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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

We'll Take Tallulah


Our latest Mystery Guest was the Alabama Foghorn herself, Miss Tallulah Bankhead. Just exactly why someone thought it would be a good idea to gussy a Prell Shampoo tube up in Tallulah drag is lost to the mists of time, but we're sure whatever the reason was, it was a dilly.

FlowerBell was the only one to guess correctly; she wins a custom made Tallulah Toupée, to be worn wherever needed. Whether this is a problem for hair, makeup or costuming is up to you, dahling!

Guess Who?

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Skin Deep


"There are no ugly women," Helena Rubinstein declared, "only lazy ones." The cosmetics queen herself was living proof that style could trump mere prettiness. She was decidedly zaftig, and certainly no raving beauty; yet her intelligence, elegance, and innate chic made her infinitely more interesting than many of the vapid glamour girls of her time - and certainly miles ahead of any starlet, model, or (shudder) "celebutante" of today.


For those of us who were not kissed by Venus or Adonis at birth, Ms. Rubinstein (or Princess Gourielli, if you please) is a study in the art of creating one's own beauty through dressing well and refining one's tastes.


It takes a brave woman, indeed, to attempt an outfit such as the one Ms. Rubinstein is modeling above; to actually make it work is the result of a woman who knew herself inside and out, and had not only courage but impeccably good taste. Our dear Joan Crawford, for instance, would look supremely silly in such a get-up (although fabulously, if ridiculously, so); Helena Rubinstein seems completely natural and at ease.


A skillful sense of proportion, and keen eye for color, are probably two of the most important keys to dressing well, and Helena Rubinstein mastered both. Incidentally, her longtime rival was, of course, Elizabeth Arden, who was considered the prettier, more traditionally feminine of the two. But Ms. Arden, for all her brilliant business acumen and undoubted glamour, was no match for Ms. Rubinstein in the field of chic:


A lovely woman, to be sure; but no Helena Rubinstein. As if there could be another.

(Inspired, of course, by SAVOIR FAIRE!)

Lethally Handsome


Call us crazy, but being the suckers for a pompadour and a pout that we are, we find Mr. Ray (one of Donna Lethal's hairhopping icons) kinda hot and humpy.


The monogrammed pocket hank we're not so crazy about; but we're sure we could reach an amicable agreement over, say, breakfast in bed.

Pop That Thing


Collared for Mistress MJ. Of course.

Face it, Girl...


You're a big ol' homo.

We Want Candy


But we'll settle for that hat.

Was it a Dream, Girl?


Florence "FLO" Ballard
June 30, 1943 - February 22, 1976

Glamour in Black and White

SUSAN HAYWARD
June 30, 1917 - March 14, 1975

LENA HORNE
June 30, 1917

Monday, June 29, 2009

We've Had It!


No, not really.

But we do need to recharge our fabulosity batteries. A day or two of grapefruit, monkey glands, and Brazilian gigolos should do the trick. See you in a few, darlings!

Saturday, June 27, 2009

It's Sunday!!!


If this were a Sunday in 1962 (as it always is here at SSUWAT), we should like to be Miss Arlene Francis, trading quips and questions with Dorothy Kilgallen, Bennett Cerf, John Charles Daly, and perhaps Tony Randall, Steve Allen, or Martin Gabel. After our second Bloody, we may very well start imagining that we are...

Friday, June 26, 2009

Barbra & Barry



Together at last, courtesy of The Three Degrees.

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Just a Fella With an Umbrella






We'd get caught in the rain with Peter Lawford. Despite all that Marilyn/JFK nastiness.

A Girl Named Cleo




The Cat's Meow



The Lady Eve


Not that she's ever far from our thoughts, but a recent post on Fabulon reminded us how much we adore Miss Eve Arden; and for all her wry looks and her unparalleled way with a quip, let it be said that she could glam it up every bit as well as her more celebrated celluloid sisters.

She Will Talk, and Hollywood Will Listen

Bad



Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'







THANKS

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough









THANKS

In the Closet

P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)

Ben

Smooth Criminal

Beat It