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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

DOVIMA: THE GREAT 50's SUPERMODEL: Post 3: AVEDON: FUNNY FACE: DALI




Posted by Picasa The great supermodel of the 50's Dovima, belonged to that Haute Couture world of the high 50's extreme fashion mannequin. Hers was an era of taste,  quality and elegance...of austerity binge. She appeared as the startlingly thin model in Funny Face with Audrey Hepburn.....speaking in an hysterical Jackson Heights whine.  She played the role as a dizzy model who had never read a book, let alone been in a bookstore. Dovima's waspish curved eyebrows and sharp features are forever immortalized by Avedon and his elephants....She was an extreme unobtainable aristocratic beauty, like Marlene Dietrich and Snow White's Wicked Queen before her. One of the top models of all time, because she was unique. 

DOVIMA: THE GREAT 50's SUPERMODEL: Post 2: AVEDON: FUNNY FACE: DALI




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Friday, October 8, 2010

GLAMOUR SHOTS of the week: Post 1




Posted by PicasaTop: Lucille Ball in Ziegfeld Follies, 50's model, Cyd Charisse being fabulous, Dorothy Malone in pinker than pink. 

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

SUZY PARKER: 50's SUPERMODEL/ACTRESS: 'LOVE LETTERS' sung by Kitty Lester: Post 2.


The sky may be starless
The night may be moonless
But deep in my heart
I know that you love me
You love me, because you told me so

Love letters straight from your heart
Keep us so near while we're apart
I'm not alone in the night
When I can have all the love you write

I memorize every line
I kiss the name that you sign
And darling, then I read again
Right from the start
Love letters straight from your heart

I memorize every line
I kiss the name that you sign
And darling, then I read again
Right from the start
Love letters straight from your heart 







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SUZY PARKER: 50's SUPERMODEL/ACTRESS: The Shadow of Your Smile by Astrud Gilberto: Post 2.





The shadow of your smile
When you have gone
Will color all my dreams
And light the dawn

Look into my eyes, my love, and see
All the lovely things, you are, to me

Our wistful little star
It was far, too high
A teardrop kissed your lips
And so, so did I

Now when I remember spring
All the joy that love can bring
I will be remembering
The shadow of your smile
Your lovely smile


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