Ding-dong the bells are going to chime

La Talia is getting married. A simple affair.





Vintage printed Mexican cotton crepe skirt (which has been sent for restoration and alteration) with silver sequins and multicoloured glass beads.


Naturally one would have thought she would want to wear her black patent version of these. Evidently, she thinks them too high.


Old fashioned rose bouquet in hot Kahlo-esque colours.

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My Life So Far

The surprising and candid Jane Fonda addresses an audience at UC Santa Barbara. Tune in for her insights into her remarkable life - an Academy Award-winning actress, controversial activist, aerobics instructor and generous philanthropist. - University of California Television


With the exception of her performances in Barbarella and Klute, I have always had an intense dislike of Ms. Fonda. Not the message but the delivery, far too strident and brittle for my taste. While this talk did not necessarily change my opinion of her, it did give me a newly found respect for her.

I highly recommend taking the time to watch.

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In service of the depiction

the line of fashion - the great fashion artists

Curated Robert W. Richards

Leslie-Lohman Gallery
September 23 - November 1, 2008
Gallery hours: Tue - Sat, 12 noon - 6pm
26 Wooster Street (btw Grand & Canal)
New York

The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation presents The Line of Fashion, an exhibition of 50 years of fashion illustration curated by Robert W. Richards, whose own artwork is a familiar presence on the fashion scene. The exhibition includes stunning original works by such luminaries as Kenneth Paul Block, Joe Eula, Antonio, Christian Berard, George Stavrinos, Vertes, Mel Odom and others.



Works by Joe Eula and Zack Carr


Works by Tod Draz, J. Randall Orth, Dupre, Fred Greenhill, Bil Donovan
James Childs, Esther Larson, Steven Stipelman, Esther Larson, Dorothy Hood


Works by Antonio


Works by Antonio, Marcel Vertes, Eric, Christian Berard, Mel Odom


Works by Robert Fontanelli, Kenneth Paul Block, J.C. Leyendecker, Mel Odom

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Just checking

Everyone is familiar with the work of Toni Childs? I hope so, her albums are akin to great books that everyone should read. Her voice is unique and full of pathos, yet surprisingly uplifting.



Union - her debut album.

House of Hope - dedicated to people who are growing, people who are just getting by, and people hanging on for dear life.

Women's Boat - featuring the single Lay Down Your Pain earned her a third Grammy nomination, for Best Female Rock Performance.

Ultimate Collection - a compilation of her there previous albums.

The eighth deadly sin...

is jealousy; a jealousy that is so compulsive it becomes all consuming.

Leave Her to Heaven, staring Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, and Jeanne Crain, is based on the best-selling novel by Ben Ames Williams. This film won the Oscar for Best Cinematography (Color) and received three other Academy Award nominations: Best Actress for Gene Tierney, Best Sound Recording, and Best Art Direction (Color)/Interior Decoration. Enough said?

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Modernism...

needn't always be cold or homogenised. With a little extra effort and imagination it can be warm and unique.



Scandinavian Lustre out of red copper, principal body formed by a succession of cylinders of increasing size towards the centre.


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Let's talk dado rails

David Hicks via The Peak of Chic

Imagine if David Hicks had painted the wall section beneath the dado rail the same colour as the section above. Dreadful, no? And yet, this is something I have been seeing lately, rooms done with bright white dado rails. Either remove the dado rail or limit the dominant colour to the area above. Unless of course, one likes the idea of having one's room wearing a white belt. No? I didn't think so.

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