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In this pristine film clip shot in color 80 years ago by Claude Friese-Greene, a pioneer in British film, London itself doesn’t look much different than it does today. But those flapper dresses are the bee’s knees! (via davidmixner)
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This self portrait of Dutch artist Rembrandt, Rembrandt Laughing, was painted when he was in his early 20s, around 1628. It’s on a copper plate just under 9″ X 7″ and is being purchased by the Getty Museum for an undisclosed price, but experts believe it will run into the tens of millions of dollars. The Getty Museum’s director, Timothy Potts, calls Rembrandt’s depiction of himself over the years his “most sustained and remarkable achievement. We feel we know Rembrandt better than any other artist who lived because we see his face in portraits from when he was a young man in his 20s, just starting out, virtually all the way through to his death. So he’s in a sense his own greatest subject, and these are among the most admired works he ever made.” (Full story at LATimes)
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The last known photo of Queen’s frontman Freddie Mercury, taken in 1991. Mercury died in London on November 24 that year of broncho-pneumonia resulting from AIDS. He was 45.
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Fashion editor Diana Vreeland adjusts Marilyn Ambrose’s dress on the set of a Harper’s Bazaar shoot. Photo by Richard Avedon. (via edith’s head)
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Marcello Baca just sent us this Cat Club flyer from our nightclubbing career back in 1980s New York, and asked “Any memory of this?” The answer, of course, is no, not a clue. But we’re sure it happened. We were never a good “host.” But we showed up.
