Showing posts with label Models. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Models. Show all posts

Sunday, December 5, 2010

Just Browsing

Aside from a generous literary and cocktail recipes contribution, Ernest Hemingway produced two striking grandaughters, Margaux (1954-1996) and Mariel, born in 1961 and both famous for their luxuriant brows. I'd say even bigger than Brooke Shields'.

Six feet tall Margaux - named after the wine - had to live with dyslexia, bulimia, epilipsy and toxicomany. She was the first model to ever cash a million dollars cheque, performed in a few films and was shaking her thing at Studio 54 with pals Grace Jones, Bianca Jagger & co. Sadly she was found dead in her appartment at 42.






Little sis Mariel modelled a bit and gave one of the most heartbreaking and pure performance ever in Manhattan. She later had a cameo in another Allen,
Deconstructing Harry, but her acting skills were never used advisely by other directors.




She is now a wellbeing and spirituality guru and wrote a book with the longest title in the world: Mariel Hemingway's Healthy Living from the Inside Out: Every Woman's Guide to Real Beauty, Renewed Energy, and a Radiant Life. Great, it's Christmas soon!

Today, her daughter Dree is now taking over.




x Pauline

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Nagi Noda

There are a few things I am painfully ashamed of. To name a few: geography, mental arithmetic, talking with a pen hanging from my mouth and... modern art.
(and jazz and classical music).

Anyway, the lovely
Georgia showed a couple of images from the late Japanese artist/video director/designer Nagi Noda (1973-2008).

Her hair hats are the most amazing thing ever: creepy, beautiful, funny, poetic, a bit revolting.



Her videos combine perfectly humour and aesthetics. Forget about Jane Fonda, work out with poodles!


Px


Friday, July 2, 2010

Provoking

Here the AW10 campaign from Italian fashion house Valentino. Tati Cotlar, Monica Jagaciak and Freja Beha Erichsen, shot by David Sims, naked and not. Apparently the idea behind it was to present a more provocative and modern Valentino, to attract a younger audience. I love the selection of girls and I do appreciate the effort, but in times of Tom Ford and Marc Jacobs this is not super shocking to me and doesn't even make me blush.
Rosa








via WWD