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Classical ballet as we know it today was born within the Paris Opera. In 1930, LIFE magazine staff photographer, Alfred Eisenstaedt, was given access to the sacred world of the prima ballerina at the Grand Opera de Paris. He sat in on a rehearsal for Swan Lake, photographing the dancers doing their barre exercises, perfecting choreography, as [...]
In 1955, LIFE photographer Joseph Scherschel spent a day shooting a rather unusual subject for a spread in the magazine entitled, “Living Room Lion – Blondie, A Docile 200-Pound Texan, Becomes A Member of the Family.” The oversized house cat belonged to Charles Hipp, an oil businessman based in Graham, Texas. You’re probably thinking, ‘another bored [...]
What I remember most about Jessica Rabbit is how she was always wearing that provocative red dress, cut oh so inappropriately low at the back, even just to run around town. Meet the real-life Jessica Rabbit, Miss Vikki Dougan, the 1950s ‘It girl’ who inspired the iconic cartoon sex bomb… Photographs by Ralph Crane for [...]
I‘ve been at it again, rummaging through the vault of treasures in the LIFE archives. This time I found these sassy snaps all the way from the jazz era taken by LIFE photographer Bob Landry. The only other details given for the photo essay however are simply: “Streetcar Party, May, 1942″. So it looks like [...]
So I went sniffing around the LIFE Archives again and this time found some rather unusual photographs from an underwater fashion show, taken by Sam Shere in 1947. There wasn’t much more information than that available on the quirky event, but in one of the photographs of a model standing around the pool, I spotted a [...]
Upon learning of his muse’s engagement to the Prince of Monaco, Alfred Hitchcock allegedly said, “I’m very happy that Grace has found herself such a good part…” In 1956, just two weeks before her wedding, Grace Kelly packed up her life in Hollywood for good and made the voyage to Europe. These rare and unpublished [...]
This post is pretty much the result of me getting lost in the LIFE magazine archives again and coming across a bunch of mostly unpublished photographs of cowgirls that were too good not to share. These snaps are a melange of photo stories by LIFE photographers, Nina Leen, Peter Stackpole and Cornell Capa between 1947-48 at the [...]
I‘m not used to seeing segregated America in pretty pastels. Typically, the civil rights photography we look at is in black & white and instantly disturbing. But these rare pictures, discovered after the photographer’s death at the bottom of an old storage box, wrapped in paper and masking tape and marked, “Segregation Series,” are unlike any [...]
In the summer of 1965, riots broke out in the Watts neighborhood of southern Los Angeles. Over a six-day period, 34 people were killed, 1,032 injured and over 3,438 arrests were made. In 1966, LIFE magazine revisited the site of the worst riots America had ever seen in its history. The photo essay depicting the [...]
With a nick-name like MessyNessy it’s probably not my place to be dishing out advice on getting organized, but I’ve gone and done it anyway…. De-Crapify. (Just Do it). When it comes to de-crapifying your life, no one knows better than MessyNessy that you have to be ruthless. Take no prisoners (literally). Stop lying to [...]
Classical ballet as we know it today was born within the Paris Opera. In 1930, LIFE magazine staff
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In 1955, LIFE photographer Joseph Scherschel spent a day shooting a rather unusual subject for a
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What I remember most about Jessica Rabbit is how she was always wearing that provocative red dress,
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I‘ve been at it again, rummaging through the vault of treasures in the LIFE archives. This
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So I went sniffing around the LIFE Archives again and this time found some rather unusual
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Upon learning of his muse’s engagement to the Prince of Monaco, Alfred Hitchcock allegedly
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This post is pretty much the result of me getting lost in the LIFE magazine archives again and
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I‘m not used to seeing segregated America in pretty pastels. Typically, the civil rights
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In the summer of 1965, riots broke out in the Watts neighborhood of southern Los Angeles. Over a
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You don’t have to be a fashion die-hard to appreciate the magic of these photographs captured
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Calm yourselves oh ye faithful Paris dreamers, after nearly two years and counting, MessyNessy can
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Today I had a staggeringly crappy day. I would usually just recommend wine or caipirinhas as long
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1. Save an Unfinished Bottle of Wine for up to a Week Just for the record, I’ve never had
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It made me tear up this one so get your hanky ready. There’s something about the innocence of
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