(Monday) Muse: Kim Novak

 
After finding all the alluring cat mistress photos of Kim, how could I avoid following up with a Muse post?  She’s the lead actress in one of my all-time favourite-ever films, Hitchcock’s Vertigo.  Although she’s not the most beautiful actress of her time– not the loveliest (no Grace Kelly), not a young fille or an [...]

(Monday) Model Muses.

 
Getting inspired by individual models these days is rare… they may look fantastic in a particular photo shoot thanks to styling genius but looking past the amazing styling, its disconncerting to notice how many of the models all look the same with bland personal style.   Thankfully the huge eastern european craze is ending, while [...]

(Monday) Muse: Caroll Baker

 
I love the soft focus photography of these 60s glam photos of actress & screen siren Caroll Baker– especially the dreamy color ones below.  
 

 
Born in Pennsylvania to a travelling salesman, Baker attended a community college for one year before hitting the road as a magician’s assistant.  Couldn’t you just see her stepping into a [...]

(Monday) Muse Jessie Mann on Muse….

I have loved the youthful photos of Jessie Mann that her mother– amazing photographer Sally Mann (read a fascinating article here)– took during her seemingly magical childhood as a feisty water nymph with a tendency toward grown up play smoking candy cigarettes and trying on a pearly necklace, often engaging in these activities topless.  She [...]

(Monday) Muse: Anjelica Huston

Most of the femmes picked for the Muse post are either long deceased or are now living cloistered away far from the spotlight. Anjelica, in my opinion, is as bewitching as she was during her it-girl peak in the 70s and role as Bob Richardson’s muse.  Many thanks to Luxirare, who just posted a [...]

(Monday) Muse: Jean Seberg

 
My favorite era of film is the French New Wave cinema–Godard, Truffaut, Lelouch, etc.  But I haven’t seen them all, and I thought it was high time I check out the bench mark film Breathless.  While I didn’t connect as much to the substance, the style is all you can dream of.  Lots of jump-cuts [...]

(Monday) Muse: Anna May Wong

 
Gorgeous actress Anna May Wong (1915-1961, nee Wong Liu Tsong on Flower Street, Los Angeles) always dreamed of herself on the silverscreen.  She vowed to spend the first ten years of her adult life trying to break into acting before calling it quits, luckily she didnt have to wait so long.  Despite a rough start– [...]

(Monday) Muse: Michelle Phillips

 

 
Michelle Philips (nee: Holly Michelle Gilliam) is best known for her role in The Mamas and The Papas, model beauty, turbulent relationship with songwriting legend John Philips, and subsequent daughter 90s singer (yes, Wilson Phillips!) Chynna.  But what few know about her includes her disturbingly strange childhood and  relationship (a la six degrees of separation) [...]

(Monday) Muse: Tura Satana

 
One of my all-time favorite films is “Faster Pussycat Kill Kill!”  I first saw it one late night on Turner Classic Movies and swear I had a religious experience.  If you haven’t seen it, you must rent it right away.  But, if you love black eyeliner, go go boots, retro drag racing scenes, chicks beating [...]

(Monday) Muse: Gene Tierney

 
I watch tons of old movies– one summer I had the TV set to Turner Classic Movie Channel 24 hours a day– why haven’t I heard of Gene Tierney?  I mean, I suppose I’ve heard that name, as it is vaguely familiar sounding– but why haven’t I been a Gene Tierney fan all my life? [...]

(Monday) Muse: Francoise Hardy

 
I wish I knew how to do the French cidilla on a keyboard for this post.
Francoise was a fashion and music icon in the the 60s, entering celebrity during the ye-ye crazy in France. Still chic, but now with snow white hair, she maintains a website with updated information, etc on her career and appearences. [...]

(Monday) Muse: Dorothy Dandridge

So most of us have seen the Halle Berry biopic of Dandridge, which kind of replaces the real Dorothy’s face in our minds.  I recently came across these pictures, which really convey something alive and magic about the real Dandridge: