Tuesday 7 April 2009

Taking the veil

The mantilla.





Portrait of actress Hedy Lamarr by Eliot Elisofon for Life, 1946.
Miss Lamarr wears a black lace mantilla and black lace-trimmed dress.



Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, and her hostess, the Duchess of Alba, wearing Mantillas of White Lace, Attended the Seville bullfights April 21, 1966. Photograph by Bettmann.



Carmen Polo and Francisco Franco at the procession of the Virgen de Valvanera.


Mourning Portrait of the Duchess of Alba by Francisco Goya, 1797.


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Now playing on iTunes: Johnny Cash - The Long Black Veil
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9 comments:

little augury said...

hedy lamarr, jackie and Goya.and the nod to johnny cash(a favorite esp long black veil) MIx Master. G

Rose C'est La Vie said...

What a gorgeous post! And the one above of the toreadors. They merge seamlessly and set the pulse racing. Thank you. Just discovered your great blog.

HOBAC said...

Rose - thank you, and welcome to my asylum.

Pamela Terry and Edward said...

Funny you should post this on my birthday. Once, whilst climbing a small mountain in Maine to get a better view of the countryside, I was continuing to complain about the sorry state of the pathway and the damage it was doing to my utterly divine woven shoes. My husband finally said that he hadn't planned on climbing said mountain with Hedy Lamarr.

In my defence, the climb was a spontaneous idea and not a very good one. Had I been given notice, my footwear would have reflected that. However, I did make it to the top.

HOBAC said...

PT&E - and then he carried you, right?

Many happy returns of the day.

Pamela Terry and Edward said...

But, of course.

Ms. Wis./Each Little World said...

I have a lovely black lace mantilla but I need the comb to complete the look — to say nothing of more hair!

thombeau said...

OK, you know we have a mantilla obsession on Fabulon, right? Because we do.

HOBAC said...

T - now we do. Fantastic! I should have known...