VOL.01
I stumbled upon something pretty peculiar today. This is an excerpt from a 1959 issue of Girl Watcher magazine. [Illustration 1] Considered one of the ‘creepiest and most perverted’ magazines of its day, the publication promoted randomly stalking and ‘collecting’ women as a hobby. For example, I plucked this little gem of a sentence from [...]
I don’t think Sophia Loren gets enough credit as a 20th century screen icon. Her curves and beauty could certainly rival that of Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot, not to mention her career and lifestyle choices. While Monroe’s and Bardot’s talents were questionable outside of their looks, Sophia won 50 awards during her career including an [...]
“The big picture is that we are intimately bound to animals and it is satisfying to take them in and tame them. Subconsciously, we are a mishmash. We don’t know who we are, and so to simplify things, we predicate our individuality on animals.” Dr. Yi-Fu Tuan, a cultural geographer at the University of [...]
Okay, it’s true we’ve seen this concept done before, even the photographer Guiseppe Savini admits it: This is a series of photos I took in Bologna. I thought it was a good idea … then they told me that similar work had already been done … and then I gave up everything. How sad! Because the thing is, yes we have seen similar “then & now” [...]
Sorry to disappoint but there shall be no boobies in this post, although I did see more than my fair share of boobies this morning in my quest to find these vintage 50s & 60s playmate photos. If Playboy magazine still looked like this, I would probably subscribe. Look at these fabulous women … [...]
Let’s start with the New Yorkers, photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt– most famous for that shot of the sailor kissing the girl in Times Square. The following photos are from a street style series for LIFE magazine in 1944 called ‘Beautiful Girls’… Round 1. NEW YORKERS! ::: Round 2. PARISIANS! Modern fashion photography [...]
I found a very Hipster blog and I think it’s pretty genius. Hipsters have a knack for digging up old photos of screen icons and past legends, but this one has gone a step further and added a “get the look” shopping section for each retro photo. It’s called Nerd Boyfriend but we all know [...]
Fifty years too early, here I am dreaming about my retirement; sleepy days, rich foods, peaceful hobbies, unspoilt surroundings. I am what they would call, an old soul. With that pesky legal retirement age on the rise, we may not get there, any time soon but hey, we can still dream. Or at least look forward to summer [...]
Welcome to the first edition of ‘Pinterest Trend du Jour’! (I’m going to get you all to join Pinterest if it’s the last thing I do). For those of you not asking yourselves “what is Pinterest?“ and who happen to be enthusiastic pinners like myself, you will have noticed that ‘pinning trends’ arise quite often on [...]
We should all be taking a hike in our smallest shorts today … Photography by Edward Clark via LIFE archives and Retronaut.co YOU MIGHT ALSO FANCY: Girls in Very Little Clothing
Everybody loves a good photo album, even the NSA! For their 60th anniversary last year, they put
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sassy: adjective \ˈsa-sē\ impudent, lively, spirited, vigorous, distinctively smart and
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An impressive line-up of automobiles will be up for auction hosted by Bonhams next week on June 2
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In a dark and forgotten storage room of Clifton’s cafeteria in downtown Los Angeles, a neon
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sassy: adjective \ˈsa-sē\ impudent, lively, spirited, vigorous, distinctively smart and
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Sometimes I wonder about things like, who’s going to know how to make a piano in twenty
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The first post seems to have tickled your fancy, so over the past month I’ve been collecting
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I‘m just discovering I have a bit of a thing for vintage envelopes– I think it’s the
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No, this isn’t the rescue mission of a shipwrecked Porsche 911, this is a picture of a 911
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What a rare treat it would be to receive something like this today. It certainly makes emailing
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The weekend is fast approaching, we’re looking forward to letting our hair down, maybe go
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Just look at her. “You know you want me”, is what she’s saying. And it could be
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I came across the fantastic photograph below and knew there had to be more preserved sassy moments
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You might have noticed that sneakers are back in style this year and designers are scrambling to do
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