Photo by Rasputin (Фото в Григорий Ефимович Распутин)
Anna looks beat after dancing to that crazy Calypso beat. She’s wearing an orange slash-cut dress that is perfect for dancing and clubbing, and stiletto heals.
Today’s 78 rpm record is a calypso number titled Johnny Take My Wife which was recorded in 1931. Calypso is a style of African-Caribbean music from the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The singer is Frederick Wilmoth Henricks, known as Wilmoth Houdini, who was a great Calypso singer. Houdini made numerous recordings from the 1920’s until the 1940’s.
On deck with the blue Pacific waters behind her, Karlene is ready to stand watch on a submarine during a Nor’easter in her yellow rain coat with blue trim.
We All Live in A Yellow Submarine
Yellow Submarine, Yellow Submarine
–Yellow Submarine, The Beatles
Yellow Submarine was a song, an album and an [...]
Out in the country, when girls turn of age the suitors soon come a-calling. Parents can hardly keep their daughters from running off and eloping with some fine and dandy young fella’. The young country housewife pictured looks quite young and was probably married off while still just a teenager.
Well, [...]
Photo courtesy of Amazing Productions
Georgia is pretty in pink today with pink dress and country head scarf.
Iona: Does he have… strong lips?
Andie: How can you tell?
Iona: Did you feel it in your knees?
Andie: I felt it everywhere.
Iona: Strong lips.
–Pretty in Pink Memorable Quote
Pretty in Pink was a 1986 John Hughes movie starring Molly Ringwald [...]
Photo courtesy of Pictor Photo Archives
Looking like the girl from Ipanema, tall, tan, young and lovely 18-year-old model Karlene Pakula poses on some rock steps in Laguna Beach. She is wearing a short print dress and is barefoot.
Tall and tan and young and lovely
The girl from Ipanema goes walking
And when she passes
Each one she [...]
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An actress takes a smoking break between scenes. She has bright red lipstick, red nails and is wearing a bright red sleeveless dress with a slit up the side,
Today’s film clip is from the 1987 movie The Last Emporer from director Bernardo Bertolucci. The movie told the story of Pu [...]
In a lovely park high above the surf in Laguna Beach, Georgia poses on a green lawn. She is short wearing a short, herringbone dress with empire waist. On her feet are flip flops.
Hey there, Georgy girl
There’s another Georgy deep inside
Bring out all the love you hide and, oh, what a change there’d be
The world [...]
Photo courtesy Pictor Photo Archive
One rule of fashion is you can never go wrong with basic black. This black-haired fashion model is wearing black shorts, black hose, long sleeve black top and black high-buckle shoes. Her lips and nails are bright red.
Oh dear, what can I do?
Baby’s in black and I’m feeling blue,
Tell me, oh [...]
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The model wore an all white dress for this fashion shot from 1994.
One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don’t do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she’s ten feet tall
–White Rabbit, Grace Slick with Jefferson Airplane
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This model wore a brown jumpsuit with a brown garrison belt, the perfect outfit for an exciting game of solitaire.
A man comes. He travels quickly. He has purpose. He comes over water. He travels with others. He will oppose. He brings violence and destruction.
–Solitaire, Live & Let Die
Jane Seymore played [...]
He blesses the boys as they stand in line
The smell of gun grease and the bayonets they shine
He’s there to help them all that he can
To make them feel wanted he’s a good holy man
Sky Pilot. Eric Burdon and the Animals
November in southern California at the beach is pleasantly warm and sunny. Georgia posed on [...]
November gets cold in Prague, Czech Republic. Rita, originally from Almaty, Kazakhstan has on a stylish winter coat, blues jeans and knee-high boots.
Today’s youtube music video is Chilly Winds by the Osmonds. Thsi is from their album Homemade from 1973.
The Osmonds: CHILLY WINDS
Chilly winds may blow
Chilly winds they come and they go
Chilly winds may [...]
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Karline shows an urban hip hop look in low slung jeans with exposed boxers and a grey sports bra. She was photographed on the rooftop of a building in Laguna Beach, an urban ghetto of multi-millionaires and a few billionaires.
Don’t push me cause I’m close to the edge
I’m trying not [...]
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This University of Texas student was photographed in a business suit. Her suit is a royal blue skirt and belted, short-sleeve top with gold buttons on big pockets. She has on a bola hat and black gloves, and has a gold necklace around her neck. Our model was photographed on [...]
Photo courtesy of Pictor Photo Archives. Shot on film and scanned onto PhotoCD.
Gloria was photographed in this red prom dress with her shoes off sitting on the stairs. This lovely young dove was photographed in Austin, Texas way back in 1993 when the United States President was Bill Clinton. Notice the hair styles and makeup [...]
It starts to get chilly in November in Prague, so Rita dresses up in this stylish red winter overcoat and leather boots. Who knew that there were “Redcoats” in Prague?
We fired our guns and the British kept a’comin
There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began [...]
Viktoriya is all ebony & ivory in this black and white summer dress. She has on gorgeous black patent leather high-heel shoes that are to die for. She was visiting a botanical garden in Kiev where the picture was snapped. Hence the bucolic setting. That is a beautiful willow tree behind her, which is considered [...]
