Paris, the Film Set
So you want to see Paris, just like she is in the movies. Of course…
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Style Comeback du Jour: Tattooed Jeans
That’s it. I’m starting a girl gang where we all go around together in our Levis…
In the Parlour with Cecil Beaton
His name was familiar to me, but I’ll admit that before this post, I didn’t…
That time President George H. W. Bush Escaped Cannibals
In WW2 nine airmen escaped from their planes after being shot down during bombing raids…
Where the Statues of Paris were sent to Die
The stony gaze of the statue upon his executor says it all. Most of the…
The Year in MessyNessyChic’s Muses to Inspire you into 2016
Here are five things I’m hoping to do before the stroke of midnight. Dance to the…
Oh, Just a Gingerbread House Rendition of the Overlook Hotel from “The Shining”
Nothing says “Happy Holidays” quite like a cult horror movie turned miniature winter wonderland in the…
Fairytale 1950s Chalet Architecture of the West Coast
Were they expecting snow in New Mexico in the winters of 1950? It’s an architecture…
10 Reasons Why Archeology is the Coolest Job Ever
Indiana Jones may have exaggerated a little bit about the job, but you still get to…
How Batman Obsessively Labelled his Gadgets in the 1960s
If you thought Bruce Wayne was doing anything other than clearly labelling all of his…
Religion gets Totally Radical at the Church of Skate
I‘ve always envied people that can do their thing on a skateboard, I think it’s…
For Sale: Legendary Pre-Ban Absinthe Bottles of the Belle Epoque
When Parisians used to call it “la fée verte” (the green fairy), the custom of drinking absinthe…