Another Beautiful Illustration By Pin Up Artist Alberto Vargas.
May 31, 2016 § Leave a comment
French Inspired circa 1931
Source: Vargas, Alberto Vargas and Reid Austin Bell Publishing Company.
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Ballerina Moira Shearer
May 26, 2016 § 1 Comment
The Bowler Hat.
May 9, 2016 § 2 Comments
The bowler hat, also known as a bob hat, derby (US), or bombín, is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown originally created in 1849 for the British soldier and politician Edward Coke, the younger brother of the2nd Earl of Leicester. The bowler hat was popular with the working class during the Victorian era, and later on with the middle and upper classes in the United Kingdom and the eastern United States. Later in the United Kingdom, it would come to be worn as civilian work dress by former officers of the Queen’s Guard. In Bolivia, women of Quechua people have worn bowler hats since the 1920s when British railway workers introduced them there. ~Wikipedia
Olive Thomas, Silent Film Star.
Olive Thomas died of acute nephritis in Paris on September 10, 1920, five days after consuming mercury bichloride. Her death was heavily publicized and became one of the first Hollywood scandals.
Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty
Charles Chaplin
History of The Bowler Hat, The Telegraph, 10/06/10
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Fort De Soto Park, Florida.
May 6, 2016 § 3 Comments
I love that some things haven’t changed. I remember fondly the trips my family took to Fort De Soto when I was a child. I’ve enjoyed getting reacquainted again with the park this Spring.
The largest park within the Pinellas County Park System, Fort De Soto park consists of 1,136 acres made up of five interconnected islands (keys). These keys are home to beach plants, mangroves, wetlands, palm hammocks, hardwoods and scores of native plants. -pinellascounty.org
Woman posed next to a large cannon. 1973. Black & white photoprint. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory.
The area of Fort De Soto for over 400 years has attracted a variety of visitors. Among the earliest was the Tocobaga Indians, who preceded the Spanish conquistadors who began the European entrance into the Florida peninsula. – wikipedia
With my always fashionable mother.
Best Florida Beaches: Winners – 2015 10 Best Readers’ Choice Travel Awards. – USA TODAY
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The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge, Abstract.
April 23, 2016 § 2 Comments
“Transitional Object (PsychoBarn),” By Artist Cornelia Parker|Metropolitan Museum of Art, Roof Garden.
April 23, 2016 § Leave a comment
Atop the Met, a Haunting House NYT 4/18/16
How perfect to run into these two young women. At first I thought they were part of the artist’s installation. 
Women's Footwear in America 