Aww. Little nuggets in old-timey outfits. Check out these adorable "vintage-like" portraits by Tyler Orehek using the artist’s then-three-year-old son and his younger daughter as his models. "By incorporating authentic antiques, period clothing and carefully selected backgrounds, … [Read more...]
Oscar’s AAA-List Attendees
Nuns are always chic, of course. Black and white and fashionable all over. Such staunch minimalism is the very essence of elegance, don't you think? But this just isn't any old nun who got invited to the Oscars. This is none other than the Mother Prioress at the Abbey of Regina … [Read more...]
A Camp Classic I Never Knew Existed
Marika Rökk, huh? Who knew? Until yesterday, I'd never even HEARD of Teutonic icon. From what I gather, she was HUGE in Nazi-era Germany and starred in several of Hitler's propaganda films, but WHATEVER, nobody seems to hold that against her because, well, she's FAAAAAAABULOUS, … [Read more...]
The Most Unsettling Keyboard Cat You’ll Ever Watch
From the 1950s kiddie show Andy's Gang, Midnight the Cat plays "Jesus Loves Me" on an organ while Squeaky the Mouse mournfully bangs along. After 30 seconds you'll want to slit your wrists. It's children's television as endurance art, and one can just imagine a young David Lynch … [Read more...]
Random Alain Delon Appreciation Post
Alain Delon! The French James Dean! The male Brigitte Bardot! Was ever there a face more handsome? A Frenchman more debonaire? A prettyboy so manly? Don Draper WISHES he was as cool Alain Delon! He was the dreamiest of all the mid-century cinematic exports. He had the look à … [Read more...]
Flashback 1950s: A Bathing Cap Fashion Show
Set in a Punch and Judy puppet box (of course, of course), this gorgeously shot newsreel features some of the most fabulous bathing beauties wearing some of the most divine bathing caps I've ever seen. There's not a single one I wouldn't rock with a gorgeous evening frock. And … [Read more...]
Well, Are You?
(via Retrogasm) … [Read more...]
Get That Second Date!
Fabulous advice from the Romantic Adventures comic book (Issue 18, February, 1952) that I found at Comic-Con last month. … [Read more...]
Advertising 101: don’t call your target demographic names
Major star sighting on Hollywood Boulevard!
I'm still breathless! Look who it is! It's vaudeville legend and Dick Van Dyke Show co-star [Read more...]
