Tuesday, August 31, 2010

VINTAGE HONG KONG - VINTAGE FASHION - VINTAGE BRYAN FERRY


THAT'S TOKYO JOE




bryan ferry tokyo joe










 FRANCESCO SCAVULLO
HARPER'S BAZAAR  JUNE 1962


Saturday, August 28, 2010

FASHION NUGGET - CAKE - SINATRA - MARILYN MONROE






CAKE
frank sinatra









Marilyn Remembered:
A Photo Portfolio
By Bert Stern
September 1972




Friday, August 20, 2010

THE REAL MISS CORA PRATT



Polly Bushong
The Real Miss Cora Pratt

The Real Miss Cora Pratt
Harper's Bazaar November 1961
Photography: Diane Arbus


arbus admin girl @ devodotcom

FROM THE ARCHIVE
devodotcom posts on Diane Arbus

3/22/12 The Simplicity of Thought
3/21/12 Have A Great Day!
1/25/12 The Vertical Journey
12/31/11 Happy New Year
11/24/11 The Young Heiresses
8/14/11 Bill Blass Designs For Little Ones
7/12/11 The Full Circle:Prince Robert de Rohan Courtenay
5/17/11 As You Desire Me
4/25/11 The Full Circle: Max Maxwell Landar
2/14/11 The Couple
1/30/11 She's As Mae West As Ever: Mae West
10/16/10 The Full Circle: William Mack
9/25/10 Mrs. T. Charlton Henry
9/05/10 Fashion Independents On Marriage
8/20/10 The Real Miss Cora Pratt
8/20/10 Miss Cora Pratt
7/29/10 The Full Circle: Jack Dracula
7/27/10 Thank Heaven For Little Girls
7/26/10 Petal Pink For Little Parties
5/24/10 Tokyo Rose

THE MAGICAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF DIANE ARBUS

MISS CORA PRATT

THE FULL CIRCLE: Who is it that can tell me who I am? Shakespeare

Miss Cora Pratt, the Counterfeit Lady, is fashioned of a set of teeth, an old wig, beads, brooches, feathers and laces out of the attic, and the whimsical inclination of Polly Bushong who has been practicing this little hoax for nearly twelve years. It really began longer ago than that, for when she was just a child, Polly’s father, a socially prominent New England gentleman, introduced the parlour game of shocking people by wearing a crenelated slice of raw potato under the upper lip as buck teeth. It remained for Polly, years later, to purchase a fine and monstrous extra row of real false teeth and to pursue the game to its logical conclusion by occasionally becoming someone else, which she has done with such inspiration and cunning that she has never once been found out.

If Polly is a delightful, witty and talented Dr. Jekyll, Cora is a guileless, rapturous and preposterous Mr. Hyde, who commits the most unerring blunders and cheerfully treads where angels fear to. Once Cora Appeared, by prearrangement with the host, as the maid at an elegant New York cocktail party – attended by a dazzling array of steel tycoons, shipping magnates and theatrical luminaries – wearing a permanently crumpled uniform and a pair of saddle shoes, she surreptitiously sipped the drinks as she served them, blew the ashes out of the ashtrays in full view of the aghast guests, solicitously offered pieces of cheese on her outstretched hand, and fell asleep in a corner of the living room.
Diane Arbus



The Full Circle    
Harper’s Bazaar November 1961
Photography & Text: Diane Arbus




arbus admin girl @devodotccom


FROM THE ARCHIVE
devodotcom posts on Diane Arbus

3/22/12 The Simplicity of Thought
3/21/12 Have A Great Day!
1/25/12 The Vertical Journey
12/31/11 Happy New Year
11/24/11 The Young Heiresses
8/14/11 Bill Blass Designs For Little Ones
7/12/11 The Full Circle:Prince Robert de Rohan Courtenay
5/17/11 As You Desire Me
4/25/11 The Full Circle: Max Maxwell Landar
2/14/11 The Couple
1/30/11 She's As Mae West As Ever: Mae West
10/16/10 The Full Circle: William Mack
9/25/10 Mrs. T. Charlton Henry
9/05/10 Fashion Independents On Marriage
8/20/10 The Real Miss Cora Pratt
8/20/10 Miss Cora Pratt
7/29/10 The Full Circle: Jack Dracula
7/27/10 Thank Heaven For Little Girls
7/26/10 Petal Pink For Little Parties
5/24/10 Tokyo Rose

Thursday, August 12, 2010

BRIGITTE BARDOT AND PERSONEL CALIBER







Brigitte Bardot
AVEDON
Harper's Bazaar 1959




She'll Make Me Famous
Personel Caliber
Vancouver 

Sunday, August 1, 2010

UP ON THE ROOF


THE YOGA WHEEL

MELVIN SOKOLSKY
Harper's Bazaar July, 1962

Music Laura Nyro