrs. Ector Munn, 1946
Evening Dress, 1935
Elsa Schiaparelli (French, born Italy, 1890–1973)
Orange silk organza with metallic stripes and orange silk
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Mrs. Harrison Williams, Lady Mendl, and Mrs. Ector Munn, 1946
More Awkward Christmas Photo’s
December 16, 2010
Bruce Springsteen “The Promise”
December 16, 2010
This is a 30 minute video that was shot at a small venue in NJ for an intimate crowd. Bruce and the E Street Band performed songs off “The Promise” and a few from “Darkness on the Edge of Town”. It’s only available for viewing for a short time so spread the word and share with your friends or you can buy it as well.
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QOTD
December 16, 2010
The Raveonettes: Christmas Ghost
December 15, 2010
It’s that time of year! From now until Christmas I will be posting Christmas songs. Stay tuned!
jj – No More You
jj throw out a startling cover of ‘Right Side Of My Brain’ by The Dream, more than likely set to feature on their upcoming ‘Kills’ mixtape – due out on Christmas Eve.
I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.
Marilyn Monroe
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly Play David Bowie and Bing Crosby, Reenact a Christmas Classic | PopEater.com
December 15, 2010
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Chapter Heading
by Ernest HemingwayFor we have thought the longer thoughts
And gone the shorter way.
And we have danced to devils’ tunes,
Shivering home to pray;
To serve one master in the night,
Another in the day.(photo via aquariumdrunkard)
one of my favorites.
Moira Shearer in The Red Shoes (1948, dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger)
“My father took me to see this film in 1950, when I was eight years old. And I’ve never forgotten it. I wouldn’t know how to begin to explain what this film has meant to me over the years. It’s about the joy and exuberance of film-making itself. It’s one of the true miracles of film history.
What keeps nourishing me over the years is the spell the film casts, how it weaves the mystery of the obsession of creativity, of the creative drive. It all comes down to that wonderful exchange early in the film when Anton Walbrook confronts Moira Shearer at a cocktail party. ‘Why do you want to dance?’ he asks, and she answers, ‘Why do you want to live?’ The look on his face is extraordinary.’
Over the years, I’ve thought a lot about that exchange. It expresses so much about the burning need for art – the mystery of the passion to create. It’s not that you want to do it, it’s that you have to do it. You have no choice. You have to live it and it comes with a price. But what a time paying it.”
-Martin Scorsese (2009)
It Ain't Hemingway 